What have been the main influences for virtuoso melodic punk hardcore and punk rock bass players? Several would be the obvious, 99% accurate, answer, right? But let's think about some; we hear players being influenced by those pioneering the punk hardcore genre (guys like Dead Kennedys' Klaus Flouride, Descendents' Tony Lombardo, RKL's Joe Raposo, The Clash's Paul Simonon, The Who's John Entwistle) some taking hints from more rock'n'roll blues and reggae oldies (Rancid / Operation Ivy's Matt Freeman) and an impressive bunch influenced by Steve Harris and melodic riffing of mighty Iron Maiden. And the Iron Maiden's list could go on and on, especially among the bass shredders in melodic skate punk, but to name a few I'd think of Face to Face / No Use For A Name's Matt