Rank the members of your favorite bands
 

There's some bands we know inside and out, so this is a thread about those bands and their members. Rank the members based on how much you appreciate their technical ability/how charming they are/how important you feel they are to the band, whatever.

The Clash
Strummer>Jones>Simonon>Headon

Mastodon
Brann Dailor>Bill Kelliher>Troy Sanders>Brent Hinds

Alexisonfire
George Pettit>Chris Steele>Wade MacNeil>Dallas Green>Jordan Hastings

Green Day
Billie Joe>Mike>Tre

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ben Weinman=Greg Puciato>Liam Wilson>Jeff Tuttle>Billy Rymer

Marillion - EQUAL members being Steve, Pete, Ian, Mark and H.

Sonic Youth
Kim > Thurston > Lee > Mark > Steve

Pixies
Kim > Frank > Joey > David

Dinosaur Jr.
J > Lou > Murph

Good thread.


The Clash
Strummer(:bowdown:)>Simonon>Headon>Jones>Chimes*

*Excluding Cut The Crap members because they suck

Husker Du
Greg Norton>Bob Mould>Grant Hart

BATTLES
Ian Williams> Tyondai > John = Dave

Boards Of Canada
Michael Sandison > Marcus Eoin

Extra Life:
Charlie Looker > that geeky guy on violin > that drummer dude who always wears Mayhem t-shirts> That Guy on bass > that other guy who does.... something.

EDIT: oh, that other guy is the keyboardist who sometimes plays saxophone.

N'SYNC
JC>Justin>Lance>Joey>Chris

:3

Very cool idea for a thread!

Phish:
Trey > Page > Mike > Fish

Queen:
Freddie > Brian > Roger > John

Oysterhead:
Les > Trey > Stewart

The Beatles:
George > John > Ringo > Paul

The Who:
Entwistle > Moon > Daltrey > Townsend

There aren't too many bands for which I'm capable of rating the members. But here is one.

Download
Dwayne R. Goettel (deceased) > Mark Spybey (not a full time member) > cEvin Key > Phil Western

i had no idea that Goettel was in Download!

i always thought Download was post "The Process"....interesting :)

I'd do The Fall but I have to be at work in 14 hours

The group was formed by Dwayne and cEvin in 94, and included the other two guys as original members. I believe it was Dwayne's idea to form this group, as a more techno-oriented project ("destroyed techno", as he put it). He wrote and performed on the first 3 albums (Furnace, Charlie's Family, and The Eyes of Stanley Pain) and associated EPs.

Coldplay
Chris>Jonny>Guy>Will

now you got me started :)

Sonic Youth
Lee>Kim>Thurston>Steve>Mark

The Who
Townsend>Moon>Entwistle>Daltrey

Who?

Entwistle(:bowdown:)>Moon>Townsend>Daltrey

Fish>>> the rest of them.

Pink Floyd:
Syd Barrett>David Gilmour>Roger Waters>Rick Wright>Nick Mason

Motorhead:
Lemmy.

Slayer
Lombardo > Hanneman & King > Bostaph > Araya

Bauhaus
Daniel Ash > Kevin Haskins > Peter Murphy > David J

Killing Joke
Jaz > Geordie > Grohl > Atkins > Ferguson > Youth > Raven > everyone else

Faith No More
Mike Patton > Jim Martin > Roddy Bottum > Billy Gould > Trey Spruance > Mike Bordin > Jon Hudson > Chuck Mosley

(this last one is funny for me because Trey Spruance is probably one of my favorite guitarists ever but I just don't feel that his contributions to FNM were that amazing)

Grohl above Youth? Youth was a founding member and produced the last album and introduced the band to many new recording techniques. Grohl was essentially a session musician and whilst his contributions over the last few years has been exemplary the band has needed Youth back in the fold for sure.

Interesting take on Lombardo for Slayer. His drum sound has become integral to Slayer over the years but I would actually attribute that to Rick Rubin who made that band.

In those terms I probably would rank Youth higher. I do definitely admire him quite a bit as a producer. But when I was doing those rankings I was thinking more in terms of which components I enjoy the most in a given KJ song, not so much writing or production duties. I honestly like all the members I listed a hell of a lot so it was hard to rank them at all, but I put Grohl where I put him because his drumming on the one album he was on is so mind-blowingly good to me that I feel he deserves special mention even though he was just filling the seat. The funny thing is I really never even gave Grohl much notice as a drummer until I heard that album.

I don't know man, he's a fantastic drummer even when Rick Rubin isn't involved.

Hell Awaits, Slayer's vastly underrated masterpiece, came out before Rick Rubin came along. Controversially, I honestly think it's a much stronger album than both Reign in Blood, and Seasons in the Abyss. In the sense it feels truly psychotic, unpredictable, and entirely lacking formula.

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Magma:

Christian Vander > Klauz Blazquiz(vastly underrated lead singer, imo) > Jannick Top > Stella Vander > All the people in the band I don't know the name of

Deep Purple:

Richie Blackmore > Ian Gilllian > Jon Lord > Ian Paice > Rod Evans > Anobody else who has been in rotation for the thousands of other ****ty rotations of

Metallica:

Dave Mustaine > Cliff Burton > James Hetfield > Kirk Hamitt > Lars Ulrich > Jason Newstead > Robert Trujillo > Ron McGovney(...who?)

