What could have been...

[Supersonic Scientist]

Was just listening to a bootleg of Beck/Hammer and got to thinking about how much more these guys could have done. Got me to thinking about other "what could have beens"...

Beck/Hammer:
Could have REALLY exploited the Jazz/Rock / Fusion wave of the time and put out much more albums than they did, AND, could have explored longer thematic adventures. (and dropped those funk-singing songs)


Eddie Van Halen:
I always thought; "what could he have done with multi-tracked tapping stuff"? Imagine Eruption with LAYERS of stuff on it...Frippertronics via Van Halen???
Instead, he just became a drunk for a while.


AND, if he had lived, what directions would have Randy Rhodes explored as Prog Metal was just at its beginnings?


I'm sure many of you can come-up with your own "what ifs"...let's hear 'em...

[ronmac]

What if Buddy Holly would have made it into the '60s? I've always wondered if he had enough coolness to actually survive.

[Dave (in MA)]

I didn't care for Beck with the Jan Hammer Group as much as his own studio albums, in large part because of...

those funk-singing songs