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[StrangeGrowth]

The situation - You have swallowed many galaxies and now Earth is at your mercy.  You are permitted to take any person ever and put them in any position you want in a band that you design.

MY BAND - Corrugated Lifestyles

Vocals - Steven Tyler
Guitar - Steve Vai
Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughdrix
Drums - Teen Wolf

You?

[grumpy's]

LOL teen wolf :}............. heres my band, I have actually given this serious thought in the past...

singing,

John Lennon... he could sing about anything, lol[/list:u]

guitar,

Devedra Banhart...... [/list:u]

bass,

Stuart Murdoch from Belle And Sebastian, he's usually a singer but I have heard him play bass a couple times and he is really good at it, i think it would compliment the band's sound really well..[/list:u]

drummer, me... lol so I could get all their

autographs every day :} but still provide an important backdrop for the instruments to build off of....[/list:u]

[deathcabkid]

vocals - ben gibbard
bass - paul mccartney (UNDERRATED)
guitar - ray toro (my chemical romance probably my fourth favorite band)
drums - doesn't matter :ppp

[Storm Rider]

Oh man. My Chemical Romance, Steven Tyler? Are you guys serious?

OK:

Metal:
Vocals: Ronnie James fuckin' Dio
Lead Guitar: Alex Skolnick
Rhythm Guitar: Jon Schaeffer
Bass: Steve DiGiorgio
Drums: Gene Hoglan

Prog:
Vocals: Russell Allen
Guitar: John Petrucci (like you didn't see that coming)
Guitar: Michael Romeo
Bass: John Myung
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Keyboards: Jens Johansson

[Trollstormur]

name: Yub'Cxundwe, Greatest Maw of Madness

Vocalist: Cthulhu
Drummer: Yog-sothoth
Guitarist: Hastur the Unspeakable
Bassist: Nyarlathotep

genre: madness metal

[Rizzo]

I totally go to their show to be devoured and go mad...

[Spartan Pho3nix]

You guys have got to say who you want writing the songs/steering the artistic part of the band.

[Houdinimachine]

Singer - Maynard Keenan
Guitar - Django Reinhardt
Bass - Les Claypool
Drum/Bongos - Brian Rosenworcel

Yes, it's an odd outfit, but it's the kind that Maynard could mold into something this side of genius.

[TrueNeutral]

Name: Of No Consequence ("what's this band called?" "their name is Of No Consequence" "come on man!")

Vocals: Amy Lee
Guitar: Tom Morello
Bass: Steve Harris
Drums: Dave Grohl

I still think Amy Lee being backed by such a terrible band is a crime against humanity. I mean, GOD that woman can belt.

Probably with Steve Harris being the creative force, although Tom, Steve and Dave should probably all have a say.

Also, Maynard Keenan should totally go on tour with the guys from Alice in Chains.

[grumpy's]

changing my drummer to Audioslave............

[onewheelwizzard]

Vocals - Mia Doi Todd
Guitar - Jason Simon (Dead Meadow)
Bass - Scott Reeder (Kyuss)
Drums - Paul Whaley (Blue Cheer)

This band would rip stages apart.  You've got an incredibly intense and driving  drummer who can solo on a single rhythm, an organic bass virtuoso who can take a bass line anywhere he wants, a guitar wizard who can wah-pedal as well as Hendrix ever did, and a perfect voice soaring over it all ... it would be perfect.  I think each musician would be able to do their own thing and it would still come together nicely.

[grumpy's]

oh i forgot to name my band..

my band is names The Crab Cakes....

that is the name of my band in real life but i would let this band use it if they existed as a for real band :}

[Nemba]

They don't have to be living, right, since it's a dream band?

Lead Vocals: David Bowie and Caitlin Smith
Backup Vocals: Oleta Adams
Sax: John Coltrane
Flute: Nathan Haines
Trumpet: James Morrison
Piano: Thelonious Monk
Organ: Kevin Field
Guitar 1: Steve Cropper
Guitar 2: Joel Haines
Bass: Kevin Haines
Drums: Buddy Rich

Writing: Matt Johnson (of The The), Roland Orzabal (of Tears for Fears), and Miles Davis collaborating.

