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Bands That Change Frontmen

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Started by buffalo-boy in Other Bands & Artists

Just thought of this cos i saw somewhere that Monster Magnet are carrying on without Dave Wyndorf…

For me; its the frontman that defines the band (and being a bassist, thats annoying!) and bands returning with a new singer is pretty dumb I think! Imagine Metallica without Jim fronting… OK So Faith No More got (far) better with Mike but what other decent ones are there?

Alice In Chains have done ok but INXS - WHY?!
Stone Temple Pilots with Richard Patrick fronting - WHY?!
Audioslave - WHY?!
Blaze Bayley era Maiden *shudder*

Anymore for anymore and what do you think of this?

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 09:36

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

ACDC is a good example of the fact that bands CAN achieve success without the original frontman.
I know some people far prefer Bon Scott, which I can understand, but for me both era of the band are great and both frontmen have some amazing songs in their catalogue - Back In Black is a great album, for a start! And which ACDC fan would seriously wanna do without the likes of Thunderstruck and You Shook Me All Night Long?!

On the other hand I think a band like Oasis who have changed pretty much everyone else APART from the singer (oh and Noel, of course) HAVE lost their original charm, so I guess it all depends on the band.

I do feel sorry for people like Brian May though, who are so closely associated with a certain band and then the singer dies…what can he do? To some people May will always be The Guy Out Of Queen, but what should he do? Should he just jack in doing what he does or should he continue to play?!

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 09:42

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Taunty Dan wrote:

ooh, great topic. Its a bit hit n miss really isn’t it, depending on the band. AC/DC are massive with Brian, Van Halen were massive with Sammy, and Maiden were massive with Bruce. But then there ARE the travesties, Queen with paul rodgers, Alice in chains with whoever the fuck that is. And i hear this week that Blind Melon have regrouped with someone else. Now Monster magnet? Blimey.

Anyhoo, like i said, it depends on the band. I think in a case where the frontman was a massive part of the group then the reformed version shouldn’t be called that name anymore.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 09:56

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Spaceball 1 wrote:

I like both versions of Pink Floyd: with Syd barret or with Dave Gilmour. Some people think Dave changed their sound too much, but I think that with Syd still onboard they would’ve “matured” their sound in the same direction anyways.

I guess it all depends on the role of the singer in a band. Someone like Freddy Mercury with a unique voice and singing style defines the bands sound pretty much on his own. With a band like Cannibal Corpse on the other hand, most people wouldn’t even know wether it was Chris Barnes or George “corpsegrinder” Fisher singing…

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 09:58

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

I just hope Bandykoot’s next singer is better than the last one

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:00

#5

Taunty Dan wrote:

i hear dave wyndorfs available…?

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:01

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

Skid row, they are now going without Seb their most memorable member..who really wants to go Snake, bloke with a ladys name…hmmm the fella who normally on the other side of the stage to the rest and whoever the fuck was on drums.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:05

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

:D LOL@Dan and LOL@ Divers

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:07

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Taunty Dan wrote:

Divers wrote:

Skid row, they are now going without Seb their most memorable member..who really wants to go Snake, bloke with a ladys name…hmmm the fella who normally on the other side of the stage to the rest and whoever the fuck was on drums.

exactly! to all but the most eager fan Skid Row IS sebastien Bach! he could change every member and STILL call them Skid Row and we’d be none the wiser!

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:10

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

I know have mentioned this before, but I once saw a gig advertised as

“Chas n Dave*

*Not featuring original ‘Dave’…”

!!!!

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:14

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

I think it depends on the band as well. Anthrax got better with John Bush as well, tho they’ve been touring again lately with Joey Belladonna.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:09

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zomboid666 wrote:

It’s like with The Darkness. Can’t believe they’re gonna get that bassist to take over from Justin. He looks retarded. Eyes far too close together. Not nearly enough hair.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:19

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

chr1s wrote:

I think it depends on the band as well. Anthrax got better with John Bush as well, tho they’ve been touring again lately with Joey Belladonna.

Oh god, yeah, wish I’d remembered them!

