I was listening to Marillion the other day and I started thinking about bands that have different eras with different singers and each of these eras have their fans. I guess there are loads of such bands when you started thinking about it.

Some that I can think of off the top of my head are:

  • Marillion (Fish and Steve Hogarth)
  • Fates Warning (John Arch and Ray Alder)
  • Black Sabbath (Ozzy and Dio)
  • Genesis (Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins)
  • Nightwish

These are interesting because the vocalist gives the voice to the band and in many cases, the sound changes drastically with the change of vocalist. Still, many bands manage to pull it off.

  • eutsgueden@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    Dance Gavin Dance have had three “eras,” though most fans seem to like all of them despite maybe having a favorite. They started with Johnny Craig on vocals for their first EP and record, then fired him and got Kurt Travis for two albums, then brought Johnny back for another album, then replaced him again with Tilian Pearson for the rest of their career to date (aside from a small tour where he was replaced by Andrew Wells due to a rehab stint.)

  • DJDarren@beehaw.orgM
    1·
    1 year ago

    Oh, Sepultura.

    To many, the band effectively broke up when Max Cavalera left, but the Derrick Green incarnation certainly has its fans.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
    1·
    1 year ago

    2 that have been more so “We can continue touring” reasons:

    • Foreigner (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen)
    • Journey (Steve Perry, Arnel Pneda)
      • I do not recommend seeing Journey with Arnel at the head. I’ve never seen a singer hate being at his own show as much as him.
  • mmin@lemmy.oneOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    Oh, and Faith No More too. I was so disappointed as a kid when I bought one album and Mike Patton didn’t sing on it…