If you could build a super group... who would it consist of?

[SoundscapeMN]

Would love to see
 
Mike Portnoy
Ty Tabor
Roger Manning

in a Super Beatliesy Power Pop band.

I actually asked Portnoy about it a few months back on Facebook and he said he may be up for it.

[romdrums]

Metal:
Vocals - Geoff Tate
Rhythm Guitar - James Hetfield
Lead Guitar - Alex Skolnick
Bass - Steve Harris
Drums - Charlie Benate

Prog Metal:
Vocals - Ray Alder
Guitar - John Petrucci
Bass - Justin Chancellor
Keys - Diego Tejada
Drums - Blake Richardson

A Yes lineup I wish I could see:
Vocals - Jon Anderson
Guitars - Trevor Rabin
Bass - Chris Squire
Keys - Patrick Moraz
Drums - Bill Bruford

[Nachtmerrie]

1.
Cammie Gilbert - Vocals
Ray Alder - Vocals
John Petrucci - Guitars
Nick van Dyk - Guitars & Keys
Mike Portnoy - Drums
Troy Sanders - Bass & Vocals

2.
Plini: Guitars
Tosin Abasi: Guitars
Misha Mansoor: Guitars
Baard Kolstad: Drums
Diego Tejeida: Keys
Conner Green: Bass

The instrumental madness makes me smile thinking about it.

3.
Heike Langhans - Vocals & Keys
Johannes Persson - Guitars & Vocals
Robin Stapps - Guitars
Jamie Saint Merat - Drums
Amos Williams - Bass

[Kotowboy]

I’ve long wanted Eddie Vedder and Geddy Lee to form a project named Geddy Vedder.

I'd prefer Geddy to team up with Wolfgang Van Halen.  Geddy Van Halen!   

DT : Dream theater with Devin Townsend on Vocals and Derek Trucks on guitar.

[Stadler]

Instruments: Alessandro Del Vecchio
Vocals: Issa

(runs and hides from wolfking)

(this is absolutely not my list) 

HAHAHA

[Stadler]

I know my bass player would be Chris Squire.  My drummers (plural) would be Phil Collins and Mike Portnoy.   My keyboard player would be Tony Banks (though Rick Wakeman would likely be a better fit philosophically).   

Vocals?   Man.  I want to say Freddie Mercury, but that might be too much bombast.  Bono, maybe, but he'd have to leave the extra-curricular at the door.   Going curveball:  Ann Wilson.


Guitars.  There are 10 guitar players I could pick.  Probably going to go with Hetfield/Schenker. 


Banks/Collins/Hetfield/Portnoy/Schenker/Squire/Wilson

[twosuitsluke]

These guys would sound a complete mess I'm sure but there we have it


Vocals: Casey Crecenzo
Lead Guitar and Vocals: Devin Townsend/Claudio Sanchez
Lead Guitar: Alexi Laiho
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: Matt Freeman
Drums: Baard Kolstad
Keyboards: Janne Wirman
Accompanying Orchestral composition: Nobuo Uematsu

[allewartenaufdaslicht_]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

[Lonk]

A super group of the standard prog-instruments (+ a rhythm guitar):

Vocals: Mikael Akerfeldt
Lead Guitars: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: Plini
Bass: Adam Biggs
Keyboard: Janne Wirman
Drums: Gavin Harrison

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

It's funny because for me JLB is the weakest link in DT but so is Ross in Haken. 

[HOF]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

It's funny because for me JLB is the weakest link in DT but so is Ross in Haken. 

Yeah, I was gonna say something similar. And Allen would be a major downgrade in my opinion.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I’ve long wanted Eddie Vedder and Geddy Lee to form a project named Geddy Vedder.

I'd prefer Geddy to team up with Wolfgang Van Halen.  Geddy Van Halen!   

DT : Dream theater with Devin Townsend on Vocals and Derek Trucks on guitar.

With guest appearances from Daniel Tompkins, Dark Tranquillity, and Deadsoul Tribe. 

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked.

Since I'm also less enthused about JLB, I've pondered this question myself many times.  Allen would be a good pick, and I'd also like to try Floor Jansen, Jorn Lande, Daniel Tompkins, and Damian Wilson. 

