Bands with lead singer bassists

[horsepastriesa]

Now...which lead singer bassist is the BEST?!?!

I think it's Les Claypool. He's not a fantastic singer, but the fact that he can sing and talk super fast while playing crazy-complex slap parts is batsh*t INSANE. Geddy Lee for me is runner up, since even though he's amazing at singing and playing bass, he's exponentially better at bass when he isn't singing.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Daniel Adriano of Alkaline Trio (50/50 lead vox with guitarist Matt Skiba)

[Runesmith]

For which lead singer/bassist is best, I'd go with Jack Bruce of Cream - those lines led and played rhythm simultaneously, plus he's got a great white boy blues voice and some serious songwriting chops.

[theCARS1979]

Benjamin Orr of the CARS did 45 % of the CARS songs, including Just What I Needed, Moving in Stereo , All Mixed Up, Candyo, Lets go, All I can Do, Cant hold on to long, Running to you , more and not to mention their big hit Drive from 1984

[ClaptonsWig]

Brian Wilson (Beach Boys, till he started going crazy)
Maurice Gibbs (Bee Gees live appearances)
Ray Manzarek (The Doors, on keys)
Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords)
Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer & King Crimson)
Jerry Only (The Misfits)
Kim Deal (Pixies)
Royston Langdon (Spacehog)

[FerSureMaybe]

Fat Mike (NOFX) is another lead singer bassist

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Kinda-sorta Roger Manganelli with Less Than Jake. He's about 60/40 lead vocals with Chris Demakes (the guitarist), and he also switches between guitar and bass (when a second guitar is required in a performance, one of their horn players jumps on bass, which I think is pretty damn cool).

[killer_roach]

How did I forget about Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul)?

[MegaIronDragonDeth]

My favourite clean vocalist and favourite harsh vocalist are both bassists. They are of course Hansi Kursch and Erik Danielsson, though out of the bassists in bands I like, they rank lowly as bassists. Also, Hansi doesn't play Bass anymore, and Erik only does it in the studio if I'm not mistaken. But my favourite non-metal bassist/vocalist has to be Geddy Lee.

[Runesmith]

Oooh, totally forgot about Ron Broder from Coroner. That guy's a beastly player and I have no idea how he's able to sing and play such intricate basslines at the same time.