Make Your Band

[CitizenKing]

Time for a new game! Make up your own line up for a band including a name (If you want). Now remember that they need to atleast be able to get along since they'll be touring together. Multiple bands are fine and give what genre they'de be playing.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Lead Singer: Eddie Vedder/Chris Cornell (Share Vocals...ala the Beatles)

Guitarists: Slash,Edge, & Buckethead. (Slash would also contribute backup vocals)


Panio:Billy Preston

Drums: Tommy Lee.



Type of Music played: Alternative/Hard Rock.

This Is my dream Band people.Vedder,Slash,Edge,Cornell & Buckethead??On a Tour?? HELL YEAH!!

[the_coldest_sun]

Vocals: Glenn Danzig
Guitars: Jerry Cantrell & Zakk Wylde
Bass: Jason Newsted
Drums: Josh Freese

Genre: the heaviest hard rock EVER!

OMG, I'm soiling myself already. They could be called Glenn & the J's (& a Z). Yeah, I would love to see that live... I'd sell my soul if I already didn't give it to that pimp for 8 minutes with a one-legged hooker and a shot of Wild Turkey. :(

[E. Spears]

Even though I'm already in a band (go Mences Juggernaut!), my dream band would consist of...

Maynard James Keenan (Tool)--Vocals

Trent Reznor (NIN)--Just about everything else.

Ratboy (Every Time I Die)--Drums

The Duo of Johnny Whitney and Jordan Blilie (Blood Brothers)--More Vocals/Guitars/Keyboards

Me (Mences Juggernaut)--the Skanker (fat guy has to be the skanker)

Genre--TechnoCoreTronicaSweetness.

Band Name--The Dead, Bloody, Inch-Long Tools.

Maybe i'll think of a better band later, but it's gonna be hard to top this shit. :rolleyes:

-ERS

[zombie]

I present to you, Tears of a Broken Child!

Drums/Vocals: Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.

Bass: Carlos D. of Interpol.

Guitar: Ian Williams of Battles/Don Caballero.

Banjo/Vocals: Sufjan Stevens.

Harp: Joanna Newsom.

Piano/Keyboards: Andy Lansangan of the 90 Day Men.

Genre: Post-Noisefolk.

Well, it'd be interesting if nothing else.

[Spike-X]

Jimi Hendrix - guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan - guitar
Janis Joplin - vocals
Keith Moon - drums
John Entwhistle - bass

[Patient Boy]

Jimi Hendrix - guitar
Stevie Ray Vaughan - guitar
Janis Joplin - vocals
Keith Moon - drums
John Entwhistle - bass

Lemme guess your band name... the new Grateful Dead?

[Adam Crocker]

Lemme guess your band name... the new Grateful Dead?

Well not really considering the heavy blues rock sound that Spike is angling for doesn't really fit the Dead's music, at least what I've heard of it. (Except maybe "Dark Star" which I find to be surprisingly nervy considering the rest of the music by them that I have heard.) I've always found to be based in bluegrass, folk, and country rock with lots of jamming, and nowhere near as heavy and incendiary as the kind of music you could expect from a combo featuring Hendrix, SRV, Moon, and Entwhistle. Moreover, Joplin's vocal style, rauchy blues and throaty soul singing, is very different from Garcia's.

Hmmmm...I'm going to have to think about this one...

[Patient Boy]

It was a joke, Adam.

[Adam Crocker]

It was a joke, Adam.

ARGH! You've made a fool out of me for the last time Zhaki! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HEEEEEEELL!!!
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*Loads up the speaker truck with Oasis and then loads it into a plane bound of Singapore*

Vocalist - Iggy Pop...circa 1978 or so.

