Lou Gramm-like singers discographies

[Maro]

As promised in my older topic "Chalfant/Hugo/Augeri/other Perrylike singers discographies"...

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... hp?t=36828

...I'm starting this new topic with continuation of my research of discographies of great melodic rock singers.
This time, I'm presenting singers with vocal range and singing style with more or less simmilarities to Lou Gramm (ex Foreigner).
As with my old topic, there would be some obvious choices and some controversial choices which might provoke discussion.
I'm posting this in Journey forum instead of Foreigner forum because this is place where most people hang around, and it would propably go unnoticed in Foreigner forum. It's not like it's uncommon practice to post stuff unrelated to Journey here.

For now, I'm planning to cover following singers, in alphabetic order:

JEFF ADAMS (Under Suspicion)
PHILIP BARDOWELL (Places Of Power)
ROBERT BERRY (Alliance)
STAN BUSH
JAMES CHRISTIAN (House Of Lords)
ALAN CLARK (Change Of Heart)
GORAN EDMAN (Street Talk)
JOHNNY EDWARDS (ex Foreigner)
MARK FREE (ex Signal)
AL FRITSCH (Drive, She Said)
PETER GOALBY (ex Uriah Heep)
THOM GRIFFIN (Ambition)
GREGORY LYNN HALL (101 South)
KELLY HANSEN (Foreigner, ex Hurricane)
ROBERT HART (Jones Gang, ex Bad Company)
TERRY HATTY (ex Guess Who)
DAVID HENDRICKS (Bonrud)
BRIAN HOWE (ex Bad Company)
DANN HUFF (Giant)
ROBBIE LA BLANC (Blanc Faces)
JIMMY LAWRENCE (Skin Tag, solo)
MICHELE LUPPI (Los Angeles)
MITCH MALLOY
DANNY MALONE (Diving For Pearls)
ROBIN MCAULEY (Survivor, ex MSG)
KEITH MITCHELL (ex Shooting Star)
KEITH MURRELL (ex Airrace)
STEVE NEWMAN (Newman)
BENJAMIN ORR (ex The Cars)
CHRIS OUSEY (Heartland)
STEVE OVERLAND (FM)
JEFF PARIS
JOHN PARR
GLENN PIERSON (Norway)
DAVID POLEMENI (Boystown)
FRANKE PREVITE (Franke & The Knockouts)
DAVID REECE (Bangalore Choir)
TROY REID (Stranded)
KEN TAMPLIN (Shout)
ROBERT TEPPER
PATRIK TIBELL (T'Bell)
BRUCE TURGON
JOE LYNN TURNER
NICK VAN EEDE (Cutting Crew)
JOE VANA (Mecca)
DENNIS WARD (Khymera)
DARREN WHARTON (Dare)

[strangegrey]

before I even saw the list, Dann Huff's singing in Giant immediately comes to mind....

[Maro]

BRIAN HOWE:

Shy - Girl (It's All I Have) - rare single, unreleased on cd; this wasn't the same band as Tony Mills' Shy
Ted Nugent - Penetrator
Bad Company - Fame and Fortune
Bad Company - Dangerous Age
Bad Company - Holy Water
Bad Company - Here Comes Trouble
Bad Company - What You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company Live
Brian Howe - Tangled In Blue (later rereleased as Touch)
unreleased second Brian Howe, recorded in late 90's, apparently exists somewhere in vaults
there was a talk about harder rocking new solo album being recorded couple of years ago

Notice:
Ted Nugent is singing lead vocals on couple Penetrator songs.
Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke is singing one song on Holy Water and same goes for Here Comes Trouble album.

[Maro]

TERRY HATTY:

The Guess Who - Lonely One (also released as Liberty)

Notice:
There was also live album The Spirit Lives On: Greatest Hits Live recorded by Terry Hatty-lead line-up of The Guess Who, but it's most likely of small interest for most melodic rock fans.
In early 80's, Terry Hatty sung in band named Ram which recorded one rare album for label which was soon busted for record piracy so it went out of stores and apparently never resurfaced again.
As far as I know, Terry Hatty went in theatrical business after The Guess Who, so I doubt we'll see another melodic rock cd with his vocals.

