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    Posted: January 25 2021 at 18:06
You can put together a progressive rock band with whomever and however many members you want but they cant be from the same band. (all members in their prime of course)

Ive been thinking about this and personally id pick David Gilmour on guitar, Kit Watkins on Keyboards, Terry Bozzio on drums and finally Paul McCartney on bass. 

I can see Gilmour and Watkins together making some epic instrumental tracks, to complement Watkins keyboards i picked Bozzio on drums and then McCartney for occasional vocals and his catchier songwriting. 

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Welcome to PA!  We used to play these mind-games in college in the 1970s, when our errrr....thinking was a bit murky!  

We once mused about Bob Fripp joining Yes, only to later find out that he WAS solicited for the guitarist slot!  

I love the unconventional/unknown, so I'd like John Hawken of the Strawbs on keys....the late Gary Strater of Starcastle (friend of mine) on bass guitar....the remarkable Bill Bruford on the drum....and the incomparable Daryl Stuermer on guitar!  Daryl will rejoin Genesis on their upcoming geezer-tour! 

Vocals?  A woman would be nice for a change...Christina Booth of Magenta would be nice! 


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Guitar - Bob Fripp (Crimson)
Bass - Chris Squire (Yes)
Key - Dave Stewart (Hatfield)
Vocals - Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
Drums - Chris Cutler (Henry Cow)
Bassoon - Michel Berckmans (Univers Zero)
Violin - Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
Accordion - Lars Hollmer (Samla Mammas Manna)


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To begin with, usually my first mention is the Yes line-up from CttE... I can't really think of a way to improve on that one. Now, I have thought of several line-up that I have thought might have done really interesting things, but the only one member per band restriction makes it a bit difficult. One possibility can be:
- Vocals: Peter Hamill and / or Janis Joplin.
- Guitars: Robert Fripp and / or Jimi Hendrix.
- Keyboards: Keith Emerson.
- Flute: Ian Anderson.
- Sax: David Jackson (which gives trouble with Peter Hamill).
- Violin: David Cross (which gives trouble with Robert Fripp).
- Bass: Chris Squire and / or Tony Levin and / or John Wetton (both of which would give trouble with Fripp and Cross).
- Drums: Bill Bruford and / or Carl Palmer (this ones are hopeless, though).
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vocals - John Wetton
Guitar - Steve Hackett
Drums - Carl Palmer
Bass - Chris Squire
keyboards - Rick Wakeman

Something like that. A few substitutes might be Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, Tony Banks and Keith Emerson.


Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - January 25 2021 at 23:08
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Hi,

Welcome.

In all actuality, and history has shown this, the only way to get "new" and "progressive" is with new and fresh blood. You can not "recreate" the past any more than you can invite a future with the present players ... they simply do not listen or study new things ... just different licks on their instruments.

All new people ... no one well known. Make them all 16 and against the very fiber of society that is pop music and let's see what they will do. Also keep music teachers "away" from telling them they have to do this and that and a circle of bum notes of some kind ... open it all up so it includes and uses other diverse thoughts and ideas in music from other parts of the world.

It has been done in theater ... and it works ... but we define "music" as STRICTLY a top ten environment ... not anything else ... thus, the idea that we have to have 16 year old unknowns ... and say ciao baby to everyone else and anyone associated and related to the old guard!

It's a new time and place ... and the youngsters deserve their chance ... we're the tired old generation and these choices only affirm what we know ... tired ... old ... inflexible ... and the same old song!


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Main Line-Up:

Vocals: Russell Allen

Bass: Chris Squire

Guitar: Frank Zappa

Keys: Tony Banks (special guest appearance by Chick Corea)

Drums: Bill Bruford


Brass/Wind/Strings:

Trumpet: Miles Davis (duh)

Sax: David Jackson

Flute: Andy Latimer

Violin: David Cross

Percussion/Allsorts: Jamie Muir (of course!)

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I would have Steven Wilson, Nick Beggs, and Jamie Muir, as a bombastic avant-prog trio!
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Dude Nick Beggs on bass FTW!

