Dream Band

[DreamOfTheRood]

The current issue of SPIN has a fake contest where you have to create your own band of musicians. Inspired by this, I sat down to dream up my own band, and here's what I have so far. After you've read mine, feel free to create your own.

 

Microphone 1: Christina Aguilera

Microphone 2: Diamond David Lee Roth

 

Guitar 1: Dave from Sum 41

Guitar 2: Deryck from Sum 41

Guitar 3: Greg Ginn from Black Flag

 

Bass: Duff McKagan from Guns'n'Roses/ Velvet Revolver

 

Drums: Ed Graham from The Darkness

[Dinin]

Ooooh, i'm gonna have fun with this....

 

Vocals 1: Robert plant (Led Zeppelin)

Vocals 2: Lead singer of Jet, not sure on name

 

Lead Guitarist: Jimmi Hendrix...oh hell yeah...

#2 Guitarist: David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Bass Guitar: I have no idea....bassist from Red hot Chilli Peppers maybe

 

Drums: Another one i can't decide...drumming wouldn't be that important in my dream band, just your average pro drummer....

 

Lyricist: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)...another hell yeah

[Veritas]

Vocals: Robert Plant

Guitar #1: Stevie Ray Vaughn

Guitar #2: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: John Paul Jones

Drums: John Bonham (Of Course)

 

Jimmy Paige can be the guitarist when the others are sick

[DreamOfTheRood]

I'm going to add some stipulations to this.

 

These are guitarists you can't use:

1) Eddie Van Halen

2) Jimmy Page

3) Stevie Ray Vaughn

4) Jimi Hendrix

5) Yngwie Malmsteen

6) Jeff Beck

7) Steve Vai

8) Joe Satriani

 

Here are drummers you can't use:

1) the guy from the Dave Matthews Band

2) Jon Bonham

3) Jessie Smith

 

Here are bassists you can't use:

1) Flea

2) Jaco

 

Here are some bands that you can't draw people from:

1) Led Zepplin

2) Black Sabbath

 

Don't use people from bands that haven't put out albums in the last twenty years.

[Dinin]

Oh, i thought "dream band" meant a fantasy band thats in your dreams...

 

Wait, how come Led Zeppelin and flea are being taken out, what does that have to do with anything? As well as Dave Matthews Band?

[Maquissar]

Vocals: Freddie Mercury of Queen.

 

Guitar Player: Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits.

 

Guitar solo writer: Brian May of Queen, because although he's not the best technically, he could write wonderful and meaningful guitar solos and still keep them simple.

 

Bass player: no clue. Maybe Cliff Burton of Metallica, because he could also compose great pieces with classical influences like Orion.

 

Drummer: well, since I can't choose Jon Bonham, I'd say... hmmm... Ian Paice from Deep Purple.

 

All kinds of flutes: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, who would also help composing songs.

 

Lyricists: King Crimson's Peter Sinfield, and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

 

Musical arrangement and orchestration by Freddie Mercury, Queen.

[DreamOfTheRood]

Wait, how come Led Zeppelin and flea are being taken out, what does that have to do with anything? As well as Dave Matthews Band?

Because they're the best, and everyone would use members from that band and think, "Oh, I'm being so original. Nobody else would think of using Led Zepplin."

The point is to be creative.

 

Here's my second dream band:

 

Microphone 1: Thom Yorke of Radiohead

 

Guitar 1: Matthew Bellamy of Muse

Guitar 2: Brett Detar of the Juliana Theory

 

Bass: Shawn Koschik of Zao

 

Drums: David Husvik of Extol

 

Keyboards: Paul Mac of the Disassociatives

[Maquissar]

Lol... well, if you want to remove all groups that can be considered, or have been considered, "the best" in their genres, you'd have to remove Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath, The Eagles, CSN&Y and TONS of others... hmmmm... in the end, after you'd removed everyone, you can pick members from Sun Ra, the Righteous Brothers, and The Frigus Project for your dreamband ;)

 

My point is, not everyone considers Led Zeppelin to be THE BEST EVER, so your assumption is unfair. You can't state that "Led Zeppelin are the best" as if it was a proven scientific fact. I like Led Zeppelin as I love classic rock, but there are some other groups I love much more than them.

[Slaiv]

Screw the rules.

 

Band I:

 

Vocals I: Zack de la Rocha

Vocals II: Spider

 

Guitar I: James Hetfield

Guitar II: Billie Joe Armstrong

 

Bassist I: Les Claypool

 

Drum I: Lars Ulrich

 

Band II:

 

Vocals I: Till Lindemann

Vocals II: Jay Gordon

 

Guitar I: Tom Morello

 

Bassist I: YTimK aka Timmy C

Bassist II: Oliver Riedel

 

Drum I: Doom

 

Electronics/Sound: Amir Derakh

[Breton Thief Oriana]

Vocals: I could never have anyone but me doing lead vocals... I love my voice (Im from Fortune's Fool, by the way). Ok, and maybe Serj Tankian from that unnamable band for backup.

Lead guitar: Jerry Garcia.

Second Guitar: The guitarist from "The Pillows", cause I cant read their site. its in japanese.

Bassist: Les Claypool. Primus was god.

Drummer: Brian Doherty from They Might Be Giants.

Synths/keyboard: David Lovelace. Who is from, and who is as it happens, Parallax.

Turntables: Jam Master Jay.

Sax: Mars Williams, Liquid Soul.

 

Yep. Thats it. Non of you guys even THOUGHT of the last three catagories on there, but theyre essential for this new fusion I invented, "Blue Acid Alternapop Metal".