Create your dream band!

[Beelzebub]

Damn, this is harder than I thought.

Vocals/guitar: Devin Townsend (kind of surprised no one's mentioned him yet)
Bass: Tom Miller
Drums: Jonas Ekdahl
Keyboards: Vitalij Kuprij

 

[Rose Immortal]

Now, if I myself could be in a band...this one would probably have to be more classic rock oriented than my other dream-band which is more versatile, since I can't REALLY sing in a metal style (though I am starting to find a technique for my James LaBrie impression that causes less vocal strain...scary...)

Female vox: me
Male vox, additional keys: Rick Wright (Pink Floyd)
Keys and additional vox: Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon)
Guitar: Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, then solo)
Bass: Geddy Lee (Rush)
Drums: Manu Katché (excellent session musician, has worked with Peter Gabriel among others)


(Trust me on this, those three voices would work well together.)

 

[AsModEe]

Vocals: Mikkel Sandager (Mercenary) for clean Vocals and Peter Tagtgren for the growls (he rocks on the new Bloodbath)
Guitar: Dan Mongrain (Martyr, Capharnaum)
Guitar: Nergal (Behemoth) or Bjorn from Vehemence
Bass: The almighty Steve Digorgio
Drums: That's a tough one... could be Flo Mounier, Seth from Behemoth, Nick Barker, Gene Hoglan.

 

[reidie]

this would probably sound like crap but what ya gonna do

Bass: Les Claypool
Guitar: Steve Vai
Drums: Mike Pornoy
Vocals: james hetfield (circa black album)

 

[leaded]

Guitars: John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Dave Mustaine(Megadeth)
Bass: Billy Sheenan (If 2 members of the same band were allowed, I'd have picked John Myung)-(Steve Vai's bassist)
Drums:Virgil Donati(PlanetX)
Keys: Kevin Moore (JR and MP's bands are already used)
Vox: Myles Kennedy(Alter Bridge)

 

[Emanuele]

Singer: Axl Rose (Guns n' Roses)
Lead Guitar: Michael Romeo (SymphonyX)
Second Guitar: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Bass: John Myung (Dream Theater)
Drums: Nicholas Barker (ex Dimmu Borgir)

 

[Vucko]

Well...

Vocals - Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Rhytm Guitar - Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
Lead Guitar - Chuck Shouldinner (RIP) or Chris Broderick (Jag Panzer)
Bass - Steve DiGiorgio (ex Iced Earth,Death)
Drums - Mark Zonder

 

[Aqualung]

Jeezus, this is tough.... at the moment i would say...

Vocals - John Arch
Guitar - Tony McAlpine
Keys - Michael Pinella
Bass - Billy Sheehan
Drums - Simon Phillips

Of course like most people here, Symphony X pretty much is my dream band.... also in more real life circumstances, i would say the band I'm in now would be about as close to a dream band as I could get, in terms of combination of musicians and the type of songs were writing!

 

[Thraxz]

My dream band would be SuidAkra....NOT SUCKING IT UP WITH COMMAND TO CHARGE!


Sorry, lost control there for a second.

(...bastards...)

 

[Smoke and Fire]

Vocals: Tarja Turunen (Nightwish - why did nobody mention her?)
Guitars: Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Keyboards: Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
Drums: Ed Warby (Ayreon - nice to see some others name him, too, though I would normally prefer Portnoy)
Bass: not sure... maybe Sean Malone (ex-Cynic, ex-Aghora)?

Not sure if this would work out so well, though

 

[Metropolis Part 2]

Here is my ultimate Progressive Operatic Metal Band that is basically Star One

Lead Vocals: Irene Jansen
Lead Vocals: Marcele Bovio
Lead Male Vocals: James Labrie
Lead Male Vocals: Russell Allen
Back-up Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Back-up Keyboards: Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Lead and Back-up Keyboards: Kevin Moore
Drums: Ed Warby

 

[The Stormbringer]

Vocals: Tarja Turunen (Nightwish - why did nobody mention her?)

Because, well, she sucks, and not even in a good way.