Guitarist - Robert Quine

Bass - Bruce Foxton. Yes, the Bruce Foxton of the Jam. While that's probably an odd choice given that the Jam was a much more conventional pop band (if loaded with excellent playing and songwriting to boot) he's one of my favourite bassists and the basslines he played in the Jam were amazing, especially when playing off Paul Weller's guitar. It would be interesting to see how he reacts to a much stranger, less conventional guitarist (albeit one who is firmly rooted in three-chord guitar rock) like Robert Quine. I suppose I could've gone with Mike Watt of the Minutemen, but this strikes me as a more interesting prospect. I suppose the group needs at least some anchor of normalcy.

Keyboards - Allen Ravenstine; he was Pere Ubu's first keyboardist, and he had one of the more interesting approaches to playing them I have heard.

Drums - Stephen Morris; though in Joy Division mode when his drumming was angular and strange.

Genre - Something somewhere in the punk/post punk area.

Name - The Ticket That Exploded. http://www.issue9mm.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif

[Punchy]

Lead Singer: Eddie Vedder/Chris Cornell (Share Vocals...ala the Beatles)

Guitarists: Slash,Edge, & Buckethead. (Slash would also contribute backup vocals)


Panio:Billy Preston

Drums: Tommy Lee.



Type of Music played: Alternative/Hard Rock.

This Is my dream Band people.Vedder,Slash,Edge,Cornell & Buckethead??On a Tour?? HELL YEAH!!

No bass player? What kind of band is that?

[Adam Crocker]

No bass player? What kind of band is that?

I dunno, though I do find it odd that there is no bass player to help create a groove for Buckethead.

But between Slash, the Edge, and Buckethead, could anyone even hear the bass?

Oooohhhh I just came up with another one!

Vocals - Rod Stewart & Michael Bolton

Guitar - Eric Clapton

Bass - Sting

Pianos/Producer - David Foster

Saxophone - Kenny G.

Drums - Phil Collins

Genre - Adult Contemporary

Name - The Soft Parade

[zombie]

Name - The Soft Parade

How about the Hair Parade? When I read that list, I kept thinking of all the strange hairdos most of them have had over the years.

[Adam Crocker]

How about the Hair Parade? When I read that list, I kept thinking of all the strange hairdos most of them have had over the years.

True, true...though the name came from Jim Morrison's disdainful term for hippies (which became the name of the Door's failed fourth album). There was something about the name that seemed all-to-appropriate for a band consisting of some of the most tamest, unthreatening, snooze-inducing pop musicians today.

It was that or get crass and blatant and call them The Valiums.

[zombie]

True, true...though the name came from Jim Morrison's disdainful term for hippies (which became the name of the Door's failed fourth album). There was something about the name that seemed all-to-appropriate for a band consisting of some of the most tamest, unthreatening, snooze-inducing pop musicians today.

It was that or get crass and blatant and call them The Valiums.

It'd be funny if together they ended up being the hardest rocking band in history. No chance of that happening, but it'd still be funny. They've built up rage over their years of suckitude that they weren't able to release in their music, until now!

[Adam Crocker]

No chance of that happening, but it'd still be funny. They've built up rage over their years of suckitude that they weren't able to release in their music, until now!

By the time this happens Oasis will stop sucking. I can't see that happen outside of severley disrupting the space-time continuum.

[zombie]

By the time this happens Oasis will stop sucking. I can't see that happen outside of severley disrupting the space-time continuum.

That sounds like a challenge! *gets to work*

[Eliot Johnson]

Group Name: Da S.P.V.
Rappers: Playa Fly, Gangsta Blac, & V-Dog
Producers: Blackout, DJ Squeeky, Talio, & V-Dog
Background Vocalist: William Brown

Featured Artists: Lil' Gain, Minnie Mae Mafia (D-A-V, Miami Maine, Mista Tito, & Thastik), Darksin, Mac E, & Criminal Manne

[SUPERECWFAN1]

No bass player? What kind of band is that?



There would be a bass player , but he'd be a guy hired for a Tour or something.You wanna do It Punchy?I mean...you'd be on stage with Slash,Edge, and Buckethead as well as Vedder & Cornell!