[Maro]

BRUCE TURGON:

Bruce Turgon - Outside Looking In

Notice:
Bruce Turgon, long time collaborator of Lou Gramm, played bass in Lou Gramm's bands Black Sheep, Shadow King, Foreigner and on Lou Gramm's two solo albums from 80's.
As heard on his solo album, his vocals have strong simmilarities with Lou Gramm's.
Last news from him are that he's been working with another Lou Gramm-soundlike, Philip Bardowell, in project named Places Of Power which has recorded album Now Is The Hour, awaiting release on Frontiers Records.

[StoneCold]

Good list but imo, no one can touch Gramm.

[Maro]

Good list but imo, no one can touch Gramm.

Might be... anyway, purpose of this list isn't to start a debate about who's the best, or better than Lou Gramm... I'm simply trying to give comprehensive guide to discographies of singers who might be of interest to more open-minded Lou Gramm & Foreigner fans... the same as I was trying to do with Steve Perry & Journey fans in Perrylike vocalists topic...

[finalfight]

Good list but imo, no one can touch Gramm.

Might be... anyway, purpose of this list isn't to start a debate about who's the best, or better than Lou Gramm... I'm simply trying to give comprehensive guide to discographies of singers who might be of interest to more open-minded Lou Gramm & Foreigner fans... the same as I was trying to do with Steve Perry & Journey fans in Perrylike vocalists topic...

Robin McAuley a Lou Gramm like singer..? Hardly! In fact that's an insulting comparison.

[Maro]

Robin McAuley a Lou Gramm like singer..? Hardly! In fact that's an insulting comparison.

One of "controversial" choices in this topic... The same as Danny Vaughn as Steve Perry-like singer in my old topic...
Good singer nevertheless... I'd cover his discography later on here, for people who want it... Who disagrees with my comparison, sorry for that...

[StoneCold]

Good list but imo, no one can touch Gramm.

Might be... anyway, purpose of this list isn't to start a debate about who's the best, or better than Lou Gramm... I'm simply trying to give comprehensive guide to discographies of singers who might be of interest to more open-minded Lou Gramm & Foreigner fans... the same as I was trying to do with Steve Perry & Journey fans in Perrylike vocalists topic...

Appreciate the guides but doesn't matter if you don't intend to start debates. Debates will happen. My expressing that Gramm has no equal doesn't mean I"m close minded. IMO = its my opinion, TIOLI

I'm a supporter of these indexes so keep it going. I'll be checking out the other singers. Anyone that sounds like Gramm is in good company. I enjoy what Johnny Edwards recorded with F more than KH.

[Maro]

Appreciate the guides but doesn't matter if you don't intend to start debates. Debates will happen. My expressing that Gramm has no equal doesn't mean I"m close minded. IMO = its my opinion, TIOLI
I'm a supporter of these indexes so keep it going. I'll be checking out the other singers. Anyone that sounds like Gramm is in good company. I enjoy what Johnny Edwards recorded with F more than KH.

I'm sorry if You got the impression that I was implying that You're close minded.
I hope You and all other people hanging here would find something of interest in this topic while I'm doing it... It takes some time for me to make satisfactory research so I'll be updating this topic for days, one by one...
Also, I have another topic in planning for afterwards, but I won't give details now...

[Maro]

KEITH MITCHELL:

Shooting Star - Touch Me Tonight: The Best of Shooting Star (on song Touch Me Tonight)
Dark Angel/I Come In Peace soundtrack (Shooting Star on song Touch Me Tonight)
Shooting Star - It's Not Over
Shooting Star - Shooting Star Live
Shooting Star - Leap of Faith
Shooting Star - Best Of, Vol. 2 (on songs 10-16)
Shooting Star - Tonight DVD
Shooting Star - Anthology (on songs 20 and 25-33)

Small notice:
Anyone has an idea what happened with this guy after he left Shooting Star?

