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Make Your Super Group

#25
If I was choosing only the living.....
Jeff Beck - guitar
John Medeski - keys
Terry Bozzio - drums
Victor Wooten - bass
Nobody - vocals

I think that would be a killer instrumental lineup. All of them truly command their instruments, and speak through them IMHO.
 
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#28
Vocals-Kid Rock. Cuz he seems fun to hang out with.

Guitar-Sammy Hagar. Cuz he seems fun to hang out with.

Drums-Will Farrel. Cuz he can play drums, looks like Chad Smith and seems fun to hang out with.

Bass-Me. Cuz I want to hang out with them, and I'm fun to hang out with too.

But if I'm not allowed, Michael Anthony. Cuz he seems fun to hang out with, and cuz backing vocals, duh.

But I get to be tech.
 
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#29
Boom762 said:
Let's say you have 5 spots open and you can have whoever you want in the band. If you choose a person who can fill 2 rolls at the same time while playing live, then you can have an extra roll open.

What living people would you pick and why?

My Picks,

1. Drums - Danny Carey of TOOL
I don't know if he could play things like Death Metal the way others do, but he's such a busy drummer and makes tons of fills. This and his ability to create and keep tempo on really difficult time signatures makes him my drum winner. I think he would find a way to make any genre's drums interesting.

2. Vocals - Randy Blythe of Lamb of God
He's my favorite lyricist and he has one of the best vocals in metal. He can Growl, Screech, and do melodies all the while being 100% understandable. So many other vocalists growl in a way that you'd never be able to understand what they are saying. He enunciates every word perfectly.

3. Bass - Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse
My absolute favorite bass tone and a very good player. There are bassists who can play faster or more technical and more of a variety of styles, but I don't think there would be many times where he just COULDN'T play the parts. His work on Frantic Disembowelment is enough for me to feel comfortable in his abilities.

4. Guitars - Chris Broderick formerly of Megadeth
Smoothest, fast hands on guitar. Plays every bit as fast as Petrucci, Malmstein, and Bato but has a soft sounding technique that almost eradicates transition noises. He has one of the fastest and cleanest sweeps I've ever heard. He is also classically trained and is well versed in multiple genres including classical, flamenco, and jazz.

5. Keyboards/Synth/Moog pedals/Backup vocals - Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater
The man who will tie it all together. Singing backup for Blythe, soloing along with Broderick, bass battling Webster, and playing intricate, unusual time signatures that harmonize with Carey. He's always been my number 2 favorite keyboardist until recently. My number 1 was Janne Wirman but, he is a one trick pony. Rudess shows he can play the simple, the complex, and use every tone, channel, and technique you can need from classical to progressive metal. This spot was really hard to pick because you can shift the direction of the band greatly with just this last spot. Rudess gives you more options and fills multiple roles.

Alright. Let's here ya'lls.
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(1) Drums: Nicko McBrian IRON MAIDEN. (2) Rhythm&Lead: Eddie Van Halen. (3) Rhythm&Lead: Randy Rhoades. (4) Bass: ME!!!!! Steve Harris or D.D. Verni. or Getty Lee or Les Claypool. (5) vocals: David Lee Roth or singer of Boston, or singer of Alice n Chains. AWESOME SUPERGROUP!!!!!:thumbsup::bassist::bassist:
 
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#33
Brother Goose said:
Drums- Steve Gadd
Bass - Abe Laboriel
Guitar- Prince
Guitar- Jeff Beck
Trombone- Fred Wesley
Trumpet- Marsalis
Sax- Kirk Whalum
Keys- Herbie
Vox- Sade
Vox-Chaka Khan
Percussion- Sheila E
Cowbell- Will Ferrel
Rapper- Rakim
Sitar- Anouska Shankar
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oh whoops- I went all Funk-Army w this

5 piece

Gadd, Laboriel, Prince, Herbie, Fred
 
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#38
Based purely on who I would love to see together...

Drums: Neil Peart
Guitar: Eric Clapton
Guitar/vox: David Gilmour
Vox/Guitar: James Taylor
Bass: John Paul Jones


Weird super group, I suppose, but all are awesome. No idea how that would ever work out.


Dang, this is hard, thinking of who is still alive that I would add to that lineup. I can think of plenty who are gone that would be great to have seen.

Guitar/vox: Jerry Garcia
Drums: John Bonham
Vox/guitar: John Lennon
Vox: Jim Morrison
Guitar: Jim Hendrix
Guitar/vox: Johnny Cash
Bass/vox: Waylon Jennings
 
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