Fantasy NIN Lineup

[scorpiusdiamond]

As much as I deplore this kinda thread, the Aaron vs Robin thread and a post I just made made me think of this.
If you could choose anyone out of the NIN live line-up past/present/future (ha) who would it be? Bonus points for cool ideas for other musicians altogether though.

Personally?
Guitar: Aaron North
Bass: Danny Lohner
Keys etc: Charlie Clouser
Drums: Josh Freese

Purely because that would be so incredibly different and exciting to watch live.

[SM Rollinger]

well, its already happened, sorta...

the rez - vox, keys, guitar
fink - guitar, vox
lohner - bass, vox, guitar, keys
clouser - keys, vox
vrenna - skins

and introducing...

christopher walken - guest vocals on suck and right where it belongs

[fillow]

christopher walken - guest vocals on suck and right where it belongs cowbell.

Sorry but i had to.

[SM Rollinger]

Sorry but i had to.

I got the fever!!

[Halo Infinity]

Guitar: Robin Finck
Guitar: Danny Lohner
Bass: Jeordie White AKA Twiggy Ramirez
Drums: Chris Vrenna
Keyboards: Stephen Gregory Bier Jr. AKA Madonna Wayne Gacy

And well, as the thread title states, it really is merely a fantasy after all.

[m15a]

Trent, 25-year-old Trent, 30-year-old Trent, 40-year-old Trent, and 80-year-old Trent.

They can switch off instruments and all sing on AtLitW.

(The 80-year-old Trent from the future confirms that NIN will be around for another 30+ years.)

[Camille]

Ok, I'll play..

Bill Laswell - Bass
Buckethead - Guitar
Bryan 'Brain' Mantia - Drums
Alessandro Cortini - Keys
Trent - Whatever

[ethan829]

I just want Josh Freese back.

[theimage13]

Sorry but i had to.

You really didn't. That might be the single most tired joke in the history of television.

[der_wahnsinn]

Alessandro Cortinin: Keys
Danny Lohner:Bass
Ilan Rubin: Drums
Robin Finck: Guitar

[thevoid99]

Hmmm....OK then...

For my five-piece line-up:

Guitar/bass/keyboards: Danny Lohner
Keyboards/guitar: Alessandro Cortini
Drums: Josh Freese
Guitars/keyboards: Robin Finck

For the six/seven-piece line-up:

Drums: Bill Bruford
Guitars/keyboards: Adrian Belew & Robin Finck
Bass: Les Claypool
Keyboards: Alessandro Cortini & Bernie Worrell

[nooneimportant]

Ilan Rubin, Danny Lohner, Alessandro Cortini, Robin Finck, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen

The goal is for there to be tons of energy in the show. Also yes, I'm aware this lineup basically happened for a few songs at the end of the Wave Goodbye Tour and it was great.

[icecream]

Dave Grohl - Drums/ misc.
Josh Homme & Robin - Guitar
Les Claypool - Bass
Alessandro - keys/ misc.
Josh Eustis - shakers
Flavor Flav - hype man

[Volband]

Guitar: Aaron North - his stage presence is 10/10 for NIN:live, and I don't talk about his sick episodes, but the overall energy and enthusiasm he brings and reflects. I adore Robin, but Aaron would be the only thing for us post-Fragility NIN fans to experience that certain NIN-vibe.
Bass: JMJ - A nice guy who also has a nice stage presence, and after the Tension tour, we know how much it matters. I'd like to check out a show with Pino, sure, but if I had to choose, I'd rather go crazy. Jeordie, I don't know. He certainly looks badass, but he looks like a bored zombie as well. Dunno, should've seen him live.
Drums: Joey Jordison - I just love it when he touches the drums, and I'm really digging his drum settings.
Synth: Klayton from Celldweller, basically Celldweller) - Cool guy, really easy to like, likes to experiment, knows how to act live, and handsome as fuck. Just like Aaron, he could definetly rewok elements of some songs into his own taste, that could blend well with NIN. He and Trent playing together is my gay fantasy.
Mandatory female backup-vocalist: Mariqueen Maandig - I know even Joey and Klayton would join the band sooner, than MQ, and I can see Trent's point on this (though devastated by it), but in my fantasy she's there (I mean, in the band, lol), and it works out quite nicely. Deep, Sin, Get Down Make Love, just to name a few songs they could rock together. <3 She and Trent rocking together is my hetero fantasy, and no, HTDA doesn't count, because I said "rocking".

Inb4 Jerome gets no love!