[Maro]

KEITH MURRELL:

Airrace - Shaft Of Light
Mama's Boys - Growing Up The Hard Way
Phenomena - Phenomena III: Inner Vision
Phenomena - Project X: Phenomena 1985-1996 (on some songs)
Mama's Boys - The Collection (on songs 13-18 )
Phenomena - Psychofantasy (on songs So Near So Far and Crazy Grooves)
Phenomena - The Complete Works (on disc 3 - Phenomena III: Inner Vision with bonus songs)

Small notice:
Anyone heard what's he up to lately aside of being Cliff Richards backing singer?

[StoneCold]

Appreciate the guides but doesn't matter if you don't intend to start debates. Debates will happen. My expressing that Gramm has no equal doesn't mean I"m close minded. IMO = its my opinion, TIOLI
I'm a supporter of these indexes so keep it going. I'll be checking out the other singers. Anyone that sounds like Gramm is in good company. I enjoy what Johnny Edwards recorded with F more than KH.

I'm sorry if You got the impression that I was implying that You're close minded.
I hope You and all other people hanging here would find something of interest in this topic while I'm doing it... It takes some time for me to make satisfactory research so I'll be updating this topic for days, one by one...
Also, I have another topic in planning for afterwards, but I won't give details now...

No sweat, thanks Maro.

I don't know how you find the time to do these but hope you continue. I found Jim Jidhed through you Perry list. Some of the intonations on Revelation are reminiscent of Jidhed's "Full Circle".

[Maro]

JOHN PARR:

John Parr - s/t
St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack (on song St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion))
Quicksilver soundtrack (duet with Marilyn Martin on Love Song from Quicksilver (Through the Night))
Meat Loaf - Blind Before I Stop (duet with Meat Loaf on song Rock & Roll Mercenaries)
American Anthem soundtrack (on song Two Hearts)
John Parr - Running The Endless Mile
on movie Flight of the Spruce Goose was used song Steal You Away
Meat Loaf - Live at Wembley (duet with Meat Loaf on song Rock & Roll Mercenaries)
on movie Near Dark was used song Naughty, Naughty
Three Men and a Baby soundtrack (on song The Minute I Saw You)
on movie The Running Man was used song (Restless Heart) Running Away With You
Paris: A Story of Love (rock opera, he sings role of Paris)
Rick Wakeman - Time Machine (on songs Ocean City and Rock Age)
John Parr - Man With A Vision
John Parr - Under Parr
Meat Loaf - Rock 'N' Roll Hero (duet with Meat Loaf on song Rock & Roll Mercenaries)
John Parr vs. Tommyknockers - New Horizon (cd single, dance remixes of St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion))
John Parr - Walking Out of the Darkness (cd single)
The Brothers Solomon soundtrack (on song St. Elmo's Fire (Acoustic))
John Parr - John Parr/Man In Motion (2cd set with his 1st and 3rd album)

[Maro]

JOHNNY EDWARDS:

Buster Brown - Loud And Clear
Buster Brown - Sign Of Victory
Montrose - Mean
King Kobra - King Kobra III
Foreigner - Unusual Heat
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is: Best Of Ballads (on songs I'll Fight For You and Safe In My Heart)
King Kobra - The Lost Years (later rereleased as Number One) (on songs 1, 5-6, 8-9 - taken from King Kobra III album)
Montrose - The Very Best Of (on songs 16-18 )
Foreigner - Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology (on song Lowdown And Dirty)
JK Northrup - s/t (collection of songs recorded with band Northrup, between King Kobra and Foreigner days)
JK Northrup - Best Of: Play It On 11 (on songs 7, 13-14)
Shortino/Northrup - Afterlife (on song Crazy Mind)
Foreigner - Definitive Collection (on song Lowdown And Dirty)
JK Northrup - Wired In My Skin (on song Wired In My Skin)
Foreigner - No End In Sight: The Very Best Of Foreigner (on songs Lowdown And Dirty and I'll Fight For You)

