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Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-10-2007 07:54 AM
Give us some examples of musical groups based in rock and roll that never shared lead vocals in their songs.
For example, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are two bands that instantly come to mind as two that allowed their respective lead singers be the primary vocalist on all songs. I do not mean that there were no vocal harmonies; my meaning is that Robert Plant and no other band members performed the lead vocals in all their songs with exception of instrumentals. Likewise with Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was the lead vocals, he sang all the songs. When Dio was lead vocals, he sang all the songs and so on. No other members are featured on lead vocals in their albums.
Give us some of your favorite examples of musical groups that had only one singer perform the vocals. Not solo artists. Naturally Elton John sang all the lead vocals. Bands or groups only.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - CamJones - 12-10-2007 11:34 AM
The Band is a great example of this. They share the weight ( no pun intended) of singing between 3 or 4 people. Kiss switch off on lead vocals as well. and Pink Floyd of course.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - cevor - 12-10-2007 11:40 AM
CamJones Wrote:The Band is a great example of this. They share the weight ( no pun intended) of singing between 3 or 4 people. Kiss switch off on lead vocals as well. and Pink Floyd of course.
*encourages him to re-read thread title*
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - MacPhisto - 12-10-2007 11:41 AM
Well, I was going to say Genesis, but then I listened to SEBTP again.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - rolanddoe - 12-10-2007 12:11 PM
This is actually a tough one. Even the Doors had lead vocals sung by Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek prior to Other Voices. You Got the Silver, for chrissakes.... why'd they do that? Now he'll probably want a lead vocal every other album...
How about Be Bop Deluxe... nope... Rocket Cathedrals.... great guitar, btw...
Boston... technically they had two lead vocalists on one of their tours, Fran Cosmo and Brad Delp. Did Geils ever have another vocalist on those sucky later commercial albums I never bought? I ...don't... know...You're just trying to confuse us, aren't you, Jackass?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-10-2007 12:18 PM
Van Halen.
Michael Anthony did some unusual backing vocals but I can't think of any songs where anyone other than Dave or Sammy had the lead especially.
Bad Company. Vocals were Paul's job on all his albums with the band.
Rush. Don't think Alex or Neil sang one note as the song's lead vocals.
*goes back to his Aldo Nova/Foreigner - athon love fest*
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - CamJones - 12-10-2007 01:11 PM
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - cevor - 12-10-2007 01:14 PM
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-10-2007 01:15 PM
CamJones Wrote:wow. long day. sorry.
Queen, The Rolling Stones, U2,
Roger Taylor and Brian May sang some leads.
Keef sang some leads
The Edge sang "Numb" and "Van Dieman's Land"
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-10-2007 01:22 PM
Some Other Jackass Wrote:Likewise with Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was the lead vocals, he sang all the songs. When Dio was lead vocals, he sang all the songs and so on. No other members are featured on lead vocals in their albums.Not quite. Bill Ward sang "It`s Alright" (a very unSabbath-like track) from Technical Ecstacy...surprised chromey hasn`t already got in with that one!
rolanddoe Wrote:How about Be Bop Deluxe... nope... Rocket Cathedrals.... great guitar, btw...Great guitar, great guitarist. Yes, Robert Bryan sang that (bassist from the short-lived first line-up). Possibly the only Be Bop Deluxe song not written by Bill Nelson. Be Bop Deluxe are buried treasure that only rolanddoe and I seem to know about.
Some Other Jackass Wrote:Rush. Don't think Alex or Neil sang one note as the song's lead vocals.Was going to say Rush. Call me Mr.Picky, but does the (largely) instrumental "Grand Finale" from 2112, count? Has the spoken words:-
"Attention all planets of the solar federation / We have assumed control / We have assumed control - I always assumed that was delivered by Neil Peart.....No, you`re right...I`m being picky.
Talking of power-trios, The Jimi Hendrix Experience...can`t thing of any non-Jimi lead vocals.
Free? Back to Paul Rodgers again. With a voice that good, who else would dare try.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-10-2007 01:24 PM
"She's So Fine" was not Jimi on vocals. Noel Redding. And I am trying to think of the vocals of the songs of the Band Of Gypsys album. Think Billy Cox had a lead in there somewhere.
