# Cool bands you'd love to be in **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360 "2001-08-21T16:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/1 "2001-08-21T16:30:35Z")
And what would you play? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/2 "2001-08-21T21:09:49Z")
I’d love to be in Robin Hood’s Band of Merry Men. We could play at Hide & Seek-me, Blind Man’s Bluff, Beggar-jacks & Bojinks… Oh, we’d have a grand time! Why are you looking at me like that? ---
**Author:** ![Falafel\_Waffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@Falafel\_Waffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falafel_Waffle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/3 "2001-08-21T21:16:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\* I’d love to be in Robin Hood’s Band of Merry Men. We could play at Hide & Seek-me, Blind Man’s Bluff, Beggar-jacks & Bojinks… Oh, we’d have a grand time! > > Why are you looking at me like that? \*\* Ummm… we’re looking because you are **already wearing the tights!** I would love to be in Blues Traveler… I would play the bong… er, _bongos!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/4 "2001-08-21T21:49:30Z")
I’d love to be in Kiss. I wouldn’t play anything, though; I’d just be the guy who says “You wanted the best–you got the best! The hottest band in the world…Kiss!” at the beginning of the concert. Also, I’d set off the explosives. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/5 "2001-08-21T22:11:21Z")
I’d be the guitar tuner for the Marshall Tucker Band. Sigh. Then I’d get the chicks, finally. ---
**Author:** ![Mythos45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mythos45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mythos45)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/6 "2001-08-22T00:18:35Z")
\*\* METALLICA!!! \*\* To take James Hetfield’s place as singer/guitar player of Metallica would fulfill pretty much every desire I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/7 "2001-08-22T00:20:50Z")
Does Mannheim Steamroller count? I’ve grown to absolutly adore them in the last few years, and I’d LOVE to play in some of their songs. ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/8 "2001-08-22T00:27:36Z")
Oooh…only one? I don’t have any musical talent at all because my voice rivals that of a dying crow and I couldn’t play anything remotely related to a musical instrument if my life depended on it. In my fantasy world, I would join either No Doubt, Gorillaz (as a new cartoon character too, I think it would be cool to see an animated version of myself), Barenaked Ladies, or Dave Matthews Band. And if I could play any instrument, it would be the guitar, since it’s just so cool. Or Drums. ---
**Author:** ![Lucifer12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@Lucifer12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucifer12)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/9 "2001-08-22T17:11:27Z")
HUSKER DU! Man, nothing would be cooler than being Bob Mould singing ‘All This I’ve Done For You’ circa 1986. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/10 "2001-08-22T17:19:37Z")
The Chieftans. Any instrument they’d let me play would be fine, since we’re assuming that I’ll also know how to play it well enough… ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/11 "2001-08-22T18:51:59Z")
I’d love to be Kittie’s new guitarist but if that didn’t work out I’d want to be David Silveria’s bitch… that counts as being in the band doesn’t it? 😃 ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/12 "2001-08-22T18:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kittie \* > \*\*I’d love to be Kittie’s new guitarist but if that didn’t work out I’d want to be David Silveria’s bitch… that counts as being in the band doesn’t it? 😃 > ~Kittie \*\* If not, you can always be my bitch. 😉 Oh, and I’d pick to be the lead singer of Counting Crows. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/13 "2001-08-22T19:16:48Z")
My dream is to become the touring keyboardist/rhythm guitarist for Van Halen. I would quit my job in about half a second for a chance to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/14 "2001-08-22T20:17:06Z")
I wouldn’t mind being in the Residents. I could dress up like a dinosaur with a scarf and juggle peaches on stage and take pictures of the audience. Maybe they won’t notice I have no musical talent. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-bands-youd-love-to-be-in/77360/15 "2001-08-23T03:15:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Kittie \* > > \*\*I’d love to be Kittie’s new guitarist but if that didn’t work out I’d want to be David Silveria’s bitch… that counts as being in the band doesn’t it? 😃 > > ~Kittie \*\* > > If not, you can always be my bitch. 😉 > > Oh, and I’d pick to be the lead singer of Counting Crows. But that’s just me. \*\* Hmmm…“Superdude’s Bitch”…That has a nice ring to it 🙂 ~Kittie