[billpulsipher]

Trent and Mike Patton with Justin Broadrick on guitar...no bass. let machines handle drums...best lineup ever

[Broadbent]

Previous Members
Pino
Freese
Clouser
Finck
T-Rez
Black chick backup singers

Dream lineup
Danny Carey - Drums
Dave Konopka - Bass
Rick Wakeman - Keys
Adrian Belew - Guitar
Robin Finck - Guitar
T-Rez
And the London Symphony Orchestra

[Madmya]

Trent Reznor
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series Windows 8 x5

[wizfan]

Trent - electronics, guitar, tambourine, xylophone, marimba, vox
Ally - electronics, acoustic guitar
Charlie - theremin, creepy ambient shit
Josh - drums
Danny - bass, guitar
Jerome - creepy ambient shit, percussion
Aaron - guitar
Eustis - sax
Lisa+Sharlotte - vox

[Inkë]

Reznor + Finck + Cortini + Meldal-Johnsen + Rubin + Maandig Reznor.

[katara]

The best would be just Trent. No other members.

He would be wearing Justin's 'fro.
He'd have Charlie's autotuned theremin.
Danny... I don't know... maybe he could be wearing an Underworld (movie) T-shirt.
He'd have Pino's neck.
Chris is a typewriter covered in meth.
Alessandro can hang some flashing LEDs around his neck or something.
Robin could be represented by really bad body odour.
Mariqueen would be strapped to his back.
He'd be wearing Jeordie's (Twiggy's) dress.
He'd have four extra arms so he'd be able to play drums just like Josh Freese. But they flip-flop a bit.
A red handkerchief would hang out of his back pocket. That's Aaron, in case you were wondering.
Obviously he'd have Maynard's dick.

Oh, and he'd be strung up like a marionette and controlled from above the stage. One-man band!

(I dare someone to draw this)

[hologram parade]

T Reznor - A Cortini - R Finck - I Rubin - j Eustis - D Lohner & Meg White

[gamecat235]

Trent
Alessandro & Charlie on keyboards
Robin and Josh on Guitar
Pino and Dean Garcia on bass (nothing wrong with two bassists)
Danny Carry and Ilan on drums (we can have two, and since I'm dreaming anyway, let's add Jeff Ward to the mix and make it three drummers).
Lisa, Sharlotte, Mariqueen and Toni Halliday (backup singers)

[copy_of_b]

Sure, why not. Have yet to see them live unfortunately, so I can only speak from the dvds/videos etc, so besides TR I'd like to see...

Alessandro Cortini - Keys
Josh Freese - Drums (love Ilan too but come on, JOSH FREESE guys.)
Robin Finck - Guitar (Though not my personal favourite, he definitely is part of NIN and thus mandatory)
Jeordie White - Bass

[PUNCHLINE]

Jerome
Danny
Trent
Charlie
Robin

The Fragile lineup was still for me the best in terms of the blend of musicianship and showmanship.

[martin_b]

Well, one year ago I thought that the best line-up was:

Reznor,
Vrenna,
Lohner,
Finck,
Clouser

But after LITS Tour & Festivals/Tension 2013 Tour I think that my dream line-up could be:

Reznor,
Freese,
Eustis,
Finck,
Clouser

[aggroculture]

Vocals: Nivek Ogre
Guitars: Page Hamilton
Keyboards: Martin Gore
Drums: Dale Crover
Bass: Charles Mingus
Production: Charlie Clouser

[ParaGun]

josh freese on drums,
alan wilder on keyboards,
ogre and gahan for backing vocals /and ogre main vocals on "suck"/,
finck on guitar 1
robert smith on guitar 2
simon gallup on bass,
fletcher on waving to the crowd

[EndlessLoveless]

wow these are pretty funny to read- people love the manson band members for some reason- different strokes for different folks i guess. and danny lohner getting lots of love. im suprised im not seeing a bunch of "richard patrick RULES with his drone guitar!!!!!"
my dream lineup
vox-maynard james keenan
guitar-adam jones
bass- justin chancellor
drums-danny carrey

[EndlessLoveless]

but really....
drums-grohl
guitar-finck
bass/2nd guitar- greg edwards from autolux/failure
keys-cortini
tambourine- Trez

because honestly, whats danny carrey gonna do for a nin song? other than TPD? Alot but it wont feel right.

[TheRealNs1]

- vocals/stuff: 1994 trent
- guitar: finck (I like North's energy but Finck plays better guitar IMO)
- drums: freese
- keys: cortini
- bass: justin chancellor or JMJ. Imagine "the wretched" with JC's bass. my god.

because honestly, whats danny carrey gonna do for a nin song? other than TPD? Alot but it wont feel right.

agreed