No Singer? No Problem! Bands Carry On With Replacement Frontmen

The frontman is quite literally the voice of the band, so when a group loses its iconic lead singer you'd think it would be time to pack it in. Well, that's not the strategy the following bands took: Some found a sound-alike (or even a sound-nothing-alike); others promoted someone from within its ranks. However, none of them fooled anyone, except themselves -- and surely not their longtime fans.

Queen

Old Singer: Freddie Mercury
New Singer: Paul Rodgers

It'd be hard to imagine a band more tied to the personality of its lead singer – right down to its name – than Queen. For years, Mercury's comrades allowed him to rest in peace, until Brian May and company hired the uber-macho Rodgers, ex of Bad Company, to fill their fallen comrade's unitard. Fortunately, Rodgers hasn't taken that mandate literally, having so far sworn off the spandex.

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