# Chimaera bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299 "2004-11-30T07:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 30, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/21 "2004-11-30T19:57:41Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > I always liked Damn Yankees, with Ted Nugent, one of the guys from Night Ranger and some other guys. More specifically: Ted Nugent, guitar – of the Amboy Dukes and a soloist Jack Blades, bass/vocals – of Night Ranger Tommy Shaw, guitar – of Styx Mike Cartellone, drums – DY was his first major gig 😃 ---
**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:** [November 30, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/22 "2004-11-30T20:08:21Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > So Van Halen doesn’t really count, since they kept the name, just not the lead singer. ="[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4791FDB4AA87120C09D2A43CBBB61F60CD24CF4AE0721425AD3FB3247801160EE53F18692FDFB74AB7AAFE02CA45A0B9FC9E456FCD6633D2DED93&sql=11:wztxlfdegcqq~T1](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4791FDB4AA87120C09D2A43CBBB61F60CD24CF4AE0721425AD3FB3247801160EE53F18692FDFB74AB7AAFE02CA45A0B9FC9E456FCD6633D2DED93&sql=11:wztxlfdegcqq~T1)"Although: > [@](#): > > The son of a Dutch bandleader, Eddie and his family moved from the Netherlands to Pasadena, CA, in 1967, when he was 12 years old and his older brother, Alex, was 14. As their father supported the family by playing in wedding bands, Eddie and Alex continued their classical piano training. Soon, both boys were enraptured by rock & roll. Eddie learned how to play drums and Alex took up the guitar, eventually switching instruments. The brothers began a hard rock band called Mammoth and began playing around Pasadena, eventually meeting David Lee Roth. At the time, Roth, who had been raised in a wealthy Californian family, was singing in Redball Jet. Impressed by the Van Halen brothers, he joined forces with the group. Shortly afterward, bassist Michael Anthony, who was singing with Snake, became a member of Mammoth. After discovering that another band had the rights to the name Mammoth, the group decided to call themselves Van Halen in 1974, rejecting the proposed Rat Salade. For the next three years, Van Halen played throughout Pasadena, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles, playing both clubs and hotel bars. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/23 "2004-11-30T21:36:50Z")
Well, there’s [Bloodbath](http://www.bloodbath.biz/members.html)… ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/24 "2004-11-30T21:41:45Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Well, there’s [Bloodbath](http://www.bloodbath.biz/members.html)… …and then there’s [Maude](http://www.geocities.com/favoritetvclassics_maude/actor_beatricearthur.html) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/25 "2004-11-30T21:53:14Z")
**Electronic** (New Order/Pet Shop Boys) had a couple of good albums. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/26 "2004-11-30T22:40:47Z")
Arcturus, Kalmah, and Age of Silence. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/27 "2004-12-01T00:21:01Z")
Gah, I forgot Oysterhead, with Les Claypool, the bassist from the Police and a drummer from somewhere… And I forgot Queens of the Stone age. But most of all, I forgot the best cover band in the whole entire world, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes! ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/28 "2004-12-01T00:22:29Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > It’s hard to say for sure–misinformation and contradictory stories about this session are rampant! One story is that this **was** the band that was going to be called Led Zeppelin. If we’re on about supergroups that weren’t really groups, the cake topper would have to be The Dirty Mac…John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/29 "2004-12-01T00:33:34Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Gah, I forgot Oysterhead, with Les Claypool, the bassist from the Police and a drummer from somewhere… This sentence clearly needs some revision. There’s a Sting joke here somewhere though. I just can’t seem to come up with it. Damn my non-functioning brain. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/30 "2004-12-01T00:57:06Z")
Les and Sting? Wow, what a weird concept. Going back a few posts, I don’t see Van Halen meeting the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/31 "2004-12-01T01:04:32Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > And I forgot Queens of the Stone age. They are? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/32 "2004-12-01T01:29:41Z")
The wreckage from two bands from Halifax in Canada produced _two_ chimera bands. Neuseiland was made up of Charles Austin and Drew Yamada, formerly of The Super Friendz, and Joel Plaskett and Cliff Gibb, formerly of Thrush Hermit. They were all right. Plaskett must have liked the idea, because he later recruited Dave Marsh, also formerly of The Super Friendz, for his band The Joel Plaskett Emergency. They **rock**. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/33 "2004-12-01T02:03:46Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > **Electronic** (New Order/Pet Shop Boys) had a couple of good albums. Too bad [Echo & The Bunnymen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5553281&postcount=17) don’t fall into the OP’s criteria. 😃 This gives my a good hijack opportunity / help request: **Does anyone recall a (non-Sting) post-Police side project with a name that sounded similar to Eberhardt Dance Experience?** ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/34 "2004-12-01T03:38:48Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Going back a few posts, I don’t see Van Halen meeting the criteria. I know … I just thought it was interesting that Van Halen was in a sense a chimera band. It’s just that VH was a chimera of three high-school garage bands. But there’s probably a zillion bands whose origins were similar. … A legit chimera band not yet mentioned was the mid-80s supergroup the Power Station: solo singer Robert Palmer with John Taylor and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/35 "2004-12-01T03:43:21Z")
The Postal Serive–Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel, and Jenny Lewis from Rilo Kiley. Oh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/36 "2004-12-01T08:35:42Z")
Angelenos may remember The Knitters (X + The Blasters) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/37 "2004-12-02T22:29:53Z")
Dashboard Confessional – with Chris Carrabba, and then Dan Hoerner from Sunny Day Real Estate, with Scott Schoenbeck from The Promise Ring playing bass on tours. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/38 "2004-12-02T22:37:11Z")
Where’s the Travelling Wilburys? Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and George Harrison is as significant a grouping as you can get without the Stones merging with the Who and the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/39 "2004-12-02T22:59:04Z")
Going through my MP3 list quickly, the ones that jump out at me: Fugazi – Minor Threat and Rites of Spring Gorillaz – Blur, Talking Heads, Dr Octogon Pinback – Thingy and Three Mile Pilot Rival Schools – Quicksand and Gorilla Biscuits Shellac – Big Black and Brick Layer Cake Tortoise – bastro and eleventh dream day Tuatara – REM, Luna, Screaming Trees ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299/40 "2004-12-02T23:03:14Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > They [queens of the stone aqge] are? Homme and Nick Oliveri used to be in Kyuss, and if you can’t their last QotSA album then they have links to the Screaming Trees (Lanegan) and Nirvana (Grohl). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimaera-bands/277299.md?page=3)