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Deb wrote:Disagree with the first one. Sammy was great in Van Halen, change can be good.

Nobody can replace Hutch.

Like Ian Astbury, thought they chose well with Ian......but glad to hear he is back with The Cult.

Queen w/Paul, I haven't heard enough to make an opinion.

Journey, well that's a no brainer.

RossValoryRocks wrote:Yeah and the only other singer they show is Jeff...talk about a real asshole, the writer not Jeff.

Forget that Jeff saved their collective bacon when Stevie A. went down...no...forget that Stevie A. was in Journey in the longest continuous number of years of any vocalist...including PERRY. Forget that will Arnel they have a platinum album.

I would rather have live Journey music and wait and wait and wait only to be disappointed when Steve Perry doesn't come back.

I was glad Steve Augeri put it on the line for 8 years.

I was glad Jeff rescued them.

I was pissed when they fucked Jeff.

I am very glad they are having success with Arnel...it means more live Journey music with my friends.


Shawn Amos can fuck off!

RossValoryRocks wrote:

Deb wrote:Disagree with the first one. Sammy was great in Van Halen, change can be good.

Nobody can replace Hutch.

Like Ian Astbury, thought they chose well with Ian......but glad to hear he is back with The Cult.

Queen w/Paul, I haven't heard enough to make an opinion.

Journey, well that's a no brainer.

Yup...Jeff was amazing!

Shawn Amos wrote:
JOURNEY with About Every Other Singer in the World
This band has gone through three different lead singers all trying to replace the signature man-chick wail of original vocalist Steve Perry. Each one had been a bigger embarrassment than the last. In the immortal words of Pete Townshend, "It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

cinkidd wrote:Band Wreckers and the Happy Bands They Destroy
Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:30am PST by Shawn Amos in GetBack

Band wreckers are the worst kind of singers. They are those dudes who take advantage of an unstable group relationship and insert themselves in the middle. They break into a band and destroy their happy home. And who suffers? The children do. The children always suffer. All of those fans whose childhood memories of beloved bands are forever dashed by seeing step-singers replace their favorite vocalists.

These interlopers may take their hijacked groups to new commercial heights, but it's always a Pyrrhic victory. Their success is without honor. In most cases, however, the band wrecker gets to travel with his eloped bandmates on the road to career oblivion and package tours at county fairgrounds. It's a fate they deserve for cheating in the first place. Cheaters never win. You hear that, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones? You can't replace Robert Plant. A band makes a promise that's as deep as a marital vow: 'til death do us part. Remember that before you decide to hit the road with the winner of some Led Zeppelin sound-a-like contest.

In fairness, I have to blame the band too. It takes two to make a thing go right — or wrong. These bands know better and so should their second-rate frontman replacements. So, here are the worst band wreckers ever. They all have a special place in rock hell reserved for them. A place where hack tribute groups play all day and Barry Manilow plays all night.



VAN HALEN with SAMMY HAGAR
Van Halen are serial cheaters. First they broke up with David Lee Roth for Sammy Hagar. Then they cheated on Sammy for Gary Cherone. THEN they bring back Diamond Dave but boot bassist Michael Anthony. The Sammy affair is the most painful, though. It's like seeing an ex-spouse make a bunch of money after you split.

INXS with JD FORTUNE
OK, their lead singer died, but no one deserved such a shameless disrespect to Michael Hutchence's memory. And then the best they can do is some Vegas wannabe Lizard King named JD Fortune? They should have just formed a whole new band and changed their name. They could have called themselves NOXS.

THE DOORS with IAN ASTBURY
These guys actually DID change their name — TWICE. They’ve called themselves Doors of the 21st Century and Riders on the Storm, but it didn't matter or help. This was a total train wreck in every way. Thankfully, Ian Astbury came to his senses and returned his real family, the Cult.

QUEEN with PAUL RODGERS
The remaining members of Queen think that keeping Paul Rodgers’ name separate from the band name on the marquee will cause people to forget that he's not a band wrecker. Wrong! He's still a band wrecker, and Freddie is turning over in his grave for sure.

JOURNEY with About Every Other Singer in the World

This band has gone through three different lead singers all trying to replace the signature man-chick wail of original vocalist Steve Perry. Each one had been a bigger embarrassment than the last. In the immortal words of Pete Townshend, "It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

See more singers who’ve ruined good bands in our Band Wreckers FlipBook.

strangegrey wrote:well, I was making the same point BJG...

strangegrey wrote:consider the source here. This yahoo twat is probably some gen Xer that needed to come up with something saucy so he can put something with a hit-count higher than 2 on his resume before yahoo lays him off...

