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Posted: January 15 2013 at 14:46

^ How bout Dan Briggs instead of Flea?

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

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Posted: January 15 2013 at 13:37

smartpatrol wrote:

Based on the CDs that arrived today:

John Lennon - Vocals, Piano
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Robert Johnson - Guitar
Kurt Cobain - Rhythm Guitar
Krist Novoselic - Bass
Dave Grohl - Drums

Interesting inclusion of Cobain; how about this:

Kurt Cobain: Guitar, Vocals
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Guitar
Flea: Bass
Zach Hill: Drums

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Posted: January 15 2013 at 13:07

Jon Theodore - Drums

Jaki Liebezeit - Drums

Thomas Lang - Drums

Mike Patton - Vocals

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Posted: January 15 2013 at 12:54

Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison - Guitar, Vocals
Neil Peart - Drums

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Posted: January 14 2013 at 03:30

Frank Zappa - Vocals
Toby Diver - Vocals, Cello
Mia Matsumiya - Violin
Greg Masi - Guitar
Scott Kelly - Guitar
Steve Von Till - Guitar
Dave Edwardson - Bass
Jason Roeder - Drums

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Posted: January 09 2013 at 14:51

Based on the CDs that arrived today:

John Lennon - Vocals, Piano
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Robert Johnson - Guitar
Kurt Cobain - Rhythm Guitar
Krist Novoselic - Bass
Dave Grohl - Drums

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Posted: January 09 2013 at 14:04

This is all great fun, but I hope everyone knows that in reality most of these 'bands' would be rubbish. A great band is a chemistry that can't be manufactured. Some very ordinary musicians have made great bands, and the reverse is also true.

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Posted: January 04 2013 at 01:52

We've had experiments at perfect lineups already. They didn't work out too well...

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: January 03 2013 at 23:59

bump

Ringo Starr - Drums
Klaus Voomerman - Bass
John Lennon - Vocals, Guitar, Piano

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Posted: December 02 2012 at 16:14

Neil Peart - Drums
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar (and Cello, Mandolin, etc)
Chris Squire - Bass and Vocals
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Jon Anderson - Vocals

A Hard Rock/ Progressive Band

And the Italian Version:

Francesco Di Giacomo (Banco) - Vocals
Franco Mussida (PFM) - Guitar and Vocals
Patrick Djivas (PFM - Area) - Bass
Tony Pagliuca (Le Orme) - Keyboards
Michi Dei Rossi (Le Orme) - Drums

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Posted: November 18 2012 at 00:27

The perfect line-up is already in place - Trewavas, Portnoy, Morse and Stolt

Or alternately ; Levin, Portnoy, Rudess, Petrucci...

Well, here's where my imagination runs wild -

Dave Stewart - Organ (and fuzz-box)

Hellmutt Hattler - Bass

Reine Fiske - guitar

Tim Alexander - drums

with guest vocalist Sonja Kristina.

Anyway, that's one of my 'perfect' line-ups..........

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Posted: November 17 2012 at 12:02

Hmmm...
"Chamber Folk"
Guitar/vocals: Bert Jansch
Guitar: Glenn Goring
Piano/harpsichord: Kerry Minnear
Flute/vocals: Ian Anderson
Bass/violin/guitar: Ray Shulman
Drums/Percussion: Jaki Liebezeit

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Posted: November 17 2012 at 01:04

Vocals and keys: Matthew Parmenter

Bass: tony Levin

Guitar: Steve Hackett

Drums: Gavin Harrison.

I think they would make great music.

Or from left field...

Drums: Peter Gabriel

Keys: Geddy Lee

Bass: Robert Fripp

Guitar: Jon Anderson.

Vocals: Tony Levin

Edited by Terra Australis - November 17 2012 at 01:18

Allomerus. Music with progressive intent.

http://allomerus.bandcamp.com

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Posted: November 16 2012 at 14:12

I got a real interesting outsider folk band:

Lead singing: Roger Wootton

Guitarist: John Fahey

Bassist: Maybelle Carter

Backup singing: Leonard Cohen

Lyrics: Leonard Cohen

No drummer. Not necessary.

Now I'll take the game a step farther. Here's a discography for this band.

