Who would be in your ideal rock band?

[RandomKoolzip]

Imagine if you could create your own all-star rock group, selecting members from your favorite outfits....Let's imagine what your ideal band would consist of, choosing from a pool of musicians from any era, live or dead. Remember, this is YOUR choice for the IDEAL imaginary rock band - don't just say "The Beatles," or whatever. The one rule I'd use here is to stick to "standard" rock band form:


Here's my first choice:

Drums: John Bonham
Bass: Tina Weymouth
Rythym Guitar: Richard Lloyd
Lead Guitar: Frank Zappa
Lead Vocalist: Phil Lynott
Keyboards: Ben Folds
Songwriter: Robert Pollard

Runner up all star group:

Drums: Vinnie Coliauta
Bass: Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Rythym Guitar: Nile Rodgers
Lead Guitar: Tom Verlaine
Lead Vocalist: John Lennon
Keyboards: Allen Ravenstine
Songwriter: John Lennon

See, isn't that fun? C'mon, somebody waste some time with me.....

[Drifter]

1. Nice Frank Pic.

Put the old Frank on Guitar.
The later day Frank would have hung up the axe and conducted.

Cheers
Drifter

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Frank's best years for soloing were 82 and 88, IMO.....

Had he lived, he'd still be mangling that whammy bar like it was a radioactive snake aiming its fangs at his throat. Best Guitar soloist EVER.

[dolo amber]

2. I had

utterly filthy, FILTHY thoughts about Richard Lloyd as a young lass, does that count? :D

[RandomKoolzip]

4. Hell, I'm the farthest thing from gay, but....

Even I had the hot bananas for Richard Lloyd! (And Jeff Buckley...okay, now I'm gonna shut up!)

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. And Punky, I bet...

*cough cough*

Punky, Punky, give me your lips to die on!

[XNASA]

53. Richard Lloyd is one of my guitar hero's.

I try to emulate his style. I've even been told by other players, "Hey, do that Richard Lloyd thing you do."

I really like his playing on Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" album. Richard Lloyd & Robert Quine together. Heaven.

[Kamika]

5. My ideal band

Bono on lyrics and singing
edge on guitarr
adam clayton on bass
and

larry mullen jr on drums

[RandomKoolzip]

7. A snip from the original post:

"Remember, this is YOUR choice for the IDEAL imaginary rock band - don't just say "The Beatles," or whatever."

In other words, not a band that already exists.

Thanks for playing! Kamika will be receiving a copy of the home game....fashions by Botany 500....

[Kamika]

9. *cry

Ok

uhmm

I'll replace larry mullen junior with phil collins? Don't get angry he's the only drummer I know.. except for def lepards

[RandomKoolzip]

12. How 'bout getting Phil Collins to play the left side of the drum set

While Def Leppard's one armed drummer gets the right half?

[mitchum]

32. But they are an "imaginary rock band"

some people imagine that they can actually rock

[RandomKoolzip]

38. Hee hee...

Not a fan of u2 either....They don't rock, they bleat.

[CanuckAmok]

55. deleted message

dupe

[CanuckAmok]

6. Gosh, this IS fun!

Lead vocals: Elvis Costello
Backup vocals: Chrissie Hynde, Kirsty MacColl
Lead guitar: Tom Araya (Slayer)
Rhythm guitar: Tom Verlaine (Television), Colin Newman (Wire)
Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)
Keys: Jim Thirlwell (Foetus)
Drums: Roli Mosimann (Swans)
Drums: Ginger Baker (yeah, two drummers--it's MY ideal rock band

[RandomKoolzip]

8. Awesome, but Newman was the vocalist, Gilbert was the Guitarist in Wire

Unless....was he palying guitar on his solo albums? Hmmmmm.....And Tom Araya was Slayer's bassist...Kerry King was their git-fiddler.

Anyways, nice off the wall choices! Kirsty Maccoll and Roli Mosimann!

[CanuckAmok]

11. Eeep. I thought Newman did his own guitar work...

...Now I have to go and look it up if I can find my copy of "Commercial Suicide"

I'd get Steve Lillywhite to produce, by the way. I figure we'd get a break, what with giving his wife a job, and all...

on edit: Yeah, Kerry King (or Jeff Hanneman, for that matter).

Of course, it's a given that whoever plays lead, MUST play a "V".

