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Fantasy Band Line Up A-Z
Posted by David Wright on 23 February 2009 - 6:01pm.
As I sat in the dentist's chair this afternoon, I was thinking of the fascinating supergroups you could create if bands were made up of members with the same first name only. For example A would consist of:
Andy Williams- Vocals
Andy Summers- Guitars
Alan White Drums
(Can't think of a bass player whose name begins with A at the present time, poor effort I know)
Alan Clark- Keyboards
Is it possible to reach the letter Z? The fantasy band must consist of one vocalist, bass, guitar and keyboards.
Nominations for band "B" welcome please and a bassist for the above band A.
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Andy on Bass
How about Andy Fraser of Free
Abraham Laboriel
he's good, use him.
Abraham
Never heard of the lad, is he a jazzer?
Session player mainly... played on about 4000 albums.
Mexican.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Laboriel
Or
Andy Rourke
B
Billy Idol - Vocals
Bill Frisell - Guitar
Bill Evans - Piano / Keyboards
Bill Wyman - Bass
Bill Berry - Drums
mmmm jazzy
Jazz and Blues led by a simpleton on vocals??
Winning combination.
Different
That would be an interesting sound,excellent keyboard choice!
Nominations for B...
Beth Gibbons (Portishead) - Vocals
Boz Boorer (Morrissey) - Guitar
Burial - Keyboard / Programming
Bob Hardy (Franz Ferdinand) - Bass
Bill Berry (R.E.M.) - Drums
a motley crew if ever I saw one...
Bernie Bonanza!
Bernard Sumner - Vocals
Bernard Butler - Guitar
Bernard Edwards - Bass
Bernard Purdie - Drums
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
None more indie-disco.
C
Charlie Harper on vocals
Chas Jankel on guitar
Charlie Watts on drums
Charles Mingus on everything else
C
Chris Farlowe - Vocals
Chris Spedding - Guitar
Chris Stainton - Keyboards
Chris Squire - Bass
Chris Pennie - Drums
D
Dave Bowie - vocals
Dave Mustaine - guitar
Dave out of Chas'n'Dave - bass
Dave Grohl - drums
Dave Formula out of Magazine: keyboards
D
Dave Dee - Vocals
Dave Evans (aka The Edge) - Guitar
Dave Fairport Pegg - Bass
Dave Stranglers Greenfield - Keyboards
Dave Clark - Drums
Or
Chris Rea-Vocals
Chris Squire-Bass
Charlie Christian-Guitar
Count Basie-Piano
Charlie Watts-Drums
The X Factor
Surely X will be impossible, this will have to be "members from XTC" etc
Band of Erics
Eric
ClaptonGale - GuitarEric Burden - Vocals
Eric Avery - Bass
Eric Drew Feldman - Keyboards
Eric Carr - Drums
Nah....
you've got to have Eric Gale on guitar!
O
K
Very nice of you...
thanks.
Gale or Gales is that?
The late jazz man or the left handed blues player (in rude health)?
F
Frank Sinatra - vocals
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar
Francis Buchholz (Scorpions) Bass
Francis Monkman (Sky) - Keyboards
Frank Beard (ZZ Top) - Drums
G
Gil Scott-Heron - Vocals
Graham Coxon - Guitar
Geddy Lee - Bass
Gillian Gilbert - Keyboards
Gene Krupa - Drums
Stuck on H
This harder than I anticipated
(Sir)Harry Lauder-Vocals
Henry Mancini-Piano
Hanks?
If Hank Williams can't sing, can he atleast be songwriter?
Hank Marvin can play guitar?
Ok
Yes,you can have those!
H
Holly Johnson - Vocals
Hiram Bullock - Guitar
Harry Shearer (as Derek Smalls) - Bass
Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
Hal Blaine - Drums
Im sure...
...Holger Czukay could help on Bass, and Hal Blaine on drums
Henry McCullough
Another guitarist for the H band
Er...
Huey!
