Your Perfect Line-Up

Yes, I'm new to posting, so forgive me if this topic has been done before, or worse, done to death, but I'm curious to see what others come up with for a Fantasy Band line-up so to speak.  Rules are simple: You can pick anyone alive or dead, located anywhere in the world but they all must have been alive and musically initiated during some same point in time.  So for instance, you couldn't put Jimi Hendrix and Steve Wilson in the line-up together.

Let me start off with mine:

Vocals - Greg Lake or John Wetton, a la In The Court of the Crimson King and Red, respectively
Guitar - Steve Howe, Fragile style, particularly South Side of the Sky and Five Per Cent For Nothing
Guitar - Robert Fripp, stylistically Red, Starless and Bible Black, and Lark's Tongue in Aspic
Bass - Roger Waters, Meddle-era tone and style - Echoes!
Drums - Bill Bruford, Yes and King Crimson, not projects like Earthworks and his stuff with Patrick Moraz
Keys / Synth / Organ / Mellotron, etc. - Kerry Minnear, Acquiring the Taste, Black Cat and The Moon is Down in particular
Organ / Synth - Patrick Moraz, solely because of Relayer

I know mine isn't that varied, common names and classic eras, but that's my game right now.  I might submit another one when my mood changes.


Edited by deliriumofthethrush - June 19 2012 at 22:10

First of all, welcome to the forum, Delirium.  Just a tip; if you need to see if a topic has been done before, you can use the search function located in the upper right hand corner of any forum page.  Yes, this has been done many times, but I pick totally different strange combos every time, so it doesn't matter to me especially. 

Barbu wrote: Barbershop Sextet : Joanne Hogg Jim Pembroke Robert Fripp Bjork Francesco Di Giacomo Rick Davies

Guitar/Keyboard/Vocals - Steven Wilson

Right now I think Itd be:

Edited by smartpatrol - June 20 2012 at 00:00

Guitar: Steve Hackett

Lets see:

The Doctor wrote: Peter Gabriel - Vocals, Flute Tony Banks - Keyboards Mike Rutherford - Bass Steve Hackett - Guitars Phil Collins - Drums, Vocals Or: Peter Hammill - Vocals, Guitar Hugh Banton - Keyboards Guy Evans - Drums Jaxon - Saxes, Flute Or: Derek Schulman - Vocals Ray Schulman - Bass, Violin Kerry Minear - Keyboards, Vocals Gary Green - Guitars John Weathers - Drums

Ha!  Nice, can't go wrong there, right?

Also, somebody brought up Toby Driver, and now I'm pretty sure I'd be willing to part with Steve Howe to see Driver and Fripp collaborate - but I don't think you can really separate Toby and Mia, so in goes the violin!

On a side not, Kayo Dot stayed at my first apartment way back and you'd be surprised at how completely unweird those two are.  In fact, Mia tried too hard to appear weird when she wasn't at all.

Fox On The Rocks wrote: Great line-ups guys!  Mine: Tony Banks - Keyboards, back up vocals Edgar Froese - Keyboards and effects Alex Lifeson - Guitars Peter Hammill - Vocals Stanley Clarke - Bass guitars Bill Bruford - Drums and percussion Wayne Shorter - Saxophones

Wow.  Really digging this one, I can't even imagine the music they'd create, but I'm positive it would challenge the perceptions of even the more eclectic listeners.

Ambient Hurricanes wrote: First of all, welcome to the forum, Delirium.  Just a tip; if you need to see if a topic has been done before, you can use the search function located in the upper right hand corner of any forum page.  Yes, this has been done many times, but I pick totally different strange combos every time, so it doesn't matter to me especially.  Vocals: Mikael Akerfeldt with Joanne Hogg Guitar: me Bass: Victor Wooten Mellotron 1: What's his face from the Mars Volta, Isaiah Owens or something like that Mellotron 2: Robert W. Brown Jr. Mellotron 3: Mike Portnoy Cello: Yo Yo Ma Lyrics: Chris Martin Strange Noises: Toby Driver Guest rapper: Eminem No drums  Genre:  Symphonic folk death metal funk

Oh dear, I'd be thrown out!