[Adam Crocker]

I just realized I made a greivous error with my Soft Parade unit. I forgot the souless backing vocals. So in order to rectify that, I present to you the new and improved Soft Parade!

Vocals - Rod Stewart & Michael Bolton

Guitar - Eric Clapton

Bass - Sting

Pianos/Producer - David Foster

Saxophone - Kenny G.

Drums - Phil Collins

Backing Vocals - Air Supply

There! Now it is ready to conquer the CD players of listless boomers everywhere.

[cactusmaac]

Vocals - Billy Corgan

Lead Guitar - Slash

Rhythm Guitar - Dave Mustaine

Bass - Steve Harris

Drums - Dave Grohl

God's Own Band

[CitizenKing]

Kids Will be Skeletons
Vocals: Mike Patton
Vocals/Keyboards: Marc Paffi Of Bear Vs Shark
Lead Guitar: Omar Rodriguez
Rythm Guitar: John Frusciante
Bass: Jason Black of Hot Water Music or Les Claypool
Drums: Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt
Alto Sax: John Zorn
Tenor Sax: Clinton McKinnon of Mr Bungle
Keyboards: Allen Ravenstine of Pere Ubu
Opening Talking Stuff: Arthur Brown pumped full of acid

[zombie]

I think my band wins. Sure, I'm a little biased, but still. :D.

[CitizenKing]

I think my band wins. Sure, I'm a little biased, but still. :D.

The Soft Parade would take your band into a dark alley and kill it with a soft rock kick to the groin. Then go on tour with Kids Will Be Skeletons and their bus will some how go flying off a bridge. Leaving Kids Will Be Skeletons to tour the country alone and weird out people for hours on end.

[Deathstroke]

Heavy Metal: (Band Name- Sunburst. I always liked that name. I used it for the name of a band featured in a story I wrote that sucked ass so I stopped writing it.)

Vocals - Ronnie James Dio

Guitars - The late Criss Oliva from SAVATAGE (If I have to go with someone still alive: Chris Caffery from SAVATAGE)

Bass - Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

Drums - Either Mark Zonder (Fates Warning) or Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche)

Keys - Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater)

[Adam Crocker]

Guitar - Eric Johnson

Drums - Neil Peart

Bass - John Paul Jones

Keyboards - Rick Wakeman

Vocals - Freddie Mercury

Genre - Prog

Name - The Stones of Venice

[zombie]

The Soft Parade would take your band into a dark alley and kill it with a soft rock kick to the groin. Then go on tour with Kids Will Be Skeletons and their bus will some how go flying off a bridge. Leaving Kids Will Be Skeletons to tour the country alone and weird out people for hours on end.

Dude, my band has a HARP. 'Nuff said.

[CitizenKing]

Dude, my band has a HARP. 'Nuff said.

HARP SOLO!

[zombie]

HARP SOLO!

Now you're speaking my language. *rocks out to the harp solo in his mind*

[CitizenKing]

Marble Fireplace (Prog)
High Vocals:Johnny Whitney and Jordan Blilie of Blood Brothers
Low Vocals: Tom Waits
Lyrics: The three singers and Dr. Seuss
Guitar 1: Tom Verlaine of Television
Guitar 2: Tom Morello
Guitar 3: Omar Rodriguez
Keyboards: Irmin Schmidt of Can
Drums: Neil Peart
Bass: Chris Wolstenhome of Muse
Cello: Sarah Balliet of Murder By Death

[Punchy]

There would be a bass player , but he'd be a guy hired for a Tour or something.You wanna do It Punchy?I mean...you'd be on stage with Slash,Edge, and Buckethead as well as Vedder & Cornell!

Ehh. Talk to my people. See what kind of deal you can come up with.


