OC HIGH: STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS : OC High asks: If you could be the member of any band, which would it be? Doing what?

“Red Hot Chili Peppers. I would be playing the trumpet along with Flea.”

Dorothy Kim, 17, junior, Irvine

“I would play with the Beatles. I would have played guitar so people would remember me. Really, guitar is the only thing people care about. Look at Ringo. He sat in the back and played drums and no one cared.”

Julia Barbano, 17, senior, El Dorado

“I would play the guitar for Pearl Jam because they are the best band in the world.”

Holly Kus, 17, junior, Mission Viejo

“Sublime. I would probably want to be their lead singer.”

Dan Denes, 18, senior, Villa Park

“Boyz II Men, as the singer.”

Damian Raibon, 18, senior, St. Margaret’s

“U2. I would be the drummer.”

Kelly Koldus, 14, freshman, Huntington Beach

“Backup singer for a disco queen.”

Katy O’Neal, 17, senior, Laguna Beach

“I would be with Metallica, playing the guitar.”

Tony Bravo, 18, senior, Los Alamitos

“I’d be part of the Brady Bunch so I could wear polyester, orange bell-bottoms and sing ‘Sun Shiny Day’ with Greg. They were happening in a far-out way.”

Alison Lasseter, 15, freshman, Brea Olinda

“The lead singer in Depeche Mode, because I like their music.”

David Chang, 14, freshman, Woodbridge

“If I could sing, I would form my own band, have a cool name and travel all over the world to play good music.”

Jesse Alessandrini, 15, sophomore, Los Amigos

“I would be a part of the Monkees, because I like the way they walk.”

Stephanie Jebbia, 16, junior, Dana Hills

“If only I was born a few decades earlier, I would have loved to have been in Karen Carpenter’s group, and then I would have been a part of the most captivating group of the century, the Carpenters.”

Charlie Knudtson, 18, senior, Valencia

“I would be in Chicago so I could be the only female singer.”

Cheri Stromquist, 17, senior, Capistrano Valley

“The band I’d want to be a part of would be the Smiths. I’d play anything just to get them back together.”

Marisa Fulenwider, 16, junior, Trabuco Hills

“The band Green Day and doing guitars.”

Daniel Finger, 15, senior, Santiago

“Sublime. I would play drums.”

Jason Ferren, 15, sophomore, Troy

“I’d be either the guitarist or drummer for Pearl Jam.”

Joe Jenkins, 15, freshman, Irvine

“I would be the drummer of Green Day because then I’d get to sit right next to the lead singer, and he is so hot!”

Veronica Masterangelo, 16, sophomore, Mission Viejo

“I would rather start my own band that plays alternative or metal music.”

Michelle Sharma, 17, junior, Villa Park

“I’d be in a swing band, and I’d sing.”

Jamie Hamamoto, 17, senior, Huntington Beach

“I’d like to be in Aerosmith, and I would like to be the lead trumpet.”

Matt Ellis, 17, junior, Laguna Beach

“I would be part of Garth Brooks’ band, playing the harmonica.”

David Licht, 16, junior, Los Alamitos

“I would be the fifth Monkee.”

Jason Neres, 16, junior, Brea Olinda

“I would want to be in the American Youth Symphony, playing violin.”

Roxanna McManus, 17, junior, El Dorado

“I would want to play the rhythm guitar for Metallica so that I could spit on audience members and have beer thrown at me on stage while listening to good music.”

David Conner, 17, senior, Woodbridge

“I’d be in the Monkees; I’d play the tambourine.”

Melissa Pascual, 17, senior, Cypress

“I would be a member of the Police. I would be singing, because I don’t know how to play the guitar.”

Sean Kelly, 16, junior, Dana Hills

Jodeci. I want to be lead singer so I can be well-known and famous.”

Timothy Liu, 14, freshman, Valencia

“I’d love to be a part of Pearl Jam, but I wouldn’t know what to play because I wouldn’t want to disrupt the actual band.”

Sarah Cowan, 14, freshman, Trabuco Hills

“Green Day as a backup singer.”

Jay Sloyer, 14, freshman, Newport Harbor

“I would want to be a singer with Sting and his band. They are globally conscious and address relevant world issues.”

Janette Harward, 16, junior, Fountain Valley

‘Yanni. I would play the triangle in his orchestra.”

Manishi Parrikh, 17, senior, Capistrano Valley

“I would be the lead singer in the Cranberries.”

Beth Ingram, 14, freshman, Los Amigos

“Tori Amos, doing vocals.”

Azucena Figueroa, 18, senior, Santiago

* Responses gathered by Elaine Park, Woodbridge; Roxeanne McGraw, Cypress; Lindsey Blenkhorn, Dana Hills; Corey Griffin, Troy; Robert Wenzel, Irvine; Dan Nieto, Mission Viejo; Jennifer Tobkin, Villa Park; Jennie Franck, St. Margaret’s; Amy Woo, Huntington Beach; Craig Hammill, Laguna Beach; Amber Pierce, Los Alamitos; Amy Chen, Brea Olinda; Michael Steinberger, El Dorado; Ling Lu, Valencia; Samantha Wood, Trabuco Hills; Katrina Tangen, Newport Harbor; Tricia Michels, Fountain Valley; Joslin Gemsch, Capistrano Valley; Linda Dao, Los Amigos; Leeza Duong, Santiago.