 

[Mantraschism]

This is my dream orchestra:

Hansi Kürsch - Vocals (Blind Guardian)
André Olbrich - Guitar (Blind Guardian)
Devin Townsend - Vocals, guitar (The Devin Townsend Band, Strapping Young Lad)
Mikael Akerfeldt - Guitar, vocals (Opeth, ex-Bloodbath)
Jonas Renkse - Vocals (Katatonia, ex-October Tide, Bloodbath)
Anders Nyström - Guitar, vocals (Katatonia, ex-Diabolical Masquerade, Bloodbath, Bewitched)
Vintersorg - Vocals (Vintersorg, Borknagar, Fission, ex-Otyg)
Gene Hoglan - Drums (Strapping Young Lad, ex-Death, ex-Testament, ex-Dark Angel)
Martin Lopez - Drums (Opeth, ex-Amon Amarth)
Michael Romeo - Guitar (Symphony X)
Russell Allen - Vocals (Symphony X)
Warrel Dane - Vocals (Nevermore, ex-Sanctuary)
Jeff Loomis - Guitar (Nevermore)
Ihsahn - Vocals, guitar (ex-Emperor, Peccatum)
Abbath - Vocals, guitar (ex-Immortal)
Trym - Drums (ex-Enslaved, ex-Emperor, Zyklon)
Roy S. Khan - Vocals (Kamelot, ex-Conception)
Bruce Dickenson - Vocals (Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickenson)
Björn 'Speed' Strid - Vocals (Soilwork)
Martin Mendex - Bass (Opeth)
Steve DiGiorgio - Bass (Vintersorg, other stuff)
Kevin Moore - Keyboards (ex-Dream Theater, Chroma Key)
Michael Pinella - Keyboards (Symphony X)
Loreena McKennitt - Vocals (Loreena McKennitt)
Cia Hedmark - Vocals (ex-Otyg, ex-Vintersorg, Casket Casey)

I guess that's enough. This band would probably sound like shit.

 

[opeth_evan]

hhhmm....I like weird fusion stuff a lot.. sooo....

Vocals/Weirdness - Mike Patton
Vocals/Bass/Added Weirdness - Les Claypool
Vocals/Guitar - Chuck Schuldiner
Violin - The guy from Railroad Earth
Mandolin - The guy from Nicklecreek
Saxophone - Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck)
Other Horns - the guys from Galactic and Skankin Pickle
Banjo - Bela Fleck
Guitar - Buckethead
Bongos/Djembes - Gene Hoglan
Drums - Dave Lombardo
Keyboard - Kevin Moore
One more guitar... Trey Anastasio
Sampling - Devin Townsend/Mike Patton

ok.. thats just absurd.. but it could work. I feel sorry for the guy to has to mix this..

 

[metalmind342]

Guitar: marty friedman (soloist, cacophony)
singer: zach wylde (who doesnt know who that is comon)
drummer: dave graul HA just messin seriously: vinnie paul (pantera)
bass: as sed b 4 by one gentlemen: victor wooton
keyboard: Michael Pinnella (Symphony x)
rythm guitar: tom merella (id say that would be interesting)

i tried to put a bunch of different styles together i think it would work fairly well any one esle think so?

 

[Horus]

Guitar 1: Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Guitar 2: John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Guitar 3: Jason Becker (Jason Becker)
Bass: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Drums: Danny Carey (Tool)
Vox: Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden)
Keys: Michael Pinella (Symphony X) or if age doesn't matter, Beethoven!!!

To those of you who may be a little bit confused, the order of the guitarrists does not, in any way signify who would be the lead guitarrists. All 3 guitarrists are legends, deserve as much respect as possible, and would all get their rightful moments in the spotlight. In other words, triple guitar leads. that would make the world right.

 

[RR1 Player]

Nobody likes Roine Stolt???

 

[Katana Overlord]

Vocals: David DeFeis
Guitar: Kai Hansen (also backing vocals)
Guitar: Andy LaRocque
Bass: Steve DiGiorgio
Drums: Mike Portnoy

 

[ToRuinAll05]

Guitar 1: Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Guitar 2: John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Guitar 3: Jason Becker (Jason Becker)
Bass: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Drums: Danny Carey (Tool)
Vox: Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden)
Keys: Michael Pinella (Symphony X) or if age doesn't matter, Beethoven!!!

To those of you who may be a little bit confused, the order of the guitarrists does not, in any way signify who would be the lead guitarrists. All 3 guitarrists are legends, deserve as much respect as possible, and would all get their rightful moments in the spotlight. In other words, triple guitar leads. that would make the world right.

Ok Thor, there a minor detail you forgot... as far as bass goes harris wouldnt fit in with these guys (not his style)....same with Becker...I'd replace Harris With Jon Myung and Becker with Yngwie Malmstein

 

[Tabris]

Voice and guitars-Mike Akerfeldt(Opeth)
Lead Guitar-Mike Romeo(symphony x)
Drums-Gene Hoglan(strapping young lad)
Bass- Cliff burton(Ex-metallica)RIP