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LynneSin

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6. Lead singers are tough to replace because so many times that Singer defines the band

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 09:58 AM

Jul 2014

Sure Jimmy Page could put an album out using Plant-Wannabe David Coverdale but in the end Coverdale never had that charisma that Robert Plant brought to the stage.

And I know for some of these aging bands hoping to make a few more dollars out of their name, the show must go on. So if the lead singer isn't available or can't tour then what better way to solve the issue than to do a Judas Priest - find a lead singer from a tribuate band that does your music and have them replace the lead singer. Sure it was good when Yes needed a fill-in for Jon Anderson after Anderson had life threatening illness. But what sucked was that Anderson recovered, his voice was amazing as ever but Yes stuck with the tribute band singer.

So to be honest I have no viable answer for this question. Other members can be replaced for the better but the lead singer will always be tough shoes to fill.

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John Corabi recorded ONE album with Motley Crue...name your LEAST FAVORITE lead vocalist replacement [View all] Miles Archer Jul 2014 OP

Anyone who sang in Queen after Freddie Mercury died jmowreader Jul 2014 #1

The first one I wholeheartedly agree with. I mean, *Paul Rodgers*? WTF? nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #16

Blaze Bayley shenmue Jul 2014 #2

Sammy Hagar replacing David Lee Roth LeftOfSelf-Centered Jul 2014 #3

OU821 is a great album lame54 Jul 2014 #5

I thought it was OU812? Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #7

That's a good album 2... lame54 Jul 2014 #9

To me the Van Hagar albums range from "meh" ('F.U.C.K.') to pretty good ('5150'). nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #17

Definitely a different direction for them... lame54 Jul 2014 #31

Jump came from EVH's hardon for the keyboards. Iggo Jul 2014 #32

Exactly. Not Dave's fault in the slightest. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #40

I've read articles describing how Dave railed on Eddie for that Miles Archer Jul 2014 #51

Part of the problem with Van Hagar... Miles Archer Jul 2014 #13

good point about the timing fishwax Jul 2014 #14

Van Hagar simply didn't rock in a way that appealed to young males. Throd Jul 2014 #15

Imagine them doing "Everybody Wants Some!" with Sammy. Unfathomable, right? n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #18

I worked in a warehouse when the first Van Halen album came out... Miles Archer Jul 2014 #45

I was a Roth fan first. LeftOfSelf-Centered Jul 2014 #39

You went to Van Halen and Hagar over Van Halen and Cherone? flvegan Jul 2014 #21

Excellent point. I forgot that one - probably would've been my pick otherwise. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #25

Since I didn't like Hagar... LeftOfSelf-Centered Jul 2014 #38

Cherone was the "Bobby Ewing isn't dead, he's in the shower and it was all a dream" VH frontman Miles Archer Jul 2014 #46

But it was Roth who gave us "Jump". Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2014 #34

The problem with "Jump" SwankyXomb Jul 2014 #35

You're right. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2014 #36

"Jump" doesn't bother me. LeftOfSelf-Centered Jul 2014 #37

Noel Burke replacing Ian McCulloch in Echo and the Bunnymen Tom Ripley Jul 2014 #4

Lead singers are tough to replace because so many times that Singer defines the band LynneSin Jul 2014 #6

Ripper Owens is actually my pick for worst replacement. I don't know how he wound up in a tribute nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #19

Definitely Sammy Hagar for DLR. Iggo Jul 2014 #8

Totally agree OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #11

Eddie asked Patty Smyth to replace Dave... GOLGO 13 Jul 2014 #29

I remember that. They also had that guy from Extreme for a minute. Iggo Jul 2014 #30

Bruce Dickinson Throd Jul 2014 #10

Paul Di'Anno agress with you. OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #12

Whaaaaaaaaaat!!!!???? Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #49

Owens for Halford (Judas Priest). Horrible voice, horrible material - just *unlistenable*. n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #20

I think if they took and recorded under a different name juggulator could have been forgiven Arcanetrance Jul 2014 #22

Judas Priest is my favorite band, and I can't name one song from the Ripper era. Iggo Jul 2014 #33

Whoever is replacing Barlow in iced earth now Arcanetrance Jul 2014 #23

Haven't heard a note of the "new improved" Iced Earth. And frankly I don't want to. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #24

Thanks been busy with moving and setting up my new life Arcanetrance Jul 2014 #27

Wasn't Ripper with Iced Earth for a cup of coffee? Iggo Jul 2014 #41

Yeah he did two albums of very inconsistent songs Arcanetrance Jul 2014 #42

Didn't Slim Whitman sing with Motley Crue at one point? valerief Jul 2014 #26

Yoko Ono replacing Paul, George and Ringo KurtNYC Jul 2014 #28

DUzy Miles Archer Jul 2014 #47

Shaun Murphy fronting Little Feat (nm) Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2014 #43

That REALLY didn't work out for me. Miles Archer Jul 2014 #48

I saw Feat at the old Sunrise Musical Theater circa 2003 Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2014 #50

Dave Navarro replacing John Frusciante Initech Jul 2014 #44