Contest: FFFFest Weekend Passes
Oh yes, you are reading the title of the post right. We have 3, count ‘em 3, pairs of passes to the upcoming Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin on Nov. 7th & 8th.We are going to keep the details to this contest very short so as to not overload your brain. Deets go like this: last Friday we created our top 5 supergroups and we want to know what your ideal supergroup would be. All you have to do is leave your supergroup in the comments section or tweet us your group and we’ll pick the top 3 entrants. Each winner will receive two passes to the weekend’s events. Simply create the craziest group with whoever you want from whatever time period! Get creative people. Contest will close on October 30th so get those entries in now! Oh and don’t forget a valid email address so we can get in touch with you.
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RayRay said on Oct 19th, 2009
Remember. Creative.
Cram said on Oct 19th, 2009
You want the groups here? Or in the previous comments thread?
mwilliamrice said on Oct 19th, 2009
I assume employees, friends, family and contributors of Austin Town Hall and Paravel Design are excluded from the contest.
Because I have the greatest Zombie Supergroup, ever. EVAR!
Drums: Zombie Keith Moon
Pecussion: Zombie Tito Puente
Bass: Zombie Cliff Burton
Guitars: Zombie Dimebag Darrell and Zombie Jimi Hendrix
Keyboards: Zombie Beethoven
Backing Vocals: Zombie Vienna Boys Choir
Vocals: Zombie Frank Sinatra and Honorary Zombie Courtney Love
I realize this band will ultimately sound like shit due rigor mortis and missing heads, but man, is it a great line-up!
raygun said on Oct 19th, 2009
@Cram
Either one is fine. We’ll consider all replies from both threads.
Laura said on Oct 19th, 2009
The ultimate supergroup would be…
Vocals: Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Billie Holiday
Guitar: Aaron Hemphill (Liars)
Bass: both the Daft Punk dudes playing stylophones
Drums: Zach Hill (Hella, among others)
Turntables/Mixing: Prince Paul (De La Soul)
I’d also throw Mark Mothersbaugh in there for some awesomeness.
Plz can I have FFFFest passes.
Octavio Corral said on Oct 19th, 2009
BLAME CANDADA (for awesome indie music) SUPERGROUP
My super group would have to be salute the amazing flow of Canadian indie rock. It must also have male and female lead singers (for usual Canadian added awesome). Lead vocals would be Win Butler of Arcade Fire and Amy Milan of Stars. Guitar and Bass would be headed by none other than Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene. On drums – Andrew Barr of Land of Talk and on synthesizer Hadji Bakara of Wolf Parade.
rawr rawr rawr.
Irvin Castellanos said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals Chris Cornell
Guitar Tom Morello
Bass Orlando “Cachaito” López
Drums Ralph Malph from happy days
Wild card -GreenMAN from its always sunny dancing around
earle hager said on Oct 20th, 2009
drums – keith moon
guitar – jimi
vocals – janis
bass – paul mccartney
Chris Cudd said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals : Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
Guitar : Herman Li (DragonForce)
Bass : Les Claypool (Primus)
Drums : Pickles (DethKlok)
Synth : Olof Dreijer (The Knife)
Marty Mcandrews said on Oct 20th, 2009
Here we go:
Morrissey and Nico – Vocals
Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) – Guitar
Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order) – Bass
Martin Rev (Suicide) – Synth
Glenn Kotche (Wilco) – Drums
Toddc said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals: Screamin Jay Hawkins
Guitars: Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bass: Billy Sheehan
Drums: Buddy Rich
Tell me you wouldn’t kill to see that!
Diego said on Oct 20th, 2009
Bass – Tina Weymouth
Lead Guitar – Stephen Malkmus
Rhythm Guitar – Roky Erickson
Keyboards – Brian Eno
Drums – Steve Reid
Back up vocals – The Ronettes
Vocals – Lou Reed
Zack Teibloom said on Oct 20th, 2009
Introducing “The Dead 27’s” who all died tragically at the age of 27.
Lead singer/songwriter- Kurt Cobain
Back-up vocals: Janis Joplin
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Keys: Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan of The Grateful Dead
Drums: Pete de Freitas of Echo and the Bunnymen
Bass: Dave Alexander (The Stooges)
Hype man: Jim Morrison- he mostly just wanders around the stage, shirtless, thinking he’s a lizard.
