No Singer? No Problem! Bands That Carry On With Replacement Frontmen
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 7:00PM by Spinner Staff
Filed under: The Hit List
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 MercuryNew 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.
1. Paul Rodger singing Queen?!?! What are you shittin'me?!?!?
Paul belongs to Bad Co. Sing the damned songs we love hearing you sing!
dave at 8:56PM on Apr 2nd 2008