They certainly DID get better with John Bush

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:21

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

Well sadly it looks as though they are staying with joey… which is so shit.. they even seem to say they wont play anything from those albums anymore:( which is shitter as they were some of the best ones.

Even more depressing is that John Bush seems to be strapped for cash now and has become the Voice of Burger King for their adverts in the USA.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:26

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

I remember at the time of the reunion, Scott Ian was saying that Bush was very much part of the band and that he had declined to take part in a two-lead-singer tour but that the band understood and that this was just something they wanted to do for their anniversary..Seems very odd to me for a band to just wash their hands of four studios albums that have such great material on and go back to being a “greatest hits” package..

Maybe they just got bored of playing smaller venues and wanted a fast buck back to arenas?

or to put it another way:

Fucking sell outs

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:35

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

Well it hasn’t exactly worked now has it… I saw them with Bush on a sold out tour, the reunion tour didn’t sell out and I saw them at the same venue i saw them with Bush at and it was only 3/4 full.
The last Anthrax album did really well and boosted their profile loads they should have carried on the momentum.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:38

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Agreed..it is all rather sad and desperate.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 11:49

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buffalo-boy wrote:

Anthrax now suck - its official! I really liked what they were doing with John Bush too :(

How about Velvet Revolver? I think they’ve got it right…took all the good bits of G n R and make good music…they’re not very ‘dangerous’ but then again, what is these days? :p

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 13:16

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Weiland makes me wanna puke and Matt Sorum is one of my least favourite drummers in rock, so it’s a thumbs down from me, I am afraid.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:02

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Taunty Dan wrote:

well, if i didn’t think velvet revolver were a bunch of “utterly useless without their previous bands” cunts i’d agree with the buff-meister. But as it stands i’m inclined to agree with Dennis. Only a bit nastier.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:08

#20

Squall wrote:

Whats wrong with Matt Sorum ?

Worst drummer in rock ?

Whatabout MegWhite, David Silveria, Lars Ulrich ?

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:08

#21

Taunty Dan wrote:

whats wrong with matt sorum? Looks like a prune, talks like a girl.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:09

#22

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

..plays like a c*nt

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:19

#23

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Squall wrote:

Whats wrong with Matt Sorum ?

Worst drummer in rock ?

Whatabout MegWhite, David Silveria, Lars Ulrich ?

:D OK fair cop guv, you caught me out wildly exaggerating again! :D

Put it another way: worst GOOD drummer in rock!

He’s tight as a nat’s nether regions, granted, I just hate his drum sound - typical booming, soulless 80’s big RAWK sound. Yeuch. All plod and no swing.

Meg White, of course, isn’t fit to polish the man’s drumsticks :D

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:21

#24

Taunty Dan wrote:

Meg White is beyond ANY criticism because she doesn’t even pretend to be technically gifted or brilliant. And, y’know, she’s got tits. :)

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:23

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

So you can go onstage and say “hey, I KNOW I am shit” and shrug and wink and play like shit…and that’d be OK?! LOL

:D

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:25

#26

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

…hold on, wait…

tits, you say…?

Hmmmmmmm

*reconsiders*

Ms White! It’s gonna be a pleasure working with you, love! Step up to the drums, and I will strap my guitar on right away…

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:26

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Dennis wrote:

So you can go onstage and say “hey, I KNOW I am shit” and shrug and wink and play like shit…and that’d be OK?! LOL

:D

For Meg White, yes. :D

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:26

#28

Taunty Dan wrote:

Dennis wrote:

So you can go onstage and say “hey, I KNOW I am shit” and shrug and wink and play like shit…and that’d be OK?! LOL

:D

precisely :D

No but seriously, whats wrong with meg? Its not like she’s in metallica or anything! She has one sloppy guitarist to play with!

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:27

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I do actually agree with that.

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:31

#30

buffalo-boy wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:

precisely :D

No but seriously, whats wrong with meg? Its not like she’s in metallica or anything! She has one sloppy guitarist to play with!

she is awful in EVERY way!

Posted on Fri, 24 November 2006 at 15:37

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