Fantasy Band

If you could create a band containing any musicians, living or dead, how would it be comprised?

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Vocals: Ozzie Osbourne
Lead Guitarists: Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai
Bass Guitar: Eric Clapton (who would also back up vocals.. can't imagine how he would sound with Ozzie though...)
Manager: Don King.

I think that might be quite exciting.

AWW tha man is sick!!

dude you can't have eric clapton on bass

//dude you can't have eric clapton on bass

Why not, he is great on bass?

but hes way better on guitar.

But not better enough to warrant bumping Steve Vai or Jimi Hendrix, surely.

I had a copy of a Timothy Leary album with Jimi Hendrix playing bass in an all star jam band!!!. I will get another copy of it soon.

Oop, forgot Ginger Baker on the Drums.

This is a real random one.ok?its off the top of my head

singer-Brandon boyd(incubus) or Corey Taylor(slipknot)
Bass guitarist-the one of Korn
lead guitarist-the one off the datsuns
drummer-system of a downs drummer
skratcher/turntablist-P-money

oh like this ones gonna work

// singer-Brandon boyd(incubus) or Corey Taylor(slipknot)

oh my god i can't believe i missed reading that!

of course you would pick corey taylor, first of all he has a way better signing voice, second of all his scream is just legend. 3rd, he isn't a pretty boy fag like brandon.

Vocals: Ian Watkins (from LostProphets)
Bassist: Flea (RHCP)
Rhythem Guitar: Tom Morello (RATM)
Lead Guitar: Lee Gaze (Lost Prophets)
Drummer: Travis Barker (he is a good drummer...)
Turntablist: P-Money

Vocals: William Bailey 85-93 era
Back Up Vocals: Layne Staley
Guitar: Slash
Guitar: James Page
Guitar: Randy Rhoads (yep 3 guitar attack)
Bass: Duff
Drums: Tommy lee
Keyboard: Dizzy Reed

Now that is a fuckin band and a half

well i certainly could not disagree at all with you there

Layne Staley as a BACKUP vocalist to Axl............ boy come here lest I slappeth you!

I mean I like Axl, but man! Layne is a singing legend.. .why he would turn in his grave....

Axl was a superb singer in the 85-93 era. He had 4 voices he could turn on and had a superb range.

// Layne Staley as a BACKUP vocalist to Axl.

wouldn't have it any other way

I'm going to seperate the living from the dead
Alive
Chris Cornell - vocals/guitar
Kirk Hammett - lead guitar
Flea - Bass
Dave Grohl - drums/vocals

Dead
Bon Scott - vocals/bagpipes
Jimi Hendrix - guitar/vocals
John Lennon - guitar/vocals
Cliff Burton - Bass
John Bonham - Drums

oh c'mon. ya gotta have Elvis on vocals 4 the dead!!!!!

Elvis haha!! but he's still alive thou, didn't you know??

mine would be soundgarden hehe...

noo...
1. Chris Cornell -vocals/guitar
2. Tom Morelo -Guitar
3. Brad Smith -bass/vocals
4. Dave Grohl -drums

Dead
1. Shannon Hoon -Vocals
2. Layne Stanley -Guitar/vocals
3. Jimi Hendrix -Guitar
4. Jaco Pastorius -bass
5. John Bonham -drums... he has a cool behind the beat style, love zeppelin and don't know many dead drummers :s

sorry tom.. i'm bumping you for slash or page.. what was i thinking.. to much time in the sun playing cricket today

// 1. Shannon Hoon -Vocals

yeah that guy could sing. He's got a better range than axl as seen in Don't Cry

yeah, hes quite freakish in that you could mistaken him for a female at times... have you listened to much blind melon, just wonderfull... musically as well.

No I haven't and I really should. Would you like to recommend some songs?

everything off there first album hehe, and second...

1. Deserted
2. I wonder
3. Change

I think taht should be a good start for somw downloads :)... i have the albums, blind melon and soup, the later take a little getting used to, but when you do, its rather awesome. Still can't find there album nico though, anyone seen it in stores?