It would be insane pop-industrial-progressive jazz, with 30 minute long songs where everyone gets a long solo, but hopefully still has strong enough themes to tie it all together.

I'm sad now because this will never exist.

[Kai]

name: Yub'Cxundwe, Greatest Maw of Madness

Vocalist: Cthulhu
Drummer: Yog-sothoth
Guitarist: Hastur the Unspeakable
Bassist: Nyarlathotep

genre: madness metal

This is my new favorite band.

[Kirbo]

Vocals: Freddie Mercury
Guitar: Eric Clapton
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Guitar: Rob Baker
Bass: Geddy Lee
Drums: John Bonham
Drums: Keith Moon
Lyracist: Gord Downie

Band Name: Amature Hour

[E. Spaceman]

Droney space-y band:
Mummer

Jason Pierce(Spiritualized): Vocals and Guitar
Belinda Butcher(My Bloody Valentine): Vocals and Guitar
Barry Burns (Mogwai) : Guitar, Keyboards, flute.
Pete Kember (Spectrum): Keyboards and Guitar.
William Reid(Jesus and Mary Chain): Guitar
Kevin Shields(My Bloody Valentine): Lots of Guitars.
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead): Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, his sharp guitar playing will serve to create contrast against the swirling drone of the othe guitarists.
Alex James (Blur): Bass, his generally cheerful playing will serve to propel he band forwards instead of simply going "CHOOOOORD; CHOOOOORD; CHOOOOORD".
Martin Bulloch (Mogwai): Drums
Brian Eno: Background Vocals, Keyboards and coproducer
Me: Cowbell
Nigel Godrich: coproducer.
 And sometimes:
Westminster's Choir: Vocals and handclaps.
Royal Phillarmonic Orchestra: Strings

Boy, that's a lot of guitars.

I'll do a more poppy band later.

[rive gauche]

Vocals, keyboard, guitar: Travis Morrison
Bass, keyboard: Eric Axelson
Guitar, keyboard: Jason Cadell
Drums: Joe Easley.

I can dream.

[KharBevNor]

Ultimate post-black metal band

Spoken vocals, chanting, co-lyricist: Lord Byron (Bal-Sagoth)
Vocals: Trickster G. (Ulver, Borkngar, Arcturus)
Vocals, Keyboards: Vintersorg (Vintersorg, Borknagar, Cosmic Death etc.)
Backing vocals, bass, drug connections: Mirai Kawashima (Sigh, Necrophagia, Cut Throat)
Lead guitars: Oystein G. Brun (Borknagar)
Second Lead: Dan Swano (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, ETC.)
Rhythm guitar, programming: Nysrok S. Sathanas (Aborym, Alien Vampires)
Second keyboard, programming etc.: (...And Oceans, Black Dawn, etc.)
Drums: Jan Axel 'Hellhammer' Von Blomberg (Mayhem, Arcturus, etc.)

MADNESS.

[Thrillho]

You really need to make your avatar smaller.

Jeff Tweedy
Jonny Greenwood
Freddie Mercury
Roger Waters
Keith Moon

[Fabio]

All the guitarists from broken social scene
The drummer and both singers from the new pornographers
and then...ME on tambarine

[Narr]

name: Yub'Cxundwe, Greatest Maw of Madness

Vocalist: Cthulhu
Drummer: Yog-sothoth
Guitarist: Hastur the Unspeakable
Bassist: Nyarlathotep

genre: madness metal

I would definately have to listen to that band.

[Mr. Oysterhead]

The name of my super group will be The Moroccan Frog Experience. (Band name generator!)


Guitar 1: Larry LaLonde (Primus)
Guitar 2, Songwriter: Frank Zappa (Duh)
Guitar 3, Vocals: Trey Anastasio (Phish)
Bass, Songwriter, Vocals: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Drums/Percussion: Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Percussion: Blue Man Group
Keys: John Medeski (MMW)
Sitar, Vocals: Gabby La La (Solo)
Cowbell: Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult)

Mmm. The only thing I see getting annoying is Gabby La's vocals. Yeesh.

[ImRonBurgundy?]

a nice, awesome rock n' roll band.

