What would be your ideal line-up?

[r6mile]

If you could create a perfect band, who would be its members?

Rules:

- The bassist CANNOT be you
- It has to be composed of LIVING well-known musicians
- There's no maximum number of musicians, but remember that it's a band, not an orchestra
- State the kind of music this band would play

My band (you can give it a name, but you don't have to)
Guitar: Slash of Velvet Revolver
Bass: Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Vocals: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
Drums: Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers

They would play all kinds of Rock

[speigel]

Chris Squire on Bass
Bill Bruford on Drums
Keith Emerson on keys
David Bowie vocals
Eric Clapton on guitar

[Kasper007]

Bass:Carlos D. from Interpol
Drums: Mark Herrinon from Oceansize
Guitar1: Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead
Guitar2+backing vocals: Jim James from My Morning Jacket
Guitar3: Jeff Tweedy from Wilco
Vocals: Van Morisson
Lyrics: Bob Dylan

They would play a mix of all the genres from these bands.

[Nyarlathotep]

I have 2 perfect bands:

Tool:
Justin Chancellor
Maynard James Keenan
Adam Jones
Danny Carey
Style: Stoner/Metal/Alt Rock

Coal Chamber:
Nadja Peulen (just cus she's hotter that Rayna Foss Rose!)
Dez Fafara
Miguel 'Meegs' Rascon
Mike 'Bug' Cox
Style:Nu-Metal

Tool still exists but CC broke up

[bikeplate]

HI

Doug Pinnick on vocals and bass.
Ty Tabor on guitar
Gerry Gaskill on Drums

Oops!!! Should have just said Kings X!!!!!!!!

Rob

[superbassman2000]

Guitar : Steve Kimock, Trey Anastasio
Bass : Mike Gordon
bass, and whammy bass : Reed Mathis
keys : Page McConnell, Brian Haas
Drums : Jon Fishman

- The bassist CANNOT be you

then i'll be a purcussionist

And we would jam to the wee hours of the morning
what a great jamband

[Jazzin']

Bass: Marcus Miller
Keyboard: Herbie Hancock
Guitar: Lee Ritenour
Drums: Jack De Johnette
Alto Sax: Kenny Garrett
Trumpet: Patches Stewart

Playing jazz, funk and some fusion.

[pretaanluxis]

Vocals: Corey Taylor(Stone Sour)
Backup Vocals: John Frusciante (RHCP)

Drums: Jimmy Chamberlain(Smashing Pumpkins)
Bass: Flea

Lead Guitar: Dave Navarro (The Panic Channel)
Rythm Guitar: Wes Borland (Black Light Burns)



They would play epic psychedelic rock

[Dash Rantic]

Hmm... Here's my picks.

Guitar: Tom Morello (R.A.T.M./Audioslave)
Bass: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Drums: DannyCarey (Tool)
Vocals: Serj Tankian (System of a Down)

If they all got together and made a song, I'd go insane with happiness. Maybe not form an actual band though, I love their work in their respective bands too

-Dash

[SnakeAnthony]

Drums/Percussion:Stewart Copeland
Bass/Vocals: Les Claypool
Guitar/Vocals: Trey Anastasio
Keys/Organs: John Medeski

Basically, Oysterhead with a good keyboardist. That would get pretty trippy in jams, it could also get pretty intense....

[BassGod]

Progressive Metal Band:

Bass Guitar - Steve DiGiorgio
Guitar (+ Backing Vocals) - Dave Mustaine
Guitar - Kirk Hammett
Keyboards - Jonny Heerema
Drums/Percussion - Neil Peart
Vocals - Bruce Dickinson
Lyrics - Geoff Tate

Simply unstoppable they would be. And, thanks to Geoff Tate writing all the lyrics, this band would only ever make concept albums.

Graeme

Drums - Charles Benate
Bass - Scott Reeder
Rhythm Guitar - Jon Schaffer
Lead Guitar - Dave Mustaine
Vocals - James Hetfield


Thrash metal supergroup, sans Cliff Burton but with the best replacement I could find, Reeder. Just getting Schaffer and Mustaine not to pick on Jaymzzz would be the main dilemma with this group though.

[unbasslichkeit]

Here's a country band with heavy LA influences:

Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal: John Doe (X)
Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals: David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jay Dee Maness (Desert Rose Band, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons)
Fiddles: Rob Hajacos, Buddy Spicher (Nashville session guys)
Bass: Joe Osborne (needs no introduction)
Drums: Buddy Harman (played on 'Pretty Woman')

[srxplayer]

Drums-Dennis Dragon (Surf Punks)
Bass-Mark Hoppus (UH?)
Guitar-Jerry Springer (he plays, really!)
Vocals-Gordon Cano

Woooo Hooooo... I just created the worst band ever

Ok no really.

This sounds intersting to me.

Drums-Stewart Copeland
Bass-John Taylor
Lead Guitar-Andy Sommers
Guitar/Vocals-Paul Weller

[LarryO]

Drums---------Danny Carey (tool) or Stanton Moore(Galactic)
Guitar---------Billy Duffy (the cult)
Guitar---------Jim Mankey (concrete blonde)
Bass----------Andy Rourke (the smiths)
vocals---------Dave Gahan (depeche mode)

[dwjazz54]

Drums: Neil Peart
Electric and double bass: Brian Bromberg
Guitar: Buckethead
Keys: Bernie Worrel
Vocals: David Byrne
Style: Art-rock-funk-jazz-downbeat eclectic mania.

And it's all just a dream...

[thekyle]

This guy

http://www.onemanband.org/omb-photo/...an-band-lg.jpg

[Snarf]

Jazz:

Bill Evans - piano
John Patitucci - double bass
Stan Getz - tenor sax
Paul Motian - drums
Freddy Hubbard - trumpet

Pop:

Bruce Hornsby - piano
Francesca Gagnon - vocals
Ric Fireabracci - bass
Neil Schon - guitar
Carter Beauford - drums
Alex Lifeson (circa 1987) - 2nd guitar

[tZer]

Experimental Rock with a Retro Flair

• Vox = David Bowie
• Vox = Elvis Costello (who would also contribute on guitar)
• Vox/Bass = Paul McCartney (who would also contribute piano/organ)
• Vox = Roger Daltry
• Vox = Joni Mitchell

• Guitar 1 = Lindsey Buckingham (Vox too)
• Guitar 2 = John Fruscante
• Guitar 3 = Pete Townshend

• Bass = John Paul Jones (and mandolin/melotron/farfisa/organ)

Backing and sometimes fronting vox would include:

• Sinead O'connor
• Chrissy Hinde (guitar too)
• Michael MacDonald (ok... piano too - but his voice in any backing situation really enhances things)

[jive1]

My dream band:

Lead Vocals: Aretha Franklin
Guitar: Jimmy Nolen
Saxophone: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Maynard Ferguson
Bass: James Jamerson
Keyboards: Jimmy Smith
Drums: ?uestlove