If you could pick one band to get back together?

[Lathum]

Who would it be. I am talking in terms of bands that have broken up like Van Halen, Soundgarden, etc... Not bands like the beatles that kind of ran their course.


For me it would be Rage against the Machine

[Fidatelo]

How exactly can you claim that The Beatles ran their course but not Van Halen???

[RomaGoth]

New Kids on the Block

[Dr. Sak]

New Kids on the Block

Your wish already came true!

[RomaGoth]

Dola

Van Halen if Sammy Hagar is vocals. David Lee Roth has definitely run his course. ;)

[Lathum]

How exactly can you claim that The Beatles ran their course but not Van Halen???

easy, it's my thread.

but to answer your question, the spirit of it is more geared towards bands that split up before their time.

[st.cronin]

My Bloody Valentine

[JediKooter]

Not sure how you can say the Beatles ran their course. They actually broke up prematurely in my opinion. Had it not been for the constant in fighting and interference by certain band members wives, The Beatles would have been together well into the 70s. I say that because, many of the Beatles solo albums were basically Beatles albums with one member missing (usually McCartney), being replaced by Eric Clapton and others.

My vote is for The Beatles.

Edit: Regardless if it's your thread or not ;)

[RomaGoth]

Your wish already came true!

I changed my mind. Instead I would rather see Kid N' Play get back together.

[Pyser]

beatles is obvious

but realistically, ben folds five.

[Dr. Sak]

Fucking Yoko Ono!

[DaddyTorgo]

can an untimely death be the reason?

[Sun Tzu]

Pink. Floyd.

[Toddzilla]

The Clash

[King of New York]

Soul Coughing, Brian Jonestown Massacre

I would agree with My Bloody Valentine, except that Kevin Shields' solo-stuff--what little there is of it--sounds a lot like MBV.

Let's face it--whenever bands reunite, listeners usually wind up wishing that they hadn't. (Echo and the Bunnymen, I am looking at you.) At least The Pixies had the good sense not to write any new music, just to play the old stuff.

[Pyser]

Brian Jonestown Massacre


they are still around. unless you miss one of their 10-thousand specific lineup changes...

[miked]

Pink. Floyd.

+1

Though my wife tells me we are probably better off listening to Floyd the way they were than listening to a bunch of 60 year olds trying to sing trippy songs.

[st.cronin]

I would agree with My Bloody Valentine, except that Kevin Shields' solo-stuff--what little there is of it--sounds a lot like MBV.

I didn't actually know that his solo stuff was available. I remember hearing that his demos were really awful and would probably never be released.

[clintl]

Confining myself to bands that actually could get back together because their members are still alive, one of these three...

XTC
Talking Heads
The Dream Syndicate (original lineup)

[Swaggs]

The end result would probably be a letdown, but GNR would be my choice.

[MrBug708]

Blink-182, but I would put them back in their early 20's

[DaddyTorgo]

If I could resurrect someone:

Queen

[Draft Dodger]

Van Halen would be my choice for bands who should just stop (and I am a huge fan). I don't want to see Floyd (or Zeppelin) together again for the same reason - I'd prefer not to have my memories tarnished, thank you very much.

Rage would be my choice as well.

[Arles]

INXS if I could resurrect the dead and get a mid-20s Michael Hutchence.

[Warhammer]

If I could resurrect someone:

Queen

Buy this man a beer!

[DaddyTorgo]

Buy this man a beer!

:D

[Caratacus]

If resurrecting the dead is ok it would be The Ramones, just to see them play live again.

If not, Nightwish with Tarja back on vocal duty.

[Young Drachma]

Sleater-Kinney.

[Passacaglia]

Velocity Girl

[Lathum]

The reason why I basicly said no beatles is because they were an obvious choice, they had like 300 songs already and I just don't like them

[Kodos]

Yay! I don't like the Beatles either!

I'd go with Sammy Van Halen. Or Queen if we could resurrect people.

[spleen1015]

Creed

I <3 Scott Stapp!

[lurker]

Gotta be The Smiths.

Come on, how many other bands inspired a whole novel (http://www.amazon.com/How-Soon-Never-Marc-Spitz/dp/0609810405/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213383617&sr=8-1) based on some dude obsessed with reuniting them?

[thesloppy]

All of my favorite played-out bands!

husker du
minor threat
chavez
pavement
minutemen
flying burrito brothers (or graham parsons era byrds)
archers of loaf
braid
love

most of those bands were still making good tunes when they split/died.

[rowech]

1. The Beatles -- sorry...there was much more there.

2. If you don't allow them, I'm going to say The Doors. As big as they are, I think they could have been huge.

3. Guns and Roses....I'm not sure they wouldn't be the greatest of all time by the time it was said and done.

[Joe]

WHAM!

[PLD3009]

Pink Floyd

[Warhammer]

Journey

[Cringer]

I have always wanted to see another Operation Ivy album.

