List of Plastic Ono Band lineups

This is a list of the lineups of the Plastic Ono Band, the backing band established by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It was active in various incarnations form 1969 to 1974, and was revived by Ono in 2009. The group had a constantly shifting lineup, so this page reflects each individual incarnation under the name.

Current lineup

Like the Plastic Ono Band of the 1970s, the current incarnation does not have a consistent lineup. The core members since 2009 have been:

Former lineups

Band Members Release contributions and live performances
Plastic Ono Band
(June 1969)[1]
Plastic Ono Band
(September 1969)[2]
Plastic Ono Band
(September 1969)[3][4]
  • John Lennon - vocals rhythm guitar
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Eric Clapton - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Klaus Voormann - bass
  • Ringo Starr - drums
Plastic Ono Supergroup
(December 1969)[5]
Plastic Ono Band
(January 1970)[6]
  • John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocal
  • George Harrison - electric guitar, piano, backing vocal
  • Klaus Voormann - bass guitar, electric piano, backing vocal
  • Alan White - drums, piano, backing vocal
  • Billy Preston - organ, backing vocal
  • Yoko Ono - backing vocal
  • Mal Evans - chimes, handclaps, backing vocal
Plastic Ono Band
(September–October 1970)[7][8]
  • John Lennon - vocals , guitar, piano, organ
  • Ringo Starr - drums
  • Klaus Voormann - bass
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
Plastic Ono Band
(March 1971)[9]
  • John Lennon – vocals, guitar
  • Yoko Ono – backing vocals, piano
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Billy Preston – piano, keyboards
  • Klaus Voormann - bass
  • Alan White – drums
Plastic Ono Mothers
(June 1971)[5]
Plastic Ono Band
(1971)
  • John Lennon - guitars, vocals
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Klaus Voorman - bass
  • Nicky Hopkins - keyboards
  • Hugh McCracken - guitar
  • Chris Osbourne – guitar
  • Stuart Scharf – guitar
  • Teddy Irwin - guitar
Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band
(1971-1973)[5][10]
  • John Lennon - guitars, vocals
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Jim Keltner - drums, percussion
  • Wayne 'Tex' Gabriel - guitar
  • Gary Van Scyoc - bass
  • Stan Bronstein - saxophone, flute
  • Adam Ippolito - piano, organ
  • John La Boosca - piano
  • Richard Frank Jr. - drums, percussion
  • John Ward - bass
Plastic Ono Band
(1973)[11]
Plastic U.F.Ono Band
(1973)[12]
  • John Lennon - vocals, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, percussion
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • David Spinozza - lead guitar
  • Kenneth Ascher - piano, organ
  • Gordon Edwards - bass
  • Arthur Jenkins - percussion
  • Michael Brecker - saxophone
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar.
  • Rick Marrotta - drums
  • Something Different - chorus
Plastic Ono Nuclear Band
(1974)[13]
  • John Lennon - vocals, guitar, piano
  • Klaus Voormann - bass
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Nicky Hopkins - piano
  • Bobby Keys - tenor saxophone
  • Kenneth Ascher - electric piano, clavinet, Mellotron
  • Arthur Jenkins - percussion
  • Jesse Ed Davis - acoustic guitar, lead guitar
  • Eddie Mottau - acoustic guitar
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
(2009)[14]
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Sean Lennon - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
  • Cornelius - guitars, bass, Tenorion, programming, percussion
  • Yuka Honda - piano, organ, percussion
  • Hirotaka Shimizu - guitars, percussion
  • Yuko Araki - drums, percussion
  • Shahzad Ismaily - guitars, bass, drums, percussion
  • Michael Leonhart - trumpet, vibraphone, percussion
  • Erik Friedlander - cello
  • Daniel Carter - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Indigo Street - guitar
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
(2009–Present)[15]
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Sean Lennon - guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums
  • Yuka Honda - keyboards
  • Keigo Oyamada - guitar
  • Hirotaka Shimizu - guitar, bass
  • Yuko Araka - drums
  • Michael Leonhart - trumpet
  • Erik Friedlander - cello
  • We Are Plastic Ono Band" Tour
Plastic Ono Band
(February 2010)[16]
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Eric Clapton - guitar
  • Klaus Voorman - bass
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Sean Lennon - vocals, guitar
  • 16 February 2010 concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
(2011)[17]
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Sean Lennon - guitar
  • Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michael Ivins - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Steven Drozd - vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Kliph Scurlock - drums, percussion
  • Derek Brown - guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • The Flaming Lips 2011 #11: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
(2013)[18]
  • Yoko Ono - vocals
  • Sean Lennon - guitar, piano, bass, synthesizer, percussion
  • Cornelius - remixing
  • Yuka Honda - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Lenny Kravitz - drums
  • Nels Cline - guitar
  • Questlove - drums
  • Bill Dobrow - drums
  • Hirotaka Shimizu - guitar
  • Keigo Oyamada - bass, guitar
  • Julian Lage - guitar

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