I was listening to Marillion the other day and I started thinking about bands that have different eras with different singers and each of these eras have their fans. I guess there are loads of such bands when you started thinking about it.

Some that I can think of off the top of my head are:

  • Marillion (Fish and Steve Hogarth)
  • Fates Warning (John Arch and Ray Alder)
  • Black Sabbath (Ozzy and Dio)
  • Genesis (Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins)
  • Nightwish

These are interesting because the vocalist gives the voice to the band and in many cases, the sound changes drastically with the change of vocalist. Still, many bands manage to pull it off.

  • DJDarrenM
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    91 year ago
    • Black Flag (Keith Morris / Henry Rollins)
    • Iron Maiden have had three (Paul DiAnno / Bruce Dickinson / Blaze Bayley*)

    *Though Blaze’s two albums weren’t terribly good)

    • @mminOP
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      31 year ago

      I was gonna mention Maiden but then I thought Dickinson is so dominant among the three. But they do all have their fans.

      • DJDarrenM
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        21 year ago

        Yeah, Dickinson is the de facto Maiden singer. So much so that he came back for another go around.

      • Baggins
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        21 year ago

        I always thought Damian Wilson would have done a good job.

      • DJDarrenM
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        11 year ago

        My first real impression of Maiden was when X factor was released, and Kerrang! were making a big deal of Bayley taking over from Bruce. I liked that record well enough, but it pales next to the classics.