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re: Which band was carried most by its lead singer?

Posted on 11/3/20 at 7:41 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 11/3/20 at 7:41 pm to
The Dwight Twilley Band was Dwight Twilley and one other guy



I always thought Phil Seymour got a raw deal... They couldn't call it "Twilley & Seymour"? Or "Dwight & Phil"? Or for that matter "Phil & Dwight"?
Posted by lazy
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Posted on 11/3/20 at 8:40 pm to
Has Jethro Tull been mentioned?

Pavement
Dinosaur Jr.
Dream Syndicate
Posted by atomic31
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:41 am to
Electric Light Orchestra - Jeff Lynne
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 7:38 am to
quote:

Blind Melon


Yep, Shannon was irreplaceable. The 60% of Blind Melon remaining are about 25% of Blind Melon, because math.
Posted by Kcprogguitar
Kansas City
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 10:42 am to
Queensryche was carried by the genius Degarmo.

Once he left, it went to total shite.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:53 pm to
Survivor

While Jim Peterick was quite a musician, the singer Jimi Jamison absolutely carried that band. In my mind Jimi was every bit as good of a singer as Steve Perry.
This post was edited on 11/4/20 at 12:54 pm
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

The Police


This is as ignorant as saying RUSH was carried by Geddy Lee's vocals.

Summers and Copeland are two of the best to ever pick up their instruments. Sting's job was quite literally to write songs and stay out of their way (which he did, masterfully).

My answers:

T. Rex
Blur
This post was edited on 11/4/20 at 12:57 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
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Posted on 11/4/20 at 4:51 pm to
ELO

Jeff Lynne
Posted by Bill Parker?
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 12:24 am to
James Brown was the absolute ultimate band master...always in charge on the stage. BB King and Clarence Gatemouth Brown were always in control of their bands.
Posted by ShamelessPel
Metairie
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 12:54 am to
quote:

You can say Disturbed would be entirely different and would be correct. Draiman is one of the most unique voices in rock and lends himself to a certain type of writing and quality.

However, Donegan and Wengren are very good musicians and write quality stuff. Their talents would be welcome in other bands. "Carried" is a bit strong.


Disturbed’s albums all sound the same to me (10000 Fists is still an all time album for me personally). You put a mediocre vocalist with those guys, they’re nothing at this point. Draiman would have succeeded eventually anywhere. Just my opinion at least.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 7:36 am to
Megadeth.

Mustaine is a genius and writes almost all of the songs... but he’s also near Gene Simmons-level when it comes to keeping all the money.

And thank God that Metallica gave him the boot. What a sad world we’d live in without the music of both Megadeth and Metallica.
This post was edited on 11/5/20 at 7:37 am
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 10:20 am to
quote:

Motley Crue


What? I know people liked Neil's style on the records but he is easily the weakest component of the band.
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:26 pm to
Old Guy’s List

The Carpenters
Herman’s Hermits
Rolling Stones
Blood, Sweat and Tears
KC and The Sunshine Band
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:44 pm to
Queensryche.
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 7:35 pm to
Nickleback
Creed
Posted by Bigpoppat
Drinking a Manhattan
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 7:47 pm to
Fleetwood
Posted by moock blackjack
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 10:49 pm to
Foo Fighters for sure
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 11/6/20 at 12:27 am to
Hootie and the Blowfish and Matchbox20.

Both Darius Rucker and Rob Thomas have had really successful solo careers showing they never really needed their bands.
This post was edited on 11/6/20 at 12:29 am
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 11/6/20 at 2:43 am to
quote:

What? I know people liked Neil's style on the records but he is easily the weakest component of the band.


No one gave a shite about Motley Crue without Vince on vocals. And I happen to think the John Corabi album is very good. But there was zero interest from the fans in Crue without Vince.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 11/6/20 at 6:25 am to
quote:

No one gave a shite about Motley Crue without Vince on vocals. And I happen to think the John Corabi album is very good. But there was zero interest from the fans in Crue without Vince.



Yeah... after they were already massively popular due to songs written almost exclusively by Sixx and Lee. Not to mention he left right when grunge was about to take over - I think that had as much to do with their decline as anything.

And no one on this board can argue that Neil isn’t the worst live by far of the 4.
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