Guitar, Vocals: Ted Leo (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, ex-Chisel)
Guitar, Keyboards, Trumpet, Back-Up Vocals: Adam Deibert (ex-The Aquabats!, Bikeride, Digital Unicorn, call sound call noise)
Bass: Joe Lally (Fugazi)
Drums: Chris Tsagakis (RxBandits)

they would be mostly a rock n' roll band, Ted and Adam would handle the bulk of the overall composition and lyrics, with help from Joe and Chris writing for their respective instruments.  occasional use of the trumpet to add jazz or Latin timbres, a la Colossal.  the band would be called... The Robber Barons?  The Saucy Buggers?  i dunno.  it would be a rather simple name starting with "The".

[SuperRad]

Band: BIRDFLU

Vocals: Mark Hoppus
Lead Guitar: Travis Staver
Rythym Guitar: Fat Mike
Bass: Flea
Drums: Neil Peart
Piano: Ray Charles
Horns: The horn section from Big D and the Kids Table
Sax: Bill Clinton

Lyrics written by J.R.R. Tolkien
Produced by Charles Manson

[Inlander]

From an identical question on another forum, here is my ultimate pop/rock supergroup:

- Lead vocals: Levi Stubbs (from the Four Tops)

- Backing vocals: Chan Marshall (Cat Power; lovely voice, and I think she would compliment Mr. Stubbs quite nicely)

- Lead guitar: Buddy Holly

- Rhythm guitar: David Gavurin (the Sundays)

- Bass: Paul Simonon (the Clash; he gets the job on the strength of the bassline in "Rudy Can't Fail)

- Drums: Jim White (the Dirty Three)

[Mikendher]

Combine Architecture in Helsinki with Broken Social Scene, PANDEMONIUM!!!

[TheFathomist]

Janis Joplin- Vocals
Danny Elfman- Keyboards/Vocals/Main Songwriter
Zack Starkey- Drums/Percussion
Stanley Clarke- Bass
John Frustiante- Rhythm Guitar
Slash- Lead Guitar

Unofficial 7th Member- Tom Waits on keyboards. Also co-authors material with Elfman.

[ShreddingMyNotes]

hmm... all reality of timeframe and deaths aside...

Tim Kasher - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Peter Hook - Bass
Sam Zurick - Lead Guitar
Jon Theodore - Drums
Nick White - Keyboard

[Speeing]

Freddier Mercury/ Rob Zombie - Vocals
Herman Li/That tool from Linkin Park - Guitars
David Mackintosh/The nutso dude from Cradle of Filth - Drums
Little Freaking Richard - Piano


Obviously best suited to do cover songs of Yanni.

[ImRonBurgundy?]

You have swallowed many galaxies and now Earth is at your mercy.  You are permitted to take any person ever and put them in any position you want in a band that you design.

a rap group featuring Abraham Lincoln, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, and Teddy Roosevelt, with beats by DJ William Henry Harrison.

[SuperRad]

You have swallowed many galaxies and now Earth is at your mercy.  You are permitted to take any person ever and put them in any position you want in a band that you design.

a rap group featuring Abraham Lincoln, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, and Teddy Roosevelt, with beats by DJ William Henry Harrison.

I think my friends made this band already. They call themselves The Federalists.

Yes, I am serious.

[nescience]

Brian Eno - Keys/Programming
Jean Michel Jarre - Keys/Laser Harp
Yamatsuka Eye - Vox
Carlos Alomar - Guitar
Robert Fripp - Guitar
Tony Levin - Stick
Yoshimi P-We - Beats
Klaus Dinger - Beats

That's right, (edit) Boredoms + Harmonia 76 + David Bowie's Berlin-era backing band + Discipline-era King Crimson = multiple soundgasms.

[Storm Rider]

I have three words to say about nescience's band: Robert fuckin' Fripp.

[beat mouse]

the ultimate band would be as such:

vocals: mike patton (undisputed greatest vocalist ever)
lead guitar: john petrucci
rhythm guitar: frank zappa
bass: squarepusher
drums: virgil donati

between the five of them, they would have the most bizarre fucked up music the world has ever seen. ever. anywhere. including tibet.

ninja edit- especially tibet.

[leahper]

Thom Yorke on vocals.
Amy Millan on vocals too.

Phil Selway on drums.

