The greatest rock/pop band?

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.

Drum: Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Lead guitar: Zack Wild (Ozzy)
Guitar: John Duncan (Wax!)
Bass Guitar: Randy Meisner (The Eagles)
Keyboards: Jon Lord (Deep purplr)
Vocal: Robert Smith, Don Henley (Cure, Eagles)

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)

Mmmm...

Vocals: Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Guitar: Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower)
Bass: Sean Malone (Gordian Knot/Cynic)
Drums: Me!!......Or Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel/Strapping Young Lad)

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)

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

Steve Lukather..........good choice

Oh yes. Even makes Lionel Richie sound good.

Some cracking choices there, guys. Just shows how behind I've become with my music collection.

Keep them coming!

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

I'm not. I'm 'accomplished', but not 'red hot'. I'm a better singer (subjectively).

And I started on the trumpet, but my lips were too fat, so they gave me a tenor horn instead........

 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! 

I'm going with a blend of performance and songwriting ability:

Vocals - Elvis Presley (what did you expect!)

Guitars - Pete Townshend, Marco Pirroni

Bass/vocals - Paul McCartney

Keyboards/vocals - Ray Charles

Double Drummers - Ginger Baker, Dave Grohl