Episode 17:

[@briankessler3501]

Watched this post this around 0445 today and some sixteen hours later am truly stumped. A real head-scratcher on this tag, Steve.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Thanks Brian! Let me know when y9ou're done scratching. Cheers!

[@RekkidTalk]

The Cure - anyone not named Robert Smith White Stripes - Meg White Big Black - Roland (the drum machine) Iron Maiden - Janick Gers (that was easy, you still have the better guitarists)

[@EmbryonicRobot]

The Cure! That is a correct answer.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Chris! Did not have you pegged as a Maiden fan. Cheers!

[@RekkidTalk]

@ Lol Tolhurst is really the right answer, though, if one needs to be specific.

[@thomaswery3087]

For me I guess would be Yes-Alan White Deep Purple-Roger Glover The Who-Keith Moon Jethro Tull-Everybody exept Martin and Ian Uriah Heep-Lee Kerslake

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Thomas! Those would be my picks too. Cheers!

[@manofmiracles]

Great idea Steve this is a tough one have to think about if I could kick anyone out of my favorite bands maybe I will jump on this tag 🤔

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Jack! Sometimes it is nice to go to a difficult place. Like work, on payday. Cheers!

[@MortenAastad]

The Steve's Sophie's Choice Tag 🥹 I felt almost a little discomfort at seeing you have to remove members of bands you love. The sacrifice you make for us. Loved the video and the idea. Thanks Steve.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Thanks Morten! True, I am a man of the people....

[@MortenAastad]

@ In deed!

[@vikingbrace]

I would agree with all your picks (although losing Roger Glover seems brutal) except GFR. But I can respect your reasoning. They’re also a much bigger band for you than they are to me.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Gary! I love Rog, but the bus is stopping and we gotta make room for some groupies.....

[@EightVinylLow]

Hey Steve!! Finally catching up on videos. The last few weeks have been crazy!! Interesting topic. You definitely are getting the gears turning in my brain. I agree with your picks here - “just the way the cookie crumbles”. Hope all is well.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Emma! I was wondering where you were and then I saw your comment on Matt's Grip Weed video. I'm guessing you are kicking out the guy who already has been kicked out of Cheap Trick. Cheers!

[@EmbryonicRobot]

I am now wondering who the most difficult member of the VC is? I have to say that this is an intriguing idea for a tag but I'd really have to think about this because I am not even sure who my top 5 favourite bands are. I have never bothered to figure that out. I think I know one band. No singers in your list!

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

You're more difficult, I'm more evil. I'll give you a heads start, I'm guessing the Smiths have to be one of your top 5. I'm guessing no singers because you have to like or at least tolerate the voice of the band to really like them. Ex: I like Rush, but will never love them due to Geddy's voice.

[@dr.s.]

That's one mean question. For Mule, I think, I could get rid of Danny, the keyboard player, cause they already worked well as a trio. The Allman Brothers Band is more difficult, of the final lineup, I would go without Marc because they already had two drummers. For the Dave Matthews Band, I would pick Boyd Tinsley on the violin because they did kick him out, and the band didn't implode. For Pink Floyd, I would pick Roger Waters, at least as a performer he was just the second best bass player in the band. For Zepplin, I can't name one.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Doc! I would have to keep Rog for his songwriting, so it would be goodbye to Nick Mason. Thanks!

[@TheSpiritofVinyl]

Way to make things difficult Steve, I'm going to have to think long and hard about this. Great idea though

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Craig! "Long and hard" comes in handy sometimes.....but not in this instance. Cheers!

[@rallstonianmusicreport1975]

Oh man this is like your wheel of elimination contest, but without the wheelI think it maybe more difficult than NoLoBri's "Difficult" vinyl tag. I'll give it some thought and see what I can come up with. Hope the week is treating you well. With all the vinyl tags going on this month I think January should be vinyl tag awareness month.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Steve! I like your idea for January. Cheers!