Also, they take 27 hits of acid before every show.
Kevin said on Oct 20th, 2009
The ultimate supergroup for douches (excluding Chickenfoot and Nickelback):
Vocals: Steve Perry
Guitar: Herman Li of Dragonforce
Guitar: Steve Vai
Bass: Nikki Sixx
Drummer: Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater
I just shudder at the thought of this possibility, and it probably IS a possibility… gross.
Justin Dloski said on Oct 20th, 2009
Lead Vocals and guitar: Angel (from “Rock and Rule”)
Lead guitar: Buckethead (solo & “GNR”)
Drums: Animal (“The Muppets”)
Bass and vocals: Geddy Lee (Rush)
Keyboards: Trent Reznor (no vocals, just keys)
PLEASE MAKE A MENTAL VISION OF THAT GROUP IN YOUR HEAD…THIS BAND WOULD SLAY!!!
LP said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals: Freddie Mercury and Kate Pierson
Guitar: Mick Ronson and Ronald Jones (ex-Flaming Lips)
Bass: Tina Weymouth
Keys: Nicky Hopkins
Drums: Alex Van Halen
Ben said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals- Janis Joplin
Guitar – Jack White
Piano – Daniel Johnston
Bass – John Entwistle
Drums – Levon Helm
LP said on Oct 20th, 2009
Oh, and to clarify, the guitarists share duties of rhythm and lead, but Ronald is also on effects/crazy shit.
Candice Jameson said on Oct 20th, 2009
Vocals: Ernie K-Doe
Guitar: Jim O’Rourke
Bass: Peter Hook
Drums: Joey Castillo
Organ/Keyborads: Kate Pierson
Alli said on Oct 20th, 2009
Drums-Steven Adler
bass- duff mckagan
rhythm-izzy stradlin
lead- slash
vocals-axl rose
monica said on Oct 20th, 2009
Lead pipes- Freddy Mercury
Keyboard-Ray Charles
Bass- Les Claypool
Guitar-Prince
Drums-Jon Bonham
Ivan Chavez said on Oct 20th, 2009
John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals)
George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals)
Ringo Starr (drums, vocals)
Shakira (dancing)
’nuff said
tronovision said on Oct 20th, 2009
Drums- Chris Hrasky (explosions in the sky)
Guitar- Eric Johnson
Singer- Jason Lytle (grandaddy)
Bass- Les Claypool (Primus)
Beats- DJ Shadow
swann said on Oct 20th, 2009
Gary Numan, Bradford Cox, Greg Ginn (Black Flag-era), John Bonham, Thurston Moore.
Lizzbeth Tamburri said on Oct 20th, 2009
vocals- Roky Erickson
guitar- John Valentine Carruthers (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
guitar- Larissa Strickland (Laughing Hyenas)
bass- Mike Watt (Minutemen)
drums- Brendan Canty (Fugazi)
I wish this was an actual band…
Nick said on Oct 20th, 2009
For my supergroup I’d combine Jim and Tony from Sparta with Cedric, Omar & Paul from The Mars Volta.
I’m having trouble thinking of a name for the group.
vicki said on Oct 20th, 2009
Comes With Razors
-Tim Buckley: vocals
-Neko Case: vocals
-Warren Ellis (Dirty Three/Bad Seeds): violin
-Rennie Sparks (Handsome Family): bass & writing the lyrics
-Neil Halstead (Mojave Three): guitar
-John Convertino (Calexico): drums & percussion
Amanda Bailey said on Oct 20th, 2009
José Feliciano on guitar
Tony Iommi on lead guitar
Rick Allen (Def Leppard) on drums
Stevie Wonder on vocals
Ray Charles on keyboards/backup vocals
Itzhak Perlman on violin
Nick said on Oct 20th, 2009
Wayne Coyne & Gibby Haynes – Flaming Buttholes
Jon Samson & the mathematical symbol “>” – The Greaterthans.
Tunde Adebimpe fronting Wall of Voodoo – TV on the Mexican Radio
Britt Daniel and Björk – Spörk
Lauren R said on Oct 20th, 2009
Hrmm.. After some thought here is what I’ve come up with:
Chuck berry- guitar
Albert king- blues guitar
Mike Watt (of the minutemen)- bass
Booker t- piano/keys
Dennis thompson (of the MC5)- drums
…And vocals by a collaboration between Sam & Dave, Otis redding, Mick Collins (of the gories/dirtbombs) and Andre Williams.