Georg Hólm/Colin Greenwood on bass.

Jonny Greenwood on guitar.
Ed O'Brien on noise.


Yeah it's really just Radiohead with a couple of extras.

[Thrillho]

I think this thread should have come with the proviso that you can't have more than one person from the same band, because people are just putting up their favourite band with a spare guitar or some shit.

[Kai]

Also, resize your avatar. Preferably to a good 1x1 pixels so I never have to look at Thom Yorke's face ever again.

[Injektilo]

Rock Band:

Name: Mostly Dead

Drums: Jimmy Chamberlain (I dunno, I love hearing him play)
Guitar: Toni Iommi
Guitar: Jimmy Page
Bass: Jack Bruce
Vocals: Robert Plant

Alt Coutry: Plastic Dashboard Jesus

Vocals/Guitar: Tom Petty
Guitar: Jeff Tweedy
Drums: Jeremiah Green
Vocals: Neko Case
Bass: Bill Black

Pop-ish: Dizzy & Shit

Vocals/Guitar: Ted Leo
Vocals: Leslie Feist
Guitar: Trey Anastasio
Bass: Paul McCartney
Drums: Kurt Dahle

The last one there would probably be my favorite.

[goodocotor]

Guitar/Vocals-David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Guitar-Ian Williams (Don Cabellaro)
Keyboard-Brian Eno
Bass-Fred Erskine (Hoover, Crownhate Ruin, June of 44)
Drums-Zach Hill (Hella)

[Kirbo]

Oh, here's a good one.

Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison.

No idea what the name should be.

[Diomedes]

Alright, my absolute dream band would look somethink like this:

Lead Guitar: George Harrison
Rythym Guitar: John Lennon
Bass: Paul McCartney
Drums: Ringo Starr

I would have to think up a good name...like The Quarrymen, or something like that.  Heh heh heh...
In all seriousness, my dream band (excluding any of those guys) would be:

Lead Vocals: Eric Burdon
Secondary Vocals: Grace Slick
Guitar: Jimmy Page
Bass: Jack Bruce (who could sing a few as well)
Drums: Ginger Baker

[Thrillho]

Oh, here's a good one.

Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison.

No idea what the name should be.

I'd go for Travelling Wilburys.

[Bastardous Bassist]

drums: virgil donati

Ah, Virgil's a motherfucker.  My friend saw Planet X and met him, but the guy was a bit of a dick.  Derek Sherenian and Tony McAlpine were great guys, though.  Here's mine:
Sax:  Chris Potter
Trombone:  Robin Eubanks (just because the two of them make the greatest horn duo ever)
Guitar:  John Scofield
Piano:  Brad Mehldau
Keyboards:  John Medeski
Bass:  Dave Holland
Drums:  Billy Kilson

Okay, so it's "Extended Play"-era Dave Holland Quintet, with a few additions/changes.  I still think that "Extended Play: Live at Birdland" is one of the best albums that could ever be made.  However, when I'm in a more traditional swing mood, I'd go for something like this:
Sax - Sonny Rollins
Piano - Herbie Hancock
Bass - Ron Carter or Paul Chambers, depending on my mood
Drums - Max Roach

[beat mouse]

yeah i've heard donati was a bit of a prick too, my friends saw his clinic in vancouver a couple years back and said it was unreal, but he was kind an asshole.

[Kirbo]

Oh, here's a good one.

Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison.

No idea what the name should be.

I'd go for Travelling Wilburys.

I thought of that, but some other band took it.

[Kai]

How about "Oh shit, neither Tom or Bob can sing"?

[Kirbo]

How about "Oh shit, Tom can sing just fine for his sytle of music, and Bob is the greatest lyracist of all time, and once again, his voice works for his style."

Probably have to acronym it though.

[Bunnyman]

It'd be nifty to have MC Paul Barman and Vast Aire trading verses, with RJD2 and/or Slug providing production.  Just to see what'd happen.

[Kai]

How about "Oh shit, Tom can sing just fine for his sytle of music, and Bob is the greatest lyracist of all time, and once again, his voice works for his style."

Probably have to acronym it though.

I actually really love both of them and just like to poke fun.

[Kirbo]

Yeah, I figured. Don't worry, I wasn't being serious.