Band Draft: Which Band is best? You decide!

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

(I'm hoping to keep this in Off Topic in order to reach more people, but if a mod sees fit to move it to Fantasy, that's fine.)

Very simple: Vote for the member with the best band, and please try to explain why you think that band is best. This is based on the results of the recently conducted Band Draft in the fantasy forum: http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9448.

The members of the bands listed below are not in the order of which they were drafted; I put them in what I consider to be "band lineup order." See the Band Draft thread if you're interested in round-by-round results.


LitoSheppard
Tupac Shakur, Vocals
R. Kelly, Vocals
Kanye West, Vocals
Kurt Cobain, Vocals/Guitar (Nirvana)
Neil Peart, Drums (Rush)

ncst8fan83
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar/Vocals
John Mayer, Guitar/Vocals
Marcus Miller, Bass
Thelonious Monk, Piano
Carter Beauford, Drums (Dave Matthews Band)

stillaraiderfan
Bob Marley, Vocals/Guitar
Eric Clapton, Guitar
Roger Waters, Bass (Pink Floyd)
Ray Manzarek, Keyboard (The Doors)
Don Henley, Drums/Vocals (The Eagles)

thule
Lacey Mosley, Vocals (Flyleaf)
Matthew Tuck, Guitar/Vocals (Bullet for My Valentine)
Flea, Bass (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
Sebastian Davin, Piano/Vocals (Dropping Daylight)
Danny Carey, Drums (Tool)

diabsoule
Eric Burdon, Vocals (The Animals)
Jimmy Page, Guitar (Led Zeppelin)
Pete Townshend, Guitar (The Who)
Jack Bruce, Bass/Vocals (Cream)
Bill Ward, Drums (Black Sabbath)

OSUGiants17
Mike Ness, Vocals/Guitar (Social Distortion)
Jimi Hendrix, Guitar
Slash, Guitar (Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver)
Matt Freeman, Bass (Rancid)
Travis Barker, Drums (Blink 182)

fenikz
Robert Johnson, Guitar/Vocals
Duane Allman, Guitar (The Allman Brothers)
Muddy Waters, Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica
James Jamerson, Bass (The Funk Brothers)
John Bonham, Drums (Led Zeppelin)

TPFKA#1SaintsFan
Robert Plant, Vocals (Led Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck, Guitar (The Yardbirds/Jeff Beck Group)
Keith Richards, Guitar (The Rolling Stones)
John Entwistle, Bass (The Who)
Ginger Baker, Drums (Cream)

Chucky
Eddie Vedder, Vocals (Pearl Jam)
Jerry Garcia, Vocals/Guitar (Grateful Dead)
Robert Randolph, Pedal Steel Guitar (Robert Randolph & the Family Band)
Victor Wooten, Bass
Mitch Mitchell, Drums (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

fischbowl
Johnny Cash, Vocals
Roger Clyne, Vocals
Charlie Daniels, Violin
Kyle Hollingsworth, Piano (The String Cheese Incident)
Keith Moon, Drums (The Who)

[Addict]

you should put a poll in, to get things organised.

My vote goes to OSUGiants17.

Mainly because his band would be making a kind of hardrock-punk kind of music, which would sound insane... I loved the Ness and Freeman selections when he made them and still do. The only guy I'm not sure on is Travis Barker, but that's mainly because of 'The Barkers'... otherwise a great drummer for the genre. The only general question I have is how he's going to fit two solo-guitarists into a band that is mainly occupied by punk band members (that being Rancid, Social Distortion and Blink-182).

Honerable mentions go to Thule and TPFKA#1SaintsFan

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

There is a poll...

[drowe]

really like Thule's band. easy choice for me.

[Addict]

There is a poll...

is it new or did my friggin' internet forget to load it?

anyway, vote has been cast.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

Since I'm not going to be cheap and vote for myself, my vote goes to diabsoule. I'm not huge on Burdon's vocals, but otherwise his band looks awesome. Excellent example of a true "supergroup." Helps out that Jack Bruce is one of my top 5 all-time favorite musicians.

[Scar]

A few very good bands to pick from (along with a couple of lousy ones that were easy to eliminate), but eventually gave a slight edge to stillaraiderfan. a) Looking at this lineup, I don't see anybody who isn't one of the greats on their instrument. Henley aint the best drummer, but singing too gives him a pass. b) Clapton isn't even singing backup vox for this band while he'd be the best singer for some of the other bands. c) It's the best mix of guys whose styles would likely mix well.

