New singers in bands

[CureTheSane]

Which bands have changed singers (for whatever reason) and still managed to keep your interest?

Which bands changed their singer and then lost your interest?

 

I'll start with a few

Warrant (provoked me to start this thread) - Not the same as with Jani. Miss his brilliance, but still produce decent music which is a step above most bands.

 

Judas Priest - never was a big fan. I appreciate some of their bigger hits, Living After midnight, Turbo Lover, etc but for some reason I picked up a Ripper Owens disc and loved it.I should pull it again and have a listen.

 

Quiet Riot - Was always Kevin for me. Maybe this new guy will do OK, but so far it's been hard to really do anything after QRIII for me.

 

Motley Crue - Corabi CD was great. They should have moved ahead with him. Not much of any real note came after him from the Crue, a few good songs, but that's about it.

 

Van Halen - Not a huge DLR fan, but some of his VH stuff is great. Sammy was amazing. Cherone sucked.

 

 

 

 

[Geoff]

The most obvious one has always been how much better Britny Fox sounded with Tommy Paris on vocals.

[Glen]

Well the most obvious ones are

 

Iron Maiden changing to Dickinson....the rest is history

Journey changing to Perry

Black Sabbath changing to Dio and recording their best 2 albums

AC/DC changing to Johnson

 

[Glen]

and the worst ones are -

 

Gotthard and Warrant

 

Just end.................

[gener8tr]

I like the Dio and JLT incarnations of Rainbow very much (and Bonnet, too).

[gener8tr]

Off the top of my head, Skid Row is one of the very worst.

[tts42572]

Two changes I really liked....Van Halen with Sammy and H.e.a.t with Erik Gronwall.

 

It seems like the majority of the time though it goes the other way and I don't like the changes.

[The Rocker]

VH- 2 different bands to me , LOVE both, but will always choose DLR era if had to
AC/DC both good
Britny Fox, like both, but choose the first 2 albums over the 3rd
Journey, really? I think we know the answer to that one
Motley Crue, I like the s/t, BUT LOVE the first 5
DIO was the man in any band he was in!!!

[CureTheSane]

Yeah Skid Row died for me when they released the first CD without Bach.

[jondavis]

Savatage

Tangier

Axel Rudi Pell

H.E.A.T.

[Invisible_man]

how about bands where singers leave, then come back, then leave...?

 

Kansas (Steve Walsh)

Foreigner (Lou Gramm)

[zacharyamelie]

A change for the better

 

Survivor with Jimi Jamieson

Dream Theater getting James Labrie

Zak Stevens for Jon Oliva in Savatage

 

 

Band is awesome no matter the singer

 

Danger Danger

H.E.A.T

Saigon Kick

VH (minus VH 3)

 

 

 

Changes that ruined the band for me

 

Skid Row

Warrant

TNT with Tony Mills

Lillian Axe (more Steve Blaze's fault rather than new vox)