Greatest Basslines
Season 1
Created by: Phil Edgar Jones
Network: Sky Arts
Season aired: 2025-11-28
Overview
Series celebrating music's killer basslines and the glory of the bottom end. With A-List musical talent at its heart, each episode is authored by a different bass expert, offering three unique perspectives of experience and expertise and allowing the series to traverse through multiple genres: rock, funk, disco & hip hop and reggae & club culture.
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Episodes · 3
Peter Hook
Three bassists deconstruct the basslines that defined their careers, beginning with Joy Division and New Order founder member Peter Hook.
Melissa Auf der Maur
Former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur deconstruct the basslines that defined her career, and shares the music that first turned her on to the instrument and shaped her playing style.
Nate Mendel
Foo Fighters founder member Nate Mendel explores the vital power of bass in music, swapping stories with friend and former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic
