What are some bands that have an unusual lineup? Bands that don't feature the typical lineup of vocals, guitar, bass, and drums.
I found a thread on another forum about the topic, so I'm just gonna copypaste the bands people were mentioning there.
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Cop Shoot Cop - high-end bass guitar, low-end bass guitar, sampler, drums
Morphine - 2-string slide bass, baritone sax, drums
The Six & Violence - two vocalists, guitar, bass, one guy on the drums, cymbalist
Drums and Tuba - drums, tuba, guitar
The Dirtbombs - guitar, fuzz bass, clean bass, two drummers
Botanist - harmonium, two hammered dulcimers, 12-string bass, and drums (black metal)
Guns n' Roses - inexplicably has had a "sub-bass" / effects synth player since the early 2000s or something
HORSE the Band - typical lineup, but tours with a triangle player
Lightning Bolt - One extremely distorted bass in cello tuning and a drummer who yells into an equally distorted microphone taped to a mask he wears while performing
Crash of Rhinos - Two basses, two guitars, drums. Everyone contributes vocals.
Brain Tentacles - Sax, drums, bass (metal)
Tilly and the Wall - tap dancing instead of drums
Author & Punisher - A bunch of homemade contraptions all controlled by one man who is basically surrounded by them
Captured! by Robots - similar to author and punisher
Spike Jones and his City Slickers Band
Yellowcard - typical lineup but has a violinist (pop punk)
Hugo Largo - two bassists, violin, vocalist
That Dog - has a violinist (90s alt-rock)
X-Ray Spex - punk band with saxophone
Hangedup - drums and viola
Death From Above - bass, drums
Texas Chainsaw Orchestra - self-explanatory
Tortoise - at one point was one guitarist, two bassists, a drummer and a second drummer/mallet percussionist
Neoandertals - only has a bassist and a drummer in very guitar heavy genre
L' Ensemble Volta - 2 ondes Martinot, electric guitar and percussion
잠비나이 [Jambinai] - guitar, haegeum, geomungo
Ruins - drums, bass, zeuhl vox
Comets on Fire - guitar, bass, drums, echoplex
Blue Man Group - PVC pipes
The Residents
Death Sentence'': Panda! - drums, pitchshifted clarinet, flute (noise rock)
Le Singe Blanc - two bass players and a drummer, also sing gibberish
Gum Takes Tooth - one guy plays drums, the other guy runs those drums through a table of electronics
Mr Marcaille - one dude, plays cello and two kick drums while singing (metal)
Joey Molinaro - one guy, plays violin while stomping (acoustic grindcore)
The White Mice - drums, bass, noise electronics
Dirty Three - guitar, violin, and drums
Trophies - spoken word, trombone, laptop, double bass, fretless guitar, drums
Pivixki - prepared piano and drums (grindcore)
The New Songs - two guitars, piano and voice, but unusual guitars and extra instruments like baroque guitars and zithers
EXO-TECH - typical lineup but has a violinist, saxophonist, and extra percussionist