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bands with lead vocalist changes...

XHonusWagnerX - 9-25-2009 at 12:03 PM

I was thinking about bands that have changed singers & if it was significant, if it got better, if it got worse, how many changes they made, etc. and I made this list, got any more??



BLACK FLAG - Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena, Henry Rollins
VAN HALEN - David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Gary Cherone, Mitch Malloy
THE MISFITS - Glen Danzig, Michael Graves, Jerry Only
ANTHRAX - John Connelly, Neil Turbin, Matt Fallon, Joey Belladonna, John Bush, Dan Nelson,
GENESIS - Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Ray Wilson
EXODUS - Paul Baloff, Steve Souza, Rob Dukes
BLACK SABBATH - Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Tony Martin,
ALICE IN CHAINS - Layne Staley, William DuVall
JUDAS PRIEST - Al Atkins, Rob Halford, Ripper Owens
IRON MAIDEN - Paul Di'Anno, Bruce Dickenson, Blaze Bayley
DEAD KENNEDYS - Jello Biafra, Brandon Cruz, Jeff Penalty, Ron Greer
BAD BRAINS - Sid McCray, H.R., Chuck Mosley, Jon Joseph
JOURNEY - Robert Fleishman, Steve Perry, Steve Augeri, Jeff Scott Soto, Arnel Pineda
MOTLEY CRUE - Vince Neil, John Corabi
NAPALM DEATH - Nicholas Bullen, Lee Dorrian, Barney Greenway, Phil Vane
AC/DC - Bon Scott, Brian Johnson
ALL - Dave Smalley, Scott Reynolds, Chad Price
FAITH NO MORE - Courtney Love, Chuck Mosley, Mike Patton
MOLLY HATCHET - Danny Joe Brown, Jimmy Farrar, Phil McCormack
REAGAN YOUTH - Dave Rubinstein, Pat McGowan
DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mike McColgan, Al Barr
TESTAMENT - Derrick, Ramirez, Steve Souza, Chuck Billy
VITAL REMAINS - Jeff Gruslin, Thorn (live only), AnthonyGeremia (live only), Glen Benton (studio only), Scott Wily (live only)
PANTERA - Donny Hart, Matt L'Amour, David Peacock, Phil Anselmo

JawnDiablo - 9-25-2009 at 12:26 PM

what?
Barney is not the singer for ND anymore?

Discipline - 9-25-2009 at 12:29 PM

He is. That was years ago. He quit and joined Extreme Noise Terror and Phil Vane left ENT for ND. Then Barney went back to ND and Phil Vane went back to ENT.

Spoiler - 9-25-2009 at 12:45 PM

Life of Agony - Whitfield Crane,Keith Caputo
Sepultura - Derek Green,Max Cavalera

BDx13 - 9-25-2009 at 12:52 PM

i can not cope with lead singer changes.

MikeResist - 9-25-2009 at 01:09 PM

Faith No More- Chuck Mosley was replaced by Mike Patton.

Mike Patton is amazing. I'd say this was an upgrade.

SS76 - 9-25-2009 at 01:09 PM

Corrosion Of Conformity-Eric Eycke, Simon Bob Sinister, Karl Agell, Pepper Keenan

Discipline - 9-25-2009 at 02:14 PM

When did Courtney Love sing for Faith No More?

JawnDiablo - 9-25-2009 at 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline
When did Courtney Love sing for Faith No More?


we have been discussing this at work since that was posted......was any material ever recorded with that bat singing?

MikeResist - 9-25-2009 at 02:48 PM

Not sure about the whole Courtney Love thing. I thought it was before Chuck Mosely, but I have never heard anything recorded with her. I think she was in the band for a very short time

CR83 - 9-25-2009 at 03:00 PM

I had no idea about Barney and ND and I agree with BD. Change in singer is not good for me either.

Mark Lind - 9-25-2009 at 03:08 PM

I think Courtney Love was in a very early incarnation of Faith No More. But that's like saying I was the first bass player for Blood for Blood since I used to jam with them before they took on the name.

Bombshell Rocks.
Everybody Out.
Reducers SF.

