Joe Preston (born October 1969) is an American bass guitarist and a former band member of the rock bands Earth, Melvins, Men's Recovery Project, The Need and High on Fire.

[1] Preston has also played with Sunn O))),[2] and has his long-running solo project called Thrones.

In 2007, he joined Harvey Milk in the studio for the recording of Life...

He is currently serving as a touring member of Sumac.

He is the uncle of actor Dominic Janes.