An Ideal For Gigging (Your Dream Band Line Up)

So who would comprise your own fantasy dream band line-up, if you had the opportunity to put one together? Obviously it could include your good self or you could always play the svengali or shadowy figure lurking behind the control desk....

Yer can have as many integral members or "Bezzes" as yer want, but be careful it doesn't end up coming across like the So Solid Crew or something.. ... and, let's not forget, give us yer reasons why. The wittier the better of course!

I'll stick my oar back in a little while later! Awreet! ;)

Ian Curtis on vocals Kurt Cobain on guitar John Entwistle on bass Keith Moon on drums

One song gig. Dead Souls ;)

Originally posted by Easy E Ian Curtis on vocalsKurt Cobain on guitarJohn Entwistle on bassKeith Moon on drumsOne song gig. Dead Souls ;)

We'll have no corpses now please - Living Entities Only. Disqualified!! :D

Ooh, great, I love this game.

Going for a standard four piece, and taking only one member from each band, today (but probably not tomorrow) I'm going for:-

Bryan Ferry (vocals) Johnny Marr (guitar) Hooky (bass) Reni (drums, since I can't take Steve)

And I'll be the dancer.

Hey! - a Roxy Music fan now have we?? ;) "Virginia Plain" - great song!

lux interior... lead vocals

hooky... bass

topper headon... drums

thurston moore... guitar

frank black... rhythmn geetar

Originally posted by Spotnick Let's see.Vocals: BonoBass: HookyKeyboards: Martin L. GoreDrums: Phil CollinsGuitar: Bernard Sumner & Robert SmithNow, let them argue with the song writing ;)

!!!?!! Are you being ironic there Spotnick? Sounds more like my "nightmare" band! (especially the drummer....) :D

I'm still thinking about my ideal choices....I will have to come back later! ;)

Originally posted by Hubert Mickle Hey! - a Roxy Music fan now have we?? ;)"Virginia Plain" - great song!

Oh aye... For Your Pleasure is surely one of the greatest albums ever recorded!

Drums Clem Burke Piano Whoever plays piano on all the Marshall Jefferson tunes Bass Nikolai Fraiture Guitar Mr Marr Vocals Terry Hall Backing vocals Tracie

Originally posted by Graeme > Originally posted by Hubert Mickle> Hey! - a Roxy Music fan now have we?? ;)> "Virginia Plain" - great song! > > >

Oh aye... For Your Pleasure is surely one of the greatest albums ever recorded!

Cool! My girl Charley hails from the same neck o' the woods as Mr Ferry - South Shields...

Anyway - I've got a fair inkling of the ideal band I'd love to see:

Lead Vocals - Sally Timms Bass Guitar / Vocals - Kim Deal Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals - Ian MacKaye Lead Guitar - Frankie Stubbs Additional Guitar / Backing Vocals - Billy Bragg Drums - Paul Ferguson Keyboards - Jerry Dammers

That's a hefty seven piece then without any mention of my childhood heroes Madness.. ;)

Lead Guitar: Pete Townshend

Rythym Guitar/Vocals: Paul Weller

Bass: Peter Hook

Drums: Stephen Morris

Lead Vocals: Barney

Keyboards: Paul McCartney

Bard: Ray Davies

Bizarre enough for ya?

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Bard: Ray Davies

Aaaaahh... good old Ray Davies - never expected anyone to bring up his name here!

That's a big band yer got there Tabs! ;)

Al Green - Vocals Reni - Drums Hookey - Bass Tony Mcfee - Guitar Ray Charles - Keyboards Bowie - Sax

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 Lead Keyboards: Paul McCartney Bizarre enough for ya?

Bizarre, i thought i'd seen it all with Phil Collins as drummer, but Fab Macca Thumbs aloft McCartney !!!! excuse me while i :\puke:

Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built > Originally posted by Taboo # 7> Lead > Keyboards: Paul McCartney > > Bizarre enough for ya?

