Who would be in your all-star metal band?

[Babylon]

Babylon:No keyboard player?

I do like keyboards, but they wouldn't be essential. Vocals, drums, bass and two guitars is enough for me

[miditek]

Definitely not metal...but this would kick ass in the jazz/rock fusion & carabet world.



Maggart



Beck



Johansson



West



Johansson

Even without Maggart's vocals, I can only imagine what the four guys would sound like! They would rip "Scatterbrain" like nobody's business!

[hiro23]

Babylon:that's cool I was just curious

[Mormegil]

Vocals: Ronnie James Dio
Guitar: André Olbrich
Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore
Bass: Lauri Porra
Keyboards: Jens Johansson
Drums: Thomen Stauch
Backing vocals (is this cheating? ): Michael Kiske, Andi Deris, Jon Oliva, Rob Halford


Would be... interesting.

[Fuuso]

Vocals: Ronnie James Dio
Guitar: Timo Tolkki
Guitar: Kai Hansen
Guitar: Adrian Smith
Bass: Steve Harris
Drums: Jörg Michael

Epic metal with massive sound

[Babylon]

Vocals: Ronnie James Dio
Guitar: Timo Tolkki
Guitar: Kai Hansen
Guitar: Adrian Smith
Bass: Steve Harris
Drums: Jörg Michael

Epic metal with massive sound

That is a nice line up!

[NightScreamer]

Vocals: Timo Kotipelto
Guitar and Vocals: Jari Maenpaa
Guitar: Alexi Laiho
Bass: Steve Harris
Drums: Kai Hahto

[HinatAArcticA]

Option 1:

Vocals - Hansi Kürsh (Blind Guardian)
Lead Guitar - Alexi Liho (Children of Bodom)
Rythm Guitar - Elias Viljanen (Sonata Arctica)
Keyboard - Jens Johanson (Stratovarius)
Drums - Felix Bohnke (Edguy)
Bass - Janne Kivilahti (Ex-Sonata Arctica)

Option 2:

Vocals - Tobias Sammet (Edguy & Avantasia)
Lead Guitar - Timo Tolkki (Revolution Reinassance)
Rythm Guitar - Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering)
Keyboard - Miko Harkkin (Cain's Offering)
Drums - Jörg Michael (Stratovarius)
Bass - Jari Kainulainen (Project Strato)

o_O

[Ragehead91]

Vocals: R.D. Liapakis

(Mystic Prophecy, Valley's Eve) (Very talented and very underrated singer. Instead of beeing your normal Kiske-Clone his voice tends to be deep and nearly operatic. Both of his bands are worth checking out)

Guitar: Gus G.

(Firewind, Ex-Nightrage, Ex-Dreamevil, Ex-Mystic Prophecy, Ex-Arch Enemy (Ozzfest tour 2005) (This guy is simply amazing. A great talent! In all of his Bands his performance was top-notch and I think this guy is the future of power metal!)

Guitar: Roland Grapow

(Masterplan, Solo, Ex-Helloween, Ex-Rampage) (I don't think I have to say much about him. Great composer, great guitar player, okay singer.)

Bass: Jan S. Eckert

(Masterplan, Grimmark, Ex-Iron Savior, Ex-Mydra, Ex-Charon) (Another great guy. I still wonder how he broke his hand)

Drums: Dani Löble

(Helloween, Ex-Rawhead Rex)

[shg]

My dreamteam:

keyboards: Jens (you know the band Strato... something, can't remember)
drums: Jörg (read same text after Jens)
guitar: Matias
bass: Lauri
vocals: ... who? Timo of course!

[hiro23]

Another great line up:

Vocals:Tony Kakko(Sonata arctica,great voice,he definitely has a lot of originality)
Guitar:Glenn Tipton(Judas Priest,one of the best guitarist's in the business)
Guitar:Michael Wilton(Queensryche,a lot of people would say what about Chris Degarmo however I think Michael sets the sound of Queensryche)
Keyboards:Geoff Nichols(Black Sabbath,Tony Martin, unfortunatly not a lot of people remember this guy, very underrated keyboard player)
Bass:Jari Kainulainen(ex-Stratovarius,evergrey,ex-Kotipelto, and a few others which are good but I'm too lazy to look up at the moment,if you don't know who he is then apparently your at the wrong site)
Drums:Nicko Mcbrain(Iron maiden,what can you say about Nicko, the man is a drumming god)

[Mormegil]

Guitar:Glenn Tipton(Judas Priest,one of the best guitarist's in the business)
Guitar:Michael Wilton(Queensryche,a lot of people would say what about Chris Degarmo however I think Michael sets the sound of Queensryche)

I like your taste man! Tipton, Wilton and DeGarmo (along with Tony Iommi) were all strong candidates for my line up as well.

