If they weren't dead...

[rage patton]

Who would you get to play at Coachella? And what stage would they be on?

The two that come to mind right away for me are...

Joe Strummer
- The Clash headlining the mainstage (because there is logistically no other place for them.)
- The Mescaleros closing the outdoor theatre. I honestly could not think of a more amazing way to end the night.

Johnny Cash
- playing at sunset on the mainstage.

Obviously, I could name many more, but I see these as being amazing acts to see at Coachella. Actually, in the atmosphere of Coachella, I would rather see Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros then the Clash, but I certainly wouldn't turn down a Clash performance.
Discuss.

[MarkO]

Rory Gallagher ripping the entire Coachella Valley apart with his '61 Strat.

gyHymAxUVrc

[Somewhat Damaged]

Easy: Kurt Cobain with Nirvana.

[suprefan]

Rage, grammar corretions. ''If They Weren't Dead''



Johnny Cash would do a Sunset Mane Stage set at Stagecoach.


And you want The Clash, cause they are the only band that matters.

[Neutral Milk Hotel]

Elliott Smith
The Beatles

[betao]

jimi hendrix.

[suprefan]

Joy Division

[rage patton]

Rage, grammar corretions. ''If They Weren't Dead''



Johnny Cash would do a Sunset Mane Stage set at Stagecoach.


And you want The Clash, cause they are the only band that matters.

FUCK. Thanks Supre.

Johnny Cash could for sure play Coachella. But if were alive and played stagecoach... I would probably go. GV would probably get him to play both though.

[PassiveTheory]

Johnny'd fucking headline both, man...

I told NMH this, but I might considering murdering Mike Joyce if it brings us closer to a Smiths-that-matter reunion...

Actual dead bands? Nirvana, for one, the REAL Alice in Chains, oh...

JEFF BUCKLEY.

YESSSSS....

[suprefan]

Yeah, Jeff Buckley would be the shiznit. Outdoor Theatre to close the evening.

[menikmati]

Yes very easy...

Nirvana, headlining Sunday night.

[TomAz]

can't top Clash and Cash.

I'll add The Ramones.

[orbit]

Bob Marley.

[TomAz]

John Lennon

[rage patton]

Bob Marley.

Wow, I can't believe I didn't originaly think of Bob Marley. One of my all time favorite artists.
Good one.

While I am at it. Jim Morrison. Even though the Doors would be more of a Bonnaroo type act...


can't top Clash and Cash.

I'll add The Ramones.

How good were the Ramones live Tom?

[paulb]

practically dead....ABBA closing the Sahara tent

[kitt kat]

Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
Nico (Velvet Underground & Nico TOGETHER)

[TheWatcher]

As mentioned, the Ramones and Nirvana. Also:

The Doors (with Jim Morrison)
The New York Dolls (with Johnny Thunders)
T. Rex
Sublime
Janis Joplin

Well, maybe not at Coachella, but:

AC/DC with Bon Scott
Led Zeppelin with Bonham
Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads

[kitt kat]

dude janis joplin with big brother and the holding company....EPIC

what about jimmy hendrix too?

[nocigarettes]

Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
Nico (Velvet Underground & Nico TOGETHER)



NICO!

plus a complete Mamas & the Papas

[Deviate_420]

NICO!

plus a complete Mamas & the Papas

Better hide the catering.....

[kitt kat]

^OH SHITTTT

no ham sandwiches

[Mr.Nipples]

buddy holly
ritchie valens
the big bopper
skynards original lineup
aaliyah
john denver

[breakjaw]

Jesus
(w/Scarlett Johansson)

[Abe Lincoln]

I'd like to see how Our American Cousin ends...

[xbnmx]

Queen and Thin Lizzy.

[summerkid]

Bob Marley.

might as well bring back Peter Tosh too.

How about some mother fucking Otis Redding.