[CanuckAmok]

29. I forgot" Daimo Suzuki and John Zorn on horns.

[Whitacre D_WI]

39. Colin played rhythm gee-tar on "Chairs Missing" and thereafter.

Didn't play on "Pink Flag," though.

[dj_vibe_ratin]

10. the ideal downunder rock band

Vocals: Dolf de Datsun
Guitar:Angus Young
Drums: Me
Bass: NFI

When it comes to my music, I'm definitely a minimalist.

[dolo amber]

13. Hi dj_vibe_ratin

Welcome to DU! :toast:


Btw Random, I can't play this just now, I'm listening to a Lee Coombs essential mix and am in no way mentally able to think in terms of RAWK. ;)

I'll pass along any flashes of genius should they materialize, but I don't recommend holdin' yo' breaf.

[RandomKoolzip]

16. No problem.

Just remember...tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight!

I've seen a million faces...and I've rocked 43,775 of them!

[Wickerman]

14. They wouldn't actually work well together

but its fun to think about:

vocals: Gram Parsons
keyboards: Manfred Mann
Drums: Grant Hart
Geetar: Stevie Ray Vaughn

My ideal band - no, they would mix together horribly. 4 huge egos. 4 very diverse styles. AN incredibly interesting LP, hell yeah. Dead doesn't count, right?

[RandomKoolzip]

15. Live or dead, it doesn't matter...

As long as YOU think they rock. They wouldn't even have to get along...In fact, the odder the line-up the better.

[jpgray]

17. Here we go

Drums: Jaki Leibezeit
2nd Drums: Robert Wyatt (with *working* legs)
Bass: Larry Graham
Rhythm Guitar: George Harrison
Lead Guitar: Marc Riley
Lead Vocalist: Allan Clarke
Keyboards: Mike Ratledge
Songwriter: The band would write the songs, and Mark Smith and Bob Dylan could jointly consider the lyrics.
Wearer of Shiny Pants and Jumping Specialist: Sting

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Ooooh...Jaki...wish I'd thought of him....

Nice choices....Although I'd make sure Wyatt sings harmonies.

Mark E. Smith and Dylan (pre-motorcycle crash) on lyrics: Now that's what I call bitterness (Vol. 6)!

And you'd have to make sure Sting gets one (1) digit dipped in muratic acid for the encore of every show. Stay hungry, Gordon!

[Squeech]

19. I dunno if this would be a permanent band, but:

I always wanted to be filthy rich so I could produce unbelievable recording sessions. And the one I had in mind for the longest time went something like this:

Guitar: Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Bass: Janik Top (Magma)
Drums: Jerome Cooper (Revolutionary Ensemble and other free jazz)
Saxophones: Anthony Braxton

It would be the ultimate weedy-intellectuals-with-glasses band, all about weird tonalities and odd time signatures, and I figured even if they didn't get along musically they could have one hell of a chess tournament.

Sometimes what you want to hear happens anyway. Once upon a time, the composing bass player from Henry Cow, my then favorite band, came over from England to Woodstock NY and recorded an album at Michael Mantler and Carla Bley's studio, using them and some of their friends, and the words were written by one of my favorite songwriters on earth. The record was called Kew. Rhone. (the periods are part of the title) and I was obsessed with that record for one terrific year.

[RandomKoolzip]

21. Oooh, Henry Cow. I love Dagmar Krause.....

Hell, I love that whole RIO movement, and all the Cuneiform bands, too.I was obsessed with Hatfield and the North's first album, especially "Let's Eat (Right Now)".

Another line-up for the ultimate weedy-intellectuals-with-glasses band:


Vocals: Peter Hammill
Guitar: Fred Frith
Bass: Pip Pyle
Drums: Andrew Cyrille
Sax: Lol Coxhill
Keys: Keith Tippett
Composer: Cornelius Cardew

[Squeech]

24. Very few of them wear glasses

And Pip was the drummer! Richard Sinclair was Hatfield's bass player (and he's supposed to do an American tour in May; PM me if you want details) but he didn't wear glasses either; did you mean Hugh Hopper?

Gotta go now, my own band is about to rehearse... but I'll happily blather on about RIO and Canterbury some other time!

[RandomKoolzip]

25. D'oh! I can't believe I mixed them up! Whoops.

I gotta go dig out that Hatfield rec now.....


No, none wore glasses, but I bet their fans did!