Small notice:
After leaving Foreigner, Johnny Edwards recorded one album with band Royal Jelly, where he pursued strange mixture of Red Hot Chilli Peppers style and Led Zeppelin's most esotheric moments... I highly doubt that it might be of interest to casual melodic rock fans.

[Maro]

AL FRITSCH:

Drive, She Said - s/t
Drive, She Said - Drivin' Wheel
Drive, She Said - Excelerator
Drive, She Said - Road To Paradise: Best Of
Drive, She Said - Real Life

Small notice:
Al Fritsch and Mark Mangold, key members of Drive, She Said, collaborated also in Mystic Healer project, but there was lead vocalist Todd Googing, who is featured in my Steve Perry-like topic.
Any idea what happened with Al Fritsch after 2003?

[Maro]

DANN HUFF:

Giant - Last Of The Runaways
Giant - It Takes Two + Giant Live
Giant - Time To Burn
Giant - Don't Leave Me In Love (cd single)
Giant - III
Giant - Live And Acoustic: Official Bootleg

Small notice:
Dann Huff is one of the most demanded session guitar players in world, so it's highly unlikely that we'll see another Giant album.
But what was recorded by this amazing group, would stand the test of time.

[Maro]

DARREN WHARTON:

Dare - Out of the Silence
Dare - Blood From Stone
Dare - Calm Before the Storm
Dare - Belief
Dare - Beneath The Shining Water
Dare - The Power of Nature...Live in Munich (CD and DVD)
upcoming Dare - Arc Of The Dawn

Small notice:
Darren Wharton got his first taste of fame as keyboard player in legendary band Thin Lizzy and on Phil Lynott's 80's solo projects.

[Maro]

DENNIS WARD:

Khymera - A New Promise
Khymera - The Greatest Wonder


Small notice:
One of more controversial choices as Lou Gramm-soundlike, but I'll keep him here...
Dennis Ward is also more known as producer for many melodic rock acts and bass player in Pink Cream 69.

[Journey/Survivor]

I haven't read over these lists, so I'm no doubt going to be naming several that have already been named.

I would say that a few of the most similar voices to Gramm's are...

Jimi Jamison
Joe Lynn Turner
Johnny Edwards
Paul Rodgers
Dan Huff

And to a much lesser extent, John Waite.

[Journey/Survivor]

OK, now that I've skimmed through the lists....

I should have remembered John Parr. I have heard some similarity between them in the past.

And Brian Howe was another good one.

[Maro]

JEFF ADAMS:

Under Suspicion - s/t
upcoming solo album produced by Tommy Denander

Small notice:
In 90's he backed Brian Howe and Jimi Jamison as bass player, and since 2000. he's member of Starship feat. Mickey Thomas.

[Journey/Survivor]

JEFF ADAMS:

Under Suspicion - s/t
upcoming solo album produced by Tommy Denander

Small notice:
In 90's he backed Brian Howe and Jimi Jamison as bass player, and since 2000. he's member of Starship feat. Mickey Thomas.

Yes.

Actually, I got to know Jeff fairly well when he was in Jimi's band.


Good guy too, I should add!