Mark Lind - 9-25-2009 at 03:13 PM

BLACK FLAG - Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena, Henry Rollins

never got into them

VAN HALEN - David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Gary Cherone,

i liked them better with Sammy Hagar.

THE MISFITS - Glen Danzig, Michael Graves, Jerry Only

I'll let Michael Graves slide cuz some of those songs were ok. The Jerry Only lead band is not The Misfits.

ANTHRAX - John Connelly, Neil Turbin, Matt Fallon, Joey Belladonna, John Bush, Dan Nelson,

John Bush all the way.

BLACK SABBATH - Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Tony Martin,

There is only Ozzy.

ALICE IN CHAINS - Layne Staley, William DuVall

Layne Staley is one of the best rock/metal singers ever. But he's dead and William Duvall does a good job.

JUDAS PRIEST - Al Atkins, Rob Halford, Ripper Owens

Those other dudes couldn't fill Halford's chaps.

DEAD KENNEDYS - Jello Biafra, Brandon Cruz, Jeff Penalty, Ron Greer

See The Misfits but there is no Michael Graves in this situation.

JOURNEY - Robert Fleishman, Steve Perry, Steve Augeri, Jeff Scott Soto, Arnel Pineda

Anyone not named Steve Perry need not apply.

MOTLEY CRUE - Vince Neil, John Corabi

Vince.

AC/DC - Bon Scott, Brian Johnson

Both were excellent.

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mike McColgan, Al Barr

Both were great but I think Mike probably should have stayed retired.

XHonusWagnerX - 9-25-2009 at 05:31 PM

the thing I read said that Faith No More had 10 singers from start to finish of the band. The only ones with recoreded material are Chuck Mosley & Mike Patton. However it did say that of the other singers Courtney was in the band the longest.

XnMeX - 9-25-2009 at 06:56 PM

Ramallah - Rob Lind, That guy from C.O.A. ;)

Discipline - 9-25-2009 at 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by Mark Lind
DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mike McColgan, Al Barr

Both were great but I think Mike probably should have stayed retired.



WHY?????

I fucking love Street Dogs.

random - 9-25-2009 at 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by XnMeX
Ramallah - Rob Lind, That guy from C.O.A. ;)


pretty sure most people see this as a real band versus a bad cover band. not quite the same as just a vocalist change, even if that's the only technical difference. :)

Six66Mike - 9-25-2009 at 10:12 PM

Cryptopsy: Lord Worm, Mike DiSalvo, Martin Lacroix, Matt McGachy

Cro-Mags: JJ, Eric Casanova, Harley

Anthrax: John Connelly, Dirk Kennedy, Jason Rosenfeld, Neil Turbin, Matt Fallon, Joey Belladonna, John Bush, Dan Nelson

Cannibal Corpse: George Fisher or Chris Barnes

Mark Lind - 9-26-2009 at 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline
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Originally posted by Mark Lind
DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mike McColgan, Al Barr

Both were great but I think Mike probably should have stayed retired.



WHY?????

I fucking love Street Dogs.


believe it or not that wasn't meant to be a slag on the Street Dogs. They aren't my favorite band but they always release 3 - 5 songs per record that I like. and I really like "savin hill" a lot. what I meant is that "do or die" was such an amazing album and mike earned this legendary status by walking out 2 months after it was released. about 1% of their fan base ever saw him live and he became larger than life.

it took balls for him to comeback because it made him human again. now he's just a singer in another punk rock band. I respect his decision to return because he clearly enjoys it and its his life and he should do what makes him happy. but that's a lot of pressure to deliver greatness and "do or die" was great because of 5 people: mike, ken, rick, matt and lars. so its impossible for him to recreate that and, unfortunately, one of the downsides of being the frontman is that the public holds the lead singer responsible. that was an asset to him in retirement but its a liability in a comeback. "do or die" sold about 300K copies. everyone knows who he is. I'd guess all street dogs cd's combined have sold 40K... so that looks like a commercial failure.

I guess I'm saying that I would have walked out and stayed out if I were in his shoes. like I said, he has balls. and he's a braver man than I'd ever be.

