Okay... you're putting together a band. You can have 4-6 people in it and it doesn't matter if they are alive or dead (it IS a fantasy band, after all). Who is in YOUR band?

Mine:

Lead singer: Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)

Lead guitar: Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

Rhythym Guitar: Eric Clapton (rotate lead with Randy)

Bass Guitar: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

Drummer: Neil Peart (Rush)

Alternates: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Geddy Lee, and John Bonham.

Lead Singer: Varies with song (see list of musicians and take your pick)

Lead Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars: Pete Townsend

Bass (& French horn): John Entwistle

Drums: Neal Peart

Keyboards: Billy Preston

Backing vocals (all backup singers count as one): Janis Joplin, Sheryl Crow & Nancy Wilson (& Guitars)

That is my list of six ;-}

lead singer: Tim Bluhm

Lead Guitarist:Jerry Garcia

Ryhthm Guitarist:Neil Young

Bass: John Entwhistle (the best bassist ever)

Keyboards: John Medeski

Drums: Keith Moon

Backup Singer: Janis Joplin

This is kind of cool

Lead vocals - Geoff Tate (Queensryche)

Guitars - Yngwie Malmsteen

Guitars - Alex Skolnec (Testament, Savatage)

Bass - Me...just so I could play with these guys. Otherwise Les Claypool (Primus)

Drums - Nick Menza (Megadeth)

Keyboards - Liberache

That is assuming they could all get along together.

YES

My favorite band

Each guy is a hell of a good musican.

Only change I would make is

Neil Peart(Rush) instead of Alan White

I agree with Billrief:

I prefer their sound when Rick Wakeman is on the keys.

Plabonte- WOW! Gotta love Geoff Tate. How could I have forgotten Queensryche on my list of Go To Music? DOH!

Great topic!

Pick one or two from each category:

Guitar: SRV, Eric Clapton, Eddie van Halen, Eric Johnson, Al Dimeola, Stanley Jordan, Joe Satriani

Bass: Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwhistle

Drums: Buddy Rich, Alex van Halen, Lenny White, Neil Peart, Simon Phillips, Dave Weckl, John Bonham

Keyboards: Rick Wakeman, Chick Corea

Vocals: Freddie Mercury, Stevie Nicks, Barbara Streisand, Melissa Etheridge, Steve Perry, Neil Diamond, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell

Lead vocals - Eddie Vedder

Guitars - Jimi Hendrix

Guitars - Tim Reynolds

Bass - Les Claypool

Drums - John Bonham

Back-up Vocals- Dave Mathews

Yup I thought long and hard about who to put for vocals (ok it took all of 20 seconds) but Geoff has such a range and a cool tonal quality.

Hooray for smelly. Another Claypool fan.

I like Steve Harris on Bass because not only can the man jam... he writes most of the songs. Same with Geddy Lee of Rush.

Vocals: Geddy Lee

Guitar: Eddie Van Halen

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass: Les Claypool

Drums: Buddy Rich

Keyboard/Backing Vocals: Stevie Wonder

OKAY my fantasy band has been done! I just wish they'ld done an album instead of a couple of tracks on a movie soundtrack!

The Louisiana Gator Boys!

if that escapes you, google it!

Bass Rick Gretch

Lead Guitar Ed Van Halen

Drums Bonzo

Keyboard Steve Winwood

Vocal Robert Plant (in his prime)

Burky sparked somethin with the Stevie Wonder (my fave) playing keyboards.

If these people were to all come out on stage together.....I'd pass out.

Lead Vocals:

-Stevie Wonder

-Marvin Gaye

-Bob Marley

Back-up vocals:

-Gladys Knight

-Lauryn Hill

-Aaron Neville

-Ben Harper

Solo Guitar:

-Jimi Hendrix

Steel Guitar:

-Ben Harper

Saxaphone:

-Clarence Clemons

OMG, it would be an extravaganza!

I am a huge Motown, Soul, and Raggae fan

I like your line up Smelly.

I'd love to see it complete with the famous funck brothers as the backup band.

Oh my, there's so many interesting permutations to choose from. Well, here's one interesting possibility:

Guitars: Ritchie Blackmore

Keyboards: Keith Emerson

Bass: Chris Squire

Drums: Cozy Powell or Bill Bruford

Vocals: early Rob Halford (a la Sad Wings of Destiny)

This is easy....

Led Zeppelin