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Vocals, Guitars, keyboards, Bass and Drums...

Vocals : Timo Kotipelto
Guitar : Yngwie Malmsteen
Guitar : John Petrucci
Bass : Stuart Hamm
Drums : Mike Portnoy
Keyboards : Jens Johansson

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A good list but I'd modify it a bit...

Vocals: Timo Tolkki
Guitars: Yngwie of course
Bass: John Myung
Drums: any skilled jazz drummer, maybe Sami Kuoppamäki would do
Keys: Jens for solos, Moore for atmosphere and overall musicianship

Hehe. Tolkki showed on HtL that he still can add more feeling to the singing than most "real" singers.

Still.. Oh man I can't decide

vocals: Timo Kotipelto/Tarja Turunen
Guitars: Emppu Vuorinen/Yngwie
Bass: Jari Kainulainen/ Marco Hietala
Drums: Tommy Portimo..yeah!
Keyboards: Tuomas Holopainen/ Mikko Harkin (even tough he doesn't play anymore..)

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Vocals: Bruce Dickinson
Guitar: Eddie Van Halen or Joe Satriani
Bass: Dunno, maybe Marco Hietala
Drums: Maybe Phil Rudd, don't know any good drummers. (AC/DC is the band if someone didn't know btw.)

It's actually really hard to say which ones are the best ones, but those are the ones I like and/or know. I don't know that much about music, I only listen it.

Guitar - Randy Rhoads (dont get any better than that

Bass- Billy sheehan or Stu Hamm (can't decide)

Drums - Neil Peart

Vocals - Jeff Martin

Metal Matt wrote:
Guitar - Randy Rhoads (dont get any better than that

Bass- Billy sheehan or Stu Hamm (can't decide)

Drums - Neil Peart

Vocals - Jeff Martin

...

Vocals: Bruce Dickinson
Guitars: John Petrucci
Guitars: Alexi Laiho
Bass: Markus Grosskopf
Drums: Uli Kush
Keyboards: Jens Johansson

Well is "one" of my best impossible band. Next Sooner.

Vocals: Ronnie James Dio
Guitar: Me and Mick Box
Bass: Jari Kainulainen
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Keyboard: Jon Lord

This is my Dreamband. Climbing on stage with these guys would be an honour too big to believe.

Vocals: Geoff Tate
Guitars: Randy Rhoads
Guitars: Kirk Hammett
Bass: Jari Kainulainen
Keys: Mustis or Jens Johansson
Drums: Billy Chobam (he's a jazz musician and definitely one of the best drummers in the world)

Vocals:Andi Deris
Guitar:Jani Liimatainen
Guitar:Max ScarletSky
Bass:Jari Kainulainen
Drum:Dave Lombardo
Keys:Me.

Vocals : Timo Kotipelto
Guitar : Yngwie Malmsteen
Guitar : Jani Liimatainen
Bass : Don't know...
Drums : Neil Peart
Keyboards : Mikko Harkin or Jens Johansson

I never said he's "better" than Kotipelto but sure has more natural power and feeling in his voice, maybe with not such a perfect technical performance but who cares. It sounds good. And it's different, not close to anyone else's voice, impossible to compare with anyone.

Vocals:Britney and Ricky Martin
Guitars:Varg Vikernes&MyGrandFather
Bass:Varg Vikernes
Drums:Varg Vikernes
Choir:Varg+Backstreetboys+Pavarotti&friends.
Great Band.

khamael wrote:
Vocals:Britney and Ricky Martin
Guitars:Varg Vikernes&MyGrandFather
Bass:Varg Vikernes
Drums:Varg Vikernes
Choir:Varg+Backstreetboys+Pavarotti&friends.
Great Band.

That's an amazing band!!!
Then I should put Chuck Schuldiner in all positions to make the perfect band!!!

Lava wrote:

khamael wrote:
Vocals:Britney and Ricky Martin
Guitars:Varg Vikernes&MyGrandFather
Bass:Varg Vikernes
Drums:Varg Vikernes
Choir:Varg+Backstreetboys+Pavarotti&friends.
Great Band.