Nick said on Oct 20th, 2009
John Davis – Vocals
Mac McCaughan – Guitar
Rob Coombes – Keyboard
Roger Hodgson – Everything else.
tim said on Oct 20th, 2009
Bass – Michael “Spider” Cotterman
Vocals – Jason Shevchuk
Drums – Dave Wagenschutz
Guitar – Dan Yemin
Mac Bloomtei said on Oct 21st, 2009
“The Undead” They’re alive. They shouldn’t be.
Iggy Pop- vocals ” the mad lad whose kamikaze drug use and ritualistic physical extremism onstage almost killed him before the mid-Seventies” -rolling stone on Iggy right before he turned 60
Keith Richards- guitar “Keith Richards can not be killed by conventional weapons.” Dude once claimed he snorted his dad’s ashes w/ cocaine. That would not have cracked the top 5 craziest things he’s snorted.
Phil Lesh bass- the acid. good lord. the acid.
Courtney Love-vocals/guitar “Are you there, are you there, are you fucking anywhere? Are you an angel now? Fuck you!” – Courtney Love lying in Kurts blood after his suicide””
Travis Barker- drums He survived a plane crash. And having to put up with those retards in Blink-182. Double bonus.
Andrew said on Oct 21st, 2009
Guitar/Vocals – Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At The Drive-in/Mars Volta)
Guitar/Vocals – Dave Grohl
can’t leave him out of a super group!
Bass (also back up vocals)- Paddy (Dillinger Four)
Keyboard – Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)
Drums – Julian Dorio (The Whigs)
c k said on Oct 21st, 2009
neil busch – bass
keith moon – drums
seth jabour – guitarz
dan bejar – vocals
YES.
Brian L said on Oct 21st, 2009
Vocals: Bill Callahan
Lead Guitar: Frank Zappa
Harpsichord: W.A. Mozart
Drums: Animal
feat. Ed Grimley on Triangle
byrone said on Oct 21st, 2009
drums- sam fogarino (interpol)
guitar- albert hammond, jr. (strokes)
bass- justin chancellor (tool)
vocals- hamilton leithauser (walkmen)
keyboard- leslie hardy (murder city devils)
Nick said on Oct 21st, 2009
Studio project masterminded by Phil Spector:
Vince Neil – Vocals
Keith Moon – Drums
Varg Vikernes – Keyboards/bass
too bad the name The Killers is already taken…
Michael Shenton said on Oct 21st, 2009
Vocals: Cee-lo(gnarls and Goodie mob),Chris richards(q and not u)
Guitar: Robby Kreiger
Bass: Geddy Lee
Keyboard: Isaiah “Ikey” Owens
Drums:HONUS HONUS
CRITTER CRAT
POW POW
CHANG WANG(from Man Man)
Nick said on Oct 21st, 2009
Did you guys hear about the supergroup doing the score for the new Roman Polanski film?
Gary Glitter: Vocals
Jerry Lee Lewis: Piano
Woody Allen: Clarinet
R. Kelly: Producer
Tripp said on Oct 21st, 2009
vocals: ol’ dirty bastard, nick cave and tom waits
piano/backup vocals: screamin jay (man man)
trumpet: charlie parker
guitar:leon redbone
strings: directed by jonny greenwood
drums: questlove
Sierra said on Oct 21st, 2009
Vocals: Louis Armstrong and Groucho Marx
Guitar: Elvis Costello
Piano: Frank “Sugar Chile” Robinson
Drums: Pow Pow from Man Man
Horns: The Shrines (King Khan and the…)
Harmonica: Bobby Dylan
Zack Teibloom said on Oct 21st, 2009
My all-gay band. It was harder than you’d think to come up with these gents. Incidentally, “Harder Than You’d Think” is the band’s name.
vox: Freddy Mercury (queen)
Keys: Elton John
vox/voice: Rob Halford (judas priest)
guitar: Bob Mould (husker du)
drums: Scott Plouf (built to spill)
Gerardo Cuellar said on Oct 22nd, 2009
bandname: Reverse Cowgirl
vocals: Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
guitar: Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
bass: Jeff Pezzati (Big Black, Naked Raygun)
drums: Topper Headon (The Clash)
synth: Cevin Key (Skinny Puppy)
backup singers: Pussycat Dolls
chadwick said on Oct 22nd, 2009
Drums- Chadwick Leger
guitar, vocals- Ryan Ray
guitar, vocal- Ram Vela
Bass- Andy Clark ( he’s a buddy of mine)
haha! so for reals.
