Tondas Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Since we have no hockey to talk about, I thought I'd start an all star classic rock band thread. Most of this is from the 60's and 70's so I apologize to our younger members. Here is my all star list. Keyboards, Vocals - Steve Walsh - Kansas Lead Guitar, Vocals - Terry Kath - Chicago Rhythm Guitar - Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin Bass Guitar, Vocals - Paul McCartney - The Beatles Drums - Keith Moon - The Who Producer - Tom Scholz - Boston Picking this list was harder than trying to fix the Sabres. Hack away! Quote
Neo Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Oh, this will be fun. I am not the expert so many others are. Keyboard, Vocals: Richard Wright, Pink Floyd Lead Guitar, vocals: Prince Rhythm Guitar: Malcolm Young, AC/DC Bass Guitar: Bootsy Collins (oh, we want the funk) Drums: John Bonham. Period. Producer ..... I got nothin’. Edited March 14, 2020 by Neo Quote
jsb Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Keyboards, Vocals - Stevie Wonder Lead Guitar, - Stevie Ray Vaughan - w/David Bowie and w/Double Trouble Rhythm Guitar, Vocals - John Lennon - Beatles Bass Guitar, Vocals - Sting - The Police Drums - Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters Producer - George Martin - Beatles This was tougher than I thought it would be. George Martin was the only unanimous choice for me. 2nd Choices Ray Manzarek, Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, John McVie, Neil Peart and Alan Parsons (who produced Abbey Road, Dark Side of the Moon and Year of the Cat among others) Quote
Zamboni Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 River bottom nightmare band was legit So was Dr. teeth and The Electric Mayhem 1 2 Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Robert Plante needs to be in on the vocals. Resurrection of Doc for drums. Same for Randy Rhodes on electric. Victor Wooten on Bass Quote
Broken Ankles Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Lead Vocals Gord Downie Keyboards, Vocals - Donald Fagen Lead Guitar - Eddie Van Halen/David Gilmour Rhythm Guitar. The Edge Bass Guitar, Vocals - Geddy Lee Drums - J. Bonham Producer - George Martin - Beatles 1 Quote
SwampD Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Vocals - Steve Walsh Bass - Michael Anthony Drums - Bill Bruford Lead Guitar - Alex Lifson Rhythm Guitar - Jimmy Page Keys - Rick Wakeman (if only for the wizard robes) Producer - Todd Rundgren 1 Quote
Eleven Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Tondas said: Bass Guitar, Vocals - Paul McCartney - The Beatles Get that boy band crap out of here... 2 1 1 Quote
North Buffalo Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Will have to think about this more but first three Vocals Steve Winwood lately but could change next week Drums Ginger Baker keyboards Ray Charles love Getty Lee on base Drums hard to choose so many good ones Lead guitar Stevie Ray Vaughn and Prince Producer no idea Quote
Marvin Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 50 minutes ago, Eleven said: Get that boy band crap out of here... The Beatles resembled a boy band in the same way that ABBA resembled Starlight Vocal Band as a band of two couples. 1 Quote
tom webster Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) How is Paul Rodgers or Roy Orbison not mentioned. Truth is, if he wanted to, Prince could have been the best on all instruments. But, since I decided to post, I will modify the question with those I’ve seen. Justin Hayward Eric Clapton Joe Strummer Billy Sheehan Carl Palmer Producer Todd Rundgren Edited March 14, 2020 by tom webster Quote
TheAud Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Good topic. Restricting myself to 60's through 1975 or so. Lead vocals: Ian Gillan Lead Guitar and background vocals: Eric Clapton Slide Guitar: Duane Allman Bass and Vocals: Paul McCartney Drums: Carl Palmer Keyboards: Booker T. Jones Producer: Tom Dowd Edited March 14, 2020 by Sakman 1 Quote
tom webster Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Sakman said: Good topic. Restricting myself to 60's through 1975 or so. Lead vocals: Ian Gillan Lead Guitar and background vocals: Eric Clapton Slide Guitar: Duane Allman Bass and Vocals: Paul McCartney Drums: Carl Palmer Keyboards: Booker T. Jones Producer: Tom Dowd Palmer was amazing live. I’m not artistically savvy enough to know if he was technically sound but he put on quite the show. Quote
TheAud Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, tom webster said: Palmer was amazing live. I’m not artistically savvy enough to know if he was technically sound but he put on quite the show. Yup. Saw him with ELP and Asia multiple times...he's still touring btw with a crew that plays the old ELP and some other prog rock sort of stuff. Quote
Zamboni Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 I’m surprised Neil Peart doesn’t get more love. Pound for pound, he was IMO a better drummer than a few names I’ve seen. But to each his own... Quote
