Best "Dead Rock Band" of all time.

[PCLoadLetter]

Going for a band that I would actually like to hear, as opposed to an all-star mishmash of styles....

Frontman: David Bowie
Guitar: Prince
Bash: Robbie Shakespeare
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Drums: Clyde Stubblefield

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Vocals: Otis Redding
Guitar: Prince
Bash: Donald Dunn
Drums: Gregory Coleman

 

[Spartan Squad]

Vocals: Bowie

Guitar: Hendrix

Bash: Cliff Burton

Drums: Peart

 

[justgladtobehere]

Lou Reed as songwriter.

 

[Starman]

Somebody should write a song about this

 

[Slacker]

We can't put out a definitive list on any topic with a field so large. So it's pretty much a thread of personal favorites.

 

[I Should Coco]

Drums: Keith Moon
Bash: John Entwistle
Guitar: Eddie Van Halen
Vocals: Karen Carpenter

Interesting combo! Without Richard to plunk along with his saccharine keyboard arrangements, would be cool to hear KC unleash her awesome voice on some rock material.

Although I'm sure Eddie could play a rippin version of the "Goodbye to Love" solo!

 

[Starman]

This idea that Karen Carpenter was some kind of dynamic versatile vocalist .... ehhh, I just don't get it. She was a nice light pop balladeer, that's all. Nothing she (they) did could ever remotely be described as "rock."

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Front guy/woman or lead singer - Freddie Mercury/Aretha Franklin
Lead guitar - Eddie Van Halen
Bashist - John Entwistle
Keyboards - Keith Emerson
Drummer - Neil Peart (Honorable mention: John Bonham, Keith Moon)

 

[Sam Mills 51]

This idea that Karen Carpenter was some kind of dynamic versatile vocalist .... ehhh, I just don't get it. She was a nice light pop balladeer, that's all. Nothing she (they) did could ever remotely be described as "rock."

She was also a percussionist. Listen to what Neil Peart, John Bonham, Keith Moon and Phil Collins have put down and tell me how that compares.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Can't believe it took till page 2 for Prince to come up.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I'd love to see what some of our dear departed grunge singers (Cornell, Layne Staley, Shannon Hoon, Andrew Wood) could've done with guys like Cliff Burton and Randy Rhoads. Maybe with John Bonham on drums.