« Newer post | Previous post »

30 May 2007

2 am Eastern

Dream Band Begins!

64 lead singers. 64 guitarists. 32 drummers. 32 bassists. 32 songwriters. Five seperate tournaments, whittled down to one person in each category, will be held to determine the lineup for the greatest possible band ever assembled. Either that, or five unrelated human beings who never would have gotten along or sounded good together. But either way, we’re gonna have a lot of fun and a lot of arguments in which one commenter calls another one a pussy along the way.

Once we have declared a lineup for the greatest supergroup in rock history, Chris and I will offer the money we have made off of the Google ads on this site - somewhere between $159 and $90,000,000 - to the Dream Band to form and put on a concert on this site. I know what some of you are thinking, but believe me, rock is not about the money, or about still being alive. The Dream Band is happening.

Jump over to the right and vote in Round One of the Guitarist Tournament! The poll will be open until 5:00 Friday. The rest of the tournament brackets will be revealed later today, and the Frontman tournament will begin tomorrow.

Go vote, spread the word, and let those people having fun vs. people taking it weirdly seriously comments fly!

17 responses so far

  1. XxLoveYorHatexX Says:

    Will Davey Havok be one of the lead singers? Or Jade one of the guitarists? lol just j/king i doubt you wanna pull AFI into another tournament and have turn out like the Madness lol

  2. Zach Says:

    Will you get someone to raise various musicians from the dead with no explanation of how it is done so this supergroup can be formed?

  3. eloquentdelirium Says:

    i hope so

  4. Cubicle Captive Says:

    Zach said:

    Will you get someone to raise various musicians from the dead with no explanation of how it is done so this supergroup can be formed?

    Arise, chicken, Arise.

  5. DAB23 Says:

    Thats easy…
    songwriter..Bob Dylan
    singer…Freddie Mercury
    Bass….Steve Harris
    guitar…Eric Clapton
    drums…Neil Peart

  6. alex Says:

    DAB23 said:

    Thats easy…
    songwriter..Bob Dylan
    singer…Freddie Mercury
    Bass….Steve Harris
    guitar…Eric Clapton
    drums…Neil Peart

    fuck i was going to nominate clapton for babysitter but i guess he can’t do two jobs at once

  7. axlthegreat Says:

    singer… Axl Rose
    Guitar… Jimmy Page
    Bass… John Paul Jones
    Drummer… Keith Moon
    Songwriter… idk izzy Stradlin so he could play rhythm guitar for them and do backing vocals and he is a really good songwriter anyway.

  8. Cubicle Captive Says:

    Izzy Stradlin?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    Thanks, I needed that.

  9. SergeantSki Says:

    Songwriter…Roger Waters
    Singer…Corey Glover
    Guitar…Trey Anastasio
    Bass…Victor Wooten
    Drums…Stewart Copeland

    And let’s add Ben Folds on keys, the horn section from The Blues Brothers, and have Brian Eno produce the album.

  10. alex Says:

    Manager: Malcom MacLaren
    Label: Motown
    Songwriter: Beethoven
    Opening band: The Beatles
    Music Video director: Martin Scorsese
    Album art: Hipgnosis
    Makeup: Davey Havok

  11. alex Says:

    Webmaster: Stanley Donwood
    Photographer: Anton Corbijn
    Rock Hall of Fame inductor: Bono

  12. SergeantSki Says:

    Craft Services: Bobby Flay
    Stage Design: I.M. Pei

  13. alex Says:

    no sorry, craft services by Alex Kapranos

    http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Bites-Eating-Franz-Ferdinand/dp/0143038087/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8235480-9672639?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180562370&sr=1-1

    stage design by the Druids

  14. nomargparra Says:

    songwriter-john lennon/paul mccartney
    drummer- carter beauford/mitch mitchell/ringo starr in that order
    guitar player -jimi hendrix/trey anastasio/clapton in that order
    bass player - bootsy collins/paul mccartney
    frontman- john lennon/dave matthews/eddie vedder/jim morrison in that order

  15. kimchoo10101 Says:

    No. I can’t do this…frontmen are hard enough, but bassists? I couldn’t even begin to…jesus, I need to stop taking these to heart–it’s not like Adam Clayton and Davey Havok are gonna come after me if I don’t vote for them…

  16. trey2254 Says:

    songwriter-Lennon/McCartney
    drummer-Stewart Copeland/Carter Beauford/Neil Peart
    Guitar player-Duane Allman/Trey Anastasio
    Bass-Phil Lesh
    Frontman-Mick Jagger

  17. CrazyEasy Says:

    songwriter-Lennon/McCartney / Dylan
    drummer-Carter Beauford/Neil Peart/Stewart Copeland
    Guitar player- Trey Anastasio/ Jimmy Page/Clapton
    Bass- Victor Wooten/ Flea / Mike Gordon / Les Claypool
    Frontman- Jim Morrison / Dave Matthews / Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey’s McGee)

    Add Béla Fleck (Flecktones) on Banjo
    Maybe the Parliament / Funkadelic horns

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.