Create your dream band

[TyWebb]

Living or dead, you get two guitarists, a bass player, a drummer and a vocalist. In the interest of staying hip, you can add a DJ or rapper if you think it would work.

This is a completely personal choice, so no degrading other people's picks (I know, I know ... FAIL!).

Here's mine, but keep in mind I'm in my mid-20s, so I'll probably leave out some old-school people.

Drummer: Travis Barker of Blink 182 (Say what you will of the band's music, but he's freaking amazing)
Bass: Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Guitar 1: Jimi Hendrix
Guitar 2: Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
Vocals: Bradley Nowell of Sublime

If I were to add a rapper: Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5

 

[forever_town]

Guitarists: Keith Richards and Stephen Stills
Bass: Sting
Drummer: John Bonham
Vocalist: Stevie Nicks

 

[Kaylee]

Okay, I'm doing this based on my favorite musicians and vocalists. Not necessarily who would best play together. Because the styles here are pretty far-flung.

Guitar - Slash
Guitar - Pat Metheney
Bass - Cliff Burton (yeah, yeah, there are better bassists, but the poor guy never got to enjoy fame)
Drums - John Theodore (from The Mars Volta...trust me)
Vocals - Claudio Sanchez (or, for the older crowd, Geddy Lee.)

 

[Mayfly]

Def Leppard [/sportschick]

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Vocals ~ Paul Rodgers

That is all...

 

[sportschick]

Def Leppard [/sportschick]

Only if they added Slash as a guitarist, Kurt Cobain as their songwriter and Amy Lee as their vocalist.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Vocals: Paul Rodgers (T-B is right on the money)
Guitars: Steve Vai or Joe Satriani on lead; Derek Trucks as the second guitarist
Bass: Geddy Lee
Drummer: Neil Peart


If it's a battle of the bands, the other band could be:

Vocals: Robert Plant
Guitars: Jeff Beck or Buddy Guy and Robert Cray
Bass: John Paul Jones (can also play keyboards)
Drums: John Bonham or Keith Moon
Harmonica: James Cotton

 

[mike311gd]

Guitars: Erik Melvin, NOFX and Tim Mahoney, 311
Bass: P-Nut, 311
Drummer: Travis Barker, Plus 44
Vocals: Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day

Honestly, if I could have five musicians to construct the perfect musical ensemble, I'd just take 311. In my opinion, they've got one of the best drummers, guitarists and bassists playing today.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

Lead singer has to be Steve Perry of Journey.
Eric Clapton can play guitar.
Billy Joel can hit the keys.
Neil Peart is an easy pick on drums.
Geddy Lee can be my bassist, too.

 

[Frylock]

Singer: Corey Taylor
Guitar: Adrian Belew
Bass: Flea
Drums: Neil Peart

 

[slappy4428]

Suzanna Hoffs
after that, I'm good.

 

[Starman]

Keith Moon: drums
Paul McCartney: bass, keyboards, guitars, drums
Richard Thompson: lead guitar
Keith Richards: rhythm, lead guitar
Prince: Guitars, keyboards, synths
Elvis Presley: vocals
Brian Wilson: alternate bass, backing vocals, vocal arrangements

 

[GBNF]

Singer: Robert Plant (male), Stevie Nicks (female)
Guitar 1: John Butler - best solo I've ever heard -
Guitar 2: Lindsay Buckingham - my favorite song of all time -
Guitar 3: THIS GUY - wait for the riff at 58 seconds -
Bass: Flea
Bass 2: John McVie
Drums: Neil Peart -- -- OR Mick Fleetwood

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I'm assuming that genre doesn't really matter.

Vocals -- Otis Redding.
Lead Guitar -- Duane Allman
2d Lead -- Clapton
Bass -- Duck Dunn
Drums -- Keith Moon.

Am I alone in hoping that Pattie Boyd somehow manages to find this thread?

 

[GBNF]

Good call on Otis, F_B

 

[Starman]

Actually, the Who and the Rolling Stones were pretty close to all-star bands all by themselves from about 1967-75.

Moon, Entwistle and Townshend were routinely ranked among the top performers on their respective instruments. As were Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Keith Richards.

Vocalists are entirely acquired tastes, but Daltrey and Jagger have always had adherents who said they were the best at what they did.

And the same, of course, could be said about Led Zeppelin.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Assuming they're all in their prime . . . .

Singer: Sebastian Bach (hell of a voice, moves between metal and softer stuff, and the ladies will come out in droves to see him sing)
Rhythm Guitar: Scott Ian, Anthrax
Lead Guitar: Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
Bass: Cliff Burton, Metallica
Drummer: Neil Peart, Rush

Lyrics: John Lennon
Music/riffs/hooks: James Hetfield

Manager: Peter Grant. He'll make sure they get their money, and make sure the egos can co-exist.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Vocals: Eddie Vedder
Guitar: Eric Clapton
Guitar: Steve Hackett
Bass: Geddy Lee
Keyboards/Synths: Tony Banks or Billy Joel (atmosphere or virtuosity? Take your pick ... )
Percussion: Neil Peart

 

[BYH]

They already exist and have been recording for 25 years.

 

[sportschick]

The perfect hair metal band

Vocals -- Sebastian Bach
Bass -- the guy from Warrant (Jerry something or other)
Guitar -- Slash
Guitar -- C.C. DeVille
Drums -- Rick Allen