[dolo amber]

20. I can't believe

Whitacre hasn't showed up to play yet...been whining all night about wanting out of the 700 club, then here you come with a perfect opportunity for at LEAST a 100 post debate...and where is he?? :shrug:

[RandomKoolzip]

22. Probably organizing his Prince bootlegs chronologically.......

Ha ha, me make funny joke!

Seriously...maybe he's taking a LONG time to make up his mind...I thought this'd be right up his alley, and Lord Byron's too. Hmmmm. They'll dig it up tomorrow and give it a good kick, I guess.

[Dees]

23. Here's one for ya.

Drums...Jeff Porcaro

Guitars...Keith Urban, Hendrix and Peter Mayer

Bass...Carol Kaye

Keyboards...Billy Preston and Cory Lerios

Horns...I'll take Chicago's horn section and Tower of Power.

Vocals...Carl Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Darlene Love, Johnny Maestro and Stevie Wonder.

I've got to fit Prince in there somewhere.

[DS1]

26. I dunno about the rest

but Animal from the Muppet Show would replace our spontaneously combusted former drummer.

[kixot]

27. Mine

Lead Axe: Jimi Hendrix
Rhythm Axe: Jimi Page (crazy chords)
Bass: Flea or Les Claypool (Jacko Pastorius if either are unavailable)
Drums: Mitch Mitchell or John Bonham
Percussion: Neil Peart
Piano: Tori Amos
Keyboards: Nick Mason
DJ: Tricky
Brass: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Rapper: Tupac Shakur
Violin: Itzack Perleman
Viola; YoYo Ma
Orchestra: Vienna Symphony
String Quartet: St. Martin in the Fields
Lead musical arranger/composer: Frank Zappa
Creative consultant: Roger Waters
Producer: George Harrison

[jpgray]

28. This thread is cool. (nt)

[Paul Hood]

30. My Band

Drums: Keith Moon
Bass: Sheryl Crow
Rhythm Guitar: Lou Reed
Lead Guitar: Mick Taylor
Keyboard: Jerry Lee Lewis
Vocals: Bob Marley
Songwriter: Brian Wilson

[mitchum]

31. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich?

Hell, I don't know...

[carpetbagger]

33. Morrison/Hendrix front...

Bass: John Entwistle (Who)
Drums: Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)
Rhythm Gtr: Stevie Ray Vaughn
Organ: Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Piano: Keith Emerson
Flute: Ian Anderson
Horn section: Chicago's section (Loughnane, Pankow, Parazaider)
Backup vocals: Jon Anderson (Yes), Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Steve Winwood
Sitar: George Harrison
Oud: Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band)
Saz: Solomon Feldthouse (Kaleidoscope-the U.S. band)
Backup percussion: Ed Cassidy (Spirit)
Session musicians: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Producer: Alan Parsons

[bobthedrummer]

34. Ok, here goes.

Lead guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Guitar: Muddy Waters
Piano: Jools Holland
Organ: Jimmy Smith
Harmonica: Little Walter
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Drums: Ansley Dunbar
Frontman singer: David Bowie
Backup singers: Aretha Franklin, Lena Lovitch, Joan Osborne
Horns: Miles Davis, Rhassan Roland Kirk, Eddie Harris, The Brecker Brothers

[dudeness]

35. ok..remember.. I am an old dude..

guitar..tommy bolin (ex deep purple and soloist)
drums..keith moon or phil rudd (AC/DC)
lead guitar..roy buchanan (awesome player..rocky blues)
bass..tina weymouth (I like talking heads early stuff)
singer..mark seymour (hunters and collectors)
keyboards..jon lord (deep purple)

[RandomKoolzip]

37. All right, another Weymouth fan!

She's my favorite bassist. As a bassist myself, she's my biggest influence; always leaves a lot of space in her playing, and her lines are always angular but tasteful...her equivalent on the drums would be Can's Jaki Leibzeit.

And Phil Rudd! Cool! He's another one of my faves. Underrated because he never plays fills, but very few drummers can play as economically and HARD as Rudd.

[mindless]

36. Gotta go to bed so I'll say yours sound good(or would)..lol

n/t

[Whitacre D_WI]

40. *yawn*

Okay, I'll play, but I'd come up with better choices were it not 5:30 in the A.M.


Drums: Rashied Ali
Bass: James Jamerson
Lead guitar: Wayne Kramer and Sonic Smith (one without the other is like peanut butter without chocolate)
Rhythm guitar: Tim Kerr
Dueling vocalists a la X or the Rezillos: April March and Mick Collins
All songs written by Brian Holland, Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier.