Lots of excellent musicians left as free agents after this draft though.

[Addict]

A few very good bands to pick from (along with a couple of lousy ones that were easy to eliminate), but eventually gave a slight edge to stillaraiderfan. a) Looking at this lineup, I don't see anybody who isn't one of the greats on their instrument. Henley aint the best drummer, but singing too gives him a pass. b) Clapton isn't even singing backup vox for this band while he'd be the best singer for some of the other bands. c) It's the best mix of guys whose styles would likely mix well.

Lots of excellent musicians left as free agents after this draft though.

very true, I'm still amazed nobody picked up someone like Jim Morrison.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

I'm amazed that the few jazzy bands didn't take Buddy Rich as their drummer. Biggest snub of the entire draft IMO.

[JF4]

Tupac....R.Kelly.....Kurt Cobain???.....Yea that won't work.

[drowe]

Lots of excellent musicians left as free agents after this draft though.


very true. i could make 3/4 of my dream band with the people that went undrafted.

next time one of these is done, i want in.

[Scar]

Yeah, just off the top of my head:
Chris Cornell-vocals
Cliff Burton-bass
Dave Grohl-drums
Joe Perry-guitar

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

I think a few of the bigger name guys who went undrafted would have been drafted if we had one or two (definitely one) guys who knew what the F they were doing.

I also think that I filled my band with some of the most underrated great musicians of all time and the poll will reflect that. Beck, Entwistle, and Baker are all the cream of the crop at their respective instruments. None gets the credit they deserve.

[Scar]

Jeff Beck gets his credit, but yeah, the other guys don't get theirs.

another huge miss...where the **** is Tommy Lee!?!?!?! Granted, a lot of you guys have legendary drummers, so I'm not pointing at all of you...but c'mon here. The man kills on the skins.

[drowe]

Yeah, just off the top of my head:
Chris Cornell-vocals
Cliff Burton-bass
Dave Grohl-drums
Joe Perry-guitar


yeah, i like your band. ya stole the singer i was thinking of.

[Ewing]

OSUGiants17 has Jimi Hendrix so he wins automatically. Also, the fact that Kanye West was drafted but Angus Young, Bruce Dickinson, and Jim Morrison weren't is a joke.

[drowe]

yeah, i LOL'd at lito sheppard's "band"

[thule]

OSUGiants17 has Jimi Hendrix so he wins automatically. Also, the fact that Kanye West was drafted but Angus Young, Bruce Dickinson, and Jim Morrison weren't is a joke.

Seems a little short sighted to me.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

Voting for yourself, eh Thule? Seems a little cheap to me. ;)

[tEk]

sarf

you cant go wrong with god, i mean clapton.

im surprised no one took dimebag. or stevie ray vaughn or john petrucci for guitarist. i liked osu giants band also. but sarf was over the top!

since making a band with free agents is popular.

vocalist - freddy mercury
guitar - dimebag darrell
bass - john paul jones
drums - vinne paul

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

SRV was taken by ncst8.

[tEk]

SRV was taken by ncst8.ahh, missed that. if he would have added a better drummer... might have been my choice.

[keylime_5]

fenikz, TPFKA#1SaintsFan, and diabsoule were the 3 best for sure. I voted for Saints fan.

fischbowl, your band makes no sense. Keith Moon is a terrible fit at drums for a band with country guys like Cash and Daniels.

raiderfan, that is genius to have Marley and Clapton together, but you could've dug up somebody better than Don Henley on drums, say Neil Peart the 3rd best drummer ever, or Charlie Watts at least he's solid as they come. What about Ringo, he kicks butt?!? You finish 4th on my personal list.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

ahh, missed that. if he would have added a better drummer... might have been my choice.

Yep, a guy like Buddy Rich on drums would have made his band hard to beat...

[ncst8fan83]

i had actually thought about don henley on drums. everyone could have parts and such. it would have been a blues version of the eagles. BUT, i love the way carter plays drums and he can play many many different styles. a bluesy style like SRV, a more modern style like Mayer, a syncopated blues style like Monk, as well as keeping a nice jazzy pocket with Marcus Miller. Personal preference i suppose, but I'm hurt that Lito has more votes than me.

