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nahnite

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Topic: Your band!
Posted: April 16 2009 at 21:35

Take your fave prog players and put together a band of your own!

Here's an example:

My ideal band is

Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis): Clean Vocals

Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes): Female Vocals

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath): Rhythm Guitars, Death Vocals

Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Zappa): Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Sam Totman (DragonForce): Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Tony Banks (Genesis): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Rick Wakeman (Yes, The Strawbs): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Geddy Lee (Rush): Bass, Backing Vocals

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, LTE): Drums, Percussion

Phil Collins (Genesis, Brand X): Drums, Percussion

Single Coil View Drop Down

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Posted: April 16 2009 at 22:16

Mike O's vocals would be a great thing for Leaves Eyes.

I declare Shenanigans on having people from Genisis and Dragonforce in the same band !!

If it's worth playing, it's worth playing loud!

moebius

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Posted: April 16 2009 at 23:25

Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine): Guitar

Mike Bordin (Faith No More): Drums

Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta): Bass

Michael Jackson: Vocals

Groovy

Dominic

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 00:39

hmm.....

Brent Hinds - (Mastodon) lead guitar
Fripp - rhythm guitar
Trey Gunn - (K Crimson) bass
Danny Carey - percussion
Daniel O'Sullivan - (Guapo) keys

no vocals. (damn vocals!)

Ah haha!

Single Coil wrote:

I declare Shenanigans on having people from Genisis and Dragonforce in the same band !!

lol, agreed.

moebius wrote:

Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine): Guitar

Mike Bordin (Faith No More): Drums

Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta): Bass

Michael Jackson: Vocals

Groovy

That's quite a fun one to imagine Big smile

Edited by Dominic - April 17 2009 at 00:42

Vompatti

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 00:42

Kate Bush - vocals
Christian Vander - Drums
John Zorn - sax

crimhead

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 00:48

Vompatti wrote:

Kate Bush - vocals
Christian Vander - Drums
John Zorn - sax

Zorn over Coltrane?!

Gasp.

Vompatti

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 00:51

crimhead wrote:

Vompatti wrote:

Kate Bush - vocals
Christian Vander - Drums
John Zorn - sax

Zorn over Coltrane?!

Gasp.

I heard Coltrane's been pretty silent lately.

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 01:06

Mikael Akerfeldt - Guitar, Vocals
Kate Bush - Vocals
Buckethead - Guitar
Hiromi Uehara - Keyboards, Piano
Justin Chancellor - Bass
Christian Vander - Drums

mrcozdude

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 10:16

Zappa - Concepts/arrangments
Mike Patton - Vocals
Fripp - Guitar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitar
Jaco Pastorius - Bass
Ray Manzerek - Keyboard/organ
Zach Hill - Drums
Brian Eno - Ambience

Not sure if Zach Hill would be the right choice for that line up but it would be interesting.

Edited by mrcozdude - April 17 2009 at 10:19

nahnite

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 20:19

mrcozdude wrote:

Zappa - Concepts/arrangments
Mike Patton - Vocals
Fripp - Guitar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitar
Jaco Pastorius - Bass
Ray Manzerek - Keyboard/organ
Zach Hill - Drums
Brian Eno - Ambience

Not sure if Zach Hill would be the right choice for that line up but it would be interesting.

That sounds like a good one there.

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 20:23

Damn, that would have sounded very interesting, just add a saxophone player or violinist ala Ponty.

jplanet

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 22:22

I'd try this lineup:

John Wetton - Bass/Vocals
Geoff Downes - Keyboards
Steve Howe - Guitars
Carl Palmer - Drums

Only this time, have them sound something like a combination of Yes, ELP, and King Crimson, instead of sounding like music from a Mentos commercial!

..::welcome to the shadow circus::..

Jozef

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 22:31

nahnite wrote:

Take your fave prog players and put together a band of your own!

Here's an example:

My ideal band is

Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis): Clean Vocals

Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes): Female Vocals

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath): Rhythm Guitars, Death Vocals

Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Zappa): Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Sam Totman (DragonForce): Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Tony Banks (Genesis): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Rick Wakeman (Yes, The Strawbs): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Geddy Lee (Rush): Bass, Backing Vocals

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, LTE): Drums, Percussion

Phil Collins (Genesis, Brand X): Drums, Percussion

I think its pretty funny having Tony Banks and Phil Collins in a band with Mikael Akerfeldt doing death vocals. Imagine hearing Mikael singing "Sssudio" and growling. LOL

crimson87

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 22:50

Vocals: Damo Susuki & Billy Corgan

Drumming: Cristian Vander & Carl Palmer

Bass: Hugh Hopper

Sax: Elton Dean

Trombon: Bruce Fowler

Marimbas: Ruth Underwood

Guitar: Johnny Ramone

mr.cub

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Posted: April 17 2009 at 23:15

This would be my rock band...and its just who I feel would sound interesting together

John Entwhistle-Bass

John Bonham-Drums

Brian May-Guitar

Ian Gillan-Vocals

As for prog...

Ian Anderson- Acoustic Guitar/flute/vocals

Chick Corea-Keyboards

Mike Rutherford-Bass

Bill Bruford-Drums

Steve Howe-Guitars

jplanet

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Posted: April 18 2009 at 04:00

My Asia joke aside, this would be a fun lineup for something on the heavy and unusual side:

Drums - Bill Bruford
Bass - Les Claypool
Guitar - Jeff Beck
Keyboards - Trent Reznor
Vocals - Mike Patton

..::welcome to the shadow circus::..

Abstrakt

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Posted: April 18 2009 at 05:34

I've posted this lineup in several of these threads, but:

Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) / Guitar
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) / Bass
Tim Alexander (Primus) / Drums

^^ Instrumental Alternative/Funk rock with a psychedelic twist Cool

mrcozdude

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Posted: April 18 2009 at 06:29

cacho wrote:

Damn, that would have sounded very interesting, just add a saxophone player or violinist ala Ponty.

I guess Ponty and Zorn but they can guest otherwise my lineup would almost be to superior.

Floydoid

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Posted: April 19 2009 at 09:49

I remember doing this for a similar topic not so long ago... my dream band would go something like this:

Dave Gilmour: lead guitar & vocals
Roger Glover: bass guitar
Nick Mason: drums
Rick Wakeman: keyboards
Darryl Way: violin & keyboards
Candy Dulfer: saxes
Sonja Kristina: lead vocals & acoustic guitar

Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?

nahnite

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Posted: April 19 2009 at 13:27

Jozef wrote:

nahnite wrote:

Take your fave prog players and put together a band of your own!

Here's an example:

My ideal band is

Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis): Clean Vocals

Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes): Female Vocals

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath): Rhythm Guitars, Death Vocals

Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Zappa): Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Sam Totman (DragonForce): Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Tony Banks (Genesis): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Rick Wakeman (Yes, The Strawbs): Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizers

Geddy Lee (Rush): Bass, Backing Vocals

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, LTE): Drums, Percussion

Phil Collins (Genesis, Brand X): Drums, Percussion

I think its pretty funny having Tony Banks and Phil Collins in a band with Mikael Akerfeldt doing death vocals. Imagine hearing Mikael singing "Sssudio" and growling. LOL

That'd be a riot, wouldn't it?