Imagine you are putting together the Prog band to end all Prog bands, who would be in it?
[you can only have a maximum of one person from an existing band]
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Peter Gabriel - vocals, flutes, percussion
Kate Bush - vocals, keyboards
Francis Dunnery - guitar, vocals
Mariusz Duda - bass, vocals
Keith Emerson - keyboards
Ronald Ottenhoff - saxophone, flute
Lenny White - drums
OK, I'll play - though usually these kinds of exercises end up being a list of people's favourite individual players, without much regard for whether they would make music together that'd sound any good.
With that thorny issue in mind, I wonder if this band would actually sound half-decent:
Simon Akesson - vocals and keyboards
Anne Marie Helder - vocals, flute, keys, acoustic guitar (i.e. a bit of everything like in Mostly Autumn, but with a much more prominent role)
Joff Winks - guitars, occasional vocals for contrast or harmony with the above
Kalle Wallner - guitars
Lee Pomery - bass, Taurus pedals and 12-string guitar
Gavin Harrison - drums
And I'd have Jem Godfrey produce their album.
Doh! Just saw that thing about only having one person from an existing band.
Well, if we're talking about last century prog gods, most of whose original bands are defunct, then of course it would be different:
Steve Walsh: lead vocals and some Hammond
Andy Latimer: lead guitar
Anthony Philips: twelve-string and acoustic guitars
Patrick Moraz: piano and moog
Richard Sinclair: bass and some vocals
Bill Bruford: drums
(Latimer being the only one in an existing band, of course)
Peter Hammill-Vocals,Acoustic guitar.
Robert Fripp-Guitars,Frippertronics.
Keith Emerson-Keys.
Percy Jones-Basses.
Tony Levin-Stick Bass.
Phil Collins-Drums,Percussion,Backing Vocals.
Michael Brecker-Saxes.
A very important consideration. Such fantasy bands tend to be "all-star" aggregations of leaders, frequently ones whose music comes from entirely different premises - for example, Robert Fripp, Keith Emerson, and Christian Vander. With that said, the one way I could imagine such a thing working would be as a memorial: An album of music by someone like Hendrix or Zappa, played by various temporary supergroups.Originally Posted by Dodie
Which raises the important question: Must all members of this imaginary band currently be alive and active?
And would their vocals be in their current state, or when they were in their glorious prime? The number of singers from the classic prog and rock eras that have most of their pipes intact is pretty small.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Dave Stewart-keyboards
Terje Rypdal-guitar
John Greaves-bass
Michael Giles-drums
Jimmy Hastings-sax, clarinet and flute.
Last edited by walt; 02-20-2015 at 12:55 AM.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I would imagine Tatsuya Yoshida and four clones of Tatsuya Yoshida would make just about the most complex, amazing, unlistenable music ever
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This.
I'll play
Keyboards - Dave Stewart
Guitar - Robert Fripp
Bass - Phillippe Bussonnet
Drums - Dave Kerman
Stick - Trey Gunn
Oboe/Bassoon - Michel Berckmans
Accordion - Lars Hollmer
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Tim Smith (Cardiacs) - composer,vocals and guitar
James Larcombe (Stars in Battledress) - composer, chamber organ, church organ, monosynth
Richard Wileman (Karda Estra) - composer, synths, samples, and stuff
Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) - vocals and grand piano
Kavus Torabi (Knifeworld) - lead guitar
Bic Hayes (Levitation,Mikrokosmos) - lead guitar
Hugh Wilkinson (NSRO) - percussion
Gayl Harrison (Sidi Bou Said) - bass
Bob Leith (Katherine in a Cupboard) - drums
Sarah Smith (Sea Nymphs) - saxes, recorders, oboe
Joanne Spratley (Spratley's Japs) - vocals, flugelhorn, theremin
Barney Hollington (Miranda Sex Garden) - violin and Hammond organ
Last edited by PeterG; 02-19-2015 at 10:07 AM.
Dodie,
Were not Latimer and Sinclair in the same band at one time?
Bari,
They must be alive, otherwise you would get a very quiet album.
Jerjo,
I meant today, if age has made them less vital so be it.
Akesson is a very interesting choice.
Antony Hegarty - vox
Nick Didkovsky & Fred Frith - guitars
Dirk Bruinsma & Wim Van der Maas - reeds
Fred Baker - bass
Christian Vander - drums
Tim Blake - synths
Joel Vandroogenbroeck - organ
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
PeterG, I love the call on Amanda Palmer!
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
I'm looking for a very specific vibe here:
Steve Hogarth - vocals
John Battema - keyboards
Ian Fitch - guitars
Patrick O'Hearn - bass
Gavin Harrison - drums
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Citadel reunion!
Someting tells me that by the end of the day Dirk Bruinsma will appear in almost ALL folks' Ultimate Prog lineup. Him and Jan Kuijken.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I'm quite happy with current setup of Leprous, Haken and Deus ex Machina. The latter being my fav ATM. Piras and Solberg can thrash all other vocalists combined with only half mouth open.
I wanted to start a thread like this but never got to it,
My fantasy prog band:
David Torn - Guitars, Oud, Looping
Trilok Gurtu - Drums, Cymbals, Percussion and Tabla
Michael Manring - Fretted and Fretless bass , bass pedals (gotta have em in a prog band right?)
Theo Travis - Flute
Chris Buzby - Keys
Singer? We dont need no stinking singer (said in faux mexican accent)
Oh man this is a loaded question..
Christian Vander- Drums
Kate Bush- Vocals
Robert Wyatt- Vocals
Hugh Banton- Organs
Dave Stewart- Fender Rhodes + Synthesizers (not organ)
Fripp- Guitar
Jannick Top- Bass Guitar
The sounds that would come out of this group would be gloriously otherworldy..
A vie, a mort, et apres...
cristian vander - drums
john mclaughlin - guitar
frank zappa - guitar
danny thompson - bass
gary windo - sax
marshll allen - sax
brian auger - keys
Thomas Lang - Drums
Stanley Clarke - Bass
Michael Keneally - Keys and guitars
Christophe Godin - guitars
Scott Kinsey - Keyboards
Alex Acuna - Percussions
Bela Fleck - Electric Banjo
Mark O'Connor - violin
Edgar Meyer - upright bass
Bob Mintzer - Sax
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Bill Waterous - Trombone
that's an album I wanna hear!
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
did the OP say 'no dead guys'?
if not, I'll start with Hendrix
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
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