[@benrankins4446]

This is a great but harsh idea! Don't worry Steve, we've all known you've been a difficult member of the VC for a long time 😂Don't you dare get rid of Ringo. Ringo is brilliant & the glue, George was a sad sack....easy

[@MortenAastad]

😳😄

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

I can see you side, but George could write and sing, Ringo couldn't do either. I would rather do without Ringo, than miss out on "If I Needed Someone", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun", "Something", "Old Brown Shoe"'

[@benrankins4446]

@ I could easily go without those songs to keep Ringo.

[@mikespins5894]

Great concept Steve, and a very enjoyable video, but we need Bill Ward to write the lyrics for Ozzy and after that Bob Daisley, lol! Have a great week, Peace!

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Mike! Geezer wrote the lyrics for Sabbath. Cheers!

[@mikespins5894]

@@AisForAliceBisForBob Wow, I must have been having a brain fart, sorry, we can go ahead and give Bill his pink slip!

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

@@mikespins5894 No problem. That's not the first pink slip Bill has received....

[@TheAuditoryVinyl]

That’s torture! But I will think about it

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

That's what I was going for. Thanks Doug!

[@RandyforRoyals]

I think this is a more difficult tag than Brian's. You know my favorite band is The Who and I have no idea who I would kick out.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Randy! You would have to kick out Moon as he made himself disposable on his own.

[@RandyforRoyals]

@@AisForAliceBisForBob It was never the same even though Kenny Jones was a great drummer.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Steve. wow, that is a truly original idea, which would/will be a real headache difficult to solve for me. Since my passion for music is not just limited to listening to some records, but also seeking to penetrate the work of the ''guys that played on the record'' by reading books, watching documentaries that give me an understanding of the artist's life and times, (and I think you and I are much alike), the big picture often reveals that some bands/artists were able to benefit from a mix of technical, artistic and managerial expertise provided by a or several member(s) of the band's entourage whose name does not always appear on the credits. And conversely, certain immediate ''family'' members of the artists sometimes make unhelpful or negative contributions which the band could very easily do without. If the rules of the game allow to extend to the close entourage, I guess it could be a little easier 🙂, Cheers, FVA (French guy trying to negotiate 😂)

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey FVA! Yes, I am reading a book on Procol Harum right now. Your response is very well written and said. So many factors come into play (be it fair or not) when determining an artists success or failure. Ken Hensley released a biographical album in 2006 called "Blood on the Highway." It focuses on the 70's while he was with Uriah Heep, and his departing from the band. Glenn Hughes and John Lawton provide some of the vocals. Please take a listen and let me know what you think of it. Cheers!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@AisForAliceBisForBob Ok, I will, thanks for the advice, Steve. Sounds interesting,. Without being a big fan of Uriah Heep, I know some anecdotes about the history of the band such as the one when Gary Thain was blackballed from the band unfairly following his electrical accident.

[@n0s0luti0n]

This is a diabolical thread. You truly are evil! 😁 I have to think about this because many of my favorite "bands" are basically one main artist and side men which isn't fair. Cheers Steve!

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

My reputation precedes me Scott. C'mon' man! Who you getting rid of in Marillion? I know it may bring you to tears....

[@JackTheMusicGuy]

id probably do Mike Joyce from "The Smiths" hes the drummer and i hear 1 amazing drum fill he does on a song called "bigmouth strikes again" then i dont really hear him that much after that.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Thanks Jack!

[@Americanasam1994]

But who's the most disposable VC channel? That would be a video and a half.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Too many to choose from, but I'm not naming names...

[@Americanasam1994]

@@AisForAliceBisForBob like McCarthyism

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

"Goodbye Ringo" is the first thing I thought of! 😃 Agree with your choice from Grand Funk...

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Thanks Larry!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

As they are your favourite band, did I ever tell you about my Black Sabbath live experience in 1981?

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Do tell Nick!

