Ultimate Supergroups

Earlier today I read this....here is the most releveant excerpt:

Ever think about who would be in the ultimate supergroup? Rolling Stone reports that 2,400 people responded to a poll by London venue The O2 and it was decided that Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and Phil Collins would be the best possible line-up for a supergroup. The second most popular combo was Eric Clapton, Bono, Stevie Wonder and Ringo Starr. I dunno.

Here is my line-up or possibly line-ups...I have made only one necessary criteria....all members must be alive still. It will soon be obvious trhat embers were not necessarily chosen for pure skills, but rather for how they might work/sound together.

Version #1 - Talent and Flash

Vocals: Robert Plant

Lead Guitar: Slash

Bass: Bootsy Collins

Drums: Neil Peart

Piano/Keyboards: Elton John (I kow that early Elton is in there somewhere.....though i almost threw in Eddie Van Halen so he could pull double duty on Rhythm Guitar - that's right Eddie Van Halen and Rhythm guitar in the same sentence, now twice)

Version #2: Gritty band that can multi-task

Vocals: Neil Young

Lead Guitar: Keith Richards

Rhythm Guitar: Jimmy Page

Bass: MCA of the Beastie Boys

Drums: Dave Grohl

Keyboards: The corpse of Jerry Lee Lewis

Version #3: Mellowed with Age

Vocals: Sting

Lead Guitar: Peter Frampton

Bass: John Paul Jones

Drums: Phil Collins

Keyboards: Billy Joel