dead musician society

[shootthebandit]

Somewhere in a dark corner of hell at the minute there are a lot of dead musicians jamming and generally rocking out.

who would be your ideal band of composed entirely of dead musicians?

Band name: the hellraisers (because they are obviously all dead and all have a reputation for being badass)

Drums: Keith moon from the who (it was a toss up between him and john bonham from led zep). He is the original bad boy, a good drummer and he drove a rolls royce into a swimming pool

Lead guitar: jimi hendrix...nuff sed

bass: Sid Vicious. Notoriously a terrible musician but also notorious in general. Hes there (like he was in the sex pistols) just to keep the image up. I can imagine him and keith moon together causing trouble

Vocals: Freddy Mercury. Excellent vocals, a very powerful presence on stage and a true showman

keyboard/synth: Mozart. If he was around today he'd probably be a badass. His piano skills can be transferred onto a casio keyboard

What do you guys reckon to my choice? And who would you choose?

Dont just give names. Tell us why you would pick these people to

 

[zen5887]

Sid Vicious uuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Drums: Al Jackson Jr from Booker T and the MGs. So much groove and the dude could keep time with a loaf of bread.

Bass: Jaco Pastorius from Weather Report and solo. THE most influential and important modern bass player. I feel like having Jaco in the band is like using cheat code.

Guitar/Vocals: Joe Strummer from The Clash. A true punk ethic and an appreciation for reggae and groove.

Guitar: Hillel Slovak from The Red Hot Chilie Peppers. Founding member of RHCP so he's full of funk and energy. Just what this band needs.

Trumpet: Miles Davis. Musical revolutionary, would bring the best out of the band. Probably by belittling them.

 

[shootthebandit]

Sid Vicious uuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As I said he was a terrible musician (in fact all of the sex pistols were) but I dont care what anyone says, Sid Vicious = punk.

Drums: Al Jackson Jr from Booker T and the MGs. So much groove and the dude could keep time with a loaf of bread.

Bass: Jaco Pastorius from Weather Report and solo. THE most influential and important modern bass player. I feel like having Jaco in the band is like using cheat code.

Guitar/Vocals: Joe Strummer from The Clash. A true punk ethic and an appreciation for reggae and groove.

Guitar: Hillel Slovak from The Red Hot Chilie Peppers. Founding member of RHCP so he's full of funk and energy. Just what this band needs.

Trumpet: Miles Davis. Musical revolutionary, would bring the best out of the band. Probably by belittling them.

This is actually a really good choice. Ive went for a mix and match of different genres but you seen to be more focuses on a sort of blues/funk band. I like it

joe strummer is an excellent choice. With his appreciation for reggae and obviously punk. You could argue that sort of influence the whole skinhead era

 

[zen5887]

Sid Vicious uuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As I said he was a terrible musician (in fact all of the sex pistols were)

I'd challenge that. The original bass player is great and the guitarist went on to play in squillions of other projects I'm pretty sure, but that's not what we're talking about..

 

[Tiger King]

Sid Vicious uuggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bass: Jaco Pastorius from Weather Report and solo. THE most influential and important modern bass player. I feel like having Jaco in the band is like using cheat code.

Guitar/Vocals: Joe Strummer from The Clash. A true punk ethic and an appreciation for reggae and groove.

Guitar: Hillel Slovak from The Red Hot Chilie Peppers. Founding member of RHCP so he's full of funk and energy. Just what this band needs.

jaco is the bass playing equivalent to jimi Hendrix! I would put him down as the bass player

john frusciante is though, in my opinion, one of the best guitarists ever, much better than Hillel Slovak.

I would have john Bonham as my drummer too

 

[Pink Gregory]

Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa reunion.

And this time, they get along.

 

[Tom_green_day]

Is this just for pop musicians or can I make a band out of classical ones?
Elgar- Singer, great melodies.
Dvorak- Bass, powerful chords and riffs.
Mozart- Guitar, great chordal accompaniments and harmonic lines.
Reich- Drums/percussion. Let him do some clapping music in the background.
Chopin- Piano. Just the master of keys.

EDIT: Oh wait, I forgot Reich is still alive...

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

Agyl (Scald) - Vocals
Quorthon (Bathory) - Lead guitars, lead songwriter, backing vocals
Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) - Rhythm guitars
Audie Pitre (Acid Bath) - Bass, backing vocals
Doc (Vader) - Drums

Something like that, I guess. Would be a crossing between epic doom metal and blackened thrash metal, not far removed from what Ereb Altor is doing. I think Agyl's glorious voice would work well with Quorthon's thick guitar sound (from Hammerheart) while Jeff supplies a solid rhythm, and breaks out with some thrashy riffs during the faster sections (just no solos, because Slayer + guitar leads = horrible mess).

I was originally going to choose Vitek from Decapitated as the drummer, but I have a higher love of Vader, so went with Doc. As for Audie.. well, he's the odd one out, playing music far removed from the other bands. But he was about the only deceased metal bassist that came to mind that I'd put into a "deceased supergroup", so eh.

 

[Musette]

Is this just for pop musicians or can I make a band out of classical ones?
Elgar- Singer, great melodies.
Dvorak- Bass, powerful chords and riffs.
Mozart- Guitar, great chordal accompaniments and harmonic lines.
Reich- Drums/percussion. Let him do some clapping music in the background.
Chopin- Piano. Just the master of keys.

EDIT: Oh wait, I forgot Reich is still alive...

Despite (as you said) Reich still being alive, I agree with this. I could name a ton of amazing classically trained percussionists and interesting composers, but they are kind of still alive.

I would kinda want Beethoven on piano though, if just to hear what his improvisation sounded like, even if Chopin might be the stronger musician. Liszt would also be an amazing alternative, considering that his compositions that he wrote and performed with ease called for entirely new pedagogy books in order for anyone else to play his works.

If I were to throw a jazz musician in there, Lionel Hampton would be pretty awesome on drums (though I admire him more on vibraphone than anything else). As far as dead classical percussionists though, I'd go with Edgard Varese, just to see what bizarre sounds he could get away with.

 

[Artina89]

Cliff Burton: Bass: He is my favourite bassist of all time, a very talented musician, and Metallica haven't been the same since his passing.

Freddie Mercury: Vocals/piano: The ultimate showman and a very talented musician to boot.

John Bonham: Drums: A solid a drummer and a good counterpart to the bombastic nature of Mercury. I can imagine that he would also pair with Burton to make a fairly solid rhythm section.

Randy Rhodes-Guitar: His classical music background and solid grasp of music theory means that he would be a good match with Burton in my view.

I think on the whole, mine a fairly safe choices, but they are memorable for a reason.