Wow - i can't believe nobody mentioned Flea.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lots of their tunes, but Higher Ground is my favorite
The Wallflowers: One Headlight
Rush: Distant Early Warning, The Camera Eye,
Bon Jovi: Born to be my Baby, Keep the Faith
Buckcherry: Everything, Next 2 You
U2: With or without you, Even better than the real thing
Anthrax: Got the time
Nirvana: Lithium, In Bloom
Golden Earring: Radar Love
The Police: Walking in your footsteps, Murder by Numbers
Pink Floyd: Money, and one of my very favorites - One of These Days
Honorable Mention for a couple of my favorite Pop tunes.
Cake: Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Nena: 99 Luftballoons
Savage Garden: I want you
Baha Men - Who let the Dogs Out and/or Tag Team - Whoomp! There it is! (you can't deny the bass isn't the star... I love how those tunes work out the subs).
Wow, you mention Extreme and most of all Queensryche.
Good taste my friend!
Thanks! I like all sorts of music... and being a low brass player, I can usually pick out the hard-working bass lines.