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Offline RoeDent

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Bands you wished DID exist
« on: June 16, 2018, 01:16:08 AM »
I'm surely not the only one who's fed up with all the negative "things you wish didn't exist" threads. Time to fight back!

Pick any combo of musicians, dead or alive, to make your own supergroup! No limits! Go nuts!

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2018, 01:27:39 AM »
I love this idea!

A melodic rock/prog group featuring:

Steve Lukather: Guitar/Vocals
Alex Lifeson: Lead Guitar
Tony Banks: Keyboards
Tony Levin: Bass
Jeff Porcaro: Drums

Let's call it something cheesy, like "The Ultimate Alliance" :lol

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2018, 01:28:27 AM »
Vocals: Lzzy Hale
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Lead Guitar: Dimebag Darrell
Bass: Cliff Burton
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Jordan might be a little out of place here, but I would love to see how his style would mesh with the more hard rock and heavy metal tendencies of Lzzy, James, Dimebag, and Cliff. Mike would be the bridge between the prog and the metal, and you know he would jump at the chance to work with James and Lzzy, we know he wanted to work with Dimebag, and I’m sure he would have loved to work with Cliff. It would be quite interesting to see what could have come from this.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2018, 02:29:10 AM »
I always wondered what would happen if - ok don't judge me - Mike Portnoy and Donald Fagen did something together.

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2018, 02:31:22 AM »
EOTW in their The Apologist lineup

i mean does this count, technically this lineup doesn't exist anymore and i wish it still did :P

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2018, 03:16:47 AM »
A really catchy symphonic rock or metal band like Delain, but with Amanda Somerville on vocals.


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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2018, 04:20:28 AM »
Maybe we could make it "harder" and rather than doing just dream line-ups, we could think of situations where some people wanted to get together, but something came in the way and it didn't happen when it COULD have happened.

Going for now on the imaginary route, I'd love for more folk metal bands with clean vocals to exist! or the already existing ones with clean vocals, I'm not at all a fan of growls and if Ensiferum and Eluveitie were singing clean I'd listen to them all day long. Same for Amon Amarth or Children of Bodom to make another example.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2018, 05:23:32 AM »
Maybe we could make it "harder" and rather than doing just dream line-ups, we could think of situations where some people wanted to get together, but something came in the way and it didn't happen when it COULD have happened.

Nope. That's for another thread. This is entirely imaginary.

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2018, 06:05:01 AM »
Gavin Harrison
Chris Squire
JP
Brian Robertson - Rhythm (Thin Lizzy)
KevMo (I prefer JR but with Harrison, JP and Squire there would be a LOT going on already)
Steve Walsh (in his prime)
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2018, 06:07:40 AM »
Phil Collins - Drums
Tony Levin - Bass/Chap
Keith Emerson - Keys
Jon Anderson - Voc
Robert Fripp - Guitar

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2018, 06:10:02 AM »
I can't believe nobody has gone "Dream Theater with Mike Portnoy" yet.

That said, I have no idea what band I wish 'did' exist. There's so much music out there for me to enjoy and still discover, that I honestly don't know what to answer to questions like these.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2018, 07:09:35 AM »
Michael Kiske
Gary Moore
Michael Schenker
Steve Harris
Mike Portnoy
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2018, 10:12:44 AM »
Sorry to be a negative nancy, but as Mikael Åkerfeldt once said when asked what his dream lineup would look like, even if you got the greatest songwriters and musicians on the planet together, there's no guarantee that the chemistry between them would work and actually result in good music. That said, I've always wanted to hear a Steven Wilson/Kevin Moore collab, because I have a feeling they could complement each other well.

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2018, 10:15:00 AM »
Sorry to be a negative nancy, but as Mikael Åkerfeldt once said when asked what his dream lineup would look like, even if you got the greatest songwriters and musicians on the planet together, there's no guarantee that the chemistry between them would work and actually result in good music. That said, I've always wanted to hear a Steven Wilson/Kevin Moore collab, because I have a feeling they could complement each other well.

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2018, 01:05:25 PM »
Zook and Adami.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2018, 01:35:39 PM »
Lots of metal bands that have a growlie vocalist, replaced with a non-growlie vocalist.
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2018, 01:46:47 PM »
That said, I've always wanted to hear a Steven Wilson/Kevin Moore collab, because I have a feeling they could complement each other well.


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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2018, 06:48:33 PM »
I agree with the chemistry point, or just the songwriting working. There's been many so-called supergroups or sideprojects that sounded great on paper, that didn't really do much for me.

I actually think what works better sometimes is if you have a great songwriter who writes most if not all the music in his or her primary band, and then wants to do music of a slightly if not somewhat dramatically different style.

And then this songwriter ends up being joined by other musicians they respect.

I guess something like The River Empires is a good example of this for me. Jessy Ribordy is the songwriter composer, making music that is a fair amount different than his primary band Falling Up being that it was more rooted in Bluegrass, Folk and Orchestral music, as opposed to more heavy/hard(core) rock. And he collaborated with Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter.

The Dissociatives is another actually, with Daniel Johns collaborating with Paul Mac. The Dissociatives music is a little similar to the 2000's Silverchair in the use of layered production and harmonies, but it has a lot more emphasis on catchy hooks and melodies.

But in both of those cases, it's not like it comes across as having too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen.