RossValoryRocks wrote:Yeah and the only other singer they show is Jeff...talk about a real asshole, the writer not Jeff.

Forget that Jeff saved their collective bacon when Stevie A. went down...no...forget that Stevie A. was in Journey in the longest continuous number of years of any vocalist...including PERRY. Forget that will Arnel they have a platinum album.

I would rather have live Journey music than wait and wait and wait only to be disappointed when Steve Perry doesn't come back.

I was glad Steve Augeri put it on the line for 8 years.

I was glad Jeff rescued them.

I was pissed when they fucked Jeff.

I am very glad they are having success with Arnel...it means more live Journey music with my friends.

Shawn Amos can fuck off!

cinkidd wrote:In fairness, I have to blame the band too. It takes two to make a thing go right — or wrong. These bands know better and so should their second-rate frontman replacements.

So, here are the worst band wreckers ever. They all have a special place in rock hell reserved for them. A place where hack tribute groups play all day and Barry Manilow plays all night.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

strangegrey wrote:well, I was making the same point BJG...

I see this. But your post wasn't there yes when I started typing.
You stole my thoughts and then posted them before I could. Dickbag.

strangegrey wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

strangegrey wrote:well, I was making the same point BJG...

I see this. But your post wasn't there yes when I started typing.
You stole my thoughts and then posted them before I could. Dickbag.

Wow...I've clearly not been sending you enough flirtatiously lustful proclamations lately....

bluejeangirl76 wrote:You should be sending those to your Mrs. first anyway, sir.

wastingbeerz wrote:"It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

GRRR how much I hate that quote!!!!

wastingbeerz wrote:"It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

GRRR how much I hate that quote!!!!

kgdjpubs wrote:

wastingbeerz wrote:"It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

GRRR how much I hate that quote!!!!

I don't agree with it either. You can take one of the best singers (Perry) and put him on an awful song, and it may very well be better than it would be otherwise, but you aren't going to get a great song out of it. Even the best singers have their share of poor songs. If the basic structure is flawed, it doesn't matter how good the decorations are.

From the other hand..Dylan can write a good song, but can't sing his way out of a paper bag. The song itself is solid, even if the execution is pitiful. That's why you can take a great singer and make a really good version out of a song that wasn't done well the first time.

Either way, the song comes first. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

Deb wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

wastingbeerz wrote:"It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

GRRR how much I hate that quote!!!!

I don't agree with it either. You can take one of the best singers (Perry) and put him on an awful song, and it may very well be better than it would be otherwise, but you aren't going to get a great song out of it. Even the best singers have their share of poor songs. If the basic structure is flawed, it doesn't matter how good the decorations are.

From the other hand..Dylan can write a good song, but can't sing his way out of a paper bag. The song itself is solid, even if the execution is pitiful. That's why you can take a great singer and make a really good version out of a song that wasn't done well the first time.

Either way, the song comes first. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

I disagree. If I had to, I'd rather listen to a great singer on a crappy song than a crappy singer on a great song.

Deb wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

wastingbeerz wrote:"It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

GRRR how much I hate that quote!!!!

I don't agree with it either. You can take one of the best singers (Perry) and put him on an awful song, and it may very well be better than it would be otherwise, but you aren't going to get a great song out of it. Even the best singers have their share of poor songs. If the basic structure is flawed, it doesn't matter how good the decorations are.

From the other hand..Dylan can write a good song, but can't sing his way out of a paper bag. The song itself is solid, even if the execution is pitiful. That's why you can take a great singer and make a really good version out of a song that wasn't done well the first time.

Either way, the song comes first. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

I disagree. If I had to, I'd rather listen to a great singer on a crappy song than a crappy singer on a great song.

Enigma869 wrote:I think the guy is spot on with his assessment of "Queen" with Paul Rodgers or whatever stupid fucking name they call themselves. When I heard Rodgers perform with Queen, my immediate thought was "Freddie must be turning over in his grave listening to this horror show"!

Enigma869 wrote: While Arnel is definitely not Perry, he is easily the best since Perry left.

Enigma869 wrote: As for Van Halen...Sammy Hagar was THE MAN in that band! Love that dude in Van Halen! Roth was always a fucking clown and couldn't outsing Hagar on his best night!

Enigma869 wrote:I think the guy is spot on with his assessment of "Queen" with Paul Rodgers or whatever stupid fucking name they call themselves. When I heard Rodgers perform with Queen, my immediate thought was "Freddie must be turning over in his grave listening to this horror show"!