I
Ian Gillan - Vocals
Ian Crichton (Saga) - Guitar
Ian McClagan - Piano / Keyboards
Ian Kilmister - Bass
Ian Paice - Drums
The Ians
An acappella group:
Ian Brown
Ian Dury
Ian Gillan
Ian Curtis
J
Jeff Tweedy - Vocals
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter - Guitar
Jeff Berlin - Bass
Jeff Chimenti (Rat Dog, The Dead) - Keyboards
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Green Fingers
Jeff Poraco is sadly missed,did he perish in a bizarre gardening accident?
They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh - Guitar, vocals
John Linnell - Accordion, vocals and so on
What about
The Three Johns;
Jon Langford
John Hyatt
John Brennan
I, did my best!
Ian Curtis - Guitar
Isobel Cambel (Belle & Seb) - Cello and vocals
Ian Dury- Vocals
Ian Kilmister (Motorhead) - Bass
Ian Wallace (Dylan/session) - Drums
To be honest, I figure they would probably split early on due to musical differences (not to mention mortality issues).
I&I Rawk...
Ian Gillan (vocals)
Ian Paice (drums)
Ian "Judas Priest" Hill (bass)
Anthrax's Scott Ian (guitar)ahem
Ian McLagen (keyboards)
Special bonus manager: Ian Faith
K
Kate Rusby - Vocals
KK Downing - Guitar
Kim Deal - Bass
Kate Bush - Keyboards
Karen Carpenter - Drums
Wow...
Now that would be an interesting band :-)
I know it's not the rules
but you'd have to have Kate, Kate and Karen on combined vocals!
What about some Keiths?
Keith Richards - Guitar
Keith Christmas - Guitar
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Keith Moon - Drums
Keith Evans (Van der Graaf Generator) - Bass
And, on vocals, actor Keith Michel (famous for Captain Beaky and his Band)
L
Leonard Cohen - vocals
Lemmy - bass
Liberace - keyboards
Les Paul - guitar
Larry Mullen Jr - drums
M
Matt Bellamy- guitar/ keyboards
Money Mark- Beats
Martin Gordon - Bass
Mitch Mitchell- Drums
Mark Lanegan- Vocals
Not at all Irish
Mick Jagger - Vocals
Mick Karn - Bass
Mick Fleetwood - Drums
Mick Green - Guitar
Mickey Gallagher - Keys
Or
Max Roach-Drums
Mike Lindup-Keyboards
Mark Knophler-Guitar
Mark King-Bass
Marvin Gaye-Vocals
N
Nicky Headon Drums
Nigel Tufnell Guitars (go up to 11)
Nico Vocals and Keyboards
Nick Beggs Bass
Nigel Kennedy Violin
Noddy Holder Vocals and Guitar
Ahhh, Beggsy...
had to be there.*
* Refer to Zepcast for source of pilfered humour
struggling with O
Ozzy Osbourne Vocals
Overend Watts (Mott the Hoople) Bass
er...
Mea culpa (as much as anybody else)
We're moving away from the original brief aren't we?, which was all members with the SAME first name i.e. not just initial. I could have had a band of Neil's except for the bloody bassist!
But...
The original 'band' was split between Alans and Andys.
PS. Neil Stubenhaus (bass - Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones)
Even David's
original post doesn't match up to the criteria, mostly because it's bloody hard!
Badartdog, Los Campesinos! have a drummer called Ollie Campesinos! (Possibly not his real surname?) I knew my unhealthy interest in this band would come in useful one of these days...
Oh my!
Omar (vocals)
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (guitar)
Omar Hakim (drums)
A bassless power trio with jazz/soul/prog inflections?
Phil Harmonics
Phil Collins (vocals)
Phil Manzanera (guitar)
Phil Lesh (bass)
Phil (Philthy Animal) Taylor (drums)
Phil Lanzon (Uriah Heap) (keyboards)
or for P...
Prince - Vocals/ Guitar/ Bass / Keyboards / Drums
Do we allow multi-instrumentalists ?
We're Stuck On Q
So slight rule-bendage ahoy:
Queen Latifah (vocals)
Queen's Brian May (guitar)
Queens Of The Stone Age's occasional guest Dave Grohl (drums)
Mark King (bass)
Prince (keyboards/vibes)
Now can we move onto R?
Q bass player
How about Quentin 'Norman' Cook?
Q
Robert Quine - Guitar
... otherwise a bit light.
