Create Alternate Bands

[Emperor Norton I]

A bit of a take off on Famous People in Alternate histories threads, but if you involve space bats or stupidity, I will bite you. I want legitimate attempts.

So the deal is to make up alternate history bands, and write biographies about them. So say, for example, Pete Best staying with the Beatles, or Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix forming a super group.

[RandomIdeaGuy]

I'd be interested in a TL where the original conception of Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Paige, Jeff Beck, and the rhythm section of the Who) formed a supergroup.

And of course, there's also the TL in my sig where George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Paige, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham form a band. That would have sounded so epic. Which, with that TL, I think I set up the band wrongly. After listening to Guitar Boogie (Paige, Beck, and Clapton's OTL collab album), I think such a band would have Paige and Harrison trading off bass rather than having an independent bass player come in. Though, I could see JPJ being brought in for piano work occasionally, perhaps playing a role similar to Dean Fertita's in the Raconteurs.

[Grey Wolf]

Marillion and The Icicle Works broke up at roughly the same time, as in their original singers/bands split. Obviously Marillion continued without Fish, but McNabb's attempts to continue without his band were pretty dire (he tried using the guitarist from Sigue Sigue Sputnik).

How about McNabb joins Marillion, and Fish teams up with The La's?

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Grey Wolf

[neamathla]

It is an old chestnut, but Stephen Stills instead of Peter York in the Monkees.

[BlairWitch749]

Get Kurt Cobain into Greenday

[The Vet]

Didnt Brian Jones and john Lennon paln on doing some stuff together? And didnt Jimi Hendrix have a jam with Jim Morrison?

[Lemon flavoured]

Inspired by him playing on the radio this morning, how about giving Richard Madely a music career lol?

[stateless_englishman]

Because everyone in the London punk scene was in bands with everyone else at some point it's very easy to make a number of punk supergroups/alt-groups. How about 'The Gravediggers' featuring former gravediggers Dave Vanian and Joe Strummer, Tony James on bass, and Terry Chimes on drums. Okay, so more an alternative Clash, but still...

[EAF602Whizz]

I can see Donovan being a central figure in a band rather than a solo artist. Later on he got pretty friendly with George Harrison. I think that would be a good start.

[Know Nothing]

Butterfly away Andrew Wood's death at the age of 24, and that could drastically change the grunge explosion and several Seattle bands.

Even better is that MLB's debut album Apple was getting critical interest and a successful release may cause the mainstream success that grunge got in OTL December 1991 (Nevermind) to happen 12-18 months sooner.

And it's possible that Vedder could then end up with a rump Pearl Jam with McCready and one of the various drummers that they used. I could envision them being connected to Dave Navarro and Eric Avery of Jane's Addiction when they break up.

So this Pearl Jam/Jane's Addiction supergroup is a little later to the party and releases Ten in mid-1992, after Mother Love Bone and Nirvana have gotten huge mainstream exposure. With Soundgarden and Alice In Chains still getting big exposure by 1993 as well. While Stone Temple Pilots can make it big by copying Nirvana instead of Pearl Jam in TTL.

[RandomIdeaGuy]

I do really think at least one of the Beatles should've been in another big band after the Beatles. They certainly had good material to offer, they just didn't have an equal counterpart to synthesize their ideas with, making it a bit lackluster. I would certainly love to see George Harrison make it big in a non-Beatles band, it would certainly show McCartney and Lennon that they were wrong for ignoring him.

[Glass Onion]

Originally Posted by randomideaguy

I do really think at least one of the Beatles should've been in another big band after the Beatles. They certainly had good material to offer, they just didn't have an equal counterpart to synthesize their ideas with, making it a bit lackluster. I would certainly love to see George Harrison make it big in a non-Beatles band, it would certainly show McCartney and Lennon that they were wrong for ignoring him.

Well technically, there was Wings.

[RandomIdeaGuy]

Originally Posted by Glass Onion

Well technically, there was Wings.

If I have to use the Genocide to know what you're talking about, it doesn't count. Besides the fact that the Wings was basically Paul McCartney's solo project with his wife.

[Emperor Norton I]

Originally Posted by randomideaguy

I do really think at least one of the Beatles should've been in another big band after the Beatles. They certainly had good material to offer, they just didn't have an equal counterpart to synthesize their ideas with, making it a bit lackluster. I would certainly love to see George Harrison make it big in a non-Beatles band, it would certainly show McCartney and Lennon that they were wrong for ignoring him.

Prepare for epicness!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Mac

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w...er-blues_music

[RandomIdeaGuy]

Originally Posted by Emperor Norton I

Prepare for epicness!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Mac

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w...er-blues_music

[The Third Man]

Originally Posted by randomideaguy

I do really think at least one of the Beatles

Live and Let Die... Wings....


ASB, but Lennon joins Queen! What a vocal combo!

[EAF602Whizz]

Paul Kossof's currently fronting Queen isn't he? I couldn't have made that up for this board.

[EAF602Whizz]

Doh! I meant Paul Rodgers.

[flippikat]

Originally Posted by stateless_englishman

Because everyone in the London punk scene was in bands with everyone else at some point it's very easy to make a number of punk supergroups/alt-groups. How about 'The Gravediggers' featuring former gravediggers Dave Vanian and Joe Strummer, Tony James on bass, and Terry Chimes on drums. Okay, so more an alternative Clash, but still...

I dunno if Vanian would get into the political stuff too heavily.. but that could be a good thing for Strummer - stop him from painting himself into a corner if/when success came.

[flippikat]

The exit of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd offers up some opportunities...

Remember in our timeline they recruited Syd's childhood friend David Gilmour originally as an additional 5th member - not to replace Syd, but to assist in live shows.

having Syd and David playing together live didn't work, so plan B was hatched- have David play live, but keep Syd in the band, at home writing songs (ala Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys).

That didn't work either so they just dumped Syd and kept David.

But what if they chose differently??

* I've read that Jeff Beck was considered, but they never summoned the courage to ask him - would have been an interesting move if he'd accepted.. But I can't see him saying yes to a band that was in such disarray, just as he was building his own group.
I could see a Beck Floyd being more hard rocking but not sure who would sing.. Maybe a more instrumental band?

* Kevin Ayers would have been a better fit.. sure he's better known as a bass player than a guitarist, but he was just about gone from the Soft Machine, and his songwriting style was very similar to Syd. if you put tracks from his early solo albums alongside the stuff that Rick Wright & Roger Waters were writing c 1968-71, you get some VERY pleasant albums
This Floyd would stick to psychedelic pop for longer. Sure eventually they might experiment with longer forms like atom heart mother, but with 3 songwriters in the band, there'd be less pressure to jam to fill a concert.


* My last option is kinda left-field - David Bowie: pre 'Space Oddity'.. Bonus if he bonds with Syd & manages to get him off drugs and into a songwriting partnership.

If Kevin Ayers or David Bowie end up in Pink Floyd, I can see Roger Waters getting frustrated with the direction of the band, and wanting to take more charge.. Maybe going solo or starting his own band circa 1972, and debuting with a concept album called 'Eclipse'?