Here's one kickass bar band. I envision this band doing nothing but classic rock and blues covers each one with a 10-15 minute jam in the middle:

vocals: Bruce Springsteen
lead guitar/backing vocals: Stevie Ray Vaughn
rhythm guitar/2nd lead: either Stone Gossard or Mike McCready
piano/backing vocals: Bruce Hornsby
bass: Will Lee
drums: John Bonham
sax: "Blue Lou" Marini

That's one helluva band fellahs.

[howyadoin]

Lead vocals: Van Morrison
Backup vocals: Merry Clayton & Clare Torry
Guitar: Mike Bloomfield & Steve Cropper
Rhythm: Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare
Harp: Magic Dick
Sax: Sonny Rollins
Strings: John Paul Jones
Keys: Al Kooper
Multi-instrumentalist: Brian Jones



EDIT: I'd be happy just to hear them play "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".

[Valmore]

I dunno, though I do find it odd that there is no bass player to help create a groove for Buckethead.

But between Slash, the Edge, and Buckethead, could anyone even hear the bass?

Oooohhhh I just came up with another one!

Vocals - Rod Stewart & Michael Bolton

Guitar - Eric Clapton

Bass - Sting

Pianos/Producer - David Foster

Saxophone - Kenny G.

Drums - Phil Collins

Genre - Adult Contemporary

Name - The Soft Parade

I don't think the stage is large enough to fit all those egos. But the background music would be nice (all of your instrumentalists are very talented). But the vocals would make everyone wince.

[Adam Crocker]

I don't think the stage is large enough to fit all those egos.

Well the idea is for the egos to collapse on each other thus creating one giant, sucking black hole.

(all of your instrumentalists are very talented)

Thank you. They're also bland to boot!

But the vocals would make everyone wince.

Well they'd make me wince, but not the target audience that keeps buying these people's albums...which seems to able to keep these guys in the gravy, as frightening as I find that prospect.

[Patient Boy]

ARGH! You've made a fool out of me for the last time Zhaki! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HEEEEEEELL!!!
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Hey, you brought it upon yourself.

Now, out of sheer randomness...

Vocals: Marvin Gaye

Guitar: Jack White

Drums: ?uestlove

Band name: Superbad

[Punchy]

Hey, you brought it upon yourself.

Now, out of sheer randomness...

Vocals: Marvin Gaye

Guitar: Jack White

Drums: ?uestlove

Band name: Superbad

Another bass player-less band. Bands like that suck. (except for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

[Adam Crocker]

Another bass player-less band. Bands like that suck. (except for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Indeed! Unless they can give a good reason for no bass these bands should be disqualified from Budokan!

(Okay, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers. They ruled.)

Hey, you brought it upon yourself.

Stop confronting me with the awful truth. http://www.issue9mm.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif

And now to get a little strange...

Guitar - Tom Verlaine & Les Paul (exchanging lead and rhythm parts)

Bass - Charlie Haden

Drums - Topper Headon

Saxophone - Coleman Hawkins

Trumpet - zombie Louis Armstrong!

(Okay, these bands all have dead people, but I thought that a zombie would make it so much cooler.)

Vibraphone - Milt Jackson

Vocals - David Bowie & Diana Krall

strings - John Cale; John Paul Jones

Piano - Mick Garson

keyboards and synthesizers - Brian Eno

Genre - Traditional pop played with a futurist bent, think what you'd get if you dropped tin pan alley in the middle of Bowie and Eno fiddling around in Berlin in the second half of the 1970s. Who ever knew that the cabaret was this cold and paranoid?

Name - Lipstick Traces

[zombie]

Another bass player-less band. Bands like that suck. (except for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Have you heard Hella? They don't have a bass player either, but they sure can make a lot of noise.

And what do you think of bands that are just drums and bass?

[howyadoin]

Who ever knew that the cabaret was this cold and paranoid?Whattaya expect with somebody as bland as Diana Krall singing?