[Stadler]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

I got into DT with I&W back in '92, primarily because of Portnoy and LaBrie, but especially LaBrie.   DT was one of three or four bands for me when it was the LaBrie/Myung/Petrucci/Portnoy/Rudess model.   I was all in; all the singles, all the Ytsejam releases, first day buyer on official releases, etc.   When Mike left, they became a great band, but one of many for me, and I staggered my buys, I only saw The Astonishing because it was different (they literally played across the street from me in Philly on the ADTOE tour and I didn't go; it was for other reasons, but I suppose I can officially say "I wouldn't walk across the street to see them!") but I'm still a fan.

If LaBrie left, it would have to be the PERFECT replacement, and while I would give anything a chance once, there is NOTHING I've heard to date from Russell Allen or Ross Jennings - including the latter doing DT for the Shattered Fortress show, which I was at - that makes me excited for that, or makes me think they are the perfect replacement.

[Stadler]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

It's funny because for me JLB is the weakest link in DT but so is Ross in Haken. 

Yeah, I was gonna say something similar. And Allen would be a major downgrade in my opinion.

We're in agreement on this.  Now Floor Jansen, that would get my attention.  I'd be curious to hear Jorn Lande as well.

[HOF]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

It's funny because for me JLB is the weakest link in DT but so is Ross in Haken. 

Yeah, I was gonna say something similar. And Allen would be a major downgrade in my opinion.

We're in agreement on this.  Now Floor Jansen, that would get my attention.  I'd be curious to hear Jorn Lande as well.

Honestly not sure there’s another big-voiced metal vocalist who I would want to see in DT. If you could replace current LaBrie with 1994 LaBrie that would be cool, but time marches on.

[Lowdz]

Instruments: Alessandro Del Vecchio
Vocals: Issa

(runs and hides from wolfking)

(this is absolutely not my list) 

That’s pretty much every album on Frontiers. Just change the singer.

[Lowdz]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

Dino Jelusik for vocals. He’s even made a video where he puts vocals of LTE’s Paradigm Shift.
https://youtu.be/KeMCAOIXPxA

[romdrums]

Just thought of a few more:

Modernish Prog:
Steve Hogarth - Vocals
Jem Godfrey- Keys
Nick Beggs - Bass, Chapman Stick
Nick D'Virgilio - Drums
Guthrie Govan - Guitars

Classic Prog:
Jon Anderson - Vocals
Tony Banks - Keys
David Gilmour - Guitars
Geddy Lee - Bass
Phil Collins - Drums

[wolfking]

Instruments: Alessandro Del Vecchio
Vocals: Issa

(runs and hides from wolfking)

(this is absolutely not my list) 

I love how after posting you feel the strong need to justify that it's not your list. 

[HOF]

Vocals/drums - Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)
Drums/vocals - Nick D'Virgilio
Bass - Pete Trewavas
Guitar/Vocals - Randy McStine

[LithoJazzoSphere]

While the juices have been flowing, three others:

Thrash:

Vocals - Matt Barlow
Guitars - Steve Smyth, Chris Poland
Drums - Peter Wildoer
Bass - Forest

Melodic death/power metal:

Vocals - Tomi Joutsen, Johanna DePierre
Guitars - Tom Maclean, Gus G.
Drums - Dirk Verbeuren
Bass - Steve DiGiorgio

70s/80s-style hard rock:

Vocals - Susan Tedeschi
Guitar - Eddie Van Halen
Keyboards - Geddy Lee, solos by Jens Johansson
Drums - Steve Smith
Bass - Randy Coven

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Ooh, I know. This is just crazy enough that it might work for an Avant-Garde Prog Rock band.

Vocals - Kate Bush
Guitar - Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Guitar - Steve Howe
Bass - Jeff Ament
Keyboards/Synths/Programming - Igorrr
Drums - Martin Lopez

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Ok, came up with two more while I was out, and then I'm done for now...until I'm not.

Classic prog:

Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar/flute - Andrew Latimer
Keyboards/violin - Eddie Jobson
Drums - Gavin Harrison
Bass - Pino Palladino

Jazz/fusion:

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - piano, vocals
Allan Holdsworth - electric guitar
John McLaughlin - acoustic guitar
Klaus Doldinger - saxophone, keyboards
Arturo Sandoval - trumpet/flugelhorn
Dave Weckl - drums
Stanley Clarke - electric/upright bass

[Stadler]

Classic Prog:
Jon Anderson - Vocals
Tony Banks - Keys
David Gilmour - Guitars
Geddy Lee - Bass
Phil Collins - Drums

That is about as solid as they come.  Nice mix of technique and feel, composition and improvisation.   I'd also love to hear Jon singing Tony's lyrics with Phil on backing v's.   

