If you could pick one band……?

Question

that for the most part you don’t like, BUT you believe that if you were their producer you could turn them into a great band, whom would you take? I’m going with….

Evanescence

This would be easy. You remove Amy Lee as the focal point of the group, although I’d still keep her doing lead vocals. Tell her to stop whining and make Terry Balsamo have a more prominent role with increased emphahsis on the guitar. Yeah, I’d give them a lot more crunch.

Answer 1

Green Day (but they don't count b/c I like a few tunes & hear LOTS of potential).

No-

"for the most part you don’t like", that'd be R&P's very own MCR.
Don't like em at all, but the one shining gem in that abyss of tomfoolery posing as 'saviors" would be the fact that they're Queen fans. I'd love to see them build on that & dump the dark imagery/make-up etc.

Answer 2

I would take Evanescence and make them a Country Blue Grass Band. They would take to it real well cause they are natural hicks from Arkansas. Terry Balsamo would have to learn the steel guitar and the fiddle. Amy Lee, great granddaughter of the late General Lee, with her whinny voice would be perfect.

Answer 3

I'm going to take on the project of From First To Last. They have great potential, and I do like their second album. But they could be one kick-*** band that could be doing far better than they are now. They have the talent, just unfortunate timing with things such as getting dropped by their label and losing their singer.

Though Panic! At The Disco would be more of a challenge. I think they have a good idea, trying to combine older accordion and organ buts, but they need serious help in EVERYTHING.

Answer 4

Since we just talked about them recently, I'd go with Powerman 5000. They seem incapable of making good career decisions. I would steer them back in the direction of Tonight the Stars Revolt. Also, they need a different guitar player, really badly. I'd try to smooth things out with Spider and Adam 12, he helped write a lot of the better songs. I would bring back the spacey costumes as well. That gimmick really worked for them. I think that would be a good start on turning things around,

Answer 5

I would have to go with Fair To Midland. They can play, but the lead vocalist is not really in keeping with the sound. I would have him deepen the vocals and go toward a more Hardcore style. He has an incredible range, but likes the high end tenor as opposed to strong baritone that is needed.

Answer 6

Hmm... maybe Korn. I think they have great potential, which they demonstrate on just about one song per album, but they need someone to tell them to stop recording so many useless songs and make a solid album.

And maybe Tori Amos. Great lyrics, great voice, but I think the compositions could be worked into something more pallatable and attention-getting. Infuse more mellow guitar and drums into it and lighten up on the piano; think Keane or Coldplay or even Sarah McLauchlin. Maybe give some of her material a darker edge, a la Evanescence.

But hey, I'm not Jonathan Davis, and I'm not Tori Amos. As artists they have to be true to themselves at the end of the day.

Answer 7

Easy, Opeth.

They're mixed in with all the dime-a-dozen screamo death metal bands because of some of their heavier stuff, but when I first heard "Hope Leaves," a prog-rock masterpiece with chilling guitar, I was blown away.

The players can definitely put out some great music, but I think I'd get rid of their songwriter, or monkey him into writing more stuff like "Death Whispers a Lullaby" and less angry material like "The Baying of the Hounds."

SO much potential there... & with help they could totally be a heavier and less drugged-out Pink Floyd.

Answer 8

I'd take matchbox twenty.

One of the things that I *like* about matchbox twenty is that they write really simple lyrics about really complex, thought-provoking things. Some people may not be into that, but I've always thought they had a knack for saying things very succinctly.

They just need more....edge. I'd like to rough up some of the smooth corners and grit them up a bit. Obviously, I'm no sound engineer, but I like my music to have some rough edges to it. I've always thought they could easily go from a good band to an absolutely incredible band, they're just a little too slick and "radio friendly."

Answer 9

Nice call on Evanescence...

I'd say System Of A Down. Honestly I already like them some, but I don't love them. I think their music is probably fine the way it is, but I would either get a different vocalist, or give some direction to their current one. His voice seems too clear, as though he's singing right into your ear. They should try adding some reverb or other effects to his voice. Or get a guy who has a more intense scream. (The guy from Mudvayne can scream.)

Answer 10

I don't think this really works, but I think if you had someone else calling the shots, particularly in the mix of the record, the Blur record 13 could have been an OK Computer calibur record. That record is a monster, but it doesn't hit right. The levels just feel all out of whack to me, but it is a simply brilliant record. It just doesn't punch like it should.