[iwarrior]

Russ Anderson(Forbidden)-vocals
Andreas Axelsson(Edge Of Sanity)-guitar
Sami Nerberg(Edge Of Sanity)-guitar
Magnus Olsfelt(The Crown)-bass
Gene Hoglan-drums

Roy Z.-producer

Here's another one:

Blaze Bayley-vocals
Tommy Aldridge
Laurence Archer-Stampede,UFO
Mars Cowling-Pat Travers Band
Tommy Lee-sober him up give him a thorough "de-programming" from the nu-metal cult,give him a curfew,and get him out on stage.
Ron Nevison-producer

And another:

1.Kory Clarke-Warrior Soul(vocals)
2.Akira Takasaki-Loudness(guitar)
3.Armando or Carlos De Castro-from Baron Rojo(guitar-can't decide on which one.Baron Rojo is a cool Spanish band that comes up with some of the most clever and innovative riffs I've ever heard.Volumen Brutal is an awesome,rare album!)
4.Bily Sheehan-bass
5.Scott Travis-drums
Martin Birch-producer

[Adam Crocker]

Whattaya expect with somebody as bland as Diana Krall singing?

Well I was grasping on finding a female vocalist for this, but you make a good point Howy...

Diana Krall would make a good synth pop singer.

[Patient Boy]

Another bass player-less band. Bands like that suck. (except for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

I was saving a space for you, Punchy.

[zombie]

I'm curious as to what Punchy's dream band to be a part of would be.

[Punchy]

And what do you think of bands that are just drums and bass?

I've never heard a band like that but I will say that I don't much like the "drum and bass" genre of electronica.

[Punchy]

I'm curious as to what Punchy's dream band to be a part of would be.


Good question.

I'll have to pick two. I don't think I've really narrowed down my own sound or compositional style to just do one. And I'm only going to pick guys who are alive because now way I could make a choice between John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon.

The Punchy McPuncherson Quartet (straight-ahead jazz):

Brad Meldhau-piano
Brian Blade-drums
Tom Harrell-trumpet
Branford Marsalis-tenor/soprano sax

The Funky McPuncherson Band (funk):

Geoff Keezer-keyboards
Zigaboo Modeliste-drums
Fred Wesley-trombone
Seamus Blake-tenor sax
"Blood" Ulmer-guitar/vocals
Lew Soloff-trumpet

[Adam Crocker]

Whattaya expect with somebody as bland as Diana Krall singing?

I got a better idea and I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. For the female vocal parts how about we replace Diana Krall with...

Kate Bush

[howyadoin]

I got a better idea and I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. For the female vocal parts how about we replace Diana Krall with...

Kate BushNow that's a much better idea.

[Adam Crocker]

Now that's a much better idea.

Now I just gotta kick myself for not keying on such a better and obvious choice earlier.

[Valmore]

Tom Petty and Bob Dylan singing and playing acoustic guitars.

Band name: Wheezing Geezers.

[zombie]

I've never heard a band like that but I will say that I don't much like the "drum and bass" genre of electronica.

Check out Lightning Bolt or Death From Above 1979 sometime.

[zombie]

Good question.

I'll have to pick two. I don't think I've really narrowed down my own sound or compositional style to just do one. And I'm only going to pick guys who are alive because now way I could make a choice between John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon.

The Punchy McPuncherson Quartet (straight-ahead jazz):

Brad Meldhau-piano
Brian Blade-drums
Tom Harrell-trumpet
Branford Marsalis-tenor/soprano sax

The Funky McPuncherson Band (funk):

Geoff Keezer-keyboards
Zigaboo Modeliste-drums
Fred Wesley-trombone
Seamus Blake-tenor sax
"Blood" Ulmer-guitar/vocals
Lew Soloff-trumpet

I don't think I've heard of any of those guys. But Zigaboo has become my favourite name ever.

[Adam Crocker]

I don't think I've heard of any of those guys. But Zigaboo has become my favourite name ever.