[Stadler]

Vocals/drums - Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)

Learn something new every day.  I'd've probably gone with "Gotye" as well.   

[HOF]

Vocals/drums - Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)

Learn something new every day.  I'd've probably gone with "Gotye" as well.   

Ha! That guy is super talented and has an amazing voice though. It's kind of too bad he's become a one-hit wonder at this point.

Good example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnTQyxtwlA&list=PLLQCInoAkkdi_FPlsfqRXCP6IWWj3bFkR&index=1
 

[allewartenaufdaslicht_]

Vocals/drums - Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)

Learn something new every day.  I'd've probably gone with "Gotye" as well.   

Ha! That guy is super talented and has an amazing voice though. It's kind of too bad he's become a one-hit wonder at this point.

Good example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnTQyxtwlA&list=PLLQCInoAkkdi_FPlsfqRXCP6IWWj3bFkR&index=1
 

Man, pardon my french, but I fuckin' love this forum. I never would have believed to have someone mention Gotye in this thread. While Somebody That I Used To Know is pretty much the only song of his that reached real commercial success, about 2-3 years ago, a friend and I sat down and asked ourself "What album is this from?", which is when we discovered the Making Mirrors record. It blew us away. Such a great modern day pop album. The song State Of The Art stood out to me especially. It's actually saddening that only one track of this album is known to the world while the rest of this great musical content just dwells in some oblivial ether. Thanks for reminding me guys. Gonna listen to the album right now.

[allewartenaufdaslicht_]

Vocals: Russell Allen
Lead Guitar: John Petrucci
Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield
Bass: John Myung
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess
Drums: Mike Portnoy

Bro, this reminds me of a whole other big question. In the past years, there have been so many people claiming LaBrie is DTs "weakest link" right now and the most likeable band member to quit the band or not be able to perform at some point. So one question my best friend and I constantly talk about is who'd make the best replacement for vocals in DT. Russell Allen would be an interesting choice. I think anyone would gladly go ahead and do it no questions asked. I think my personal favorite would be Ross Jennings, but that would mean splitting up Haken, which I wouldn't want since they are my favorite band by far right now.

Dino Jelusik for vocals. He’s even made a video where he puts vocals of LTE’s Paradigm Shift.
https://youtu.be/KeMCAOIXPxA

I've seen Dino before but this version of Paradigm Shift is sick. The entire thing sounds a little exaggerated due to the band going in with full instrumental force and additional vocals on top, but he actually managed to find a perfect kind of lyrical and harmonic overlay to the song. He has been doing socially distanced recordings with Mike Portnoy during the pandemic last year that are on Youtube as well. Wonder if Mike is ever gonna recruit him for stuff in person. They would make a great combo.

[nick_z]

Ha! That guy is super talented and has an amazing voice though. It's kind of too bad he's become a one-hit wonder at this point.

Good example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnTQyxtwlA&list=PLLQCInoAkkdi_FPlsfqRXCP6IWWj3bFkR&index=1
 

Man, pardon my french, but I fuckin' love this forum. I never would have believed to have someone mention Gotye in this thread. While Somebody That I Used To Know is pretty much the only song of his that reached real commercial success, about 2-3 years ago, a friend and I sat down and asked ourself "What album is this from?", which is when we discovered the Making Mirrors record. It blew us away. Such a great modern day pop album. The song State Of The Art stood out to me especially. It's actually saddening that only one track of this album is known to the world while the rest of this great musical content just dwells in some oblivial ether. Thanks for reminding me guys. Gonna listen to the album right now.

Going to put a big, fat +1 to the Gotye appreciation here. Making Mirrors is quite brilliant. You couldn't escape "Somebody That I Used to Know" that year, but no matter how overplayed it was, it's still a fantastic song. I always felt the album was very Peter Gabriel-esque in its exploration of various facets of pop music (plus some direct influence, such as the chorus in "Eyes Wide Open", or the general mood in "In Your Light")

What is he up to, these days...? Kinda surprising he's pretty much disappeared after the huge success of "Somebody...". Or maybe that was exactly the point.

