Singers who ruined great bands

Jalapeno

Ro_S said:

Brian Jones, on the other hand, did form the The Rolling Stones and he did get sidelined and kicked out the band, by Mick and Keith.

They had to get rid of Brian Jones because his drug use was totally out of control. Mick & Keef were together before the Stones (with Jones & Watts) in Blues Incorporated.

Bucket

not_the_dj said:

The chilli peppers guy puts me off their stuff, just don't like his voice. 

This.

I hate Anthony Kiedis with the fire of a thousand suns. The rest of the band are perfectly fine but I can't listen to them.

ToneControl

munckee said:

For different reasons I don't listen to Led Zep very much as I dont like Robert Plants voice much.

who from that era would you prefer?

I thought they initially wanted Terry Reid 

quarky

I do wonder if we will be adding The Black Keys to the list at some point. Is Auerbach just too interested in side projects to do more BK stuff?

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have had a decent attempt at ruining KISS over the decades.

Some would say that Roger Waters could have done the same with Pink Floyd (although I think the stuff post-Waters is awesome).

Also Papa Emeritus II

ICBM

quarky said:

Some would say that Roger Waters could have done the same with Pink Floyd (although I think the stuff post-Waters is awesome).

Whereas I would say that Floyd were definitely a band that were more than the sum of their parts, and that of the parts, Waters' post-Floyd output was far better than Floyd-without-Waters, which I find very dull.

Philly_Q

quarky said:

Also Papa Emeritus II

I lose track of all the Papa Emerituses (Emeriti?)

quarky

Philly_Q said:

quarky said:

Also Papa Emeritus II

I lose track of all the Papa Emerituses (Emeriti?)

He was lead singer on Infestissumam. A much weaker album than Papa Emeritus III managed with Meliora!

Philly_Q

quarky said:

Philly_Q said:

quarky said:

Also Papa Emeritus II

I lose track of all the Papa Emerituses (Emeriti?)

He was lead singer on Infestissumam. A much weaker album than Papa Emeritus III managed with Meliora!

Ah, I'm not sure I bought Meliora....  probably because I was underwhelmed by Infestissumam.

GJK1959

Joe Strummer - he knackered the Clash by sacking Mick Jones.

At a different angle.....Freddie Mercury obviously didn't help Queen by kicking the bucket....but George Michael singing Somebody to Love at the tribute gig was a revelation, and would have been a perfect replacement.