List of female bass guitarists

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This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.

A

Stephanie Ashworth

Adele played bass in tracks "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love" on her album 19
Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
Mai Agan
Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins)
Carla Azar (from autolux)

B

Butterfly Boucher, 2009

Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
Jeneda Benally (from Blackfire)
Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
Christina Billotte (formerly of Autoclave)
Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
Lori Black (from Melvins)
Jody Bleyle (Hazel, Team Dresch)
Vicki Blue (formerly of The Runaways)
Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
Butterfly Boucher
Fallon Bowman (formerly of Kittie)
Shanne Bradley (founding member of The Nips and The Men They Couldn't Hang)
Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
Rosemary Butler (formerly of Birtha)

C

Yolanda Charles
Tish Ciravolo (sASSafrASS, Rag Dolls, The Velvets, They Eat Their Own, Shiksa and the Sluts, Lypstik). Founder of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, who supply guitars made for females
Sheryl Crow played bass on her second album, Sheryl Crow, and frequently plays bass during her live performances

D

Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
Kim Deal (formerly of Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
Jane Dodd (formerly of The Chills, Verlaines and Able Tasmans)
Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians, and toured with Lenny Kravitz)
Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)

F

Nicole Fiorentino, 2007

Alla Fedynitch
Jennifer Finch (from L7)
Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
Theresa Flaminio
Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from The Donnas)
Kathy Foster (from The Thermals)
Jackie Fox (from The Runaways)
Misia Furtak (from Très.b)
Miki Furukawa (from Supercar)

G

Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra and toured with Pink)
Inara George (from The Bird and the Bee)
Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
Ellie Goulding
Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)

H

Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of That Dog)
Bianca "Butthole" Halstead (from Betty Blowtorch; formerly of Butt Trumpet)
Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
Juliana Hatfield (formerly of Blake Babies, played bass on The Lemonheads' It's a Shame about Ray; currently singer/guitarist)
Maureen Herman (from Babes in Toyland)
Annie Holland (formerly of Elastica)

I

Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)

J

Joan Jett (from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; normally plays rhythm guitar, but played bass for The Runaways in 1977)

K

Marjolein Kooijman, 2010

Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
Charlotte Kemp Muhl (from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger)
Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
Debra Killings
Holly Knight (formerly of Device) handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3

L

Sara Lee, 2007

Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52's, Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen) and Indigo Girls
Paz Lenchantin (from Pixies, formerly of The Entrance Band, A Perfect Circle and Zwan. She has also contributed to songs for Queens of the Stone Age )
Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)

M

Aimee Mann, 2005

Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of The Make-Up)
Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks) periodically plays bass during their live shows
Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
Molly McGuire
Mitski
Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, The Gun Club, The Damned)
Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)

N

Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
Kate Nash
Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
Danielle Nicole (Trampled Under Foot)
Ida Nielsen (of Zap Mama, Michael Learns to Rock, 3rdeyegirl and The New Power Generation)
Kim Nielsen (from Phantom Blue)

O

Wanda Ortiz, 2008

Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)
Cait O'Riordan (The Pogues)
Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
Yuko Oshima (from AKB48)
Catherine Owen

P

Britta Phillips, 2007

Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta)
Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits)
Ginger Pooley (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins, Halo Friendlies)
Catherine Popper (formerly of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)

Q

Suzi Quatro, 2007

Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)

R

Leah Randi
Julianne Regan (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel)
Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
Share Ross (from Vixen, formerly of Contraband, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)

S

Shingai Shoniwa, 2007

Esperanza Spalding alternates between double bass and bass guitar in her performances

Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
Anna Sentina
Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, filled in as touring bassist for Pixies, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of The Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Starship, Starship, Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society); primarily a singer, but sometimes played bass for The Great Society
Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
Esperanza Spalding
Donita Sparks (from Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments and L7)
Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
Sunmi (primarily a singer but previously played for the Wonder Girls)

T

Iracema Trevisan, 2007

Ritsuko Taneda (from Shonen Knife)
Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
Abby Travis
Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
Shonna Tucker (Previously of Drive-by Tuckers)

V

Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's, also lead singer/guitarist for The BlueBonnets and the Delphines)
Ivana "Ivy" Vujic (formerly with Kittie)

W

Tina Weymouth, 1978

Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Josephine Wiggs (from The Breeders)
Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
Tal Wilkenfeld (formerly toured with Jeff Beck, solo)
Anka Wolbert (formerly of Clan of Xymox a/k/a Xymox)
Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)

Y

Sean Yseult, 2010

Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
Naomi Yang (from Galaxie 500, Magic Hour, and Damon & Naomi)
Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
Jennifer York (formerly of Rachel Rachel)
Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)

Z

Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Bangles)

References

External links

"Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." (February 14, 2008)

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