Dream Band Draft - 4 piece

[lapsteel]

Put together an awesome 4 piece band crossing time, space and genre:

drums: Art Blakely

bass: John Paul Jones

guitar: Jerry Garcia

keys: Herbie Hancock

[jfrey]

Maybe something like this:

Neige, Galder, Ihsahn, Andrew Curtis-Brignell

[coldbrightsunlight]

First thing that comes to mind is

Drums: Greg Saunier

Bass/vocals: Beck

Guitar/vocals: Juliana Hatfield

Keys/Guitar/vocals: Nick Cave

This is a fun thing to do though, I could definitely come up with loads.

[mutmoo]

Tom Krell - Vocals/arrangements (How to Dress Well)
Justin Vernon - Vocals/arrangements/guitar/bass/baritone (Bon Iver/Volcano Choir/DeYarmond Edison/Solo)
Joe Lester - keyboards/sampling(Silversun Pickups)
Phil Selway - drums (Radiohead)

That would be fun to hear.

[kbit]

For driving balls out rock/noise/atmospheres.
Or maybe even some folk. Iunno.

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) - piano, synth, programing, noises, atmospheres, guitar, bass, vocals, whatever else
Aen (DWARFCRAFT, YOU FUCK) - guitar, bass, programing, noises, synth, atmospheres, vocals, whatever else
Brian Cook (Botch, Russian Circles, etc.) - bass, vocals, whatever else
Rickie Mazzotta (mewithoutYou) - drums, whatever else

[Rygot]

How about...

Drums: Buddy Rich
Bass: Les Claypool
Guitar: Frank Zappa
Everything Else: Trent Reznor

Yeah, try to imagine that shit all put together.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Drums: Brain (Godflesh, Primus)
Bass: Jean-Jacques Burnel (Stranglers)
Bass, Synth, Fx & vox: Urlo (Ufomammut)
Guitar, Fx: Robert Fripp

...though I'd like to have made that a sextet with additions of Lemmy and Justin Broadrick PLUS Carl McCoy on vox

EDIT: added the bands where the not-so-well-known guys play in

[jrmy]

Man, this is a tough one - we've done dream lineups before, but not restricted them to 4-pieces. HMMMMMMMMM...

Lessee...

My convoluted-but-muscular-indie-rock lineup:

Drums: Zach Barocas (Jawbox, The Up On In, Bells)

Bass: Zach Smith (Pinback)

Guitars & Vox: Barry Hyde (Futureheads)

Keyboards / effects: Brian Hamilton (Cymbals Eat Guitars)

[foomanfat]

Hmmm. Maybe not my dream band, but I think it would bring about some noisey, tribal, dance music.
Vocals: Dan Smith (listener)
Guitar: Dave Knudson (Minus The Bear, Botch)
Bass: Tyler Pope (!!!, LCD Sound System)
Drums: Daniel Davison (Underoath, ex-Norma Jean)

Not a four piece, but I would love to smash together Young Widows and Red Fang and see what a glorious racket they would make.

[Chankgeez]

These threads are fun.

Hop Wilson - the steel guitar
Larry Young - the Hammond B-3 and perhaps other keyboards
Bernie Worrell - the Hammond B-3 and perhaps other keyboards
Jaki Liebezeit - drums & percussion

[Chankgeez]

These threads are fun.

Hop Wilson - the steel guitar
Larry Young - the Hammond B-3 and perhaps other keyboards
Bernie Worrell - the Hammond B-3 and perhaps other keyboards
Jaki Liebezeit - drums & percussion

Oh, and you can add Rahsaan Roland Kirk if you really wanna throw some icing on that cake.

[WeHuntKings]

This is a great idea. Could be a platform for future band ideas!

Colm from My Bloody Valentine on drums. Skittery madness. *EDIT*

John Cale on viola and bass and crunch-tastic organ a la Sister Ray.

Takeshi from Boris on double-neck. Playing a righteous doomy noise.

Jim Morrison on vocals. He's always kinda been the original goth front man to me.

But yeah, I have been trying to put a band together like this for a minute now, but no one wants to do it with me...

[lapsteel]

okay try this:

Drums ?uestlove
Guitar Jamie Hince
Bass George Porter Jr
Keys Ray Manzarek

[Chankgeez]

okay try this:

Drums ?uestlove
Guitar Jamie Hince
Bass George Porter Jr
Keys Ray Manzarek

That's a good one, lapsteel.

[lapsteel]

oh got another one

Drums Levon Helm
Guitar Ani Difranco
Banjo Bela Fleck
Bass Rick Danko