Bizarre, i thought i'd seen it all with Phil Collins as drummer, but Fab Macca Thumbs aloft McCartney !!!! excuse me while i :\puke:

Aaaah but you only went and picked a thunderbird puppette [sic] to be a backing vocalist in YOUR dream band, didn't ya? And who on earth is Nikolai Fracture?? ;)

Tim Buckley - vocals Richard D. James - decks and mixing Adrian Utley - filmic guitar shimmers Clive Deamer - drums

The very notion of musical manna from heaven!

Originally posted by Hubert Mickle > Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built > Originally posted by Taboo # 7> Lead > Keyboards: Paul McCartney > > Bizarre enough for ya?

Bizarre, i thought i'd seen it all with Phil Collins as drummer, but Fab Macca Thumbs aloft McCartney !!!! excuse me while i :\puke:

Aaaah but you only went and picked a thunderbird puppette [sic] to be a backing vocalist in YOUR dream band, didn't ya? And who on earth is Nikolai Fracture?? ;)

The Strokes bass player (i shall ignore your insane slur on the lovely Tracie, after all you support boro )

Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built The Strokes bass player (i shall ignore your insane slur on the lovely Tracie, after all you support boro )

Ah...so it's THEY who possess such a figure of the four strings... Thing is with the Strokes, me suspects all them guys have been given such "quixotic" names by their manager or record big wig.... just to sound really, you know, impossibly "cool":

We have Julian Casablancas - yeah - I'm sure that's his real name like! Next - there's Albert Hammond Jnr. - wow! That's so, you know, mind-blowingly "cred"... Then the aforementioned Nikolai Ceausescu -sorry - Fraichecreme.... wow - that's so exotic! Bet the drummer's called Fender Yamaha Gibson and the other one Sunset Boulevard Tanglehead. Or something... :D

You are such a cynic Hubert

Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built You are such a cynic Hubert

But i like you! :D

Originally posted by Hubert Mickle > Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built We have Julian Casablancas - yeah - I'm sure that's his real name like!

Am I right in thinking that he is the son of Ted Casablancas, Head of Elite, the model agency which is famous for a) firing Naomi Campbell, and b) featuring on that thingy McIntyre documentary as a den of sleaze?

Or have I just made that up?

Rhythm Guitar/vocals : Lauren Laverne Lead Guitar : Marie du Santiago Bass Guitar : Emmy-Kate Montrose Drums : Johnny X

Originally posted by Kez-bah > Originally posted by Hubert Mickle> > > > Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built> We have Julian Casablancas - yeah - I'm sure that's his real name like!

Am I right in thinking that he is the son of Ted Casablancas, Head of Elite, the model agency which is famous for a) firing Naomi Campbell, and b) featuring on that thingy McIntyre documentary as a den of sleaze?

Or have I just made thata up?

You've just made it up. He is in fact the son of Bill Casablancas, toilet cleaner from Trenton, and not a New Yorker at all !

Originally posted by Easy E Rhythm Guitar/vocals : Lauren LaverneLead Guitar : Marie du SantiagoBass Guitar : Emmy-Kate MontroseDrums : Johnny X

*sigh* Wouldn't it be lovely to have another Kenickie album?

Did you ever see them live Mr E?

Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood Al Green - Vocals

Lovely choice :D

Listening to Al always cheers me up when I'm feeling sorry for myself....had tears in my eyes watching him at Glastonbury on TV a few years back :D

Originally posted by Kez-bah > Originally posted by Easy E> Rhythm Guitar/vocals : Lauren Laverne> Lead Guitar : Marie du Santiago> Bass Guitar : Emmy-Kate Montrose> Drums : Johnny X

*sigh* Wouldn't it be lovely to have another Kenickie album?

Did you ever see them live Mr E?

Oh yes indeedy. A fine example of geetarpop music as FUN ! Loved 'em.

Vocals - Mary J. Blige Guitar- Bernard Edwards (Chic) Bass - Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) Drums - Reni

Feel the funk!

Originally posted by Kez-bah > Originally posted by Hubert Mickle> > > > Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built> We have Julian Casablancas - yeah - I'm sure that's his real name like!

Am I right in thinking that he is the son of Ted Casablancas, Head of Elite, the model agency which is famous for a) firing Naomi Campbell, and b) featuring on that thingy McIntyre documentary as a den of sleaze?