They'd have no name. Their band name would simply be 'untitled'

The Shadow of the Valley:

Side One:

1 - Summertime (Gershwin) - 3:44

2 - When God had Violence in his Heart (Cohen; Wootton)- 7:13

3 - Love Your Brother (Fahey) - 4:09

Side Two:

4 - Knoxville Girl (traditional) - 3:56

5 - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) - 2:14

6 - Dead Drifter Blues (Fahey) - 3:01

7 - Extermination Song (Cohen) - 4:27

The Gospels

Side One:

1 - Mark (Fahey) - 11:19

2 - Matthew (Cohen; Fahey) - 5:08

3 - Luke (Wootton) - 4:59

Side Two:

4 - John (Fahey) - 15:22

5 - Judas Iscariot (Fahey; Wootton; Cohen; Carter) - 1:45

Plow up the Waiting World

Side One:

1 - Anonymous Love Blues (Fahey) - 5:40

2 - Famous Blue Raincoat (Cohen) - 3:46

3 - In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) - 4:33

4 - Liberation Song (Cohen) - 5:51

Side Two:

5 - Mama Tried (Merle Haggard; re-arranged by John Fahey) - 2:59

6 - Plow up the Waiting World (Maybelle Carter) - 8:18

7 - Diana (Colin Pearson) - 4:17

S/T (Untitled by Untitled)

Side One:

1 - Too Cruel for Words (Fahey; Wootton) - 6:04

2 - The Retribution of Blind Joe Death (Fahey) - 2:26

3 - Empty Cupboard Blues (Blind Joe Death) - 2:15

4 - Redemption Song (Bob Marley; re-arranged by Wootton) - 3:46

5 - Cain's Fables (Fahey) - 2:12

6 - Cain's Fables II (Fahey) - 2:58

7 - Cain's Fables III (Fahey) - 2:01

Side Two:

8 - Across the Universe (John Lennon) - 3:16

9 - Lost Highway (Hank Williams) - 2:32

10-Master Song (Cohen) - 5:03

11-The Cocaine Hymn (Blind Joe Death) - 3:55

12-The Mammon and the Martyr (Fahey; Wootton) - 8:44

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Posted: November 15 2012 at 09:11

Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company) vocals

Roger Taylor (Queen) drums

Ian Ellis (Clouds/Steve Hackett band) Bass

Robert Fripp (King Crimson) guitar

Billy Ritchie (Clouds) Hammond

Keith Emerson (Nice/ELP) synths/piano

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Posted: November 10 2012 at 12:17

I just thought about another nice one:

- Jon Anderson: Vocals and other instruments as needed.
- Vangelis: Keyboards.
- Mike Oldfield: Guitars and other instruments as needed.
- The choir and drum ensambles used by Oldfield on Omadawn and / or Incantations.

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Posted: November 06 2012 at 21:25

anyone remember that show "sliders," in which the heroes are constantly traveling inter-dimensionally? i remember one episode where they're perusing a record store, and look at a record by the "rolling who" - basically, the stones fronted by dalterey. can u imagine if there *are* other dimensions, in which the floyd recorded 'household objects' or whatever... sigh... i can tell u, if i could travel across dimensions, i'd be collecting records along the way... :-)

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Posted: November 06 2012 at 20:46

Going all out here...

Vocals: David Gimour

Drums: Carl Palmer

Guitar: Steve Hackett

Moog: Keith Emerson

Bass: Roger Waters

Flute: Ian Anderson

Mellotron: Tony Banks

Hammond: Vincent Crane

12 String Guitar: Mike Rutherford

Hammered Dulcimer: Steven Wilson

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Posted: November 06 2012 at 19:15

Steve Hackett - Guitar
Alex Lifeson - Guitar
Robert Fripp - Guitar
Tony Banks - Keyboards
Geddy Lee - Bass
Neil Peart - Drums

probably the best lineup I've come up with. The most exquisite players on the planet all in one band. Wouldn't that be something?

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Posted: November 06 2012 at 18:54

FunkyHomoSapien wrote:

Vocals: Peter Gabriel

Drums: Phil Collins

Guitar: Steve Howe

Bass: Greg Lake

Synth: Keith Emerson

Organ: Billy Ritchie

Since you already have Greg Lake as part of the Line-up, I would much rather have him as the Lead Vocals over Gabriel.