[Boourns]

DEADCHELLA
Friday:
Queen
Bob Marley
Joy Division
Nina Simone
Elliott Smith
Notorious BIG
Warren Zevon

Saturday:
Led Zeppelin (with John Bonham)
Jimi Hendrix
The Ramones
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin
Jeff Buckley
Ol' Dirty Bastard

Sunday:
The Beatles
Nirvana
Johnny Cash
Marvin Gaye
Velvet Underground & Nico
2Pac
Serge Gainsbourg

[clarky123]

Lynrd Skynrd and The Carpenters.

[idrive1life]

LATE adds! *Am definitely MISSING lot of them and have made some GRAVE billing errors*


DEADCHELLA
Friday:
Queen
Bob Marley
Joy Division
Nina Simone
Elliott Smith
Notorious BIG
Warren Zevon

The Kings & The Geniuses Tent:
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Roy Orbison
Ray Charles

more to be added LATER

Saturday:
Led Zeppelin (with John Bonham)
Jimi Hendrix
The Ramones
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin
Jeff Buckley
Ol' Dirty Bastard

Jazz Tent:
Miles Davis
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday
John Coltrane
Glenn Miller
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Sun Ra
Charlie Mingus
Duke Ellington
Nat King Cole
Charles Brown

Sunday:
The Beatles
Nirvana
Johnny Cash
Marvin Gaye
Velvet Underground & Nico
2Pac
Serge Gainsbourg

Classical *Concerto* Tent:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Frédéric Chopin
Sir Edward William Elgar
Sergei Rachmaninoff
George Frederic Handel
Johannes Brahms
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Holst
Robert Alexander Schumann
Jean Sibelius
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

They are performing with their orchestra or playing piano ...

[Abe Lincoln]

DEADCHELLA
Friday:
Queen

Joy Division





Saturday:
Led Zeppelin

The Ramones





Sunday:
The Beatles
Nirvana


Velvet Underground & Nico


If it becomes necessary to kill the remaining members of these bands so they can play,I cannot say I would support that.

[brando4n82]

I'd have J Dilla ripping up the Sahara fo sho

[Derekx]

Joy Division
Queen
INXS
Christian Death
At the Drive-in

[rage patton]

Frank Sinatra is a good one too. I would definately love to see him.

Also, Sublime. I don't care what you thing about them, I would have loved to see them.

[nocigarettes]

Selena
Aaliyah
Lisa Lopes
Buddy Holly
Big Bopper
Ritchie Valens
Patsy Cline
Sam Cooke


the Shirelles (with all members)

[kitt kat]

deadchella is geniusachella

[bmack86]

Velvet Underground wouldn't need Nico, but they would need Sterling Morrisson. And, fuck Doug Yule. 40 minute version of Sister Ray with John Cale on Viola and Organ, and that's the set.

Also, it would have been great to have seen Can with Michael Karoli and Faust with Uwe Nettlebeck. Or Otis Redding. Or Booker T. & MGs with Duck Dunn.

And both the Screamers and The Germs. And The Minutemen. I think Steve Albini said that the Roland drum machine he used in Big Black bit the dust, does that count?

[M Sparks]

How good were the Ramones live Tom?

Since he hasn't answered...

I saw them in '94, touring on a mostly forgotten all-covers album, with only 2 original members...and it was still one of the best shows I ever saw.

[canexplain]

geez i was lucky enough to see most of these entries, so for someone i didnt see .... Tim Buckley ... canx**

[SFChrissy]

Biggie 'n Tpac on the same stage
Bob Marley with sons Ziggy Stephan and Damien in effect
Andrew Wood and his partners in Mother love bone
Lane Staley with the rest of Alice in Chains
Nirvana isn't necessarily essential but it would be sweet to see them again
Johny Cash with Mike Ness and Trent Reznor would be unbelievable

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

hmmm didn't see these 2 mentioned so..

Miles Davis in full 70's funk fusion mode
John Coltrane in his late 60's free jazz mode...

[breakjaw]

Since he hasn't answered...