1 vocals - im gonna say janis joplin (heheheh shes awesome)...maybe with steve tyler aswell :)
2 lead guitar - jimmy page
3 rhythm guitar - kurt cobain
4 bass - jason (is it jason???) from metallica
5 drums - john paul jones
6 and maybe miles davis on trumpet for a bit of improv blues

excellent

but john paul jones is a bass legend... why stick him on drums? or did you mean john bonham

shit i cant believe i did that??!?!?!?!?! shame on me!!!!!!
well i've been drinking...im sorry
i honestly cant believe i did that
...and i call myself a fan :S

and yes i did mean john bonham

i thought as much.. its easily enough done, especially when they have the first same name.. and theres no edit button.

the same first name

Vocals - Joe Cocker
Bass - Jack Bruce
Drums - Frank Gibson Jr
Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Guitar - Keith Richard
Keyboards - Leon Russell
Percussion - Sheila E
Horn Section - Tower of Power
BV's - The Supremes & The Temptations

But so many great musos both dead and alive. Janis Joplin would blow most of todays crop of female singers off the stage for example. I could go on ... and on ... and on!!

drums: Bobby Gillespie (primal scream)
bass: Peter Hook (joy division/new order)
Gat: Dave Gilmour (pink floyd)
gat/vocals: Tristan Dingemans (hdu)
decks: UNKLE

yay! a new zealander! i was beginning to wonder ... nice call on the Peter Hook bass position too. sublime bassist ...

Singer: Jeff Buckly
Guitarist: The dude off Radiohead
Drums: The dude from Foo Fighters.
Bass: Some young guy looking for a chance to shine.

Sorry for the lack of names.

could only shorten it to 2 dream bands :P

vocals: Corey Taylor
guitar: Jeff Hanneman
guitar: Kerry King
bass: Fieldy
drums: Joey Jordison

but there is only one there so how is it two?

hmmmm...... what?

oh the other one was a merging of two bands. that i thought would get along well.

vocals: Zack De La Rocha
guitar/vox: Max Cavalera
guitar: Tom Morelo
bass: Tim Commerford
drums: Igor Cavalera

give a round of sound for Sepulrage :D!

I'm the only one that picked Jaco Pastorius for bass... strange, i thought there would be others.. go figure

as much as I love pastorius I think I wouldn't have him in number one line up

Having created all these great bands has anyone given any thought to how they would sound? Or more especially how difficult it might be to actually get anything decent out of them.

After all a band is much more than the sum of it's parts. There were a number of so-called supergroups in the 70's and 80's that managed to stay together for an album or two and then imploded under the weight of all the egos.

Part of what makes a great band just that is that undefinable chemistry that seems to exist between the members. Things just click. Often when one member leaves and is replaced the band is ust not the same, particularly live.

(And there are of course heaps of exceptions to this rule. The Rolling Stones leap to mind ... though there are still 3 core members left the band has had quite a few lineups over the years.)

That's a good consideration.
I think that the band I created would gel rather easily. Ginger Baker and Eric clapton have all played together in Cream, and Hendrix has "jammed" with that band on occassion.

My biggest worry would be ozzie osbourne. Provided he wasn't in his current drug-induced retardedness, I think he would fit in fine. Otherwise the band could just play instrumentals, and I'm sure that would be just as good.

i'd like to think my 'super group' could work :)

Its true what you say htough, about hte clicking thing... i have friends that i play with and we fit in to time really well, yet others who are technically better and more talented, we don't gel as well... its an interesting one...

I think a respect for one anothers abilities, tastes and tolerance of limitations goes a long way.

Vox: Moz
Gtr 1: Johnny Marr
Gtr 2: John Squire
Bass: Mani
Drums: Reni

Yes, it's the Stone Roses merged with Smiths. I reckon it'd be ace.

And the Happy Monday's Bez as go-go dancer. It's the Manchester supergroup to end them all.

vocals: Phil Anselmo
guitar: Diamond Darrell
guitar: Kirk Hammit
bass: Tom Araya
drums: Raymond Herrera

that'd be better than godly, no words could describe that line up if it worked.