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.
*Though Blaze’s two albums weren’t terribly good)
I was gonna mention Maiden but then I thought Dickinson is so dominant among the three. But they do all have their fans.
I always thought Damian Wilson would have done a good job.
Yeah, Dickinson is the de facto Maiden singer. So much so that he came back for another go around.
I dipped out at Powerslave, so I didn’t even know about Blaze until I read your comment.
My first real impression of Maiden was when X factor was released, and Kerrang! were making a big deal of Bayley taking over from Bruce. I liked that record well enough, but it pales next to the classics.