[Grizzlegom]

this was a hard choice as i love both SARF's and TPFKA's bands. they were about even for me but i went with TPFKA because Keith Richards is the greatest man alive.

[Scar]

Keith Richards isn't alive

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

i had actually thought about don henley on drums. everyone could have parts and such. it would have been a blues version of the eagles. BUT, i love the way carter plays drums and he can play many many different styles. a bluesy style like SRV, a more modern style like Mayer, a syncopated blues style like Monk, as well as keeping a nice jazzy pocket with Marcus Miller. Personal preference i suppose, but I'm hurt that Lito has more votes than me.

If you wanted a jazz/blues drummer, I reiterate: Buddy Rich! He would have been absolutely perfect for your band IMO.


Keith Richards is the greatest man alive.

Amen, brother.



And Moses - not funny, man. Not funny at all.

[drowe]

man, i hate it when people say things that get deleted before i can see 'em. it always makes me very curious.

[McBain]

FlyLeaf was surprisingly good, so i went thule. I'm not sure, how none of the beatles were drafted, or the greatest songwriter of the last decade, Elliott Smith. Grunge + Rap? I don't think that would have ever worked.

[Chucky]

I cant believe i didnt get one vote yet, i mean my band would just jam for hours, although i would admit vedder isnt the best fit, but i think his and garcias voice together would be sick.

[McBain]

My Band

John Lennon - Vocals, Guitar
Elliott Smith - Guitar, Vocals
Les Claypool - Bassist
Dave Grohl - Drums

My Second Band

Jack White - guitar, vocals
Flea - Bass
1 armed drummer from def leopard.

[WinslowBodden]

OSUGiants17..

Slash and Hendrix, oh my god.

[TitleTown088]

IF sarf would have picked someone else besides Marley he would have gotten it. I hate to vote against a band with Clapton in it, but I don't like Marley one bit.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

The fact that 2 people have voted for LitoSheppard shows that they either:

1. Have no perception whatsoever of what is good music. Not saying any of those guys are bad, but the severe clash of styles would lead to, undoubtedly, some of the absolute WORST music ever made.

OR

2. Think they're being funny and cute. Not so, gentlemen, not so.

Either way, it really speaks volumes.

[fenikz]

pff you people don't know music

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

People voting for themselves = MAD LAME.

[fenikz]

i voted for the band which i liked the best, which happened to be mine, not like it matters anyways

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

Of course everybody probably going to like their band best. What's the fun in voting for yourself? I'm the only person involved who voted for somebody else at this point.

[Phrost]

Eric Clapton pwns.

[wiscbadgerfootball]

OSU.. he has Jimi Hendrix.. nuff said, sarf was a close second

[someone447]

IF sarf would have picked someone else besides Marley he would have gotten it. I hate to vote against a band with Clapton in it, but I don't like Marley one bit.

sarf having Marley sealed it for me. Having Clapton and Marley would be the greatest rendition of I Shot the Sheriff ever.

But saintsfan was a VERY close second. With OSUgiants coming in third.

[ripdw27]

my band

Vocals - T-Pain
Vocals - Akon
Guitar - Shop Boyz (party like a rockstar)
"Beat" - DJ Khaled
Dr. Dre
DJ Whoo Kid

as for my orchestra its the one from the 50 cent commercial

[Flyboy]

The fact that 2 people have voted for LitoSheppard shows that they either:

1. Have no perception whatsoever of what is good music. Not saying any of those guys are bad, but the severe clash of styles would lead to, undoubtedly, some of the absolute WORST music ever made.

OR

2. Think they're being funny and cute. Not so, gentlemen, not so.

Either way, it really speaks volumes.

Dully noted.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

I'm kinda surprised this thing's a runaway. sarf's got a great band no doubt, I just thought it would be pretty close between 3-4 bands.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

Dully noted.

It's not an attack on your or the (now) 3 other guys who voted for him. I find it funny that nobody voting for Lito bothered to explain why. Care to be the first to elaborate?

[terribletowel39]

i voted for thule. it was pretty difficult because 1 or 2 more bands had some great guys in it. he would have run away with it had ben folds been your piano player and not Dropping Daylights guy. Ben is better at the piano and vocals and he could do the song writing for you guys, and he can play any type of music on the piano. i love Dropping Daylight and the piano guy for them but it would have been way easier had Folds been your man.