Or have I just made that up?

Well Kezzie - either that or Humphrey Bogart will have to file a lawsuit from beyond the grave for the little shit pilferin' his surname from one of Bogie's most celebrated films!! Arf! :D :D

Originally posted by Kez-bah > Originally posted by Easy E> Rhythm Guitar/vocals : Lauren Laverne> Lead Guitar : Marie du Santiago> Bass Guitar : Emmy-Kate Montrose> Drums : Johnny X

*sigh* Wouldn't it be lovely to have another Kenickie album?

Did you ever see them live Mr E?

An' let's not forget darlin' I shared a cab once with the delightful Miss Laverne (in 1997 in Glasgow outside King Tut's Wah Wah Hut) before I even realised what friggin' band she was in......she flagged it doon just as we were aboot ta pull off funnin' tha' I was one of her mates....I had ta forgive her an' all cos she was pretty none the worse for wear from havvin' doon'd a few jars!! Crazy lass!

I think she was pretty much living in Glasgow at that time coz she was seeing the fella from Arab Strap.

I used to love seeing Kenickie live - especially when they did their speed punk version of We Go Together from Grease -Ramalamalama indeed!

Originally posted by Kez-bah I think she was pretty much living in Glasgow at that time coz she was seeing the fella from Arab Strap.I used to love seeing Kenickie live - especially when they did their speed punk version of We Go Together from Grease -Ramalamalama indeed!

YER JOKIN'?? O MY GOD!!! What a fooking coincidence !! I was actually coming out of an Arab Strap gig that very evenin'!! So why wasn't she with her fella? Awreet - don't tell me - she was on the drink = loss of pride = lover's tiff. I presume?? Dear knaas.... Fook me this is gettin' seriously unreal!!! I just hope she never let on to her fella that she bundled into a cab with me then... why do I aalways find meself in situations like these?.... oo-er....

P.S. It's only just occurred to me at this late hour where they got their name Kenickie from - now you've just jogged me memory from what ye've mentioned there!!!

Lead Vocals 1 - Claude Strilio from Anything Box Lead Vocals 2 - Dave Gahan from Dmode Guitar / Backing vocals - Bernard Sumner Bass - How can you not have Hook on bass? Drums - Tommy Lee from Motley Crue Synth 1 - Chris Lowe from PSB Synth 2 - Vincent Clarke from Erasure Ocassional Female Vocals - Kylie Minogue

I like dueling vocalists, especially when the two have very distinct and contrasting styles.

Originally posted by afr0puff@aol.com I like dueling vocalists, especially when the two have very distinct and contrasting styles.

Liv and Jimbo then !!!

Originally posted by afr0puff@aol.com Lead Vocals 1 - Claude Strilio from Anything BoxLead Vocals 2 - Dave Gahan from DmodeGuitar / Backing vocals - Bernard SumnerBass - How can you not have Hook on bass?Drums - Tommy Lee from Motley CrueSynth 1 - Chris Lowe from PSBSynth 2 - Vincent Clarke from ErasureOcassional Female Vocals - Kylie MinogueI like dueling vocalists, especially when the two have very distinct and contrasting styles.

Christ on a bike! That's rotten!!! You wouldn't be North American by any chance?

Originally posted by Grahame Ferguson > Originally posted by afr0puff@aol.com> Lead Vocals 1 - Claude Strilio from Anything Box> Lead Vocals 2 - Dave Gahan from Dmode> Guitar / Backing vocals - Bernard Sumner> Bass - How can you not have Hook on bass?> Drums - Tommy Lee from Motley Crue> Synth 1 - Chris Lowe from PSB> Synth 2 - Vincent Clarke from Erasure> Ocassional Female Vocals - Kylie Minogue> > I like dueling vocalists, especially when the two have very distinct and contrasting styles.

Christ on a bike! That's rotten!!! You wouldn't be North American by any chance?

HAHAHAH, what's wrong with my lineup!!? That group would be sooooo bad ass!! Are my New York roots coming through online? :)