I saw them in '94, touring on a mostly forgotten all-covers album, with only 2 original members...and it was still one of the best shows I ever saw.
I saw them before that,with Marky still on drums.They were so much fucking fun!Just get It's Alive,it's the perfect representation of The Ramones at that time.No stops,1234,every song a fucking classic,and then the guy comes out with the pinhead mask and the sign (Gabba Gabba Hey!)

[M Sparks]

I saw them before that,with Marky still on drums.They were so much fucking fun!Just get It's Alive,it's the perfect representation of The Ramones at that time.No stops,1234,every song a fucking classic,and then the guy comes out with the pinhead mask and the sign (Gabba Gabba Hey!)

Oh, Marky was there when I saw them, but he's not technically an original member. (Tommy is on "It's Alive", but left right after that.)

Actually, the '94 lineup was probably much better than the one in the mid to late 80's. A returned Marky and energetic CJ was preferable to Ritchie and an unhappy, drugged up DeeDee.

"Loco Live" from the early 90's is pretty good too, though not as essential as "It's Alive". Same lineup I saw, a few clunkers in the setlist, but everything is speeded up and they even hid Carbona Not Glue on there. (At the time, the original recording was unavailable for legal reasons.)

I hardly ever actually listen to any of their albums directly. Live always beats studio with Ramones. I made a mix of some of their good pop stuff that didn't make the live albums. (I love Danny Says & Questioningly...they never got enough credit for their softer side.) But beyond the first 3 albums, they are all more miss than hit.

[thelastgreatman]

Biggie 'n Tpac on the same stage

I wouldn't mind seeing that if after the first song Big shot Pac right in the fucking face and then went right into Who Shot Ya.

[miseducation]

Selena
Lisa Lopes

Wait, wait... did someone just suggest that GV would've booked Selena and TLC?

My two cents:

The Beatles (obviously)
Bob Marley
Miles Davis (playing as much of Bitches Brew as he can remember)
Serge Gainsbourg
Sublime

[whynotsmile99]

abbot and costello opening for the 3 stooges 12-3pm Friday

[GnarVee]

ok......how in the FUCK is The Beatles not mentioned......and trow the o.g Floyd w/ Syd Barrett would be cool....

[canexplain]

ok......how in the FUCK is The Beatles not mentioned......and trow the o.g Floyd w/ Syd Barrett would be cool....

because some of the board has already seen them, and that combo ... and actually they were mentioned .. canx**

[goodgrl]

DEADCHELLA
Friday:
Queen
Bob Marley
Joy Division
Nina Simone
Elliott Smith
Notorious BIG
Warren Zevon

Saturday:
Led Zeppelin (with John Bonham)
Jimi Hendrix
The Ramones
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin
Jeff Buckley
Ol' Dirty Bastard

Sunday:
The Beatles
Nirvana
Johnny Cash
Marvin Gaye
Velvet Underground & Nico
2Pac
Serge Gainsbourg

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
Very thoughtful, Friday would have really kicked ass.

[TheWatcher]

And both the Screamers and The Germs. And The Minutemen.

Did you ever see the Minutemen live? I guess I didn't really get their music at the time; I was late getting interested in the punk scene...

[boarderwoozel3]

jimi hendrix.

bingo

[Boourns]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/frankatcoachella/deadchella.gif

[amyzzz]

"the second coming of Christ...in the tent"
awesome.

[Boourns]

Apparently The Beatles really are bigger than Jesus.

[rage patton]

It's missing Heath Leger.

[TomAz]

Friday > Sunday > Saturday

also, "Leadbelly" is one word

Also, Buddy Holly should be higher up in the billing.


Also, I heard Elvis Presley was headlining Deadaroo.

[gratytrainridesagain]

Nick Drake on outdoor at sunset
Alice In Chains on the main
Morphine on the outdoor before
Joy Division to close out the main with Transmission
The Who with Keith Moon and John Entwistle right before
Hendrix to close the weekend

[jazzz]

FAD GADGET

[TomAz]

yeah where the fuck is the Who!?!?!?!?!??!




