List of female bass guitarists

A

Adele plays 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

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)

C

Sheila Chipperfield (Elastica)

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 (from Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)

Trish Doan (formerly of Kittie)

Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians)

Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)

Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)

F

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)

G

Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra)

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)

Janice-Marie Johnson (from A Taste of Honey)

K

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

Marjolein Kooijman (from The Gathering)

L

Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52's and Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen)

Paz Lenchantin (from The Entrance Band, formerly of A Perfect Circle and Zwan)

Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)

Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)

M

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

Pia Maiocco (formerly of Vixen)

Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)

Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)

Molly McGuire

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)

O

Catherine Owen

Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)

Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)

P

Share Pedersen (formerly of Vixen, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)

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

R

Leah Randi

Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)

Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)

Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)

S

Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)

Anna Sentina

Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, 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)

Laurie Stirratt (from Blue Mountain and Healthy White Baby)

T

Ritsuko Taneda (from Shonen Knife)

Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)

Abby Travis

Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)

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

Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)

Lindsey "Lyn-Z" Way (from Mindless Self Indulgence and Beg Yer Parton)

Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)

Josephine Wiggs (from The Breeders)

Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)

Tal Wilkenfeld (toured with Jeff Beck)

Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)

D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)

Y

Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)

Toko Yasuda (from Enon)

Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)

Z

Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Bangles)