Vanilla Gorilla - 9-26-2009 at 05:16 PM

I think Mike McColgtan coming back definitely got Street Dogs some attention when they were coming out, but they don't try to recreate or even sound like Dropkick's. I like Street Dogs but none of their stuff or any Dropkicks stuff comes close to Do or Die.

sippers - 9-26-2009 at 06:13 PM

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Corrosion Of Conformity-Eric Eycke, Simon Bob Sinister, Karl Agell, Pepper Keenan
mike dean vox on animosity by far the best coc material in my book..

Mark Lind - 9-26-2009 at 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by Vanilla Gorilla
I think Mike McColgtan coming back definitely got Street Dogs some attention when they were coming out, but they don't try to recreate or even sound like Dropkick's.


I disagree but I also can't blame them.

XHonusWagnerX - 9-26-2009 at 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by sippers
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Originally posted by Shootingscars
Corrosion Of Conformity-Eric Eycke, Simon Bob Sinister, Karl Agell, Pepper Keenan
mike dean vox on animosity by far the best coc material in my book..


the EYE FOR AN EYE lp and the SIX SONGS WITH MIKE SINGING ep are my favorite COC stuff.

Discipline - 9-26-2009 at 08:07 PM

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Originally posted by Mark Lind
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Originally posted by Discipline
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Originally posted by Mark Lind
DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mike McColgan, Al Barr

Both were great but I think Mike probably should have stayed retired.



WHY?????

I fucking love Street Dogs.


believe it or not that wasn't meant to be a slag on the Street Dogs. They aren't my favorite band but they always release 3 - 5 songs per record that I like. and I really like "savin hill" a lot. what I meant is that "do or die" was such an amazing album and mike earned this legendary status by walking out 2 months after it was released. about 1% of their fan base ever saw him live and he became larger than life.

it took balls for him to comeback because it made him human again. now he's just a singer in another punk rock band. I respect his decision to return because he clearly enjoys it and its his life and he should do what makes him happy. but that's a lot of pressure to deliver greatness and "do or die" was great because of 5 people: mike, ken, rick, matt and lars. so its impossible for him to recreate that and, unfortunately, one of the downsides of being the frontman is that the public holds the lead singer responsible. that was an asset to him in retirement but its a liability in a comeback. "do or die" sold about 300K copies. everyone knows who he is. I'd guess all street dogs cd's combined have sold 40K... so that looks like a commercial failure.

I guess I'm saying that I would have walked out and stayed out if I were in his shoes. like I said, he has balls. and he's a braver man than I'd ever be.


In that perspective I totally get what you mean. I'm lucky enough to have seen DKM in Boston with Mike singing and will never forget that show. I wouldn't want to have to live up to Do or Die because it's a fucking classic that DKM will never top. I love the stuff with Al (BRUISERS FOREVER!!!) but Do or Die is still my favorite all these years later.

sippers - 9-26-2009 at 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
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Originally posted by sippers
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Originally posted by Shootingscars
Corrosion Of Conformity-Eric Eycke, Simon Bob Sinister, Karl Agell, Pepper Keenan
mike dean vox on animosity by far the best coc material in my book..


the EYE FOR AN EYE lp and the SIX SONGS WITH MIKE SINGING ep are my favorite COC stuff.
good shit i love me some coc they ripped plain and simple one of my all time favs.

sippers - 9-26-2009 at 09:47 PM

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BLACK FLAG - Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena, Henry Rollins
never got into them


and i thought i was alone on this one i never was a fan myself.i heard them when i first got into hardcore and they did nothing for me,and they still do nothing for me..thank god for suicdal tendencies,jfa,and the meatmen..

Mark Lind - 9-26-2009 at 10:08 PM

"Do or Die" is one of the best punk records ever made. I think it's been around long enough to say that and have people agree with it.

CR83 - 9-26-2009 at 10:19 PM

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BLACK FLAG - Keith Morris, Ron Reyes, Dez Cadena, Henry Rollins
never got into them


and i thought i was alone on this one i never was a fan myself.i heard them when i first got into hardcore and they did nothing for me,and they still do nothing for me..thank god for suicdal tendencies,jfa,and the meatmen..


I can only dig about 3 songs by them, all with Rollins.

XHonusWagnerX - 9-27-2009 at 09:20 AM

I love black Flag... every singer and as much as I love a lot of the Rollins stuff, he is my least favorite singer