Vocalist + rythm guitarist

>vocalist + rythm guitarist
>lead guitarist
>bassist + backup vocals
>drummer
>keyboard

Is this the ideal rock band layout?

Eliminate the dedicated keyboard player and make the vocalist/guitarist and bassist/vocalist take care of synth parts

bump

No.
It should be:
>vocalist + really ocasionally keyboard
>rythm/only guitarist + backup vocals
>bassist
>lead guitarist + 2nd backup vocals
>drummer

Singer should be an actual good singer with technique who can frontman and showman freely without any instrument and bass should be rythmically tight as fuck, no distractions.

Lead singer piano man
Guitar player
Lead guitar man
Drummer
Percussion guy
Another guy with a sting instrument
Bassist
Guy who plays a different wind or string interment every song

Done

>lead singer/acoustic guitarist
>drummer/accordion
>trumpet player/electric guitar
>keyboards/accordion/singing saw, banjo played with a violin bow/bells

no the most ideal layout is
>vocalist/lead guitarist
>rhythm guitarist/backup vocals
>drummer
>bassist/backup vocals
>drummer
>no keyboardist

guitarist drummer & singer

>vocalist
>guitar
>bassist/backing vocals
>drummer/backing vocals

>lead singer/distortion bass
>aggressive drummer

what about guitarist, drummer/singer, and guitarist/singer?

Lead singer
Lead guitar
1st drummer
2nd drummer
Bass
Wall of sound guitarists

>keyboard
>2nd guitarist

Delete this

>Bass
>Drums
>Keyboardist

It's less overdone and if you want to add a guitarist it's easy because literally everyone plays guitar

Works sometimes but sometimes it's nice to have an actual keyboard part, not just synth filler.

>one person doing everything

why do you need to guitarists?

>keyboard

>drummer
>second drummer

>>keyboard

no way

Don't need two guitarists if you have a keys player. Best layout:

Guitar (rhythm and lead)
Keys
Bass
Drums

Keep it simple. Pretty much anyone but the drummer can handle singing duties.