Tondas Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Posted March 14, 2020 40 minutes ago, tom webster said: How is Paul Rodgers or Roy Orbison not mentioned. Truth is, if he wanted to, Prince could have been the best on all instruments. But, since I decided to post, I will modify the question with those I’ve seen. Justin Hayward Eric Clapton Joe Strummer Billy Sheehan Carl Palmer Producer Todd Rundgren Man, that's a great line up. Prince was so under rated as a guitarist. And Billy Sheehan was, well he's F'n Billy Sheehan. These are all tough choices. Quote
Tondas Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, Tondas said: Man, that's a great line up. Prince was so under rated as a guitarist. And Billy Sheehan was, well he's F'n Billy Sheehan. These are all tough choices. And Burton Cummings as a keyboard and lead vocal was way up there. Just now, Tondas said: And Burton Cummings as a keyboard and lead vocal was way up there. And Jeff Lynn as a producer is in the conversation. 1 Quote
tom webster Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Tondas said: And Burton Cummings as a keyboard and lead vocal was way up there. I forgot about Cummings. Quote
Tondas Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, tom webster said: I forgot about Cummings. Now you sound like my wife. 1 Quote
Neo Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Eleven said: Get that boy band crap out of here... I’d be “pick ‘em” in a race with Usain Bolt if I was running away from a Boy Band. The Beatles were not a boy band. 1 Quote
TheAud Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Zamboni said: I’m surprised Neil Peart doesn’t get more love. Pound for pound, he was IMO a better drummer than a few names I’ve seen. But to each his own... I chose Palmer but could sub in Peart, Bonham, Moon, Baker...so many. Heck, could make a second team across the board as good as the first. (Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Entwhistle...) Quote
Eleven Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Neo said: I’d be “pick ‘em” in a race with Usain Bolt if I was running away from a Boy Band. The Beatles were not a boy band. They were, and I'll die on this hill. 2 1 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 My daughter would insist that was true as well. We had a long debate on that and didn't convince each other fully but she did give me a partial victory over the idea that they were not a boy band, because they were not assembled by another person and they wrote their own material. Everything else about them does fit the definition though, at least in the early days where they were somewhat pre-FAB-ricated. Regardless though, McCartney as the classic rock bassist? Kidding right? He can sing some nice harmonies for you and write a few decent pop songs but he was never a great bass player. I don't really know what "classic rock" is because it's just old music for an aging demographic and it changes. Used to be all 60's, then 70's, now it's often 80's. It means nothing. I mean look above, we got Joe Strummer and Carl Palmer in the same musical category? Punk and prog? Yikes, somebody's spinning in their grave. So I could go in multiple directions with this and it would depend on the sound you wanted but nobody from Rush will be in it. ever. lead guitar - Jimi Hendrix. There is substance to the legend. rhythm guitar - Keith. Cause he's Keith, and if you disagree we send someone to stab you. bass - John Paul Jones. Just crank the Immigrant Song and then get back to me if you still disagree. drums - Keith Moon. Two crazy Keiths, this band is doomed. vocals - Iggy Pop. then, not now, so Iggy Stooge. keyboards - umm, I wanna kind of pass, I mean do we need them with this lot? so I'll just throw in........ producer - John Cale and he can chuck in a few keys here and there when needed. Damn this assemblage would kick ass. Quote
Tondas Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Posted March 15, 2020 It's tough to pick. So many to choose from. I will say that Jimmy Hendrix said Terry Kath was the best guitarist he ever heard. And Robert Plant said that Burton Cummings was the best vocalist he ever heard. But like Herb Brooks said, "We're not looking for the best players, we're looking for the right players." Quote
gilbert11 Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 2:27 AM, Tondas said: Since we have no hockey to talk about, I thought I'd start an all star classic rock band thread. Most of this is from the 60's and 70's so I apologize to our younger members. Here is my all star list. Keyboards, Vocals - Steve Walsh - Kansas Lead Guitar, Vocals - Terry Kath - Chicago Rhythm Guitar - Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin Bass Guitar, Vocals - Paul McCartney - The Beatles Drums - Keith Moon - The Who Producer - Tom Scholz - Boston Picking this list was harder than trying to fix the Sabres. Hack away! Jimmy Page as Rhythm Guitarist? Surely you jest. In my book he’s alone as the top Lead Guitarist.. Quote
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