Your Ultimate Band

[Tom B.]

If you were to make a band of your favorite musicians, who would be in it?

Here's what mine would be:

Drums: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Guitar: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Vocals: Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)
Bass: John Entwistle (The Who)
Piano: Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen)

You can also include ryhthem guitarists and other stuff like that if you want to.

[drumbum1977]

Vocals - Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden) or Travis Tritt
Piano - Elton John
Bass - John Paul Jones (Led Zep)
Guitar - Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
Guitar - Colin James
Drums - ME or Greg Morrow (nashville studio player)

Lead Vox-----Janis Joplin
Lead Guitar-----Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bass Guitar---Flea
Rhythm guitar-- Tom Petty
Drums----John Henry Bonham


Damn, now thats a kickass band

[jazzsnob]

John Coltrane
Mccoy Tyner
Jimmy Garrison
ME AND JOHN BONHAM ON DOUBLE DRUMS!!!

woo!

[badlydubbedsean]

Mine wouldn't be obvious:

Vocals: Roger Daltrey
Piano (Backing Vocals): Jamie Cullam
Rhythm Guitar (Backing Vocals): Noel Gallagher
Lead Guitar: Jimmy Page
Bass: Flea
Drums: Steve White
Lyrics: Morrisey


OR

Vocals: Johnny Rotten
Piano: Dave Greenfield
Rhythm Guitar (Backing Vocals): Johnny Borrell
Lead Guitar: Peter Green
Bass: John Entwhistle
Drums: Dom Howard
Lyrics: Paul Weller


I had to include lyrics, other wise my dream band would be doing covers!

[getjoncarter]

JoJo Mayer, Drums.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, lead Vocals. (from the Mars Volta)
Jimmy page, Lead guitar.
Jason Mraz, Backing Vocals.
Matt Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar + piano
Flea, Bass.
Now that would be sweet.

[sgt.pepper1986]

If only...

Drums (If not me!)- John Bonham (Led Zep) or Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
Lead Vocal- Freddy Mercury (Queen), Robert Plant (Led Zep), Jim Morrison (The Doors), or Janis Joplin
Lead Guitar- Jimmy Page (Led Zep) or Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Rhythm Guitars- John Lennon (The Beatles), Tom Sholtz (Boston), and Pete Townsend (The Who)
Bass- John Entwhistle (The Who) or Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
Keys and Synthesizer- Ray Manzarek (The Doors) or Billy Preston
Saxophone- Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen)

I thought we had to Pick one from each..you guys are cheaters...LOL.

Would'nt be so obvious?? Why you little trend setter you...LOL..

[secondXheartbeat]

Vocals/Songwriting/Lyrics/Keyboards: Beck
Guitar: Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
Bass: Arif (Protest the Hero)
Drums: Chad Sexton (311)
Percussion section: those two guys rom Santana

Grooviest jams ever!

[Ozzy Biz]

Vocals - Maynard James Keenan and Mark Lannegan
Guitar 1 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitar 2 - Jimi Hendrix
Guitar 3 - Jimmy Page
Bass - Victor Wooten
Keys - Chester Thompson
Drums - John Bonham

Hows that?

Biz

[drumminjohn]

Mine would be
Vocals: Robert Plant (Zepp)
Lead: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Bootsy Collins (Parliament Funkadelic)
Drums: Ginger Baker (Cream) or John Bonham (Zepp) or Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

I can't decide on a drummer haha

[GRUNTERSDAD]

Lets see,

Lead Guitar/Vocals...... George Harrison
Bass/Vocals............... Paul McCartney
Rhythm/Vocals........... John Lennon
Drums........................ Ringo Starr
Keyboards.................. Billy Preston
Sax Player................. Clarence Clemmons

I'll bet these guys could sell a ton of Records/CD's, and may even make a few Silly Movies.

[glynes]

Originally Posted by GRUNTERSDAD

Lets see,

Lead Guitar/Vocals...... George Harrison
Bass/Vocals............... Paul McCartney
Rhythm/Vocals........... John Lennon
Drums........................ Ringo Starr
Keyboards.................. Billy Preston

I'll bet these guys could sell a ton of Records/CD's, and may even make a few Silly Movies.

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
They don't come any better.