[OSUGiants17]

I'm kinda surprised this thing's a runaway. sarf's got a great band no doubt, I just thought it would be pretty close between 3-4 bands.

and whoes bands would that be?

[Severe Punishment]

stillaraiderfan
Bob Marley, Vocals/Guitar
Eric Clapton, Guitar
Roger Waters, Bass (Pink Floyd)
Ray Manzarek, Keyboard (The Doors)
Don Henley, Drums/Vocals (The Eagles)


As much as it pains me to vote for anything that clown Manzarek is in...by far this group would be the most talented. Marley on Vocals would be the only thing I'd change. 3 legendary songwritters and "God" on guitar would've been enough for me.

[Shiver]

LitoSheppard
Tupac Shakur, Vocals
R. Kelly, Vocals
Kanye West, Vocals
Kurt Cobain, Vocals/Guitar (Nirvana)
Neil Peart, Drums (Rush)

What the.....?

[Ewing]

If I were to have a dream band here's what it would like:

Bruce Dickinson - Vocals/Guitar
Jimi Hendrix - Vocals/Lead Guitar
Tom Morello - Guitar
Cliff Burton - Bass
Neil Peart - Drums

Oh and LitoSheppard should be banned from any other music discussions. You're wasting Peart's talent with that group and having only two instruments is just stupid.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

Sigh... gotta say, I thought I'd do much better in the voting. Guess that's what I get for picking a few underrated guys who often get looked over today for bigger names, or whatever.

Here are some snippets from Wikipedia, not to try to boost my votes as I've already ceded that sarf has the best band, but to attempt to kind of "educate":

John Entwistle
He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock bassists of all time,[1] creating an aggressive lead sound that helped influence contemporary and later bassists such as Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Lemmy Kilmister, Geddy Lee, Phil Lesh, Noel Redding, Billy Sheehan, Chris Squire and Mike Watt.

Entwistle helped uncover the potential of the bass guitar as a lead instrument, using aggressive pentatonic lead lines, and a trebly sound virtually unheard of in the early 1960s.

Ginger Baker
Baker's drumming attracted attention for its flamboyance, showmanship, and his pioneering use of two bass drums instead of the conventional single 'kick' drum.

While at times performing in a grandiloquent manner similar to that of Keith Moon of The Who, Baker was also capable of the more restrained playing he had heard with British jazz groups during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Baker also performed lengthy improvisational drum solos, his most famous of all being the thirteen-minute drum solo from "Toad", heard on Cream's double album Wheels of Fire.

Jeff Beck
Though he played in several influential bands in the 1960s and 1970s (notably in The Yardbirds) Beck has maintained a sporadic solo career over the last 25 years. Despite never attaining the commercial viability of his contemporaries, Beck has gained widespread critical acclaim, especially in the guitar playing community.[1] He has won many grammy awards in the category for best rock instrumental. Never one to be tied to one particular genre, he has experimented with blues rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion.

[diabsoule]

I really like Eric Burdon as a vocalist but I probably should have chosen Jim Morrison, if just for name recognition than anything else.

[diabsoule]

I'm kinda surprised this thing's a runaway. sarf's got a great band no doubt, I just thought it would be pretty close between 3-4 bands.

I kind of thought that my band would do a lot better than it has.

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

I love your band and I thought it would do better too.

[SubNoize]

Cobain would commit a second suicide if he was really placed in that line-up... R.Kelly and Kanye would make the worse duo ever and would subsequently be shot by Tupac on spot.

[OSUGiants17]

this thread has droped to much.

[Addict]

I really like Eric Burdon as a vocalist but I probably should have chosen Jim Morrison, if just for name recognition than anything else.

Mark Knopfler didn't get picked either.

[josh07039]

Why no one from the Beatles was taken I don't understand.

[Addict]

Why no one from the Beatles was taken I don't understand.

I already said that on the thread in 'fantasy' as well... I had expected at least John Lennon to have been selected.

[757Dawg]

Here's my UDFA band list -

Vocals: Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
Guitar/Vocals: Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society / Ozzy)
Guitar: Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)
Drums: Vinnie Paul (Pantera)

I actually like Amy Lee more so than Cristina Scabbia as she's probably my favorite singer in rock today, but I think Cristina is a better overall fit in this band.

I win.

[fischbowl]

thank you to the two amazing people who voted for me!

