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If you're going to do metal, surely Greg Puciato being parachuted into Dillinger Escape Plan on the strength of a demo tape has to be up there
Ok, I will give you Brian Johnson & the short-lived replacement for Halford, but please, Sammy? In the 1980's, I saw the original Iron Maiden. Both are fine lead singers; however, I grew to abhor Maiden. There is a reason they were pelted with eggs. Fuck Iron Maiden.
What about Henry Rollins (born Henry Garfield) for Black Flag? Although he was their fourth singer, he became the face of the band.
I know I'm in the extreme minority..but I thought Queen's pairing up with Paul Rodgers was brilliant.
I'm not arguing the inclusion on this list, but, as a matter of fact, Hagar absolutely blows.
Grace Slick replaced Signe Toly Anderson in Jefferson Airplane. That has to be the most successful switch in rock history.
The misfits were over when Glenn left. Great singer and songwriter. You be taking out your you know what.
What about that Asian guy who stepped in to front Journey when Steve Perry was no longer interested? The singer was Arnel Pineda, and the band discovered him via youtube. And the guy has serious pipes.
It's too bad you couldn't throw a nod to Christian Contemporary music / Christian Rock. Petra is probably the all-time favorite Christian Rock band, and they went through a similar vocalist change around the same time Van Halen did - gravelly replacement singer John Schlitt from Head East took over from Greg Volz and his 5 octave clarity. Even though they were the biggest name in Christian rock already, Petra had their biggest hits after the change.
While Ronnie James Dio is legend, and Graham Bonnet was a unique contributor to Rainbow deserving mention, I otherwise disagree and honestly feel that Joe Lynn Turner's voice is one of the most glorious I have ever heard in rock. Suffice it to say, he is perhaps one of the most under-noticed and underrated rock voices around. He has many of the most loyal fans around worldwide and continues rocking to this day. Don't believe me? Check out his facebook page Joelynnturnerofficial.
Lest we forget Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone being replaced (after his untimely death) by Eddie Vedder to form Pearl Jam. How many of those other bands have been around as long AND had the lasting quality that Pearl Jam has?
Journey without Steve Perry isn't quite the real thing to me....but, I'll give Amel props.
Oh, right.
Then there's the guy who sings Dennis DeYoung's parts on the new STYX tours.... and Peter Cetera left Chicago YEARS ago...
Peter Cetera was himself the replacement for the original lead singer who had died. I think that's a pretty successful succession.
Whoa I had no idea that Peter Gabriel was with Genisis. Very cool indeed.anon-toolz.se.tc
on that note, Phil had always sung backup with Genesis, and at times was more of co-lead singer with Gabriel. Still, as inconsistent as Peter Gabriel was a singer he has an amazing and unique voice with a ton of soul.
It makes sense that a lot of these bands sucked both before and after the singer change. #coughvanhalencough
Three times I've attempted to watch the Floyd movie Pulse. It is tiresome and unwatchable. Without Waters there is no Floyd. Just some guys pretending and ponderous.
Oh Please. First off, "Pulse" is NOT a movie, like with a plot, it's a documentary about the Division Bell Tour. "The Wall" was BOTH an album and a full length movie and I'm sorry. but most critics agree that the movie version sucked. AND most critics agree that the best song on "The Wall" is one of the few songs that included Gilmour's collaberation with Waters, Comfortably Numb". The simple truth is that Waters was the stronger lyricist by far but Gilmour brought the musicality to the band. Without his vocal abilities and guitar arrangements, you would NOT have Pink Floyd. If I had to chose between "The Final Cut", the last Floyd album with Waters, or the "Division Bell", the actual last Floyd album, I enjoy the music on the "Division Bell" much more. Waters is a great talent but he is and always has been an ego maniac. It took all the members of Floyd to make the band.
Faith No More had tons of singers before Patton. Fun fact: Courtney Love briefly sang with them during that time. However, they didn't have much success before Patton.
Trevor Horn had huge Crocs to fill when he replaced Jon Anderson of Yes. You try goin' from "Video Killed The Radio Star" to singing the falsetto parts of "Close to The Edge" or "Roundabout". That version of Yes still managed to sell out Reunion Arena, as I recall.
Dammit, I really wanted to piss on something. But your inclusion of Hagar is both accurate and shockingly open-minded.
Sorry, Reitz, now this is happening....
I expected people to piss on that selection, and Brian Johnson - people hate these guys for reasons I can't fathom. Montrose's self titled was brilliant - "Bad Motor Scooter" should've been a hit
Everybody does lists of the worst replacement singers - we wanted to be a little more original and give credit where credit is due
He came very close to making the list; however, Journey fans are really divided on that guy. I wanted to include one soundalike, and Ripper got that spot.
Steve Hogarth replacing Fish in Marillion? John Wetton replacing Boz replacing Gorden Haskell replacing Greg Lake in King Crimson?
Wetton's work with Asia was much more high-profile - I wanted bands that found success both before and after replacing the singer. Fun fact: Greg Lake briefly replaced Wetton in Asia, as well.
You forgot one major replacement of one of the best death metal bands of all time. I'm talking about Cannibal Corpse Chris Barnes being replaced by George "Corpse Grinder" Fischer. Probably the worst thing Cannibal Corpse could have ever done. Any album after "Vile" is absolutely terrible. Remember that Barnes originally recorded this album before leaving in 1996. Chris is what made that band so great. Now they are what I call "pop" death metal and is nothing like their original sound. Cannibal should have quit when Barnes did for he is someone who just can't be replaced, especially by "Corpse Grinder". He honestly butcher's ever single one of their original tracks live. Absolutely terrible. This would be like replacing Glen Benton of Deicide- It just doesn't work.
Remember, this is a list of the best - Corpse Grinder would be better suited to a list of the worst.
I would disagree. Corpsegrinder is by far a better vocalist in terms of versatility and tone. The music might have gone to crap, but his vocals are far superior
The Ramones. Joey was originally the drummer, but the band’s early manager didn’t like the original singer and got rid of him then encouraged Joey to front the group. I think the world is a better place for that decision.
The original singer of The Ramones was Dee Dee but he couldn't sing and play bass. This was all during rehearsals and I don't think they had played a single gig. It wouldn't make much sense to include Joey on this list.
I've heard he's beyond crazy! He was great with Maiden; too bad he had to go off the deep end.
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