That's an amazing band!!!
Then I should put Chuck Schuldiner in all positions to make the perfect band!!!

i have though to Chuck...but peace to his Soul

khamael wrote:

Lava wrote:

khamael wrote:
Vocals:Britney and Ricky Martin
Guitars:Varg Vikernes&MyGrandFather
Bass:Varg Vikernes
Drums:Varg Vikernes
Choir:Varg+Backstreetboys+Pavarotti&friends.
Great Band.

That's an amazing band!!!
Then I should put Chuck Schuldiner in all positions to make the perfect band!!!

i have though to Chuck...but peace to his Soul

I love Chuck Schuldiner as a musician and he was a very nice prson! I love Death and Control Denied! When I was informed about Chucky's death I was very sad!!! He was one of the best metal musicians of all ages in my personal opinion!

Vocals : Hansi Kürsch + Cristina Scabbia
Guitars : Michael Romeo + Me! ()
Bass : Jari Kainulainen
Drums : Thomen Stauch
Keyboards : Michael Pinnella

well, something like that...

Keyboards : Jens Johasson or Henrik Klingenberg.

vocals:Kiske
guitar: Tolkki and Hank (Mercyful Fate)
bass: John Myung
keys: Jens and Moore
Drums: Portnoy

What great lineup!

HymnToLife wrote:
vocals:Kiske
guitar: Tolkki and Hank (Mercyful Fate)
bass: John Myung
keys: Jens and Moore
Drums: Portnoy

What great lineup!

Yes, great

Oh well...
The best lineup would be as following:

Male vocals: Olaf Hayer (Dionysus, Luca Turilli)
Female vocals: Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
Guitar 1: Yngwie J. Malmsteen (Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force)
Guitar 2: Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius, Roadblock (or what it was called...))
Solo keyboard: Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Yngwie's Rising Force, Dio, Etc) or Warmen (Children of Bodom)
Atmosphere keyboard: Mustis (Dimmu Borgir)
Bass: Jari Kainulainen (Stratovarius, Episode)
Drums: Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody, Avantasia)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

That lineup would be great to both hear on a studio album and see playing onstage!!!

Atmosphere keyboards? This is new for me, Baluba!

StratoHeart wrote:
Atmosphere keyboards? This is new for me, Baluba!

Yeah...
Sure it is new for you,yeah
But I dunno how to describe it...
If you hear Dimmu Borgir,you'll get a feeling of a dark atmosphere around you...
And this is mostly made by the use of keyboards...

Vocals: Ethereal Magnanimus
Guitar: Adrian Smith
Guitar: Henjo Richter
Bass: Marco Hietala
Keys: Jens Johansson
Drums: Alex Holzwarth

Keyboard: Jens Johansson

vocals: Kotipelto/Tarja Turunen
guitar: John Petrucci
bass: Marco Hietala/Kainulainen
keys: Tuomas Holopainen
drums: Jukka Nevalainen

Hmm... this will take a while, but:

Vocals:
~Dani Filth (cradle of filth)
~Peter Steele (type o' negative)
~Hansi kurch (blind guardian/demons & wizards)
~Anneke Van Giersbergen (the gathering)
~Ronnie James Dio (rainbow/black sabbath/dio)
Keyboards:
~Mustis (dimmu borgir) [me doesn't like kb doing any solos]
Guitars:
~Tony Iommi (black sabbath/iommi) [tell me what you wish, but tony IS the father of all metal, and he still is one of the best and my numb. one influence in guitar]
~Gian (cradle of filth)
Bass:
~Pekka Pohjola (wigwam/pekka pohjola) [the absolute KING of bassplaying for me, a true master like no other]
Drums:
~That Tool's drummer [me & my memory ]
~Adrian (cradle of filth)

Well, this combnatin would work for me surely, and would sound interesting least to say

a great topic!!!!
My band would be as follows:
vocals: Michael Kiske & the guy who is soilwork's vocalist

Guitars:
Jeff Loomis(nevermore)
ALexi Laiho (Children of bodom)
Head(koRn)

Bass-(two bass players!)
Fieldy (koRn)
Kari Tornack (Tunnelvision, Warmen)

Keys:
Janne Warman(Children of Bodom)

Drummmmers (the two of them changing seats)
Uli Kusch(masterplan, ex-helloween)
Van Williams(Nevermore)

Percussion: ME!

So what do you guys think of this?