[Warhammer]

Another I would like to see with a caveat is Styx, provided they went back to their roots rather than DeYoung's move to pop oriented music.

[sabotai]

Alice In Chains (if I can ressurect someone)

System Of A Down

[DaddyTorgo]

Alice In Chains (if I can ressurect someone)

System Of A Down

strangely enough, Alice in Chains was my 2nd choice for resurrections. They're just...haunting.

[korme]

Lathum, I found a reason to like you again. (;)) You should have started this topic and closed the thread without any replies, since you won.

[King of New York]

Sleater-Kinney.

+1

Husker Du is also a good call. So is The Smiths--talk about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts!

I'm glad to know that BJM is still around--I must've mistaken one of their line-up changes for the final implosion.

[AENeuman]

My Bloody Valentine

They are. got tickets for their san fran show in September.

FYIW, Smiths and Talking Heads would be great to see.

[Passacaglia]

They are. got tickets for their san fran show in September.

FYIW, Smiths and Talking Heads would be great to see.

I thought about the Talking Heads, but I like all of them more on their own, personally.

[path12]

+1

Though my wife tells me we are probably better off listening to Floyd the way they were than listening to a bunch of 60 year olds trying to sing trippy songs.

Your wife is a wise woman. Angst doesn't wear as well when you can get a senior discount.

[Fonzie]

Journey

If we could resurrect Steve Perry's voice (which died in the mid 80s) I'd definitely agree.

And if we can resurrect entire people then I'd have to vote for the Beatles.

[Mustang]

For me, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Talking Heads and, of course, Devo. :D

If we could raise dead people, I'd say the Beatles and Joy Division.

[path12]

Dola, my pick would have been Camper Van Beethoven, but they got back together last year.

[path12]

Shit. I've got bad dola timing lately.

[CraigSca]

Stone Roses

[Fidatelo]

I think I would have to say Beatles, but since Lathum won't allow it, I'll go with Guns N Roses.

If I could revive a dead person I'd go with Nirvana.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Well, I was going to say Sevendust, but Clint Lowery rejoined the band a couple of months ago, so they have gotten back together with their entire original roster.

So, uh, I guess I'm gonna go with Wham.

[jeheinz72]

Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men

Seriously, how cool would this be? Some guy with a bow arrow who just goes around jacking people for $20s and hands them to homeless folks.

[korme]

Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men

Seriously, how cool would this be? Some guy with a bow arrow who just goes around jacking people for $20s and hands them to homeless folks.

I rescind my earlier comments, jeheinz wins the thread

[Greyroofoo]

Pink Floyd definitely, David Gilmour can still sing and play, though Waters has lost some of his voice. At least they played together in 2005.

[mckerney]

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[johnnyshaka]

GNR

[GreenMonster]

Guns and Roses

I can't imagine how much money they could make if they reformed, it would be huge.

[Sun Tzu]

oh...good call on AiC. I saw Sammy Van Halen about 3-4 years ago when they were touring. Great show...

[Sun Tzu]

dola...

Just the thought of what a new 8 song studio album by Pink Floyd would sound like (waters, gilmour, mason, and wright)...almost brings chills.

[JeeberD]

For me it would be Rage against the Machine

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[DeToxRox]

RATM is back.

[DeToxRox]

DOLA

Rockstar: Supernova

[Raiders Army]

That band that did the one song to benefit AIDS...I think the song was something like "We Are The Earth" or something like that.

[Scarecrow]

If we could resurrect Steve Perry's voice (which died in the mid 80s) I'd definitely agree.

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[MizzouRah]

Off the top of my head... GNR

[cuervo72]

The Glenn Miller Orchestra.


(edit: ok, *technically* I suppose an incarnation of this is still going, but obviously w/o Glenn Miller.)

[Ksyrup]

Who would it be. I am talking in terms of bands that have broken up like Van Halen, Soundgarden, etc... Not bands like the beatles that kind of ran their course.


For me it would be Rage against the Machine

Are we talking reuniting to play live, or reuniting to write new music, or what? Because if we're talking the latter, I find it hilarious that you would slag on the Beatles for "running their course" when RATM had pretty much exhausted every variation on the limited theme they had by the time they called it quits.

Same deal with one of my favorite bands - Kyuss. And I loved Kyuss - but seriously, they pretty much ran out of new ways to write the same songs after 4 albums or so, and that was it.

Anyway, I'm going with "band I'd want to see reunited to write new music" and pick (what surprise!) Jellyfish.

[thealmighty]

What with the whole rez thing... Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[CU Tiger]

If I can resurrect the dead and such Id love to see what Skynyrd would have done past album 4....and how good Steve Gaines could have been.

Other than that, I mean GNR is why the thread was started, right?