[Rhythmic Disciple]

Drums - Jo Jo Mayer
Bass - Matthew Garrison
Vocals - Donald Fagen
BV's - Jill Scott
Keyboards - Bob James or Joe Sample
Guitars - John Mclaughlin
Percussion - Raul and Karl

What a bizarre and interesting selection of musicians!!!

[maddrummr]

Drums-Bonham
Lead guitar- Jimmy Page
Rhythmic Guitar- Pete Townsend
Bass- John Entwistle
Lead Vocals- Jim Morrison
Backing Vocals- Roger Daltrey
Piano- Ray Manzarek

Yea basically its my 3 fav bands put together, The who, the doors, and led zeppelin

[Class A Drummer]

Guitar- Jimmy Page
Bass- Geddy Lee
Drums- Neil Peart for rock, Steve Gadd for jazz
Vocals- John Paul Jones
2nd guitar- Alex Lifeson
Piano- Dave Brubeck

[secondXheartbeat]

Originally Posted by Class A Drummer

Guitar- Jimmy Page
Bass- Geddy Lee
Drums- Neil Peart for rock, Steve Gadd for jazz
Vocals- John Paul Jones
2nd guitar- Alex Lifeson
Piano- Dave Brubeck

Rush and friends!!!!!

[Tom B.]

Originally Posted by Class A Drummer

Vocals- John Paul Jones

JPJ, as a singer?

stupid 20 chracters

[finnhiggins]

Originally Posted by Tom B.

JPJ, as a singer?

Drums - Jeff Buckley
Guitar - Vinnie Colaiuta
Keyboards - Michael Jackson
Bass - John Coltrane
Violin - Trent Reznor
Vocals - Ringo Starr

Here's my choice for "not a bad band":

Vocals - Robert Plant
Guitars - Jimi Hendrix/ Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bass - Geddy Lee
Keyboards - Keith Emerson
Drums - Buddy Rich


Oh, and I have a "back-up" band, if anybody wants to see it...Play On! ;-)

[Ozzy Biz]

Would the back-up band open for the "not a bad band"?

[pimp_my_RIDE]

On Vocals:Frank Sinatra
On Piano:Ray Charles
The band:Buddy rich big band
On drums:Me and Drummer_karl

One hell of a jazz group

Originally Posted by Ozzy Biz

Would the back-up band open for the "not a bad band"?

Hey Ozzy Biz. the back-up band would be:


Vocals - Steve Perry/Scott Stapp
Guitars - Joe Satriani/Yngwie Malmsteen
Bass - Victor Wooten
Keyboards - Richard Wright
Drums - Bonzo/The Professor

Can I have 2 vocalists and 2 drummers? Ok with 2 guitarists though, huh? Play On! ;-)

[secondXheartbeat]

I got another one

Drums: Benny Greb
Bass: Tom Kennedy
Guitar: Steve Vai and Joe Satriani
no vocals

[TopCat]

Drums: Me
Guitars: Me
Bass: Me
Vocals: Me
Keys: Me

No more 'artistic differences' then.

[zappafan]

Vocals and Guitar - F. Z. - shocker , i know ;)
Guitar - Jerry Garcia
Bass - Les Claypool
Keys - Gregg Allman
Drums - Chester Thompson
Percussion - Ruth Underwood
Sax - Napoleon Murphy Brock

Peace.

[Rossy_j]

Mine would have to be:

Lead guitar 1: Joe Satriani
Lead guitar 2: Jimi Hendrix
Rhythm Guitar: Carlos Santana
Bass 1: Flea (RHCP)
Bass 2: Stanley Jordan
Vocals: Kelly Jones (Stereophonics)
Piano: John Legend
Drums: Me / Dave Weckl / Gavin Harrison
Lyric writing: Chris Martin (Coldplay)

Yea, that would do just fine for me.

R

[TriggerThis]

Drum: Bill Bruford
Bass: Tony Levin (the master of low frequency handling)
Guitar: Robert Fripp
Keys: Keith Emerson

Originally Posted by TriggerThis

Drum: Bill Bruford
Bass: Tony Levin (the master of low frequency handling)
Guitar: Robert Fripp
Keys: Keith Emerson

AKA Pretty much King Crimson in one incarnation or another. I wouldn't want any of the ELP lot on anything except bass mind...

