Great Bands That Would Be Better If They Had A Better Singer

[gregjohnson1229]

Have to agree with you on Billy Corgan. Don't hate his voice but I can only handle a few Smashing Pumpkins songs in a day before his voice starts to grate on me. Supertramp in their heyday had 2 singers. Which one are you meaning?

Billy Corgan is Smashing Pumpkina. He plays all the guitar parts and bass parts. If you took him out of the equation all you have left is Jimmy Chamberlin, who is a great drummer but you can't have a and with just a drummer

 

[Foxhound]

Dare I say it...


..... The Rolling Stones

I can't stand Mick Jagger's voice.

Aggghhhhh! Another arch enemy of the Stones!



Well that probably explains why you've not ticked off your picks in my latest two polls.

 

[gregjohnson1229]

how can you think Robert Plant was a terrible singer, in his hey day he had an awesome voice, a voice many tried to copy....

always though axl rose was highly influenced by Plant

 

[gregjohnson1229]

I hereby nominate Marilyn Manson as a band that needs a new singer!

Marylin Manson is the only constant in his band and you can't take away the guy who the band is named after

 

[gregjohnson1229]

Rage Against The Machine tried having a different singer. Remember Audioslave?

true but I mean with the musical style of RATM. Audioslave had at tiimes had that syle but I still think Morello wrote better riffs as a member of RATM

 

[aeroplane]

Billy Corgan is Smashing Pumpkina. He plays all the guitar parts and bass parts. If you took him out of the equation all you have left is Jimmy Chamberlin, who is a great drummer but you can't have a and with just a drummer

I gotta agree.

I'm no big Smashing Pumpkins fan, but like it or not Corgan is what makes Smashing Pumpkins tick and his voice is what sets them apart from other groups of their ilk.

 

[LXA]

I lol'd

Finally, someone who noticed it was a joke.

 

[Tray73]

Finally, someone who noticed it was a joke.

You should've added Free to the line up - imagine the dizzy heights they would've soared to had they not been held back by that Rodgers bloke's duffer voice

 

[gregjohnson1229]

I gotta agree.

I'm no big Smashing Pumpkins fan, but like it or not Corgan is what makes Smashing Pumpkins tick and his voice is what sets them apart from other groups of their ilk.

Billy Corgan has one of the most unique and distincr voices. It is so distinct I have never heard anyone try to mimic it.

 

[aeroplane]

Billy Corgan has one of the most unique and distincr voices. It is so distinct I have never heard anyone try to mimic it.

That's the thing. You'd like for a band to have a distinct singer.

If any singers need replacing, I'd think it would be guys who sound like everyone else and who you can't tell apart from dozens of other singers. The kind of people who if they are singing for a band, you don't know who the band and singer is without looking it up or being told.

It is convenient for people to say that Billy Corgan, Steve Perry or Lou Gramm suck and should have been kicked out of their bands. However, at least when I hear those guys on an album, I freaking know who they are and recognize their voice without being told, even if it is a brand new song featuring them that I've never heard before.

The same logic also applies for guys like Brian Johnson, Vince Neil, Mick Jagger, Tom Petty John Mellencamp, Springsteen, it goes on and on.