Build your own Super Band

If you could build your own super band who would you have in it? Could be a metal band, fusion, blues, whatever.

Mine

Guitars - Al DiMeola & Allan Holdsworth
Bass - Jeff Berlin
Keyboard - Chic Corea
Drums - Billy Cobham
Violin - Jean Luc Ponty

Are we allowed to have people who are no longer alive in the band? if so:

Guitars: Jimmi Hendrix, John Jorgenson and Tom Morello
Bass: Les Claypool
Keys: Herbie Hancock
Vocals: Alison Mossheart, Me and Claypool (Jimmi can jump in too if he likes)
Cello: Eino Matti
Drums: John Bonham

Guitar-Shawn lane and buckethead.
Bass- Chris squire.or jaco pastorius.
Keyboard-Rick wakeman
Drums-Niel peart.
Vocals-Brad nowell( not so sure how he would fit but w/e its a dream)

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gs2112

do they have to be alive?

Guitars: Andy Wood (Down From Up)
Vocals: Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
Bass: P-Nut (311)
Drums: Chad Smith (Red Hot Chill Peppers)

I have a reason for this odd line up...
Stephan Jenkins is so creatively lyrically and can play unique rhythm guitar that Andy Wood would be able to shred on top of with out drowning out the song. It would give Andy's that pop to his guitar that most people can only dream of having. Because you can be an epic player but the rhythm can KILL and solo or make it something generations will remember.

Then P-Nut and Chad Smith would be one of the craziest rhythm section you could imagine.

All of the players are epic in their own instruments but would be able to limit one another without losing the song itself in the mix.

Oh and watch any of them live. The stage presents would be mind blowing!!

Vocals: Dio
Guitar: Zakk Wyld
Bass: Billy Gould
Drums: Vinnie Paul

I think i would be sick to combine Dio's vocals and Zakk's Pounding riffs along with Billy and Vinnie's groove.

Vocals Billy Idol
Guitars Steve Stevens and Joe Satriani & Brian Setzer
Keyboards George Duke
Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Neil Peart

Well, it would have to be a metal band! Tough choices too. Hard to believe I left out my favorites in, Dave Mustaine, Peter Wichers, John Petrucci, Dimebag Darrell and so many more.

Vocals: Lars Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Guitars: Adam D or Michael Amott & Matt Heafy (Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy, Trivium)
Bass: John Myung (Dream Theater)
Keys: Jorden Rudess (Formerly of Dream Theater)
Drums: Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork)

Rock on!

Guitars: John Frusciante, Me
Bass: Flea
Drums: The drummer from Blink 182
Vocals: Trent Reznor

I think this HAS to be genre specific. My favorite performers of each instrument would never mesh well, so this is what I would do for metal. I may do other genres in the future.

Guitars: Adam Dutkiewicz (KSE), Kirk Windstein (Down, Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow)
Bass: Ryan Martinie (MudVayne)
Drums: Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Vocals: Maynard James Kennan (Tool, A Perfect Circle)

Vocals - Julie Kiss, Carl Sagan, Muhammed Suiçmez, Lisa Miskovsky, Rod Tyler
Rap - Ian Matthias Bavitz
Guitar - Andy McKee, Michael Romeo, Ewan Dobson, Thomas MacLean
Bass - Stephan Fimmers, Mark Harrington
Double Bass - Ashley Frampton
Piano - Yanni, Steve Reich, Jordan Rudess, Michael Pinnella
Keyboard - Richard "Hen" Henshall
Drums - Paul Westwood or Tavis Barker
Duduk - Pedro Eustache
Violin - Samvel Yervinyan, Sayaka Katsuki, Armen Movsessian


I'd make this performance a minimum of 3 hours... If only you guys could hear the composition that's going on in my head right now. Their stuff combined is amazing!

That's craaaaazy Jazz! Carl Sagan on vocals? "Imagine, if you will, billions, and billions of light bit particles flying beyond the speeeeed of light".

It could be whoever you want, live or dead, and any genre. My first is my ultimate jazz fusion band. It looks like you guys already got this!

Soundscapes and sound design Trent Reznor
Guitar: Mick Murphy
Bass: Evil J
Drums: Mike Portnoy (Could happen he's not up to much right now)
Vocals: Charlotte James and Corey Taylor

An eclectic mix

@Jazz I have something in my head but I can't find a place for the vocals... but then what I have is some crazy prog orchestra of epicness...

hahaha!! That's EXACTLY why it must be done!!