[Carcass]

You guys crazy? Who the hell would be willing to separate Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing?

[hiro23]

Carcass:LOL Glenn Tipton has done stuff without KK before.

Mormegil:that's funny cause Tony Iommi was going to be my next choice.

[Carcass]

Carcass:LOL Glenn Tipton has done stuff without KK before.

That was a drunken attempt at a joke, or something...

[rikkertje]

Vocals: Timo Kotipelto
Guitars: Timo Tolkki
Keyboards: Jens Johansson
Bass: Jari Kainulainen
Drums: Jorg Michael

[mayhem-for-all]

A new list:
Vocals: Jarmo Pääkkönen (Excalion)
Guitars: Gus G. (Firewind)
Guitars: Timo Tolkki (Revolution Renaissance,Ex- Stratovarius)
Guitars:Sam Totman (Dragonforce)
Drums: Jörg Michael (Stratovarius)
Keyboards: Jens Johansson (Stratovarius)
Bass: Lauri Porra (Stratovarius)

If they really did somekind of record they would also need for some of the songs:

Drums: Anders Johansson (Hammerfall)
Drums: Mikko Sepponen (Olympos Mons, Adamantra, Craydawn)
Guitars: Vesa Nupponen (Excalion)
Guitars: Tuomas Heikkinen (Leverage)
Guitars: Mikko Salovaara (Kiuas)
Guitars: Nino Laurenne (Thunderstone)
Guitars: Luca Turilli (Rhapsody of Fire + all his solo projects)
Keyboards: Bob Katsionis (Firewind)
Keyboards: Jarmo Myllyvirta (Excalion)
Bass: Jari Kainulainen (Ex-Strato....and the list goes on)
Bass: Titus Hjelm (Thunderstone)
Vocals: Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius)
Vocals: Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica)
Vocals: Ilja Jalkanen (Kiuas)
Vocals: Ian E. Highill (Olympos Mons)
Vocals: Pekka Heino (Leverage, Brother Firetribe)


That would be quite an allstar album with so many guests and talented composers.

[hiro23]

Here's another

Vocals:Andi Deris(ex-pink cream 69,Helloween,solo)
Guitar:Jon Schaffer(Iced earth,Demons and wizards)
Guitar:Andre Olbrich(Blind Guardian)
Keyboard:Jon Lord(ex-Deep Purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)
Bass:Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath,ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Geezer,Heaven and Hell)
Drums:Ian Paice(Deep purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)

[Ragehead91]

Here's another

Vocals:Andi Deris(ex-pink cream 69,Helloween,solo)
Guitar:Jon Schaffer(Iced earth,Demons and wizards)
Guitar:Andre Olbrich(Blind Guardian)
Keyboard:Jon Lord(ex-Deep Purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)
Bass:Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath,ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Geezer,Heaven and Hell)
Drums:Ian Paice(Deep purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)

I have to say combining those Speed/Power/Thrash Metal musicians and those Old school metal/Hard rock musicians is a interesting mix.

[hiro23]

oh yes but imagine the kick ass tunes they'd be giving us.

[MarkDvdMan]

It is such a hypothetical question! How would they get on one wonders - I remember Asia the Superband lol not fit to lick Maidens boots!

Anyway my pennysworth:

Vocals: Michele Luppi (ex Vision divine awesome)
Bassist: Steve Harris or John Myung (Maiden/Dream Theater)
Guitar: Gus G (Firewind awesome)
Guitar: John Petrucci (simply the greatest ever)
Keyboard: Kevin moore ex Dream Theater brilliant
Drums: Fredrik Andersson (Amon amarth amazing!)

That is exceptional I cannot imagine better lol

[CES]

Here's another

Vocals:Andi Deris(ex-pink cream 69,Helloween,solo)
Guitar:Jon Schaffer(Iced earth,Demons and wizards)
Guitar:Andre Olbrich(Blind Guardian)
Keyboard:Jon Lord(ex-Deep Purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)
Bass:Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath,ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Geezer,Heaven and Hell)
Drums:Ian Paice(Deep purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)

I have to say combining those Speed/Power/Thrash Metal musicians and those Old school metal/Hard rock musicians is a interesting mix.