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

@@AisForAliceBisForBob January 1981, Sophia Gardens Pavilion in Cardiff, Heaven and Hell Tour. I went with my girlfriend at the time who was a massive Sabbath fan (probably still is). We got in and after a half hour or so noticed the place was very full, uncomfortably so. But we were near the front so thought nothing of it. Support band (A II Z) come on. Halfway through their second song, a guy taps the drummer on the shoulder and gives him the thumb across the throat (stop playing) sign which they eventually do after some confusion. We the start hearing a right old commotion, a window smashes and people start shimmying down curtains onto the floor (a friend of mine was one of them!). The promoter then comes on stage, and explains Sabbath will be on shortly (well before the expected time). Anyway, they play the show and we start hearing rumours that there was a riot outside as people couldn't get in, and Sabbath agreed to play two sets in one night. We tried to hide in the toilets to see the second show as well but were found and kicked out! Speaking to a police officer outside (among what resembled a full scale riot scene), it transpired the promoter sold almost double the number of tickets for the venue, and to avoid absolute bedlam Sabbath did the second show!! We had tickets to see them at the same venue the following year, but the roof caved in after the heaviest snowfall in years and it was cancelled! We were also supposed to see them at a festival with Motörhead in August 1981 (The Heavy Metal Holocaust it was called) with Triumph, Riot, Frank Marino and others also on the bill, but they pulled out and Ozzy played there instead (with Randy Rhoads!) so we saw him instead! And that's my Black Sabbath live experience story! When I was a pup my GF and I travelled all over the UK to see bands - getting in scrapes, getting lost, not getting home! All the things I'd have not allowed Bethan to do! The university of life 🙂

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

@@duringthemeanwhilst Geez! That was quite the whirlwind tour in the life of a young Nick. Black Sabbath were just along for the ride. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@twofromthetrunk9932]

I don’t think i could do this. I’m a softie.

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Thanks Tony! Luckily. Linda is a solo artist. Cheers!

[@mistery-ed7900]

Sun Ra Arkestra Hazoume (fire eater) Velvet Underground Doug Yule The Mothers Of Invention Motorhead Sherwood Popol Vuh all the people who came and went The Chills everyone except Martin Phillipps Favorite bands? Well...I like them

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Mr. Ed! That is a very eclectic list. Cheers!

[@benrankins4446]

You read my mind....Bill Ward!! Roland! Keith Moon! Meg White! What have you & everyone in the comments got against drummers Steve! None of the bands these drummers were in were better after they were gone. The Who were shit after Keith. Sabs did one decent record with Appice but it was all downhill after that. Roland (the drum machine) was the distinctive sound that made Big Black stand out amongst the other punks & Jack White hasn't done anything that comes anywhere near The White Stripes raw garage blues punk without Meg. My synopsis: Keep the drummers. Kick out everyone else (especially bass players), but for god's sake no drum solos! PS Alice Cooper is the weak link in the AC band. He's not a great singer or front man & he mainly relies on props. They all get the boot and Vincent never made a record as good. All those soppy over produced strings & then he tried New Wave (badly) & finally became cookie cutter hair metal. He was a follower of genre. With the band they were leading the way. Obviously with two long comments you've stirred something up deep inside of me 😂

[@AisForAliceBisForBob]

Hey Ben! Alice is the band, it says so right in the name. After he broke up the original group the other members formed Billion Dollar Babies, and did one horrible album "Battle Axe" in 1977. It was so bad they didn't get to make another one, and that was when record companies gave you 3 chances to make it or break it. Phil Collins and Don Henley were never going to have success as solo artists by playing drums, they had to get out front and sing to obtain that status. Not to fret, you are still my favorite drummer in the VC. Cheers!

[@benrankins4446]

@ Alice is one of the luckiest men alive to make it with looks like that & a voice like that. He had “the” band & there’s nothing he did afterwards that wasn’t smoked by the Alice Cooper band. I say this as a fan & owner of many Coop albums. Also Phil & Don may have got bigger but they weren’t better than what they came from. It’s like McDonalds. It’s huge but no one’s claiming it’s good for you. Except maybe McDonalds 😂