Check out James "Blood" Ulmer, especially his earlier stuff from the 70s and early 80s. He worked under Ornette Coleman and is one of the few major guitarists of avante-garde jazz. His stuff from that era is just plain weird. His more recent stuff is blues based though with a strange, funk edge too it.

(But all costs avoid his Blues All Night album, which is some of the most listless, bloodless anti-rock I have ever heard.)

[Noir_Dark]

Vocals; Gene Ween - Ween
Bass; Flea- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Guitar; Kyle- Tenacious D
Drums; Stewart Copeland- Police

The genre could only be explained as “genius rock”
As for a band name; The Fantastics.

I get excited just thinking about this possibility.

[Hiromi]

Vocalist: Bruce Dickinson or Rob Halford, I'm torn
Lead/Rythem Guitarist: Randy Rhoads
Lead/Rythem Guitarist: Joe Perry
Rythem Guitarist: Jon Schaffer
Bassist: Steve Harris
Drums: Scott Travis or Eric Carr, I'm torn once again

Genre: Care to take a guess?

Band Name: Inconclusion

Writing team of Harris and Shaffer? Shaffer's rythem guitar and Harris's bass together? Makes me giddy thinking about it. Bruce has the better voice of the two, but Halford's is just so pure "Metal," his scream is unmatched, better flip a coin. Scott Travis was the guy Kiss used on Creatures of the Night and Eric Carr was with Priest on Painkiller, both can lay down the thunder. Two superb lead/Rythem Guitarists(Maiden's current lineup has spoiled me, all bands need 3 or more Guitars). Etc

[chicainery]

Tom Petty and Bob Dylan singing and playing acoustic guitars.

Band name: Wheezing Geezers.


You could call them Two Wilburys, ya know.

[Punchy]

I don't think I've heard of any of those guys. But Zigaboo has become my favourite name ever.

Zigaboo was the drummer of the Meters, a New Orleans funk group in the 70s and also one of the greatest bands in the history of bands.

[cmdrbond007]

Lead Singer: Ken Andrews (from Failure).
Lead Guitar: Mike Gurley (from dada).
Rhythm Guitar: Andy Partridge (from XTC).
Bass Guitar: Mark King (from Level 42).
Drums/Backing Vocals: Andy Sturmer (from Jellyfish).
Keyboards: Andrew Fletcher (from Depeche Mode).

Name Of The Band: Killer G...

[I Must Break U]

band name: Dodges Bullets
lead vocals: Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington
guitar: tom morella
bass: mike dirnt
drums: dave groehl
genre: i have no idea, just music

band name: Off of highview
lead vocals: Bert Mckracken, and lead singer of MCR
guitar: billie joe armstrong
bass: dude from system of a down
drums: rob bourdon
genre: screamo

[the_coldest_sun]

Name: A Silent Circle
Vocals: Melissa Williamson (from the Silent Hill soundtracks)
Guitars: Billy Howerdale (APC)
Bass: Jeordie White (APC, Marilyn Manson)
Drums: Josh Freese (APC)


OOOoooooooowwwwwwwWWWWWWW!!!!


This chick's got an awesome voice! I would just love to hear it on some A Perfect Circle style music.

[Thanos]

Singer - Glenn Danzig
Guitarist 1 - John Christ
Guitarist 2 - Mike Clark
Bass - Robert Trujillo
Drums - Aynsley Dunbar

- Thanos

[Dan Apodaca]

Lead guitar and vocals - Doug Martsch

Bass and backup vocals - Jeff Tweedy

Guitar and vocals - E (of Eels)

Drums - Elliott Smith

Multi-instrumentalist (anything he wants) - Jim O'Rourke

Band name - The Satellites

[love_hate]

joey jordison on drums

pavorotti on vocals

john denver and jim root on guitar

flea on bass

john williams on harmonica

stlye of music: fusion of funk, german folk music and nursry rhymes