Mr.Bungle:

Trey Spruance > Mike Patton > Trevor Dunn > Danny Heifetz > Clinton "Bär" McKinnon (Albeit all truly amazing, especially the first three mentioned)

Led Zeppelin:

Jimmy Page > John Bonham > Robert Plant > John Paul Jones

The Beatles:

John > George >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ringo

Naked City (This one may be difficult... So tempted to cheat and use = for the first 3 but won't):

John Zorn > Eye > Fred Frith > Joey Baron > Bill Frisell > Wayne Horvitz

It's funny, this thread makes me realize that for some reason the vast majority of music I listen to are from solo artists that only having backing bands or whatnot.

But anyways... and these rankings have more to do with the musician's general personality/aura if you know what I mean, not just their skill as a musician, which now that I think about is a really dumb way to rate musicians but fuck it, I'm already done.


The Beatles: George > John > Ringo > Paul

The Velvet Underground (and friends): John Cale > Nico > Sterling Morrison > Maureen Tucker > Doug Yule > Lou Reed

The Smiths: Johnny Marr > Morrissey > Andy Rourke > Mike Joyce

Lou Reed always seemed like a total **** to me, hence the low standing.

Machine Head
Phil Demmel > Robb Flynn > Dave McClain > Adam Duce

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Flea > Slovak > Frusciante > Martinez > Smith > Irons > Navarro > Kiedis > Sherman

(Whew, I'm winded. Flea first, duh. At least Kiedis is ahead of Sherman!)

Primus
Claypool > Ler > Lane > Brain

(Can their be anybody else first?)

Dinosaur Jr.
Mascis > Murph > Barlow

(Trios generally have an obvious choice)

The Black Keys
Dan > Pat

(For LULZ)

I'm proud of you man. :)

I'm touched. :D

As much as I love Frusciante's early output with the Peppers, I blame him for the direction they later took and have tremendous respect for Slovak's guitar work (which Frusciante pretty much copied early on)...

Depeche Mode
David Gahan > Martin Gore > Alan Wilder > Vince Clarke > Andrew Fletcher

Devo (current line up)
Mark Mothersbaugh > Gerald Casale > Bob Mothersbaugh > Bob Casale > Josh Freeze

Throbbing Gristle
Peter > Cosey > Genesis > Chris

The Beatles

George Harrison > John Lennon > Paul McCartney > Ringo Starr

The Doors

Jim Morrison > John Densmore > Ray Manzarek > Robbie Krieger

Metallica

Cliff Burton > Kirk Hammett > Dave Mustaine > Lars Ulrich > James Hetfield > Jason Newstead > Robert Trujillo

Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett > David Gilmour > Richard Wright > Roger Waters > Nick Mason

Mine would be the same, cept Gilmour and Barret would switch places.

I think mine would be:

Roger Waters > Richard Wright > Syd Barrett > David Gilmour > Nick Mason

Muse
Chris Wolstenholme >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matt Bellamy > Dominic Howard

Radiohead
Thom Yorke> Johnny Greenwood > Ed O'Brien > Phil Selway > Colin Greenwood

EDIT: Somehow I ****ed the positions up of Radiohead's guitarists.

Wait... WHAT!?

Matt Bellamy (who IS Muse, just FYI)>Dom>Chris

Anyways,
Velvet Revolver
Slash>Scott Weiland>Duff McKagan> Matt Sorum> Dave Kushner

(and, on that note)
Guns 'N Roses - original lineup
Slash>Axl=Izzy>Duff>Steven

Lmao who cares about that skinny wanker?

But really, Chris is my favorite. Obviously not by that huge amount, but still my favorite.

Phish:
Trey > Mike > Fish > Page

The Grateful Dead:
Pigpen > Lesh > Jerry > Bobby > Bill >>> all later members.

Queen:
Freddie > Brian > Roger > John

System of a Down:
Serj > John > Daron > Shavo

The Beatles:
George > John >>>>>>>>>> Ringo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul.

Hmm...

Tegan and Sara:
Sara > Tegan

The Hold Steady (original):
Craig > Franz >Tad > Bobby >Galen

Ghost Mice:
Chris > Hannah

The National:
Matt > Bryce > Aaron >Bryan > Scott

Ramones

Johnny > Joey > Dee Dee > Tommy

Beatles

Ringo > George > Paul > John

Metallica (past and current)

Ron McGovney > Mustaine > Burton > Newstead > Trujillo > Hetfield > Ulrich

Rolling Stones (past and current)

Brian Jones > Mick Taylor > Bill Wyman > Doug Wimbish > Ron Wood > Mick Jagger > Charlie Watts > Keef

Sonic Youth

Thurston Moore > Lee Ranaldo > Kim Gordon > whatsisname drummer

The Who (past and current)

John Entwhistle > Moon > Kenney Jones > Townshend > Zak Starkey > Pino Palladino > Daltrey

Why does everyone love Brian Jones? He was a bit of a pratt tbh.

^^ we all love a guy who dressed in a Nazi uniform for fun

Keef is the best and I hate you for putting him last. He makes the band.

^^ he's just playing the same three chords on a G-tuned guitar over and over again