Who are the members of your Dead Band?

Question

No, Rock n' Roll will never die.....but over the years a lot of Rock n' Rollers *have*, in fact, died.

So i would like you to select your own personal Dead Band.

Here are the ground rules:

Your band can have between three and five members.

Your band *must* have a drummer, a bass player, and a guitar player.

There must be at least one singer.

One or more of the band members must compose their own music.

And all of them have to be *dead*.

Please list your band members, what instrument(s) they play (if applicable), whether or not they can sing lead and/or back-up vocals, who among them are composers, and what band or bands they played for (in case i do not recognize one or more of your choices). And please be sure they are dead.

And *sell* me on your Dead Band. Convince me *why* these people would make a great band. *Make* me want to pay good money to go and see them play after i'm dead.

I will award a Best Answer to the person who convinces me that their Dead Band is the best Dead Band of all.

(Note: i am not just going to automatically pick an answer from one of my favourite people. I really am going to pick the answer i feel is best.)

lj1 · Accepted Answer

Lead Vocals: Freddy Mercury (Queen)
Guitar: Frank Zappa
Bass: Cliff Burton (original Metallica bassist)
Drums: Jon Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

Of these four musicians, you are probably most familiar with Freddy Mercury and Jon Bonham's work. They are obvious choices. Cliff Burton, while not so obvious, was an excellent bassist. 

If you aren't familiar with Frank Zappa's music, you should be. He was a great songwriter, and a phenomenal guitar player. Although he never got much mainstream success, he was (and still is) among the greatest guitarists in the world.

Frank Zappa and Freddy Mercury both wrote great songs (and let's not forget Freddy Mercury's great tenor voice). Frank Zappa wrote not only Rock music, but Classical music as well. His son, Dweezil, is a great guitarist, trained by Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, and he admits that he can't play a lot of his dad's music because it is so complex.

Tokoloshimani · Answer

Lead Singer: Jim Morrison, not many people know this but Jim was also an accomplished keyboard player, so he would also play keyboards. Songwriter
Lead Singer: Janis Joplin. With Jim Morrison, what a duo! Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - on stage! Janis could play a mean guitar. Songwriter
Lead Singer: Marvin Gaye - We have to have a bit of black 'influence', and I would have loved to have heard Jim, Janis and Marvin sing 'Sexual Healing' Marvin could also play a bit of piano. Songwriter
Drummer: John Bonham  Speaks for itself, one of the best.
Bass: John Entwistle - Not only could Entwistle play bass, but he played piano, horn and trumpet.
Holy sh*t! I would take them on a world tour. 
The 'Tales from the Tomb' World Tour!
Sorry Jimi H, John L, Keith M, Bob M, Freddie M, Frank Z, George H, etc you guys will have to wait for 'Tales from the Tomb' World Tour 2!

Anonymous · Answer

Heyy wow fun question!!! I’m gonna get back to you on this,…I’m gonna research this first!!!:)

and its nice to see your finally asking something...

btw i read your answer to my why!!!! question and i just wanted to tell you that was so sweet..its one of my favourite answers til now..:) and i just wanted to say thanks ...

Okay this took me an  hour but it was kinda fun…and I have too add MOST TOUGHEST QUESTION EVER…..!!!!!....
Hmmm well I’m gonna call this band actually my band…back from the grave ï

Okay for starters I have two singers… kurt cobain from nirvana does the lead vocals…Michael hutchence from INXS does the back up…( I know poor guy deserves better but I just like kurt )…hmmm Cliff Burton from metallica would  play the piano and would deal with the whole base thing…drums would be done by Jon Bonham from  Led Zeppelin… as for the guitars I would like it to be Frank Zappa ( noooo I’m not cheating and I’m not copying anyone else either its just that the first  guy did take all the good dead rock stars not my fault)
Hmm there first song is gonna be called I:m not really pissed off I died :O)
This song was actually inspired by me and kurt  wrote it with micheal hutchen in L.A they also wrote 5 more songs called I’m gonna rock the ground, happy to lived, never gonna die again and dieing isn’t that much fun…also she gives me FEVER!!! .:)

And there you go I’m done
Ahhhh!!!! ( you know I’m better with questions like what did you have for lunch or which side do you sleep on)

And what I would like to know now is ( where did you get the idea for this Q)>..:)

tictak kat · Answer

Lead singer- Roy Orbison, also a song writer
Back up- The late, great Ray Charles, and pianist
Guitar- Stevie Ray Vaughn, the greatest ever
Drums- Buddy Rich- If you've never heard him, then you haven't  experienced drumming at its best.

Each ones legacy, speaks for themselves, no need for a sales pitch from this gal.

-:¦:-SKY-:¦:- · Answer

Keith Moon - drums
John Entwistle - bass
John Lennon - guitar, vocal, songwriter
Jimi Hendrix - guitar, vocal, songwriter

IvebeenAbadbadgrl · Answer

i'm not much of a rule follower.... so this is as good as you are going to get :):

Jimi Hendrix (guitar)
John Lennon (write lyrics)
Curt Cobain  (sing)
Paul Hester (drums)
Jon Entwistle (Bass)

itty · Answer

I'll get back to you.....I gotta go find me some dead people...

Ok......can I just resurrect a band????

Credence Clearwater Revival?
They all died in the plane crash, right????

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