[kcchief19]

It was cool in the late '80s when both Peter Cetera and Chicago were churning out good material apart, but we would have all been better served if they had gotten back together in 1995. Unlike The Eagles, The Police, Genesis and other bands that seemed to have been able to put aside their
differences in exchange for big paychecks, Cetera and Chicago seemed destined to allow each other to burn in hell before reuniting.

I also wouldn't have mind seeing Peter Wolf and The J. Geils Band get back together. Coincidentally, Wolf produced Chicago's Stone of Sissyphus album in the mid-90s that will be released for the first time next week. Guess we'll see if it was really any good or not.

Journey an Styx are another couple of bands from my younger days that would be nice to see together.

And if we're resurrecting the dead, I'll go with The Beatles and The Doors.

[cthomer5000]

Who would it be. I am talking in terms of bands that have broken up like Van Halen, Soundgarden, etc... Not bands like the beatles that kind of ran their course.

Huh?

How is Van Halen an OK response, but the Beatles - whose entire career took place in the span of just SIX YEARS - "ran their course?"

[Lathum]

Huh?

How is Van Halen an OK response, but the Beatles - whose entire career took place in the span of just SIX YEARS - "ran their course?"

because the beattles produced HUNDREDS of songs.

I though I was clear about the spirit of the excersise yet 73 post later you feel the need to comment.

Basicly the beattles suck. I respect them for what they did for music, much like Nirvana, who also sucks BTW, but I find the beattles to be extemly sub-par muscians and their songs are just down right annoying.

[cthomer5000]

Basicly the beattles suck.

Got it. This clearly isn't the thread for me.

[Lathum]

Got it. This clearly isn't the thread for me.

Good, I didn't want this thread to turn into an argument about how I think the Beattles are the most over rated band in history ( talent wise)

[Easy Mac]

Hands down, if I can reanimate people, The Allman Brothers Band. Not even a competition... they're like if Skynyrd were talented

[Ksyrup]

Sure, Ringo can't drum and John and Paul are pedestrian guitarists/bassists. Got it. Their songs are flipping incredible - and I usually discount the first 3 or 4 albums, too (up until Rubber Soul).

[st.cronin]

Actually I think Ringo was a terrific drummer.

[Groundhog]

But dude, none of the Beatles ever played any mad solos!!!!

[Groundhog]

but realistically, ben folds five.


Great choice.

[Karlifornia]

AT
THE
DRIVE-IN

[Sgran]

Basicly the beattles suck. I respect them for what they did for music, much like Nirvana, who also sucks BTW, but I find the beattles to be extemly sub-par muscians and their songs are just down right annoying.


no, you suck.

[DeToxRox]

Faith No More for real though. Angel Dust is one of the best CD's ever.

[Ryche]

Faith No More for real though. Angel Dust is one of the best CD's ever.

That was going to be my vote as well.

Nightwish with Tarja singing again too.

Veruca Salt for an odder choice.

[Groundhog]

In a similar vein to Faith No More; Mr. Bungle.

Their final album was pretty awesome as I think they finally got the right mix of "strange" and "music".

[Lathum]

no, you suck.

uncalled for

[kcchief19]

Good, I didn't want this thread to turn into an argument about how I think the Beattles are the most over rated band in history ( talent wise)
Don't worry. It won't turn into an argument. You're simply wrong. :)

[Sgran]

uncalled for

Agreed. Sorry. I was reading the whole post and preparing a reply when I reached your heretical comment about the Beatles and Nirvana. It was a disappointing comment because I also like RATM and I was internally debating whether I would vote for the them or Sleater Kinney.
For the record, I would go with Sleater Kinney because I'm not sure RATM could recreate the magic, and all we'd get would be a Michael-Jordan-on-the-Wizards effort, since they'd plateaued with Battle of LA, whereas I think S-K was still ascending with the Woods.

[CU Tiger]

Hands down, if I can reanimate people, The Allman Brothers Band. Not even a competition... they're like if Skynyrd were talented

But didnt they "run their course", or are you specifically referring to with Duane?
Interestingly enough, while many (myself included) prefer the earliest stuff, they had little to no success with Duane fronting.


BTW, other than the "Southern Rock" label ABB has nothing in common with Skynyrd. ABB was a delta blues, hillbilly rock influenced collaboration. Skynyrd was more of a pure rock, disestablishment influenced product of the South.

[Zelig]

Virgos Merlot

[BYU 14]

If I could resurrect someone:

Queen

Big second to that, Freddy was one of a kind.

GnR has to be on my list too.

[korme]

AT
THE
DRIVE-IN

Nice choice... Sparta had like 1 good song.

[SplitPersonality1]

Siouxsie & the Banshees - early to mid 80's
Romeo Void

[Grammaticus]

AIC with a ressurection and GnR without.

I too stay away from the great classic bands. Would love to see the Doors and Led Zeppelin but not as old guys jamming. If it was a time warp to their time, I would definately go see the mighty Zeppelin!

[Schmidty]

I'm very predictable:

Pavement.