[HOF]

Vocals/drums - Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)

Learn something new every day.  I'd've probably gone with "Gotye" as well.   

Ha! That guy is super talented and has an amazing voice though. It's kind of too bad he's become a one-hit wonder at this point.

Good example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnTQyxtwlA&list=PLLQCInoAkkdi_FPlsfqRXCP6IWWj3bFkR&index=1
 

Man, pardon my french, but I fuckin' love this forum. I never would have believed to have someone mention Gotye in this thread. While Somebody That I Used To Know is pretty much the only song of his that reached real commercial success, about 2-3 years ago, a friend and I sat down and asked ourself "What album is this from?", which is when we discovered the Making Mirrors record. It blew us away. Such a great modern day pop album. The song State Of The Art stood out to me especially. It's actually saddening that only one track of this album is known to the world while the rest of this great musical content just dwells in some oblivial ether. Thanks for reminding me guys. Gonna listen to the album right now.

Awesome! Making Mirrors was really great. His first album* Like Drawing Blood has some really cool stuff on it as well. That clip was from his main band, The Basics, who generally more of a rock/power pop outfit, as opposed to his solo stuff which is more electronic and experimental, but also very cool.

*actually there was another before that, Boardface.

[HOF]

Ha! That guy is super talented and has an amazing voice though. It's kind of too bad he's become a one-hit wonder at this point.

Good example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsnTQyxtwlA&list=PLLQCInoAkkdi_FPlsfqRXCP6IWWj3bFkR&index=1
 

Man, pardon my french, but I fuckin' love this forum. I never would have believed to have someone mention Gotye in this thread. While Somebody That I Used To Know is pretty much the only song of his that reached real commercial success, about 2-3 years ago, a friend and I sat down and asked ourself "What album is this from?", which is when we discovered the Making Mirrors record. It blew us away. Such a great modern day pop album. The song State Of The Art stood out to me especially. It's actually saddening that only one track of this album is known to the world while the rest of this great musical content just dwells in some oblivial ether. Thanks for reminding me guys. Gonna listen to the album right now.

Going to put a big, fat +1 to the Gotye appreciation here. Making Mirrors is quite brilliant. You couldn't escape "Somebody That I Used to Know" that year, but no matter how overplayed it was, it's still a fantastic song. I always felt the album was very Peter Gabriel-esque in its exploration of various facets of pop music (plus some direct influence, such as the chorus in "Eyes Wide Open", or the general mood in "In Your Light")

What is he up to, these days...? Kinda surprising he's pretty much disappeared after the huge success of "Somebody...". Or maybe that was exactly the point.

I don't know why he never followed that one up. At one point he was supposed to be making another Gotye record, but then he announced he wouldn't be doing anything else under that name. He seems to be spending most of his time with his original band, The Basics, and doing random other things like running his own label and preserving the recordings of "electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey" per Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotye#2014%E2%80%932019:_Hiatus_and_preserving_the_Jean-Jacques_Perrey_legacy

[LithoJazzoSphere]

We also have Gotye to thank for Mike Dawes' cover of "Somebody That I Used To Know".  Dawes wrote and performed one of my favorite pieces in "The Impossible". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1bzUaf_gvU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYksCAhjthk

[erwinrafael]

My dream superband:

Mike Mangini and John Myung of Dream Theater to provide the backbone

Marco Sfogli and Alex Argento of Icefish for lead instruments. This two really click together. https://open.spotify.com/track/5sAXEsovPYX4tQU59rgqyI?si=2c8bccf766a740eb

Ray Alder on vocals


This is also like a list of my alternative Dream Theater in case members in the current lineup retires. 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I would like to see the following brass quintet supergroup:

Trumpet 1: Mattias IA Eklundh
Trumpet 2: Ola Englund
French horn: Devin Townsend
Rusty Trombone: Mike Portnoy
Tuba: Connor Green

[Zantera]

Was fully expecting someone here to somehow work in Taylor Swift in the same band as Petrucci or Portnoy.

On a personal level I always thought the supergroup topic was tricky because for me a lot of good music bands make comes from the chemistry between the members. So just picking out a talented player and putting with someone else doesn't guarantee there would actually come any magic from it.