[Maro]

Borrowed from my Steve Perry-soundlike topic:

JIMI JAMISON

Target - s/t
Target - Captured
Cobra - First Strike
OST - The Karate Kid (Survivor on song The Moment of Truth)
Survivor - Vital Signs
OST - Rocky IV (Survivor on song Burning Heart)
Survivor - When Seconds Count
Survivor - Too Hot To Sleep
OST - Lock Up (on song Ever Since The World Began)
OST - The Rocky Story (Survivor on song Burning Heart)
Jim Jamison - When Love Comes Down
song Taste Of Love is used on movie Jersey Girl
Survivor - Greatest Hits (on songs 3-7, 11)
OST - Baywatch (on song I'm Always Here)
Jim Jamison/Survivor - Collection
Jim Jamison/Survivor Collection, Volume 2
V/A - Animal Magnetism (on song Dying To Live)
song Carry Me Home is used on movie A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Survivor - Prime Cuts: Classics Tracks (on songs 10-18 )
Jimi Jamison - Empires (first time it was released it was billed as Jimi Jamison's Survivor)
Survivor - The Finest Selection - The Search Is Not Over Yet (on songs 1-2, 5-6, 10-11, 13, 16-18 )
Survivor - Fire in Your Eyes: Greatest Hits (on songs 2-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15-17)
V/A - A Classic Rock Christmas (Survivor on song Christmas Is Here)
Survivor - Ultimate Survivor (on songs 3-11, 14-15)
Survivor - Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
in 2005. Survivor re-recorded song Eye Of The Tiger with Jimi Jamison, and this version is used on some movies and compilations afterwards
Whitney Wolanin - Funkology XIII (on song It Takes Two - also released as cd single)
OST - The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Survivor on song The Search Is Over)
Survivor - Reach
Survivor - The Best of Survivor (on songs 2-3, 5, 7-8, 12-14)
upcoming solo album Crossroads Moment

[Maro]

Borrowed from my Steve Perry-soundlike topic:

DANNY VAUGHN

Waysted - Save Your Prayers
Tyketto - Don't come Easy
Tyketto - Strength In Numbers
Tyketto - Take Out & Served Up Live (on songs 1-7)
Flesh & Blood - Blues For Daze
V/A - Stiff Competition: Cheap Trick Tribute (on song Hello There)
Allied Forces - R.U. Wilde (on songs Medicine Man, Thunder Nation and Eyes Of Wonder)
Waysted - Wilderness Of Mirrors
Vaughn - Soldiers And Sailors On Riverside
Vaughn - Fearless
Danny Vaughn - Standing Alone
Vaughn - Forever Live
Gary Hughes - Once And Future King Part I (on songs The Reason Why and Avalon)
From The Inside featuring Danny Vaughn - s/t
V/A - A Tribute To Journey by brazilian Frontline Records (on song Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin')
Avalon - The Richie Zito Project (on song Avalon)
Jorge Salan - Chronicles Of An Evolution (on song Chase The Fire)
Danny Vaughn - Traveller
Tyketto - The Last Sunset: Farewell 2007
From The Inside - Visions

[Maro]

Borrowed from my Steve Perry-soundlike topic:

TOBY HITCHCOCK

Pride Of Lions - Sound of Home single
Pride Of Lions - s/t
Pride Of Lions - Black Ribbons (Voices Of The World) single
Pride Of Lions - The Destiny Stone
Pride Of Lions - Live In Belgium
Pride Of Lions - The Roaring Of Dreams
Genius: A Rock Opera - Episode 3 : The Final Surprise (on songs Inside these memories, Back to life again and Dream in liberty)

[Maro]

ROBERT HART:

The Burglar soundtrack (Distance on songs Bernie's Groove and New Way Of Living)
Distance - Under The One Sky
Robert Hart - Cries and Whispers
Robert Hart - s/t
Bad Company - Company of Strangers
Bad Company - Stories Told and Untold
The Jones Gang - Any Day Now

Small notice:
Closer to Paul Rodgers vocal style, but nevertheless deserves to be mentioned here.
He's currently lead vocalist for Mick Ralphs' Bad Company 2008.

[Journey/Survivor]

I wouldn't say there's a great similarity, but Robert Tepper just came to mind. Very slight similarity though.

[Maro]

I've been kinda burned lately, but updates are coming in following days...
Stay tuned for more...