Great "other guys" in famous bands.

[Fenris]

It's a rare band that can be famous enough to have each member's name scarred onto the collective mind of society. The only band that comes close to that is, of course, the Beatles. Johnlennonpaulmccartneygeorgeharrisonringostarr is known even to the least enthusiastic music fan. It's almost like it's a priori knowledge, something we know before we are born. But every other band in the world will never be anywhere as universally known as the Beatles. Usually one can name one or two members, but rarely the whole group. But what is often forgotten is that the "other guys" form the platform from which the idols launch into superstardom. So let's hear it for the great other guys in rock history!

Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones (the Rolling Stones at different times)

Paul Simonon and Topper Headon (the Clash)

Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce (the Smiths)

Larry Mullins and Adam Clayton (U2)

Okay. I'm out of ideas. Add your own pick. You don't necessarily have to like the band.

[RT Atlanta]

1. EXP / Band of Gypsies

Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles

[Stevendsmith]

2. Alex Lifeson

Guitar player from Rush

(here come the hate-Rush replies)

[southpaw]

7. LOVE Rush!!!

and Lerxst kicks ass!!!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. God, I hate Rush.

[Fenris]

23. Doesn't the Canadian Govt. require that you love Rush?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

25. That's what drove me to become a seperatist.

Vive le Quebec libre!

[Fenris]

27. Driven to radicalism by the castrati vocals of Geddy Lee!

A story for the ages!

[flamingyouth]

30. My late Canadian husband despised Rush as well

He was dragged to see them on their Hemispheres tour - by his parents.:scared:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. I believe that's considered child abuse in 48 states.

We're still working on Oregon and Iowa.

[fudge stripe cookays]

33. No wonder I like you so much!

That thing about Canadian husbands....we have soemthing in common. Only problem is...mine likes Rush.

:-)

[flamingyouth]

36. First off - thank you

:loveya:

And second, I pity you.:D

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Chris Campbell.

Bass player in Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band. Just an incredible player and so unrecognized it's a sin. Not flash, just one solid mofo.

[southpaw]

4. The ultimate Other Guy...

John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.

Sad, too. Jonsey was more musically gifted than the other three combined.

[Fenris]

10. He was also quite snubbed by Page/Plant IIRC

They don't associate much with him anymore.

[southpaw]

14. Yeah. It's really quite tacky, innit?

[asthmaticeog]

38. Hells yeah.

The album JPJ did with Diamanda Galas is the proof. It SMOKES anything Plant & Page did after Zeppelin.

[RT Atlanta]

5. Who

Entwhistle and Moon

(assuming Daltry and Townshend are the "facemen")

[RT Atlanta]

6. Fenris Dont forget...

Mick Taylor from your Stones incarnation - an excellent guitarist in his own right!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway.

Would make a great band in their own right.

[Fenris]

16. Terrific band.

It would be interesting to see them cut loose from Yorke.

[XNASA]

37. Jonny Greenwood has released a solo disc I think.

It's a soundtrack from a film called 'Bodysong'.

Haven't heard it though.

[flamingyouth]

11. Keith Moon

Greatest drummer of all time when he was on. I suppose he's quite famous in his own right, but probably a lot of that is due to his untimely death.

[jdsmith]

19. Not because of his death

Famous because he was the greatest drummer ever, as you say.

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. Ummm...the 3 other guys in Oasis

There, I don't even know their names.

[Fenris]

21. They were more talented than those other two twats.

[asthmaticeog]

39. IIRC,

one of them was known as "Guigsy." As if I needed another reason to ignore Oasis.

[LynneSin]

13. John Paul Jones: Bassist with Led Zeppelin

He gets overshadowed by the other 3

[southpaw]

18. Couldn't agree more...

BTW... what's 13 minus 9?

[flamingyouth]

15. Malcolm Young of AC/DC

Probably the greatest rhythm guitarist ever, at least in my big, worn-out book.:headbang:

[Fenris]

20. And he came up with the riff from "Back in Black"!

Gave it to Angus cause he didn't know what to do with it. :headbang:

[GOPisEvil]

29. Damn straight! Phil Rudd should get a prop or two also!

:thumbsup:

[jdsmith]

17. How about Ian Stewart?

Andrew Loog Oldham considered him too homely to be a Rolling Stone, but he did plenty of work on their albums.

[jdsmith]

22. The guitar player for the Electras. I can't remember his name right now.

[no name no slogan]

24. The fat chick in Wilson Phillips

Carnie's got better pipes than the other two waifs combined. In a cage match battle royal, she could kick their scrawny little asses.

Sure, Carnie's slimmed down, but she's still all woman. Booyah!

[southpaw]

26. A few that come to mind...

Izzy Stradlin - Guns -n- Roses

Nick Mason and Rick Wright - Pink Floyd

Ian Stanley and Manny Elias - Tears for Fears

[meegbear]

28. Richard Wright, Nick Mason

The Pink Floyd

[XNASA]

32. Colin Moulding (XTC)

It's kinda funny that with all the great songs that Andy Partridge wrote over the years that, the most popular XTC song is 'Making Plans for Nigel'...which Colin Moulding wrote.

Oh...and he's one of the best bass players ever.

Also Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips. Multi-instrumentalist musical genius. Sure Wayne Coyne is the first guy you think of when you think Lips, but Drozd is the musician in the band. He's great.

[Mike Daniels]

34. Manzenera, McKaye, Thompson and Jobson

Face it. Has Bryan Ferry had the fraction of success solo that he did with Roxy Music?

Sorry, Eno doesn't count as he left the fold before Roxy really took off.

[XNASA]

35. Especially Mackay.

Truly the soul of Roxy Music.

But, Bryan hasn't done too bad apart from RM.

[asthmaticeog]

40. Oates.

n/t

[NightTrain]

41. Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan, and Joe B. Mauldin: the Crickets!