Jazz:
Vocals : Ella Fitzgerald
Guitar : Herb Ellis
Keyboard : Bill Evans
Tenor Sax : Lester Young
Alto Sax : Charlie Parker
Trumpet : Miles Davis
Bass : Ray Brown
Drums : Steve Gadd
Rock:
Vocals : Chris Cornell
Guitar : Buckethead
Guitar : Paul Gilbert
Bass : Billy Sheehan
Drums : Vinni Colaiuta
Funk:
Vocals : James Brown
Brass : Tower of Power Horn Section
Keyboard : Herbie Hancock or Stevie Wonder
Guitar : John Frusciante
Bass : Bootsy Collins
Drums : David Garibaldi
Vocals: Maynard from TOOL
Guitar: Billy Corgan from Smashing pumpkins
Songwriters/More guitar/drums/base: Metalica
Backup vocals: Skin from Skunk Anise
Lead vocals: Gord Downie and Aretha Franklin
Rhymes: Ice T
Lead guitar: Eddie Van Halen
Rhythm Guitar: John Lennon, who can help write songs
Bass: Flea and Bootsy Collins, 'cause I just gotta have two
Drums: Neil Peart
Keyboard: Ray Charles
Horns: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Brendan Marsalis
Not Even Allowed In The Goddamn Audience: Kenny G and John Tesh
Rhythm guitar/vocals: John Lennon
Bass/vocals: Paul McCartney
Lead guitar/vocals: George Harrison
Drums/vocals: Ringo Starr
We can only imagine what such a combination would produce…oh, wait a minute! Damn, I’m in a rut…all right, add Billy Preston on keyboards, just to make it a fantasy line-up…oh, crap…
Vocals: Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
Backing Choir: James LaBrie (Dream Theater) and Ray Alder (Fates Warning)
Lead Guitar: David Gilmore (Pink Floyd), Alex Lifeson (Rush), and Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
Rythm Guitar: John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Bass Guitar: Geddy Lee (Rush) and Les Claypool (Primus)
Synthesizer: Kevin Moore (former Dream Theater), and Geddy Lee (Rush)
Drums: Neil Peart (Rush) and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
They can alternate drummers, lead guitarists and bass players all they want, or just duel it out - maybe even an old fashioned quadrophonic concert!
Hoo boy, this would rock. If I’m allowed to select dead people, I want Hendrix to be there too, BTW.
The beauty of a band is having a chemistry between the players which makes a unit which is much stronger than the sum of its parts.
Metallica (pretending it’s ten years ago right now) made great music with a shitty drummer. That band would not have been the same with another drummer, even a “more talented one,” like, say, Dave Lombardo of Slayer.
Also, musical dexterity means shit to me. I’d rather listen to The Ramones and Motörhead a hundred times each than some wank-fest from supposed impeccable hacks such as Dream Theater, ELP or Yngwie J. Malmsteen once…
(Waiting for Coldilocks to come here and smite me…)
In any event, this is an excersise in futility for both reasons, but mainly the first reason.
*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Five months, one week, five days, 23 hours, 51 minutes and 9 seconds.
6639 cigarettes not smoked, saving $829.97.
Extra time with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 2 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes.
*“I’m a big Genesis fan.”-David B. (Amen, brother!)
I take it you’re joking!!! He’s one of the best drummers of the metal era! Have you listened to “…And Justice For All”?? You try the double bass-drumming on “Dyer’s Eve” (I have rarely heard double bass-drumming so clean at such a speed, even from the celebrated jazz drummers) or the weird time signatures on “Blackened”. He’s awesome, and what gave Metallica their speed and power. Gotta love that snare-triplet followed by crash and bass-drum trademark…