Drums- Neal Peart
keys- Ben folds
Guitar- Pete Townshend
bass- Geddy Lee
vocals- kevin Barns, lady gaga
colson said on Oct 22nd, 2009
The Rock-afire Explosion:
(You won’t have to go to Showbiz Pizza to catch a show but the band will have to dress accordingly.)
Victor Wooten as Billy Bob Brockali
David Gilmore as Beach Bear
Thom Yorke as Rolfe DeWolfe & Earl Schmerle
Karen O as Mitzi Mozzerala
Levon Helm as Dook LaRue
Miles Davis as Looney Bird
Gregg Allman as Fatz Geronimo
Jonah said on Oct 22nd, 2009
Band Name: Smile Like a Cartoon
Vocals/Rhythm Guitar: Josie McCoy (Josie and the Pussycats)
Lead Guitar: Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Dethklok)
Bass Guitar: Monroe Yoder (The Beets)
Drums: Animal (Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem)
Keyboards: Veronica (The Archies)
Back-Up Vocals: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
Kim said on Oct 22nd, 2009
Of course it would be all Texas musicians!
Vocals: Britt Daniel (Spoon)
Guitar: Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard)
Bassist: Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)
Drums: Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
Standup Bass: Huck Johnson (Wayne Hancock)
Theremin: Yvonne Lambert (Octopus Project)
Songwriter: Townes Van Zandt
Showmanship: Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, Teresa Nervosa, Jeff Pinkus, and Kathleen Lynch (The Butthole Surfers)
Col. Sanders said on Oct 22nd, 2009
I automatically want to go LOUD as well.
But, Shrinebuilder is close to exactly what I want, but here goes…
Band-name: LEPER MESSIAHS
Vocals/Guitar: BILL CALLAHAN
Vocals/Guitar: WILL OLDHAM
Guitar: BEN CHASNY
Drums: THOR!
Wild Card***: JANDEK
opening band:
Will Johnson & Jason Molina’s new project.
Mike said on Oct 22nd, 2009
It all starts with rhythm:
Drums – Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band)
Bass – Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) &
Juan Nelson (Innocent Criminals)
Tables – Mix Master Mike
…ends with melody:
Vocals – Angela Deradoorian & Sam Cooke
Piano/Vocals – Alica Keys
Guitar/Vocals – Jeff Buckley
Guitar/Vocals – Bob Marley
Guitar – Jerry Garcia
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Horns – Grooveline Horns
ft. Trombone Shorty
and comes totgether with genius:
Songwriters – John Lenon, Bob Weir
Guru – The Dali Lama
Bryn Davies said on Oct 22nd, 2009
Inbred- everyone in this band played in a family band.
Michael Jackson- lead vocals (The Jackson 5)
John Lennon- Rhythm Guitar ((Plastic Ono Band)
Duane Allman- Guitar (Allman Brothers)
Chris Wood -bass (The Wood Brothers)
Ruth Underwood- percussion (Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention)
Scott ascheton- drums (The Stooges)
Brian wilson keys- (The Beach Boys)
Sarah said on Oct 23rd, 2009
Get ready to dance
vocals : Stevie Wonder
guitar: Chuck Berry
the rest: RATATAT
Guch said on Oct 23rd, 2009
Vocals – Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav)
Drums – Chris Powell (Need New Body)
Drums – Max Weinberg (E Street Band)
Bass – Jesse F Keeler (DFA 1979)
Bass – Les Claypool (Primus)
Guitar – King Buzzo (Melvins)
Guitar – Eddie Van Halen
Turntables – Invisbl Skratch Piklz
Pyle
Pete said on Oct 23rd, 2009
guitar- j mascis
vocals- Erika Wennerstrom
drums- Ginger Baker
Bass- Mike Watt
Keys- Leon Russell
alan schaefer said on Oct 23rd, 2009
lou reed (velvets era) : electric guitar
ornette coleman : plastic saxophone
brian eno : synthesizer
paul chambers (miles davis, coltrane alum,) : bass
zappi d (faust) : drums
actually, making supergroups with any musical associates of these figures would work as well, for example: mo tucker, drums, don cherry, trumpet etc…
rock on!