[Nihil]

41. Two goes at it!

First choice (for rock that is still music rather than noise):

Vocals: David Coverdale
Organ: Jon Lord
Synths: Keith Emerson
Guitar: David Gilmour
Bass: Lemmy!
Drums: Bill Bruford

or (for a more mellow, less raunchy sound)

Vocals: Jon Anderson & Ashley Holt
Keyboards: Rick Wakeman
Guitar: Mike Oldfield
Bass: Chris Squire
Drums: Carl Palmer


Nihil

[Squeech]

42. Two more

The HEAVY band:

Elvin Jones, drums
Jack Casady, bass
Morris Pert, percussion
Dave Stewart (the Canterbury guy, not the Eurythmic), keyboards
Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, guitars
The Tower of Power horns, plus Eric Dolphy
Captain Beefheart and Grace Slick, vocals

The ROOTS band:

Stewart Copland, drums
Richard Sinclair, bass
Kerry Minnear, percussion (and maybe cello)
Bill Payne, keyboards
Richard Thompson and Roger McGuinn, guitars
Bela Fleck, banjo
Fred Frith, violin
The Muffins, woodwinds
Carl Wilson and Amy Denio, vocals

[XNASA]

43. It would be XNASA on guitar.........

XNASA on bass, XNASA on drums, XNASA on keyboards and the lead singer would be XNASA.

Sound and lights by XNASA.

We wouldn't be the greatest band in the world, but at least we'd all be on the same page.

[RandomKoolzip]

45. And of course, the songwriter would be Max Martin or Diane Warren, right?

Just kidding!

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Thinking With One Brain

That is the ultimate goal of any band serious about the music, right?

You've got that nailed with your lineup.

Now, me, i'll play keyboards, Joe Satriani on guitar, Reeves Gabrels on guitar, Tony Levin on bass, and Stewart Copeland on drums. (Wayne Shorter will sit in on sax and Sheila E. on percussion for a few songs, too.)

With that lineup it won't matter if they're on the same page with me. I'll just listen closely and go with whomever is doing something cool.
The Professor

[XNASA]

50. When I first read you response, I thought it said............

"Thinking With One Brian", as in Wilson.

LOL.

[Sir_Shrek]

44. I would love to try....

J. Mascis and Kevin Shields on guitars
Jason Pierce singing/songwriting
Keith Moon on drums
Jeff Ament on bass (GREAT bass player, even though he's in Pearl Jam)
Alan Price on organs/keys

46. Fripp, Watt, & Moon &

Fripp - guitar
Mike Watt - bass
Keith Moon - drums

or a double trio

Fripp & Eugene Chadbourne - guitars
Mike Watt & Michael Henderson - bass
Keith Moon & Elvin Jones - drums
with Coltrane as the horn section

Is that evil enough?

[RandomKoolzip]

48. I'd sell my testicles to see that band.

Evil indeed!

49. bwahahahahaha!!!

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[beawr]

51. These folks - I AM NOT A BOOMER

Drums: Keith Moon
Bass: Phil Lesh
Rythym Guitar: Bo Diddly
Lead Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Lead Male Vocalist: Robert Plant
Lead Female Vocalist: Janis Joplin
Keyboards: Bill Payne
Songwriter(s): Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Roger Waters, David Byrne, Pete Townshend
Horns: Blood, Sweat and Tears horns
Producer: Brian Wilson

[RandomKoolzip]

54. Wow, big songwriter pool!

I'd love to hear what Garcia and Zappa could possibly contribute together as a team....


Here's a new one for Tuesday afternoon:

Drums: Brendan Canty
Bass: Scott Krause
Rythym Guitar: Arto Lindsay
Lead Guitar: Keiji Haino and Buck Dharma
Keyboards: Liberace
Lead Vocalist: Ronnie James Dio
Songwriter: Jad Fair

[Esurientes]

56. Kicking this back up

I finally got my names straight:

Music: Donovan Leitch
Lyrics: Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens
Vocalist: Barbara Alcindor
Guitar: Buckethead
Rhythm Guitar: Malcolm Young*
Bass: Mike Inez*

* These two don't have to play; they can just stand there lookin' good!

Keyboard: John Paul Jones (and drum sounds on the keyboard)
Trumpet: Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabel Vazquez