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Andy Webb 
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 Topic: The huge dream prog band
Posted: April 23 2011 at 20:49 |
Alright, time to revive a beaten-to-death concept on PA!!
Ok, you have been given the opportunity to craft a 7+-piece band with any prog musicians ever, from any sub-genre, era, whatever. They can be dead. It doesn't matter what instruments are in the band, how many of each, or whatever, and the band doesn't have to be "realistic" (ie you can have Roger Waters and David Gimlour in the same band without fighting). So no restrictions, other than there has to be 7 or more members. Mine is:
Mariusz Duda (Riverside) - Vocals/Bass Steve Hackett (Genesis) - Guitar Bill Bruford (King Crimson) - Drums Kieth Emerson (ELP) - Keyboards Adrian Terrazas (TMV) - Wind Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) - Drums Annie Haslam (Renaissance) - Vocals Christian Vander (Magma) - Vocals/Drums Kevin Moore (OSI/DT) - Keyboards/Vocals Toby Driver - Guitar/Vocals/whatever else he plays
That's right. 3 drummers, 5 vocalists. This band would make the most avant-garde music known to man.
And yours?
Edited by andyman1125 - April 23 2011 at 21:00
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CCVP
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 21:20 |
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LOL, the egos. . . .
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Harry Hood
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 21:33 |
Based on an idea my partner & I were kicking around earlier:
Steve Walsh: Vocals/Piano/Hammond Organ Steve Hogarth: Vocals/Keyboards/Rhythm Guitar/MIDI Gloves/Cricket Bat/Assorted Percussion Cedric Bixler Zavala: Vocals/Maracas/Bongos/Assorted Noise Manipulation Devices Daniel Gildenlow: Vocals/Guitar/Keys/Percussion Dan Swano: Vocals/Drums/Guitar/Bass/Keyboards Andrew WK: Vocals/Drums/Guitar/Bass/Keyboards Roine Stolt: Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards/Bass/Producer/Unauthorized Percussion
Basically a supergroup with the emphasis being on bizarre vocal hooks/harmonies and various vocal acrobatics.Most of the members being multi instrumentalists means they can swap instrumental and vocal duties depending on the piece. I imagine their sound being potentially ridiculously schizophrenic but still charming.
Also every encore would consist of the entire group performing a 30+ minute megamedley of the following:
House On Fire>Holidays In Eden>Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt>New Years Eve>Rollin' The Dice>Say Goodbye To Love>Party Hard
Edited by Harry Hood - April 23 2011 at 21:49
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freudiana
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:07 |
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I've got the perfect prog band!
Cosia:Hurdy Gurdy(Zaar)
Christian Vander:Vocals and Drums(Magma)
Robert Fripp:Guitar, Mellotron, and Soundscapes(King Crimson)
Peter Hammill: Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, and Keyboards(Van der Graaf Generator)
David Jackson:Flute and Sax(former Van der Graaf Generator)
Jonas Reingold: Bass Guitar and Fretless Bass(The Flower Kings, Kaipa, and Karmakanic)
Hasse Bruniusson:Percussions( former Samla Mammas Manna and The Flower Kings)
It's a combination of symphonic, avant garde, zeuhl and jazz/rock fusion.
Edited by freudiana - April 23 2011 at 22:26
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Mushroom Sword
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:13 |
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John Petrucci - Guitar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitar
Frank Zappa - Guitar
John Fruciante - Guitar
Tosin Abasi - Guitar
Pat Skeffington - Guitar
Travis Levrier - Guitar
Tymon Kruidenier - Guitar
Michel Nienhuis - Guitar
Robin Zielhorst - Bass
Tony Levin - Bass
Mike Portnoy - Drums
Thomas Pridgen - Drums
So, pretty much, just DT, TMV, Cynic, and Scale the Summit combined!
They would have some amazing amazing jams. Very loud and obnoxious... Fun!
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Andy Webb
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:15 |
 Mushroom Sword wrote:
John Petrucci - Guitar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitar
Frank Zappa - Guitar
John Fruciante - Guitar
Tosin Abasi - Guitar
Pat Skeffington - Guitar
Travis Levrier - Guitar
Tymon Kruidenier - Guitar
Michel Nienhuis - Guitar
Robin Zielhorst - Bass
Tony Levin - Bass
Mike Portnoy - Drums
Thomas Pridgen - Drums
So, pretty much, just DT, TMV, Cynic, and Scale the Summit combined!
They would have some amazing amazing jams. Very loud and obnoxious... Fun!
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 8 guitarists!
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The Truth
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:18 |
David Jackson - Saxophone & Flute
Bob Dylan - Vocals, Lyrics, Acoustic Guitar & Harmonica
David Gilmour - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Talkbox & Steel Guitar
Chris Squire - Bass Guitar
Rick Van Der Linden - Keyboards & Piano
Neil Peart - Drums
Andrew Bird - Whistling
Off the top of mah head.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:36 |
Klaus Schulze - electronics Robert Fripp (duh) - frippertronics Gentle Giant - backing band Les Claypool - lead bass Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy) - lead guitar Miles Davis - lead trumpet Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) - percussion, mostly bongos and authentic Brazilian percussion Ol' Dirty b*****d (Wu-Tang Clan) - lead vocals
Maybe the most progressive band ever. If only...
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Andy Webb
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:39 |
colorofmoney91 wrote:
Klaus Schulze - electronicsRobert Fripp (duh) - frippertronics Gentle Giant - backing band Les Claypool - lead bass Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy) - lead guitar Miles Davis - lead trumpet Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) - percussion, mostly bongos and authentic Brazilian percussion Ol' Dirty b*****d (Wu-Tang Clan) - lead vocals
Maybe the most progressive band ever. If only...