I'm gonna sit here and admire my punctuation for a moment before I press 'submit reply'.
It really is a thing of beauty.

ahhhhh

[Sonicifyouwantit]

Who would you get to play at Coachella? And what stage would they be on?

The two that come to mind right away for me are...

Joe Strummer
- The Clash headlining the mainstage (because there is logistically no other place for them.)
- The Mescaleros closing the outdoor theatre. I honestly could not think of a more amazing way to end the night.

Johnny Cash
- playing at sunset on the mainstage.

Obviously, I could name many more, but I see these as being amazing acts to see at Coachella. Actually, in the atmosphere of Coachella, I would rather see Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros then the Clash, but I certainly wouldn't turn down a Clash performance.
Discuss.

pretty much these

[Sonicifyouwantit]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/frankatcoachella/deadchella.gif

this would have to be four or five days, too many acts that would actually be headlners

[fiyahhh!]

My Deadchella headliners would be:
Friday: the Replacements
Saturday: Nirvana
Sunday: the Clash
and I would want to hang out with Ahmet Ertegun all three days...

[Boourns]

Friday > Sunday > Saturday

also, "Leadbelly" is one word

Also, Buddy Holly should be higher up in the billing.


Also, I heard Elvis Presley was headlining Deadaroo.

Wikipedia says he called himself "Lead Belly"

[Sonicifyouwantit]

Wikipedia says he called himself "Lead Belly"

we'll find out soon enough at deadchella...someone scream the question from the crowd

[Boourns]

I'll have worn out my voice from yelling "FREEBIRD!" at Lynyrd Skynyrd

[MonsoonSeason]

what about sam kinison and mitch hedburg doing comedians of comedy spots?

[Boourns]

Maybe they will be a surprise addition. Like Tiny Tim and the 3 Stooges.

[microlovebeat]

elliott smith would have to be at this. crucial.

[JSam67]

Tough to argue with Beatles, Hendrix, Doors, Zep, Floyd, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley.

Also, I had totally forgotten ODB died.

[Memorial_07]

wondering to see how many pick Nirvana.

But for me it would be Paul Raven with Killing Joke at night on the mainstage.

[Daft Fro]

No Aaliyah?..

[Astrid]

what about sam kinison and mitch hedburg doing comedians of comedy spots?

YES YES YES YES YES


I'm glad elvis gets to come along.

[jazzz]

wondering to see how many pick Nirvana.

But for me it would be Paul Raven with Killing Joke at night on the mainstage.

Playing the whole "Night Time" album. Paul Raven R.I.P.

[Pixiessp]

Joy Division

you said it.

[Pixiessp]

Dusty Springfield
Ella Fitzgerald
Celia Cruz

[i_like_cake530]

Bob Marley.

You win.

[i_like_cake530]

yeah where the fuck is the Who!?!?!?!?!??!




I'm gonna sit here and admire my punctuation for a moment before I press 'submit reply'.
It really is a thing of beauty.

ahhhhh

Seconded.

Entwistle died a week before I saw the Who in '02...I cried a little.

[i_like_cake530]

this would have to be four or five days, too many acts that would actually be headlners

Agreed...I don't care who you are, Jimi Hendrix isn't a subheadliner.

[woogie846]

Agreed...I don't care who you are, Jimi Hendrix isn't a subheadliner.

as much as i'd personally like to see jimi headline, elvis was much, much bigger.

[i_like_cake530]

as much as i'd personally like to see jimi headline, elvis was much, much bigger.

keyword... was

[jonnypark]

the who with Kieth Moon

[algunz]

Janis, Jimi, and Jim

[Memorial_07]

this would have to be four or five days, too many acts that would actually be headlners

Elliott Smith would've been so stunning.

[Memorial_07]

Playing the whole "Night Time" album. Paul Raven R.I.P.

So long as stuff from the self-titled and Hossannas is played, then it would be perfect.

[breakjaw]

I'd like to see Lenny Bruce reading all his court transcripts.And Richard Pryor and Mitch Hedberg also,for that matter.