I’d be in “She’s Crafty” the first all girl Beastie Boys tribute band. I’d be Ad-Rock so I could sing lead on “Sabotage”, plus I think I rap in his range anyway. “Fight for Your Right” would and does make me cringe.
is a 17-piece ensemble celebrating the music of composer-bandleader-saxophonist Isham Jones (1894-1956), pioneering architect of Big Band music and composer of hit songs during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s.
Consisting of six brasses, four reeds (doubling saxophones, clarinets, flute and bassoon), three violinists, and a four-piece rhythm section, the orchestra is led by tenor saxophonist Beware of Doug, historian and player of vintage popular music. In addition to recreating the sax solos played by Jones and other members of his reed section, Doug is one of several vocalists among the musicians.
The orchestra’s music desks are emblazoned with the Red Dragon of Wales, the same symbol that Isham Jones, honoring his Welsh heritage, chose for his own orchestra. In keeping with Jones alumnus Woody Herman’s reminiscence that the maestro “didn’t care if you wore brown shoes with your tuxedo,” the band uniform consists of black tuxedos and brown shoes.
I don’t think a person could ever have more fun than being Matt Bellamy and having his universal talent for playing, singing, and putting on a show. If I formed a Muse tribute band I’d call it, self-deprecatingly, Still Born.
My favorite song would be “Supermassive Black Hole” (for the Prince-like crooning, the endless variety of bridge solos, intro and outro licks, and even the variety of guitar figures on the stanzas), and my least favorite would probably be “Con-Science,” an old B-side organized around a plaintive descending four-note piano riff that starts out minimalist and stays that way too long, before mutating into an industrial-tinged noise-fest. “Con-Science” is really useful, though, as a rebuttal to those who think Muse’s songs sound too same-y or lack artistic ambition. Only people with art-rock ambitions (or pretensions) could come up with a song like that.
Can I join? The Beastie Boys are one of my favorite bands, and I’m a chick! I agree with you 10000% on “Fight for your Right” - ugh!
I have a current obsession with playing bass, so I could be the girly MCA!
For me, i think it would be Dire Straits. I would be Mark Knopfler, of course, on lead guitar and lead vocals.
I guess the obvious band name is Sultans of Swing, or perhaps Brothers in Arms, but i think i’d probably go with Telegraph Road.
Favorite song would probably be Sultans of Swing or Telegraph Road, with their long, meandering solos. Not so keen on Solid Rock and So Far Away.
I’d cheat & be a solo artist. I’d be Carey Freeman covering Joni Mitchell. My favourites of course would be Carey or Free Man in Paris. There are no bad Joni songs but I’d say I would be over Big Yellow Taxi after a couple of years.
I would be in an Erasure tribute band. We’d call ourselves “Chains of Love”. I’d be Andy Bell so I could strut around out front rather than being stuck behind a keyboard. I’d have to be able to consistently hit notes I’ve only reached during hot showers, though.
The band is Cosmic Slop, the world’s premiere Funkadelic cover band, and I am lead guitarist Eddie Hazel, even if in this fantasy I must remain white. We do not play any Parliament songs. (And anyone who shouts “Freebird” between songs will be secretly dosed with acid, dressed in a clown suit, tossed in a steamer trunk, and shipped to Alabama.)
Have to say, I’m drawing a blank on this one. I can’t imagine having a high enough opinion of a single group to brand my efforts under their banner, at the exclusion of all others. Such dedication to one band, or in some cases, one person, is alien enough to my mindset that I’m going to have to take a pass here.
This line added because I don’t want to use a smiley, but I just know someone is going to take this post seriously and try to mock me for it.
I almost *was *in a Smiths tribute band, but they wouldn’t be my first choice if I had to play the stuff night after night.
I like the idea of having a bunch of musicians versatile enough to cover pretty much any rock act so we could do mix-ups like:
The Who play Steely Dan
Led Zeppelin play The Smiths
Pink Floyd play ABBA
Elvis sings Joni Mitchell
System of a Down play The Beatles (this one might be a bit tricky)
Pick the right songs and it just might work.
Along those lines, a bunch of Australian cover acts did slightly altered versions of Stairway to Heaven.
Wow. 24 posts before we have a second person in one bands. And Beastie Boys at that.
Very Cool.
And I would be out to see She’s Crafty at every opportunity. You betcha.
I want an all-Bowie cover band-- figure it’ll have to be called The Thin White Dupe; we’ll concentrate on The Man Who Sold the World-era stuff primarily, so I can shred on the totally under-appreciated Mick Ronson guitar bits, but we’ll play everything.
I’ll hate it when someone requests I chew up the stage with one of his hammier songs like Wild is the Wind but luckily that will be rare: on a nightly basis I will loathe the calls for *China Girl *and Modern Love, but will make up for it with Sound and Vision followed by an extended encore of TVC 15.
Of course since I’m playing guitar I will take the most delight in playing Width of a Circle.
Tom Jones, playing Tom Jones. I don’t care what I sing. 
Two possibilities:
AC/DC Tribute named Riff Raff. I’d be Malcolm - rhythm guitar - and the tune would be an extended jam version of High Voltage
OR
A Booker T and the MG’s tribute called - what else - Mo’ Onions, with guest lead singers doing all the old Stax stuff. I’d be guitar player Steve Cropper and the song would be “Knock on Wood”…
BigShooter I connected up with an old college band-mate a few months ago - he’s now the bassist in an AC/DC tribute band called Riff Raff…
…Now back to my vacation…carry on!
I’d play the part of Pete Townshend in a Who cover band, Smashing Gibsons.
I’d be in a **Grateful Dead **Cover band replacing Phil Lesh on Bass: Captain Tripps’s Lonely Survivors.
That way I could get to sing, and I’d get to play bass and we’d have a TON of songs to play and choose from with the Dead’s Collection.
It’d be a ton of fun also to take them and their style and try covering newer artists- I’d want to cover everything from Cash, Rush, the Who, to more and more modern artists such as the Ramones to Sublime to Jay-Z and everything in between. Could you image a lead in from a slowed down mellow"YYZ" into “Scarlet Begonias” going into “I wanna be your boyfriend” into “Wrong Way”, all done as a Grateful Dead Style Medley? Or throwing in Jay-Z’s *Encore *with long solos and turning into a slow Rock song to start off the first Encore performance? That’s where it’d be crazy fun.
Man. I’d love to hear that stuff, just take the modern day lyrics and put them to the Dead’s music and just have fun with insanely long shows…
I’d also LOVE to sing one of my favorite songs of all time (even though it’s a Buddy Holly song, the Dead covered it aplenty): “Not Fade Away” and I’d love to sing/play “Scarlet Begonias”.
I’d hate to play: almost nothing really. Maybe the China Cat smile one. Or sitting through Rhythm Devils- but even then, I could go and get a drink or something in the meantime…
Or, I’d want to be Guitarist Captain Kirk in a The Root’s Cover band: The ?uestions.
I’d be in a Guess Who tribute band. I’d probably be Burton Cummings, (the front man) although I wouldn’t mind being Garry Peterson either. (I can play the drums for real)
I think our band name would be Wheatfield Soul.
My favourite songs would be Glamour Boy and Sour Suite. I’d probably get bored of American Woman, after a while.
Tell Me What You Want!
Of course, I would be Felix Hanemann. I’ve already got the hair. And a Yamaha DX-7
I’d sing in a Duran Duran tribute band called Pygard. (So, I guess I’d be Simon LeBon.) My favourite song would be Hungry Like The Wolf, because that song’s just fun, though View To a Kill is up there, too. Sorry, Rio, you’re just not that awesome.
Or, if we’re able to make ourselves over entirely, rather than just adding talent, I’d sing for Greenwood Diary, a tribute to The Brilliant Green (named for one of their songs). (I would totally cop Tommy’s style, too - she is awesomesauce.) Favourite song to perform…I’m a Player in TV Games, I think…fun song, and I’ve sort of adopted it as my personal theme, anyway. Funny Girlfriend, Moldy Hole, and Running So High would be regular parts of the set, too.