Andrew Eldritch is the Mike Love of the Sisters of Mercy
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
what would be the Supergroup of all Mike Loves?
Mike Love - lead vocalsRobbie Robertson - lead guitar, vocalsJohnny Ramone - rhythm guitarGinger Baker - drums
are there no hated bass players?
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Crosby could play bass actually
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
Gotta be McCartney, right? Not a perfect fit given creative input, but tbh Johnny Ramine seems pretty creatively crucial to the ramones.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Paul McCartney - bass
xpost!
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
Definitely the dickies taskmaster of the Beatles, seems more business-minded as well
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure Ginger wouldn't be thrilled with Crosby's bass work since he basically said Jack Bruce sucked once he switched to electric bass.
― DavidLeeRoth, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
Dickish, I mean
Baker Ramone Love McCartney Army
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
God that'd be a terrible band
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
is Billy Corgan a Mike Love?
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
David Crosby was too high to be much of a problem to his bandmates. Stephen Stills, however, was exactly high enough to be a terrible problem to his bandmates.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
Also Joey DeMaio or Peter Steele for asshole bassist in the asshole supergroup.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
xp crosby was an egomaniac and agitator who played a big part in driving gene out of the band.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
OK, fair enough on the Byrds. But CSN(Y) was a different story.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Billy Corgan doesn't fit, now that i think about it. You can't be the undisputed leader of a band and be a Mike Love. Need to be a pretender to the throne, more of a pre-torture Theon Greyjoy-type to be a Mike Love. Corgan's more of a Joffrey.
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
xp billy corgan is a brian wilson & a mike love
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
xps yeah i nominated crosby purely for his time in the byrds.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
Lindsey Buckingham is the only member of Fleetwood Mac who isn't a Mike Love
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Gene Simmons should actually be the bass player in The Mike Loves.
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
xpost sorry I don't actually know much of the ins and outs of Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey Buckingham is just a really dickish name.
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
and re crosby i don't dislike "mind gardens" but to most people it's the byrds' "student demonstration time".
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
lots of amusing search results here for it.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was Triad? or Chestnut Mare? Byrds have a few Student Demonstration Times.
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
"mind gardens" seems to be the most universally hated.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Dude wrote Ladyfriend. That's a Mike Love disqualifier in my book.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
Steve Perry was surely the Mike Love of Journey, though putting Neal Schon at the same rank as Brian Wilson is making my brain laugh.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
it's hard to think of three people who - after their initial stardom - made more records that you don't need to own than the members of cream. and believe you me i've heard a LOT of stuff that jack bruce is on. and you pretty much don't need any of it. if it weren't for that one masters of reality album (which i adore) i wouldn't have any ginger baker in my record collection.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
wtf, "Triad" is like the 2nd best Byrds song
I want to second Stills; notice you don't see Stills & Nash solo records. Eat a peach, asshole.
― Euler, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
Cream is the band whose rep has dropped the highest in the entire histoire de rock, selon moi.
I have all three West, Bruce & Laing albums in my iPod right now. But I'm insane.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
Jack Bruce's first two or three solo records are pretty decent, certainly far better than any non-Dominos Crapton thing.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
People, people, the first Jack Bruce solo album, Songs For A Tailor, the tailor being Jeannie Franklyn who, along with Martin Lamble, died when the Fairport Convention tour bus crashed, is actually a good album.(xp)
― Pentatonic's Rendezvous Band (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Richard Thompson - Bruce - Baker would be a fun band, come to think of it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
you can live a very happy and wonderful life without owning a jack bruce solo album. man, i even tried to like all those kip hanrahan albums he is on. blah....
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
clapton is easy: yardbirds stuff, disraeli gears, layla, blind faith. voila, you are done.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
I like the title track from Frank Zappa's Apostrophe that Jack Bruce plays on
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
and to be honest you can get away without owning clapton yardbirds stuff. they were way better after he left.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
and if there was a great audiophile-quality 12 inch of "can't find my home" you could do without blind faith too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
disraeli gears is solid though. and it has sunshine of your love which was their only undeniably great song. not like you ever need to hear it again, but just in case...
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Gene Simmons is obviously the king of fairly talentless business-minded asshole bass players
many xpps
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
who also doesn't describe himself as a "musician" iirc
yeah, definitely otm re:Simmons. Tricky thing there is that Kiss is full of a-holes and there's no one regarded as the visionary or the the "soul" of the group.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Gene is irrefutably a raging asshole, but he's not the business meister he asserts that he is (according to Paul Stanley's new memoir) and he CAN play capably. Peter Criss, however, is a crap musician and dragged proceedings down to a standstill.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Greg Ginn, esp of late
― MaresNest, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
ding! ding! ding!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Anthony Kiedis
― badg, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
the "untalented" rap Mike Love has
i don't like him much as a human being either, but dude could sing, and wrote some damn good lyrics too.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Tricky thing about this is some of these guys are the creative forces behind their band. Ginn is a monumental a-hole, but is really a Mike Love if he's the guy who set the artistic vision for his legendary group?
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
Props on the businessman thing, though; Ginn's rep as a thief is legendary.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link