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Let's try something unusual:

Steve Hillage - guitar
Vangelis - Keys
Andy Ward - Drums
Jody Linscott - Percussion
Yannick Top - Bass
Chris Farlowe - Vocals


...or maybe Chappo Chapman - Vocals



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Vocals: Heather Findlay
Guitars: David Gilmour
Bass: Jon Camp
Keyboards: Rick Wakeman
Drums: Bill Bruford

Additional personnel:-

Violin: Vivaldi
Sax: Bill Clinton
Tubular Bells: Mike Oldfield
Glockenspiel: Sir Patrick Moore
Tambourine: Bob Dylan
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`Legs' Larry Smith, drums
Sam Spoons, rhythm pole
Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar
Neil Innes, piano.
Rodney Slater on the saxophone
Roger Ruskin Spear on tenor sax.
Vivian Stanshall, trumpet.
Big John Wayne, xylophone
Robert Morley, guitar.
Billy Butlins, spoons.
Adolf Hitler on vibes.
Princess Anne on sousaphone.
Liberace, clarinet
Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals.
Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing.
Harold Wilson, violin
Franklin McCormack on harmonica.
Eric Clapton, ukulele

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For those of you picking Squire and Bruford, Squire and Wakeman, Bruford and Wakeman - the OP says they can't be from the same band.
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Vocals - Andy Partridge
Guitar 1 - Frank Dunnery
Guitar 2 - Alex Lifeson
Bass - John Entwhistle
Keyboards - Robert John Godfrey
Drums - Gavin Harrison

Lord knows what this would sound like, but these are the musicians I'm enjoying the most at the moment.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Vocals - Andy Partridge
Guitar 1 - Frank Dunnery
Guitar 2 - Alex Lifeson
Bass - John Entwhistle
Keyboards - Robert John Godfrey
Drums - Gavin Harrison

Lord knows what this would sound like, but these are the musicians I'm enjoying the most at the moment.
I can't imagine what that would sound like either, but the guitars would be interesting at least. Not sure what Entwhistle will sound like after you've dug him up though.
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No question for me that this would be a band led by a female singer, either Kate Bush or Bjoerk. Everybody wants to hire Bruford, fair enough, but I can't help, I just like him and I think he'd work well here. I also love to hear Richard Sinclair's contribution here. On keyboards somebody with an avantgarde composer's background like Irmin Schmidt will contribute big time, the singing bandleader lady (no matter which one) will like this. I need to consult with the other musicians about the guitarist. Do they want the super experimental approach (Fred Frith), some more jazz influence (Kraan's Peter Wolbrandt) or the melodic direction (Gilmour or Oldfield). I think I send them Wolbrandt and see what they make of it. And as a surprise guest I have Didier Malherbe (which stopped me from hiring Moerlen on drums; I could also imagine Andy Ward or Latimer in the band, but then I can't have Sinclair).


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Originally posted by Ronstein Ronstein wrote:

`Legs' Larry Smith, drums
Sam Spoons, rhythm pole
Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar
Neil Innes, piano.
Rodney Slater on the saxophone
Roger Ruskin Spear on tenor sax.
Vivian Stanshall, trumpet.
Big John Wayne, xylophone
Robert Morley, guitar.
Billy Butlins, spoons.
Adolf Hitler on vibes.
Princess Anne on sousaphone.
Liberace, clarinet
Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals.
Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing.
Harold Wilson, violin
Franklin McCormack on harmonica.
Eric Clapton, ukulele

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Vocals - Andy Partridge
Guitar 1 - Frank Dunnery
Guitar 2 - Alex Lifeson
Bass - John Entwhistle
Keyboards - Robert John Godfrey
Drums - Gavin Harrison

Lord knows what this would sound like, but these are the musicians I'm enjoying the most at the moment.

I can't imagine what that would sound like either, but the guitars would be interesting at least. Not sure what Entwhistle will sound like after you've dug him up though.


Well, some had gone for Squire, so I assumed living or dead options were valid

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Mark Hollis - Vocals
Billy Cobham - Drums
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Nick Drake - Keyboard
Steve Hackett -  lead Guitars
Steve Wilson - Rhythm Guitars
John Coltrane - Sax
Anna Sofi Dahlberg - Cello
Colin Maulding - Bass
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Duncan Mackay - Keyboards
Tony Levin - Bass
Carl Palmer - Drums
Peter Gabriel - Vocals
Kate Bush - Vocals
Joe Satriani - Guitar
Alex Lifeson - Guitar
Ruth Underwood - Percussion
Ian Anderson - Flute
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