Yeah, just imagine the sheer amount of booze they'd go through. I think they'd probably be the first band to get an endorsement for Carling or Jack Daniels.

[Ragehead91]

Here's another

Vocals:Andi Deris(ex-pink cream 69,Helloween,solo)
Guitar:Jon Schaffer(Iced earth,Demons and wizards)
Guitar:Andre Olbrich(Blind Guardian)
Keyboard:Jon Lord(ex-Deep Purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)
Bass:Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath,ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Geezer,Heaven and Hell)
Drums:Ian Paice(Deep purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)

I have to say combining those Speed/Power/Thrash Metal musicians and those Old school metal/Hard rock musicians is a interesting mix.

Yeah, just imagine the sheer amount of booze they'd go through. I think they'd probably be the first band to get an endorsement for Carling or Jack Daniels.

Well, maybe the other 5 but not Andi. Andi is a wine-drinker on the Helloween tours IIRC.

[hiro23]

He'd get a wine endorsement

[Babylon]

Here's another

Vocals:Andi Deris(ex-pink cream 69,Helloween,solo)
Guitar:Jon Schaffer(Iced earth,Demons and wizards)
Guitar:Andre Olbrich(Blind Guardian)
Keyboard:Jon Lord(ex-Deep Purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)
Bass:Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath,ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Geezer,Heaven and Hell)
Drums:Ian Paice(Deep purple,ex-whitesnake,ex-Lord/Paice)

I like this one too!

Saw Deep Purple live last year for the first time. They were amazing. Ian Paice owns!

[Ragehead91]

Vocals: Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Ex-Gamma Ray, Ex-Tyran Pace, Ex-Helloween (I think he played a few shows with them right after Kai stopped singing in 86).
Guitar: Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest, Solo)
Guitar: K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Bass: Ian Hill (Judas Priest)
Drums: Scott Travis (Judas Priest, Racer X, Ex-Fight, Ex.Hawk)

Although we have Primal Fear which is a great band I would've loved to see a good Priest Album with Ralf.

[hiro23]

Vocals: Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Ex-Gamma Ray, Ex-Tyran Pace, Ex-Helloween (I think he played a few shows with them right after Kai stopped singing in 86).
Guitar: Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest, Solo)
Guitar: K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Bass: Ian Hill (Judas Priest)
Drums: Scott Travis (Judas Priest, Racer X, Ex-Fight, Ex.Hawk)

Although we have Primal Fear which is a great band I would've loved to see a good Priest Album with Ralf.

Ralf was actually one of the finalists to become the next Judas priest singer, he unfortunatly was beaten out by Tim Owens.

[Ragehead91]

Vocals: Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Ex-Gamma Ray, Ex-Tyran Pace, Ex-Helloween (I think he played a few shows with them right after Kai stopped singing in 86).
Guitar: Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest, Solo)
Guitar: K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Bass: Ian Hill (Judas Priest)
Drums: Scott Travis (Judas Priest, Racer X, Ex-Fight, Ex.Hawk)

Although we have Primal Fear which is a great band I would've loved to see a good Priest Album with Ralf.

Ralf was actually one of the finalists to become the next Judas priest singer, he unfortunatly was beaten out by Tim Owens.

I know that I'm a huge fan of Ralf (all his stuff. Tyran Pace, Gamma Ray (How could you let him go Kai? And do you really HAVE to sing again?) and Primal Fear). I know that he left Gamma Ray because he wanted to become the new singer of Judas Priest and because he lived to far away from the other members. He auditioned and was told that he is defenitly in the finals just to get a call after a few years beeing told that there is no casting and that they found what they were looking for with Owens. Not a fine move by Priest.

[hiro23]

Yeah but then we wouldn't have gotten primal fear, so I think it worked out for all of us

[Ragehead91]

Yeah but then we wouldn't have gotten primal fear, so I think it worked out for all of us

I know. But I'm still kind of curious about how a Priest Album with Ralf would've sounded like. But yeah, Primal Fear rocks.

Another thing that makes me sad is that Ralf never did a record with his Cover Band "Just Priest". I would love to hear him sing songs like Breaking the Law, Electric Eye, Jawbreaker...