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"Gentle Giant - backing band"
That is quite the lineup!! 
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Andy Webb
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:49 |
I'm listening to The Way Up, so here is an epic Fusion supergroup: Pat Metheny - Lead guitar Chick Corea - Piano Jaco Pastorius - Bass Miles Davis - Trumpet Phil Collins - Drums (70s Phil) Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Joe Zawinul - Keyboards John McLaughlin - Guitars Herbie Hancock - Keyboards Jerry Goodman - Violin
Epic jazz music.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 22:51 |
andyman1125 wrote:
I'm listening to The Way Up, so here is an epic Fusion supergroup:
Pat Metheny - Lead guitarChick Corea - Piano Jaco Pastorius - Bass Miles Davis - Trumpet Phil Collins - Drums (70s Phil) Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Joe Zawinul - Keyboards John McLaughlin - Guitars Herbie Hancock - Keyboards Jerry Goodman - Violin
Epic jazz music.
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My mind would eat itself. The only addition that I could make would be Holdsworth.
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Harry Hood
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Posted: April 23 2011 at 23:00 |
andyman1125 wrote:
I'm listening to The Way Up, so here is an epic Fusion supergroup:
Pat Metheny - Lead guitarChick Corea - Piano Jaco Pastorius - Bass Miles Davis - Trumpet Phil Collins - Drums (70s Phil) Wayne Shorter - Saxophone Joe Zawinul - Keyboards John McLaughlin - Guitars Herbie Hancock - Keyboards Jerry Goodman - Violin
Epic jazz music.
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This is nice. I'd add Zoltan Czsorz on the drums and Jonas Reingold on the bass. And maybe Bill Bruford.
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Ozexpat
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 00:30 |
andyman1125 wrote:
I'm listening to The Way Up, so here is an epic Fusion supergroup:
Pat Metheny - Lead guitar
Chick Corea - Piano
Jaco Pastorius - Bass
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Phil Collins - Drums (70s Phil)
Wayne Shorter - Saxophone
Joe Zawinul - Keyboards
John McLaughlin - Guitars
Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
Jerry Goodman - Violin
Epic jazz music.
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Add in Jean Luc Ponty and Billy Cobham.Then you really talkin' sense.
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And for a moment when our world had filled the skies, Magic turned our eyes,
To feast on the treasure set for our strange device
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Icarium
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 01:55 |
Kerry Minnear - keybords, cello, viberophones, voice
Christian Vander - drums, percursion, viberophone, voice
Adrien Belew - guitar, voice,
Robert Fripp - guitar, fripptronic and mellotron
Les Claypool - bass
Bryan Ferry - lead voice
Eno - electronic tweeks
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Atoms
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 03:46 |
Peter Hammill (VdGG) - Vocals, Keyboard Steve Borrill (Spirogyra) - Bass Jukka Tolonen (Tasavallan Presidenti) - Guitar David Jackson (VdGG) - Sax, Flute (I tried to restrict from taking two guys from VdGG, but it just didn't work) David Sinclair (Caravan) - Organ, Mellotron, Piano Colin Pearson (Comus) - Violin John Hiseman (Colosseum) - Drums
Edited by Atoms - April 24 2011 at 03:50
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richardh
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 05:41 |
Chris Thompson - vocals
Annie Haslam - vocals
Keith Emerson - Hammond organ
Rick Wakeman - piano
Eddie Jobson - violin and additional keyboards
Edgar Froese - synths
Pierre Moerlin - percussion and drums
Simon Phillips - drums
Steve Howe - guitars
Mike Oldfield - guitars and additional percussion
Geddy Lee - bass,vocals and additional synths
very much a keyboard heavy ensemble with choice of vocals
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Prog Geo
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 06:04 |
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The same line - up with the last time. But if I think someone else, I'll add him/her.
So, there it is again: Mikael Akerfeldt: Vocals and Guitar (I mean death
metal vocals too, not only clean) , Efrim Menuck (GY!BE): Guitar and
Piano, Aaron Turner: Guitar, Devin Townsend: Vocals, Richard Sinclair: Bass
and Vocals and Gavin Harrison: Drums and Percussions
Guests: Colin Pearson (Comus): Violin, Marko Manninen (Alamaailman Vasarat): Cello and Andy Latimer: Flute
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Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 06:23 |
Christian Vander - drums Cyro Baptista - percussion yours truly - bass Carla Kihlstedt - violin, vocals Toby Smith - Rhodes piano, keyboards Steven "Flying Lotus" Ellison - laptop James McGaw - guitar
The result would sound like a trancy mix of Kohntarkosz/Theusz Hamtaak era zeuhl and harsh Part the Second-like music with Carla's sweet voice instead of the Magma choir and Electric Masada-like improvisation.
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yanch
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 08:00 |
Peter Gabriel-Vocals and piano Ian Anderson-Vocals (from before his throat issues), flute, Acoustic Guitars, sax Steve Hackett-electric guitars Chris Squire-bass and backing vocals Tony Levin-stick Bill Bruford-drums and percussion Kerry Minear-Keyboards and backing vocals
Symphonic with some eclectic and folk for good measure. 
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Andy Webb
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Posted: April 24 2011 at 19:54 |
Inspired by the "Top 5 Prog Bass Players," here's a bass-heavy supergroup
Chris Squire - Lead Bass Geddy Lee - Bass, Vocals, Keys John Myung - Bass Jaco Pastorius - Bass Tony Levin - Bass, Chapman Stick, vocals Tomas Haake - Drums (With lots of bass drum) Tosin Abasi - 8-sting guitar Tom Abbs - Tuba Mikael Akerfeldt - Growls, guitar
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