Roger and out
Roger Daltrey - Vox
Roger Waters - Bass
Roger Taylor (Queen) - Drums
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) - Drums
Roger Hodgson - Keys
Roger Troutman - Vocoder
Roger McGuinn - 12 string geet
Engineered by Roger "The Immortal" Nicholls
Robzone
...the ultimate R-soul boy band:
Bob Dylan
Robert Plant
Robert Smith
Robbie Williams
Bob Geldof
R = The Ramones
'Nuff said.
How about this for a sssssssssssupergroup of Steve's....
Stephen Patrick Morrissey - Vocals
Steve Cropper - Guitar
Steve Harris - Bass
Steve Strange - Keyboards
Steve White - Drums
My supergroup of Steves has a girl in it!!
Guitar - Steve Gaines - a victim of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash.
Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan - another victim of air travel...shit.
Singin' - Stevie Nicks - One time Fleetwood Mac singer. Also in the band to dilute the ugliness.
Bass Guitar - Steve Earle - The leader of The Dukes served his apprenticeship playing bass in Guy Clarks band. Other duties are between song rants and the putting down of hecklers with smart arse one liners.
Drums - I don't know any drummers so this is going to have to be a bluegrass combo.
I too could be a member. I could be a roadie or a food taster/groupie tester.
Keyboards/drums/harmonica
Stevie Wonder. He can sing a bit, too.
More Steves
Music clearly a popular career choice for Steves
Steven Tyler vocals
Steve Jones guitar
Steve Severin bass
Steve Stills keyboards
Steve Winwood - can probably play anything including Drums
The Four Toms
Thom Yorke - Vocals
Tom Robinson - Guitar
Tommy Scott (Space) - Bass
Tommy Lee - Drums
X
Xene Cervenca: Vocals/guitar
Xavier Rudd (Australian singer-songwriter): guitar(s)
Xibit: MC
? drums, bass
Nearly
Xene Cervenca should be under 'E' - it's Exene Cervenka.
I give you:
Xzibit - MC
Xavier Mas (Leonard Cohen) - guitarist
Xavier Muriel (Buckcherry) - drums
Xavier J (German house/techno dude) - keyboards
Xavier Xerxes (metal multi-instrumentalist) - bass
A+
Never heard of any of the above, but an excellent effort!
Y Don't You
Some excellent suggestions,the only Y I can think of before I head to work is:
Yngwie Malmsteen-Guitar
More Ys
Youth: bass
Young Jessie: vocals
Whatever Happened To U?
And good old V and the much-maligned W?
V
Vince Taylor: vocals
Vincent Crane: keyboards
Vini Reilly: guitar
Viv Albertine: bass
Plus
Vinnie Appice (drums)
U & W
I can make a start on U with:
Una Baines (early Fall keyboard player)
W
Wanda Jackson: vocals
Walter Becker: bass
Wild Willy Barrett: guitar
Woody Woodmansey: drums
There's an Ulf at the door....
Ulf Wakenius that is. Rhymes with genius.
Jesus H. Christ that's awful!
How Ulf manages to make a beautiful guitar like that sound as bloody terrible as he does is a mystery that I do not expect to find an answer to.
Where on earth did you hear about this guy? And who the feck is he?!
Confession
tapped Ulf and guitar into google......(My memeory had suggested to methat one of the Scorpions was, or is, called Ulf) When that moustache came up, I just knew it was irony time. In fact, there was a choice of many Ulf axe-heroes, absolutely none of which had I ever heard of.
Uriel Jones
on the drums.
Sorry, I felt a reprise coming on
Dave Stewart: vocals
Dave Stewart: guitar
Dave Stewart: bass
Dave Stewart: drums
Dave Stewart: keyboards
(P.S. None of them are the same fella)
but
you've got them in the wrong order.
A Trio of Zoots
Zoot Horn Rollo (guitar)
Zoot Sims (sax)
Zoot Money (vocals)
if we are on Z now
Zak Starkey on drums.
Zac Foley (EMF) on bass.
Is that the lot?
Or Zal Cleminson from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band....
on guitar (and mime... mime means money)
Zach de la Rocha
(was that his name?) of Rage Against the Machine on vocals