I dunno, some of it could come down to a musician and their influences. Like take Between the Buried and Me. It's pretty obvious the band draw from more than just Metal and progressive Metal; stuff like Classic Rock/Classic Prog namely. The members have done other projects, but I don't recall any one of them showing that influence directly. I could see Paul Waggoner or Dustie Waring doing a rather retro almost Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen-ish like project at some point. Maybe a little like Presto Ballet maybe? something in that style, that if the songwriting was good, and perhaps it would be a collaboration with someone they know and respect (Casey Crescenzo maybe?, or Joey Eppard of Three maybe), I could see myself and others really enjoying.

And I actually would be more intrigued by that than honestly any of the other side projects they've done, and actually BTBAM's current music.

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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2018, 08:10:28 PM »
Queensryche with Todd LaTorre and Chris DeGarmo would be pretty cool.   
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2018, 09:07:07 PM »
I would want Alex Van Halen to team up with some other people. He's never appeared on anything else besides Van Halen records or on the Twister Soundtrack with Ed.

Maybe something like:
Alex Van Halen- Drums
Steve Lukather- Guitars
John Paul Jones- Bass
Steve Winwood- Keys (adding this one because I have Arc of a Diver playing)

Can't really think of a vocalist, although Lukather and Winwood could handle it. For shits and giggles and since apparently I've gone with an 80s theme, let's say Steve Perry

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2018, 07:29:33 AM »
I wish Styx's ultimate line-up lasted more than just one telethon in 1999.

Dennis DeYoung
Tommy Shaw
James Young
Glen Burtnik
Todd Sucherman

Four singers, and the perfect line-up to play ANYTHING the band ever put out. But then Dennis was kicked out and Glen left soon after Cyclorama in 2003... and it was never to be😢
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2018, 10:36:16 AM »
But then Dennis was kicked out....

That's one way to look at it.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2018, 10:38:46 AM »
But then Dennis was kicked out....

That's one way to look at it.

 ??? ???

What other way is there to look at it?  He didn't leave the band on his own; he was fired. 

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« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2018, 10:48:10 AM »
Upon further review, I stand corrected. My Styx knowledge is slim so I had to do some research.
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2018, 11:17:57 AM »
Michael Kiske
Gary Moore
Michael Schenker
Steve Harris
Mike Portnoy

I'd buy that without hearing even a note.  Without reading an "in-studio" tweet.   

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2018, 11:18:52 AM »
Phil Collins - Drums
Tony Levin - Bass/Chap
Keith Emerson - Keys
Jon Anderson - Voc
Robert Fripp - Guitar

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I'd rather Geddy Lee or John Wetton (RIP) on bass, but I'd buy that as well.

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« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2018, 01:22:32 PM »
Geddy Lee - bass and vocals, keys
Trevor Rabin - guitar, vocals, keys
Brad Delp -  vocals, rhythm guitar
Alan White - drums
Jon Anderson -  vocals, upright harp, acoustic guitar

This would be a great powerhouse vocal group, with amazing musicians.  Brad Delp truly belongs in Boston though..

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« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2018, 02:07:02 PM »
Geddy Lee - bass and vocals, keys
Trevor Rabin - guitar, vocals, keys
Brad Delp -  vocals, rhythm guitar
Alan White - drums
Jon Anderson -  vocals, upright harp, acoustic guitar

This would be a great powerhouse vocal group, with amazing musicians.  Brad Delp truly belongs in Boston though..

Are we including dead musicians?   
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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #28 on: June 17, 2018, 02:46:43 PM »
Geddy Lee - bass and vocals, keys
Trevor Rabin - guitar, vocals, keys
Brad Delp -  vocals, rhythm guitar
Alan White - drums
Jon Anderson -  vocals, upright harp, acoustic guitar

This would be a great powerhouse vocal group, with amazing musicians.  Brad Delp truly belongs in Boston though..

Are we including dead musicians?
Yes, original post permits that.  I sure would like to have Brad Delp and Chris Squire in my future band!  ;)
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« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2018, 03:03:27 AM »
Geddy Lee - bass and vocals, keys
Trevor Rabin - guitar, vocals, keys
Brad Delp -  vocals, rhythm guitar
Alan White - drums
Jon Anderson -  vocals, upright harp, acoustic guitar

This would be a great powerhouse vocal group, with amazing musicians.  Brad Delp truly belongs in Boston though..

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Re: Bands you wished DID exist
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2018, 03:09:45 AM »
Lots of metal bands that have a growlie vocalist, replaced with a non-growlie vocalist.

Lots of metal bands that have a non-growlie vocalist, replaced with a growlie vocalist.  :metal

and .....

The rumored Bruce Dickinson/Arjen Lucassen project.
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Must've been Kwyji sending all the wrong songs.   ;D

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« Reply #31 on: June 18, 2018, 05:14:41 AM »
As far as I remember that was not rumored, it was actually planned, but Bruce got annoyed at how early Arjen revealed it, and the thing fell through.
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« Reply #32 on: June 18, 2018, 05:17:59 AM »
Yes, rumored is the wrong word, but as far as I know no music was composed or even recorded before it was cancelled.

I'd like to hear what they would have come up with.
Must've been Kwyji sending all the wrong songs.   ;D

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« Reply #33 on: June 18, 2018, 05:22:34 AM »
I've done some quick googling - if you'd like to hear what they'd have come up with, go no further than the Star One album.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ayreon/comments/7s23c1/arjen_and_bruce_dickinson/

https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/bruce-dickinson-in-ayreon-2000.15735/

For what it's worth, even Star One's Wiki page mentions this.
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« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2018, 05:34:51 AM »
The Star One music is solely credited to Arjen, even if it was originally planned for a collaboration.

They were talking about writing together and about concept albums about Vampires or MacBeth. That's what I'm hypothetically interested in.

Must've been Kwyji sending all the wrong songs.   ;D