Singers who ruined great bands

underdog

Has Axl rose been mentioned yet? Not his signing but everything else that came with him.

ICBM

Amy Lee

markblack

Stone Roses would be an obvious answer... but then they wouldn't be the Roses.
(There are some shocking live performances though )



Technically good singers, like technically good guitar players aren't always they best.

The Seahorses are John Squire with a better singer... I don'y mind the their album, but it ain't The Roses.

chillidoggy

Off the top of me 'ead -

Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden

Burke Shelley - Budgie

Maynard James Keenan - Tool

Fuengi

Both Simon and Garfunkel. 

Teyeplayer

57Deluxe said:

Paul McCartney - everything he does now...

And before tbh; they shot the wrong Beatle (waits for explosions from the sky and fb fallout for dissing Sir Paul of the frog song).  

Sassafras

That bloke who screeches like a cat on fire in AC/DC.
That bloke who screeches in Led Zeppelin.
Any singer who screeches.

joneve

@Boromedic could you link me to the Podcast? Kevin Cadogan is basically the reason I play guitar and I know the story but never heard it from the horses mouth.I liked some of 3eb’s later work (out of the vein was good) but always find myself struggling to really enjoy them because Jenkins is such a grade A cunt. 

If you havent already, check out Cadogan’s solo stuff, it’s really good. 

prowla

Joe Lynn Turner in Rainbow - I Thuwenda, I Thuwenda...

prowla

chillidoggy said:

Off the top of me 'ead -

Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden

Burke Shelley - Budgie

Maynard James Keenan - Tool

I think Bruce Dickinson made Iron Maiden!

Budgie - now there's a band similar to Rush. (Or have I reminded you about Geddy?)

SidNewton

Yoko Ono 

Boromedic

joneve said:

@Boromedic could you link me to the Podcast? Kevin Cadogan is basically the reason I play guitar and I know the story but never heard it from the horses mouth.I liked some of 3eb’s later work (out of the vein was good) but always find myself struggling to really enjoy them because Jenkins is such a grade A cunt. 

If you havent already, check out Cadogan’s solo stuff, it’s really good. 

Here ya go mate:
http://podbay.fm/show/1020669587/e/1442918171?autostart=1

Yeah I even saw them live in London in 2012 but they aren't the same at all. Still love the debut, I started checking Kevins stuff out after the podcast, its decent like. He seems like a really down to earth fella, and Jude Gold (the interviewer) asks a lot of decent questions and I really enjoyed getting into the nuts and bolts of his technique. He was quite funny as well.

bbill335

The Smiths. Marr is a killer guitarist, but he's got that nasal twat whining over everything.

Telejester

stephen pearcy of ratt had a quarter octave vocal range on a good day

Jalapeno

Geddy Lee - never took to his falsetto warbling.  Ditto Jon Anderson in Yes.

Agree ^^^^ about Dream Theater

AlexC

Sting has to be mentioned. The Police - one of the best bands ever IMO and then he breaks them up because he wants to go off and do politically aware 'soulful' jazz noodling whilst stripped to the waist and doing songs about Quentin Crisp. Thanks for that, mate.

Boromedic

Shit yeah, really obvious one that. I don't mind his solo stuff but the Police were great.

prowla

bbill335 said:

The Smiths. Marr is a killer guitarist, but he's got that nasal twat whining over everything.

Same with Guns'n'Roses (and Slash's band with that Miles bloke).

prowla

Jalapeno said:

Geddy Lee - never took to his falsetto warbling.  Ditto Jon Anderson in Yes.

Agree ^^^^ about Dream Theater

Was Geddy singing falsetto? (But actually I prefer hist singing when he dropped to a lower register.)

I like Jon Anderson.

I agree about Dream Theater too.

Nunogilberto

Boromedic said:

Yeah, I suppose we could open it out into ruining bands for all reasons too. In that case I'll add Gary Cherone for his stint in Van Halen.... Hagar was a great replacement for DLR but Cherone... Flat as a fart

I think GC didn't do himself any favours leaving Extreme to be honest - he was at his peak when they split up and he gave his best years to the soap opera that was (and continues to be) VH. And I like VH...