[someone447]

My UDFA band:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
and Jessica Simpson to stand there in a bikini and do nothing else.

I win.

[Charm City Byrdgang]

My band of left overs:


John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr


I win, you all lose.

[Charm City Byrdgang]

My UDFA band:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
and Jessica Simpson to stand there in a bikini and do nothing else.

I win.

hahaha i posted the same thing without reading your post.

[awfullyquiet]

okay.
mostly because fools don't know music.

it goes like this.

1) Johnny Marr - The Smiths/Modest Mouse - Guitar
2) Joe Lally - Fugazi - Bass
3) Damon Che - Don Caballero - Drums (if you haven't heard this man, you have not heard drumming)
4) Tim Kasher - Cursive - Guitar/Keyboard/Lead Vocals
5) Omar A. Rodriguez - At The Drive-In/The Mars Volta - Guitar

and on the bench...

6) Cedric Blixer-Zalava - At The Drive-In - Vocals
7) Joelly - The Felix Culpa - Drums
8) Geddy Lee - Bass - Rush
9) Slug - Atmosphere (col) - Vocals
10) Matthew Bellamy - Muse - Vocals/Piano/Guitar

[someone447]

hahaha i posted the same thing without reading your post.

But mine is better because I have eye candy also. :D

[WinslowBodden]

I just realised no one has Carlos Santana :[

[ncst8fan83]

I just realised no one has Carlos Santana :[

santana has 3 riffs that he does in different octaves and keys. probably the most overrated guitarist ever, in my opinion.

[Addict]

My UDFA band:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
and Jessica Simpson to stand there in a bikini and do nothing else.

I win.

My band of left overs:


John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr


I win, you all lose.

If someone had done that I would've voted for that band. You can't bet against the beatles (Not sure about simpson thoough...).

[WinslowBodden]

santana has 3 riffs that he does in different octaves and keys. probably the most overrated guitarist ever, in my opinion.

Still, he knows how to make it sound good.

[Addict]

Still, he knows how to make it sound good.

If I put enough time into it, I could make my own farts sound good... that's not what makes a good guitarist. All santana's stuff kinda sounds the same.

[someone447]

If someone had done that I would've voted for that band. You can't bet against the beatles (Not sure about simpson thoough...).

I was just trying to think of the hottest musician, and she was who came to mind. You can't bet against Jessica Simpson in a Bikini, because that is all she does in my band.

[Addict]

I was just trying to think of the hottest musician, and she was who came to mind. You can't bet against Jessica Simpson in a Bikini, because that is all she does in my band.

I like alternative girls better... Amy Lee from Evanescence?

[WinslowBodden]

If I put enough time into it, I could make my own farts sound good... that's not what makes a good guitarist. All santana's stuff kinda sounds the same.

First off thats a horrible comparison...

Second off, people buy his stuff, so apparently they like him.

[terribletowel39]

I like alternative girls better... Amy Lee from Evanescence?
no, if you are going with alternative, you have to go with Lacey Mosely from Flyleaf. she sexy.

[someone447]

I like alternative girls better... Amy Lee from Evanescence?

I just don't find that at all attractive. But to each their own.

[yodapoop]

I like SARF's the best with Marley and Clapton. Don't Worry, Be Happy.

[someone447]

I like SARF's the best with Marley and Clapton. Don't Worry, Be Happy.

Marley didn't sing Don't Worry, Be Happy, that was Bobby McFerrin.

[awfullyquiet]

I like alternative girls better... Amy Lee from Evanescence?

Try andrea zollo of pretty girls make graves.

[Phrost]

Marley didn't sing Don't Worry, Be Happy, that was Bobby McFerrin.

LOLOLOL! Made my afternoon.

[ncst8fan83]

no, if you are going with alternative, you have to go with Lacey Mosely from Flyleaf. she sexy.


hayley from paramore is a farking hottie too.

[awfullyquiet]

hayley from paramore is a farking hottie too.

and she's legal now? she just turned 18.

[Phrost]

and she's legal now? she just turned 18.

12, 16, 18, it doesn't matter if she doesnt say.

[someone447]

LOLOLOL! Made my afternoon.

What was funny about that?

[Its all about The U]

Cristina Scabbia(Lacuna Coil) wins in hottest of any metal girl

http://www.clubs.psu.edu/mk/wmkp/Graphics/simkoProfile/cristina_scabbia_l1.jpg