Chad said on Oct 23rd, 2009
The Almost Famous supergroup –
Drums – Pete Best (Beatles)
Bass – Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols)
Keyboard – Ian Stewart (Rolling Stones)
Guitarists – Dave Mustaine (Metallica); Tracii Guns (Gun n’Roses)
Vocals – Dave Evans (AC/DC)
Spiritual Adviser – Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
Adam said on Oct 23rd, 2009
Vocals: William Shatner
Guitar: Hasil Adkins
Bass: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Keyboard: Ludwig van Beethoven
Dual Drummers: Buddy Rich & Animal (The Muppets)
Trombone: Don Drummond (One of the original Skatalites, died in a mental institution in ‘69)
Flugelhorn: Chuck Mangione
Sitar: Ravi Shankar
Melodica: Augustus Pablo
Adam said on Oct 23rd, 2009
Forgot one from my last comment:
Ukulele: Tiny Tim
Dan Franke said on Oct 23rd, 2009
Drink Up Ian (DUI)
Vocals – Channing Lewis of Grand Champeen
Lead Guitar – Mick Jones of The Clash
Rhythm Guitar – Keith Richards
Keyboards – Terry Adams of NRBQ
Bass – Tommy Stinson (Replacements/Bash N Pop/Perfect/GnR)
Drums – Travis Nelson of Okkervil River
This band (comprised strictly of personal favorites) would probably be a mess, but they might be able to find some common ground in a Stones-y/Faces/roots-o-rock groove.
(Looks like I might have put this in the wrong comments, so I’m reposting it here. Since the other one says “Your comment is awaiting moderation,” you can decline that one.)
Laura said on Oct 23rd, 2009
A Little Bit Country, Alot of Rock n Roll
Vocals: Lucinda Williams and Jack White
Guitar: Willie Nelson and Slash
Drums: Dave Grohl
Bass: Kim Gordon
L. Hollyfeld said on Oct 23rd, 2009
“Spörk” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
chadwick said on Oct 24th, 2009
So i kind of would like this to happen as well.
Dave Grohl- Drums
Ben folds- keys
Jack White- Guitar
Dean DeLeo- Bass
Kevin Barnes- Vocals
And they all dress up like me.
pamela said on Oct 29th, 2009
Just for laughs….
Ol’ dirty bastard on vocals
Joni Mitchell on guitar
Cliff Burton on bass guitar
Animal (the muppet) on drums
and spoken word by Timothy Leary!
heehee.
Jonny B Goodrich said on Oct 29th, 2009
Four Generation Funk Band
James Brown – (60’s) Vocals. Sure, you may not know what he’s saying most of the time, but you know he’s FEELING it. And he makes the audience feel it. The Godfather.
Bootsy Collins (70’s) – Bass. Someone has to hold down the groove. How about the man that played with both James Brown and George Clinton (and gave T-Pain his fashion sense)? Oh hell’s yeah.
Prince – (80’s) Guitar/Vocals. Gotta give Prince some love for his guitar chops; the man could play anything. And he’s the funkiest Minnesotan ever (with apologies to Al Franken). Plus, he could throw in some wicked vocals into the mix (hello falsetto!).
Dr. Dre – (90’s) Beats/Production. This might seem like an odd choice, but this is the 21st century. The man does beats like no other. On the Chronic, he leaned heavily on the work of Parliament-Funkadelic to invent “G-Funk.” 2001 showed his originality and crazed perfectionism. The man’s work is impeccable. I daresay he could be the glue to hold this supergroup together.
Sure, I could start throwing in other random rock idols (*cough* “everyone else” *cough*), but I think the mix of these four would be awesome. Any more would just be overkill.
ebo said on Oct 29th, 2009
Birds of War
Bass & Beats: Murph (STS9)
Drum Master: Bonzo (Zeppelin)
Guitar Hero: Carlos Santana
Vocals: Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) & Regina Spektor
Keys: Page McConnell (Phish)
Funk & Dance: The Meters