Who are some members of otherwise great bands that are not quite up to par with everyone else?
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:22 pm
by Farmer John
I'm going to be nice and not say Boom.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:26 pm
by Chris_H_2
ed o'brien - radiohead
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:28 pm
by Jorge
Chris_H_2 wrote:ed o'brien - radiohead
For Radiohead I thought it was widely agreed to be their drummer, whatever his name is
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
Anthony kiedis
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:29 pm
by VinylGuy
well the classic one ....Ringo.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:29 pm
by VinylGuy
Jorge wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:ed o'brien - radiohead
For Radiohead I thought it was widely agreed to be their drummer, whatever his name is
Phil Selway.
Not sure, the guy writes a lot of music.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:30 pm
by BurtReynolds
Outside of lead singers, I wouldn't be able to tell you.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:32 pm
by Tj
Anthony Kiedas
Jim Morrison
Perry Ferrell
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:34 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:35 pm
by warehouse
my first thought was meg white. but she's half of the white stripes. her parts are easy enough, but i'm not sure how to measure chemistry.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:40 pm
by liebzz
It’s hard to quantify really because someone who may not be an instrumental powerhouse might be the creative force. Dave Matthews comes to mind. He’s got great guys all around him, plays a good enough rhythm and vocals match the music but it’s sort of Kermit-like. He’s the weakest link in terms of pure musicianship, but obviously a centerpiece creatively.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:53 pm
by Tj
liebzz wrote:It’s hard to quantify really because someone who may not be an instrumental powerhouse might be the creative force. Dave Matthews comes to mind. He’s got great guys all around him, plays a good enough rhythm and vocals match the music but it’s sort of Kermit-like. He’s the weakest link in terms of pure musicianship, but obviously a centerpiece creatively.
I thought of Dave, but asked my self what would the band be without him. I arrived at a much different answer than my front men.. I mean anyone almost improves The Peppers or Jane for me.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:54 pm
by BurtReynolds
Marshall Tucker
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:55 pm
by spike
The members of CCR that weren’t John Fogerty.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:56 pm
by spike
Syd Barrett
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:57 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 2:59 pm
by Jorge
liebzz wrote:It’s hard to quantify really because someone who may not be an instrumental powerhouse might be the creative force. Dave Matthews comes to mind. He’s got great guys all around him, plays a good enough rhythm and vocals match the music but it’s sort of Kermit-like. He’s the weakest link in terms of pure musicianship, but obviously a centerpiece creatively.
Yeah like most of my OB threads this is more a kicking off point for talking about music than any type of academic analysis
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 3:03 pm
by VinylGuy
Farrell sure gave Janes attention. He was super weird and also had a very personal voice.
Re: Weakest link in great bands
Posted: Thu January 26, 2023 3:14 pm
by spike
Farmer John wrote:I'm going to be nice and not say Boom.
Outside of Boom, who’s the current weakest link? Matt or Stone?