Tony Franklin

In a 2023 interview, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament cited Franklin as an influence, specifically on his use of a slide harmonic on the hit song "Even Flow". "I knew at the beginning of Pearl Jam that the way Stone [Gossard] was writing, it was very Jimmy Page – very riffy. And because of Tony Franklin, I knew that fretless would add a really cool voice and texture to rock music. So that harmonic, I'm kind of ripping The Firm's 'Radioactive.' And I figured it out by accident. I was always obsessed with playing harmonics on bass, but at some point I remember accidentally hitting harmonics and sliding on it, so I started experimenting with that part of it. So mistakes, and also having in the back of my head that sound of 'Radioactive.' Hats off Tony Franklin!"

• Roy Harper – Work of Heart (Public Records, 1982) • Roy Harper & Jimmy Page – Whatever Happened to Jugula? (Beggar's Banquet, 1984) • The Firm – The Firm (Atlantic, 1985) • The Firm – Mean Business (Atlantic, 1986) • David Gilmour and Kate Bush – Secret Policeman's Third Ball (Virgin Video, 1987) • Jimmy Page – Outrider (Geffen, 1988) • Roy Harper – In Between Every Line (EMI, 1987) • Roy Harper – Descendants of Smith (EMI, 1988) • Blue Murder – Blue Murder (Geffen, 1989) • Roy Harper – Once (Awareness, 1990) • Don Dokken – Up from the Ashes (Geffen, 1990) • Glenn Hughes – L.A. Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes - Blues (Shrapnel, 1992) • Roy Harper – Death or Glory? (Awareness, 1992) • Gary Hoey – Animal Instinct (Reprise, 1993) • Blue Murder – Nothin' But Trouble (Geffen, 1993) • Gary Hoey – The Endless Summer II (Reprise, 1994) • Tony MacAlpine – Premonition (Shrapnel, 1994) • Driver – Driver (Trauma / Atlantic, 1994) • Jeff Beck Tribute – Beckology (Shrapnel, 1995) • Lana Lane – "Love Is An Illusion" (Think Tank Media, 1995) • Gary Hoey – Gary Hoey (BMG, 1995) • Tony MacAlpine – Evolution (Shrapnel, 1995) • Celestial Winds – Oceans of Love (Universe Music, 1995) • MOM: Music for our Mother Ocean – Benefit compilation (Interscope, 1996) • Warren DeMartini – Surf's Up! (Polydor Japan, 1996) • Carmine Appice – Guitar Zeus (Apalon Japan, 1996) • Marty Friedman – True Obsessions (Shrapnel, 1996) • Naomi Tamura – N (Polydor Japan, 1996) • Donna Lewis – Now in a Minute (Atlantic, 1996) • Graham Bonnet – "Underground" (Victor, 1997) • John Sykes – Loveland (Mercury Japan, 1997) • Gary Hoey – Bug Alley (Surfdog, 1997) • Various – Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (De-Rock, 1997) • Carmine Appice – Guitar Zeus 2 (Polydor Japan, 1997) • Various – Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC (De-Rock, 1997) • Pearl – Pearl (Polydor Japan, 1997) • Sounds of Wood and Steel – Compilation (Windham Hill, 1998) • Pearl – 4 Infinity (East West Japan, 1998) • Gary Hoey – "Hocus Pocus Live" – (Surfdog, 1998) • Donna Lewis – Blue Planet (Atlantic, 1998) • Various – Cozy Powell Forever (Electric Angel Japan, 1998) • Derek Sherinian – Planet X (Shrapnel, 1999) • Graham Bonnet – "The Day I Went Mad" (JVC, 1999) • Lana Lane – Queen of the Ocean (1999) • Pearl – "Live in Japan" (Public Red, 1999) • Various – "Humanary Stew – A Tribute To Alice Cooper" (Cleopatra Records, 1999) • Rocket Scientists – "Oblivion Days" (1999) • Gary Wright – Human Love (Warner, 2000) • David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI, 2000) • Lana Lane – Secrets of Astrology (2000) • Lana Lane – Ballads Collection II (2000) • Various – Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica (2000) • Tony Franklin – Brave New Tomorrow (JVC/Victor Entertainment, 2000) • Erik Norlander – Into the Sunset (2000) • Roy Harper – "Hats Off" (Science Friction, 2001) • Derek Sherinian – Inertia (2001) • Doug Aldrich – "Alter Ego" (2001) • Lana Lane – Love Is an Illusion Special Edition (2001) • Willie Waldman – Trumpet Ride (2002) • Lana Lane – Project Shangri-La (2002) • Various – An All Star Line Up Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd (2002) • Lana Lane – Covers Collection (2002) • Tony Franklin – Wonderland (JVC/Victor Entertainment – July 2003) • Derek Sherinian – Black Utopia (2003) • Erik Norlander – "Music Machine" (2003) • Derek Sherinian – Mythology (2004) • Chris Catena – Freak Out! (Imr/Frontiers Rec., 2004) • Vasco Rossi – Buoni o Cattivi (number 1 album in Italy, 2004) • Eros Ramazzotti – Calma Apparente (number 1 album in Italy, 2005) • Kelly Keeling – "Giving Sight to the Eye" (2005) • Derek Sherinian – Blood of the Snake (2006) • Quiet Riot – Rehab (2006) • Lana Lane – Gemini (2006) • Appice / Travers – "Bazooka" (2006) • Carmine Appice – "Ultimate Guitar Zeus" (2006) • Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw (2006) • Frankie Banali / Various – "24/7/365 – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2007) • Eros Ramazzotti – "E2" (Sony / BMG, 2007) • Terry Ilous – "Here And Gone" (2007) • Vasco Rossi – "Il mondo che vorrei" (2008) • Menchen – Red Rock (guitarist Bill Menchen's project, 2008) • Chris Catena – Discovery (Escape/Frontiers Rec., 2008) • Tadashi Goto – Innervisions (SPV/Progrock Rec., 2008) • We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year – O' Christmas Tree (Armoury Rec., 2008) • Derek Sherinian – Molecular Heinosity (2009) • Tim Ripper Owens – "Play My Game" (2009) • Freakshow – "Freakshow" (2009) • Carmine Appice – "Guitar Heroes (2010) • Thomas Tomsen – Sunflickers (2010) • Vasco Rossi – "Vivere o niente" (2011) • Derek Sherinian – Oceana (2011) • Rob Moratti – "Victory" (2011) • Docker's Guild – The Mystic Technocracy – Season 1: The Age of Ignorance (2012) • DR.U (Chris Catena) – Alieni Alienati (Valery Rec./Frontiers/Edel 2012) • Roy Harper – Man and Myth (2013) • Kenny Wayne Shepherd – "Goin' Home" (2014) • Rated X (Frontiers 2014) • Joel Hoekstra's 13 – Dying To Live (2015) • Rob Moratti – Transcendent (2016) • Rob Moratti – Renaissance (2019) • The Feckers – Live To Fight Another Day (2020) • Rob Moratti – Paragon (2020) • Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix (2020) • Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe – Truth in Unity (2020) • Leo Carnicella – Until a new dawn (2021) • Joel Hoekstra's 13 – Running Games (2021) • Leo Carnicella – Super~Sargasso Sea (2022) • Derek Sherinian- Vortex (2022) • Ten Cent Revenge - "Road 2 Ruin" (2022) • Dan-I – Listen to the Magic (2023) • Cactus – Temple of Blues (2024) • Leon Alvarado – The Changing Tide (2024) • Gordian feat Graham Bonnet - Eyes Grow Wide (2025)