[Mapex589]

My Ultimate Band:

Drums: Me
Bass: David Ellefson
Lead Guitar: Kirk Hammett
Rhythm Guitar and Vocals: Max Cavalera

I would love to see what would come of this!!!

[ledzeppelins666]

Wasn't this a thread before the Off Topic wipeout?

Anyways,
Jimi Hendrix-Lead Guitar/ Rythym Guitar [Just as good at rythym as lead]
John Entwistle-Bass
Robert Plant-Vocals [Now there's a shocker]
Acoustic Guitar/ Vocals [sometimes] -Dave Matthews
Steel Lap Guitar- David Gilmour [Porbably wouldn't work but would sound cool]
Percussion- Trilok Gurtu
Drums- Bonzo

The main problem with this group would be the chemistry between the artists. But since this is the "Ultimate Band", I guess I could say that.

[Spence]

I tried to get one line-up, but I couldn't. I think I would like to put all these guy in different combinations to see who comes up with what, then i'll make my final decision. These guys would be in rotation:

Drums:Vinnie Colaiuta/Dennis Chambers/Tony Willaims
Bass: Victor Wooten/Stanley Clarke/Larry Graham (and Background Vocals)
Guitar: Al Di Meola/John Schofield
Keys: Chick Corea
Vocals: Prince (also guitar)
Trumpet: Miles
Sax: Coltrane
Percussion: Airto

I would love to hear any combination of the above.

Imagine Chambers, Graham, Schofield, Prince. My god this would be great!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Rossy_j

Mine would have to be:

Lead guitar 1: Joe Satriani
Lead guitar 2: Jimi Hendrix
Rhythm Guitar: Carlos Santana
Bass 1: Flea (RHCP)
Bass 2: Stanley Jordan
Vocals: Kelly Jones (Stereophonics)
Piano: John Legend
Drums: Me / Dave Weckl / Gavin Harrison
Lyric writing: Chris Martin (Coldplay)

Yea, that would do just fine for me.

R

Hey Rossy_j! Cool list here, man. I like it! But...doesn't Stanley Jordan play guitar? I was not aware that he played bass, also. I have 3 cds of his from the late 80's in which he plays the guitar like a piano, but he doesn't play bass. Just curious...Play On! ;-)

Maybe you meant to type Stanley Clarke??

[Ashton Drum's]

Vocals - Milli Vanilli & Ashlee Simpson
Bass - Sid Vicious
Drums - Meg White
Guitar - Tom Fletcher (From Mcfly)

Now thats what I call A band

[syoshii]

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Trumpet: Miles Davis
Organ: Larry Young
Bass: Jack Bruce
Drums: Tony Williams

Actually Jimi had made a jam session with Tony Williams and Jack Bruce at Record Plant in 1969 (tape not found so far), and also supposed to play with Miles and Gil Evans just a few days after his death.

[doublebass]

vocals:angela gossow(arch enemy)
guitar:karl sanders(nile)
guitar:muhamed suicimez(necrophagist)
bass:the guy from cannibal corpse
drums:derek roddy(ex hate eternal,nile)

LOL i cant imagine this

[djp132]

Originally Posted by doublebass

bass:the guy from cannibal corpse

Alex Webster?


For me it would be:

Drums: Me
Bass: John Myung
Lead Guitar: Buckethead
Rhythm Guitar: Ben Burnley
Vocals: Sebastian Bach

Killer.

[vezdrums]

Hey! New to the board and trying it out with a first reply...

Drums: Bill Stewart
Mandolin: Chris Thile
Guitar: John Scofield
Bass: Christian McBride
Keys: Michel Camillo (spp?)
Percussion: Mamaday Keita
Trumpet: Roy Hargrove
Saxophone: Joshua Redman


This would be interesting. Of course, if I thought I could hang with these guys I'd give it a shot!

[Tetley]

drums - buddy rich or jose pasillas

bass - flea

guitars - hendrix

vocals/keys - matt bellamy

a simple 4 piece

[-Ryco]

Pete Townshebd - gtr, Paul McCartney - bs, Roger Daltrey - vc, Ringo - drm

The Whootles?