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  • Sky Arts

Greatest Basslines

  • 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~45m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 10.0/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2025

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  1. E1. Peter Hook

    Nov 28, 2025 · 45m

    Three bassists deconstruct the basslines that defined their careers, beginning with Joy Division and New Order founder member Peter Hook.

  2. E2. Melissa Auf der Maur

    Nov 29, 2025 · 47m

    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.

  3. E3. Nate Mendel

    Nov 30, 2025 · 46m

    Foo Fighters founder member Nate Mendel explores the vital power of bass in music, swapping stories with friend and former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic