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plastic penguin:

If a genie grants you the opportunity to put together the greatest group of all time, dead or alive, who would you choose?

My choice is a little obscure, but here goes:

Drums: Cozee Powell (Rainbow)

Bass: Graham Maybe (Joe Jackson band)

Keyboards: Jools Holland

Guitars: Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)
Richie Blackmore (Rainbow)

Vocals: Jeff Buckley


I've deliberately missed the obvious choices.

Drums:  Neil Peart (Rush)

Bass: Timothy B. Schmidt (Eagles)

Keyboards: Roy Bittan (E Street Band)

Guitars: Todd Rundgren and Tim Bricheno (ex- All About Eve)

Vocals: Steve Perry (ex-Journey)

Backing vocals: Rory Dodd and Jimi Jamison (ex-Survivor)

Chose Timothy Schmidt for Bass partly because of his singing and writing abilities. Same reason for choosing Todd Rundgren as one of my guitarists. I think my band would be particulary strong in the vocal department. Tempted to pick Roger Taylor on drums as he`s also a really good singer but in the end I couldn`t resist choosing Neil Peart for his amazing ability as a drummer. It was hard to leave out Neal Schon on guitar but I didn`t want two people from the same group and really wanted Perry on vocals. I know Perry`s left Journey but I still think of him as their singer and I didn`t want him and Schon having a go at each other! Couldn`t choose John Duncan because of contractural reasons and the fact that we haven`t got room in the back of the Bedford for his nine guitars which he insists on taking with him to every gig!

Drums:  Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters - prefer him on drums rather than guitar)

Bass: Matt Freeman (Rancid)

Guitars: Max Cavalera (Soulfly/ ex-Sepultura) and Kirk Hammet (Metallica)

Vocals: Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

Vocals : Dave Matthews

Guitar : Steve Vai

Bass : Tom Kennedy (Dave Weckl Band)

Keyboards : Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater)

Drums : Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree/King Crimson)

fr0g:

Guitars... Joe Satriani (solo artist) and Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

JohnDuncan:

Oooo good game. Thanks to Thaiman for saying me on guitar, though like Ringo, I'm not the best guitarist in the band........

Drums - Neil Peart
Bass - Geddy Lee
Guitars - Steve Lukather
Keyboards - Colin Towns (ex of Gillan, now film score composer)
Vocals - Paula Cole

 Imagine the noise! And the wardrobe...

Drums - Zak Starkey

Bass - Flea

Guitars -  Johnny Greenwood, Neil Young, Jason Pierce

Keyboards - Anyone from New Order

Vocals - Axl Rose!