If you don't know who any of the others are, I truly recommend checking them out!

@ DM, dude, that's exactly what it is :D pure epicness... it's the definition of the word! :)

@harleyofdoom
Jimmi Hendrix and Tom Morello I don't know if the world could handle that...

Domigan_Lefty
The name of that drummer is Travis Barker, who I agree is a BADASS!

@JazzMaverick
Pedro Eustache by him self is epic! I guess the world can make survive it all epicness is put togeather. Happened b4 and we made it, Yanni proved it.


As for my line up here it is. I'm not sure what kind of music these guys could make, but I'm sure that with the great Yasushi Ishii guidance they could all work together and make some epic music.

Composer/master of all that is godly - Yasushi Ishii



Vocals/Guitar - Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)



Rapper/Keyboard - Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)



Guitar/Violin - (Sugizo) Yasuhio Sugihara



Guitar/Vocals - Matthew Bellamy (Muse)



Violin/Whistling/Glockenspiel - Andrew Bird



Cello - Gaspar Claus (don't know? look into him!)




Bass - Gavin Shoesmith (John Butler Trio)


Drums - Travis Barker (Blink-182)



Keyboardist - Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish)



Keyboardist/Vocals - Rob Swire (Pendulum)



DJ Programer - Joe Hahn (Linkin Park)



and because a band this big would need one

MC - Ben "The Verse" Mount (Pendulum)



Now I'm going to dream that this happens, I'll let you know if I wake up in one piece.

Travis Barker is marginal at best. *pukes*

I have two

Guitars: Buckethead, Frank Zappa
Bass: Les Claypool
Keyboards: George Duke
Vocals: Frank Zappa, Mike Patton
Drums: Mike Portnoy

or

Guitars: Tom Morello, Tony Iommi, Vernon Reid (Does anyone remember how kick-ass this guy is?)
Bass: Les Claypool
Vocals: Eddie Vedder, Les Claypool
Drums: Chad Smith

I figured these guys would work well together, I didn't just want to throw a bunch of my favourite musicians together.

@btimm
I think Travis Barker has a different style as he could fluctuate easily to most anything. I think he is more of a badass in real life as he has done so much in a short time with his life.

I pick all this guys just to imagine what the hell would happen if they did make a song together.

As for who I would put if I was picking just my favorites for a 5 piece band.

Singer - J. Loren Wince from the band hurt

Guitar - John Butler from John Butler Trio

Bass - Michael Peter Balzary or Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers

Drums - John Stanier from the bands Helmet and Battles

Keys - Rob Swire from Pendulum

This would be fun.

Jack White, Tom Waits, Les Claypool

They all play everything

I love Jack Whites Guitar and piano work, and he drums are growing on me two.

trumpet lee morgan
trombone Marshall Gilkes
sax joshua redman
piano thelonious monk
guitar kurt rosenwinkel
bass chris mc bride
drums brian blade

Guitar 1-Jimmy Page
Guitar 2- David Gilmoure
Guitar 3-Billy Squier
Vocals-Jack White
Vocals-Robert Plant
Vocals-Stevie Nicks
Drums-Neil Peirt
Bass-Geddy Lee
Keys-Jack White

Don't know how this would work but it would be the shiz. lol

Songwriter: Jon Foreman - Switchfoot
or Rob Thomas - Matchbox 20
Vocalist: Anthony Kiedis - Red Hot Chili Peppers
or Matthew Bellamy - Muse
Guitarist: so many great choices, but most likely Eric Clapton
Basist: Christopher Wolstenholme - Muse
or Michael "Flea" Balzary - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Drummer- Darren King - MUTEMATH (no doubt here. does anyone else know of this band?)

Guitar: Jonhnny Marr (The Smiths)
Bass: Colin Greenwood (Radiohead)
Drums: Reni (The Stone Roses)
Singer/Guitar: Steven Malkmus (Pavement)
Keyboards/Electronics/Effects/Samples: Geologist (Animal Collective)
Guru: Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (you all know Macca is a chill bro, I'm sure a good way to get weed too)

@baseballer02

I love MUTEMATH!!!!!!!!

There music videos are amazing, and they are so underrated!