# Band Combo - Guitar, Kybd, Bass, Drums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210 "2002-07-22T12:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/21 "2002-07-23T18:35:27Z")
While Roy Bittan may have played on Making Movies, he was and is a member of Springsteen’s E Street Band. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/22 "2002-07-23T19:45:40Z")
Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Elvis Costello: Guitar, vocals Steve Nieve: Keys Bruce Thomas: Bass Pete Thomas: Drums ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/23 "2002-07-23T19:52:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*While Roy Bittan may have played on Making Movies, he was and is a member of Springsteen’s E Street Band. \*\* Yes, it was definitely a temporary arrangement for Dire Straits. The band had replaced Bittan and added a few other players by the time _Brother in Arms_ was recorded. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/24 "2002-07-23T20:02:37Z")
Also, in the early '80s, **The Cure** featured four musicians as described in the OP, with Robert Smith doing double duty on guitar and vocals. They’ve changed members a lot in their 25 years, but managed to stay a quartet until the late '80s. Not sure of their current lineup besides Smith. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/25 "2002-07-23T20:41:29Z")
What do you know- another English band that fits the topic! But we have to go back a ways! The Small Faces were: Steve Marriott (guitar & vocals) Kenny Jones (drums) Ronnie Lane (bass) Ian McLagen (keyboards) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/26 "2002-07-23T21:22:53Z")
**The Doors** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/27 "2002-07-23T22:29:54Z")
Neither the Doors (no bass player as a regular member) or the Band (five members) fit the criteria. Some that do: **Bee Bop Deluxe** (also British) **Bread** (in some lineups)-- David Gates, bass; James Griffin, guitar; Larry Knechtel, keyboards; Mike Botts, drums **Focus** – of “Hocus Pocus” fame. **Iron Butterfly** – “Inna Gadda Da Vida” **Jo Jo Gunne** – great, though obscure U.S. boogie band **The Nice** – Keith Emerson, key; Brian Davidson, drums; Lee Jackson, bass; David O’List, guitar **The Young Rascals** (later, the Rascals) **Savoy Brown** **10cc** used the lineup, but three played multiple instruments, so there were several possible lineups. **Uriah Heep** **Vanilla Fudge** ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/28 "2002-07-24T13:55:24Z")
I’ll add to Reality Chuck’s list – all these are American banmds, to boot: **Til Tuesday** with Aimee Mann on bass/lead vocals. **Winger** (!) And suprisingly enough for their genre, country legends **Alabama** – though their keyboard player plays violin on some songs. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210/29 "2002-07-24T18:25:40Z")
The Doors did not have a bass player, **Manduck**. Ray Manzarek played the bass parts on his keyboards, although the band also used session bass players on some of the albums. It’s this guitar, drums, keyboards combo that is really unusual. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-combo-guitar-kybd-bass-drums/120210.md?page=1)