Historically speaking, I think Hear In the Now Frontier, Q2K and Tribe should also be included, that is: up to when the band was managed by an "independent" manager. That is only after the 2003 tour with Dream Theater that Lars Sorensen was replaced by Susan Tate, which meant QR being transformed into Geoff Tate's solo vehicle. I totally agree with leaving out O:M2, American Soldier and Dedicated to Chaos.QUEENSRYCHE Would play, would host but just first 6 and last 2 albums.
I had included the self-titled EP + "The Prophecy" as album n°1.Hear In The Now Frontier is the 6th album though.
Zappa would be fun...
BTW, I'd also play these: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Judas Priest, Rainbow/Dio, Queensryche, Metallica, Deep Purple, Queen, and possibly Scorpions.
What about a Alice Cooper survivor (even if there are a few obscure albums)?
If there was a Zappa survivor
Do you have most of Zappa's albums, SMX?...then I would be in charge of that.
A Zappa survivor would not be 100 albums, as I'd only be using one version of each song. I'd also omit all his weird sketches and orchestral stuff (though not rock/jazz instrumentals). Right away, that eliminates most of his posthumous albums. I'm gonna take a count of how many actual Zappa songs there are...
While we're on the subject of new Survivors, I'd really like to do Amorphis and/or Stratovarius.