You did surprise me with the Sabbath and I must now get the disc to listen.
I forget wh Wrote:Was going to say Rush. Call me Mr.Picky, but does the (largely) instrumental "Grand Finale" from 2112, count? Has the spoken words:-Yeah we will try to completely ignore the delivery of rap on Roll The Bones from whomever is responsible as well.
"Attention all planets of the solar federation / We have assumed control / We have assumed control - I always assumed that was delivered by Neil Peart.....No, you`re right...I`m being picky.
Talking of power-trios, The Jimi Hendrix Experience...can`t thing of any non-Jimi lead vocals.
Free? Back to Paul Rodgers again. With a voice that good, who else would dare try.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-10-2007 02:13 PM
Some Other Jackass Wrote:Yeah we will try to completely ignore the delivery of rap on Roll The Bones from whomever is responsible as well.
Heh heh. Yes. Sounds wise.Re Sabs, Ward also sang on "Swinging The Chain" from the "Never Say Die" album. Ozzy was really playing up at this point, so it was probably less a matter of choice, and more a case of "needs must" by then ......."Ozzy`s gone AWOL again, so who`s gonna sing this?!
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - djdnl14 - 12-10-2007 03:19 PM
Yes were another band as well I believe, erm...Marillion, Muse, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, James, Stereophonics, Coldplay, Deep Purple and possibly Caravan
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-10-2007 05:12 PM
Trevor Rabin sang vocals more than a few times once he joined Yes but Dire Straits is a good one.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Kimbers Sheep - 12-10-2007 06:49 PM
Judas Priest, RATT, Quiet Riot, Dokken, DIO, pretty much any of the hair bands of the late 80's
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-11-2007 12:12 AM
djdnl14 Wrote:Yes were another band as well I believe, erm...Marillion, Muse, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, James, Stereophonics, Coldplay, Deep Purple and possibly CaravanDeep Purple the exception. Re the albums Burn & Stormbringer, David Coverdale & bassist Glenn Hughes often shared lead vocals in the same song (ie "Hold On"). Sometimes Glenn would sing on his own too (ie "Holy Man").
I quite like that particular Purple-era...although it ultimately proved a little too "funky" and soulful for Blackmore ("shoe-shine music", he called it) who bailed out to form Rainbow.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - sea green queen - 12-11-2007 01:29 AM
Bill Wyman did In Another Land so that knocks The Rolling Stones off the list. I believe....
Steve Tyler of Aerosmith
Rod Argent of Argent
Doug Ingle Of Iron Butterfly
Eric Burdon of The Animals.....
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 12-11-2007 05:31 AM
Yeah that Steven Tyler's always hogging the lead vocals in Aerosmith songs. I'm gonna get that guy one day.
But to clarify, I was hoping we could think of songs and groups that the no other members sings lead. Shared vocal phrases are ok. I'm just saying for instance John Paul Jones or Jimmy Page may have sung harmonizing vocals in Led Zeppelin, but neither they nor Bonham sang part of or any lead vocals in any song. Plant was the voice of the band with absolutely no exceptions.
But we can have some fun with it.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - rolanddoe - 12-11-2007 05:54 AM
Oingo Boingo, Blind Faith
There always seems to be an exception about this. Bands can have gone 30 years or so with one lead vocalist and their first album will have two of them. Jethro Tull and ELO for instance.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Tarantula - 12-11-2007 06:39 AM
rolanddoe Wrote:Oingo Boingo
I think Ian Curtis sang all the Joy Division songs ... Andrew Eldritch all of The Sisters of Mercy songs, though Gary Marx might have sang one or two songs in the early days. Peter Murphy/Bauhaus, Siouxsie Sioux/Siouxsie And The Banshees ... Dzjeez, how did I get in this goth-mood?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - PaulM - 12-11-2007 10:57 AM
Philintheflesh Wrote:... BeBop Deluxe are buried treasure that only rolanddoe and I seem to know about.
Then I'm in good company here - I did my first acid trip (liquid LSD-25 on a sugar cube) listening to Sunburst Finish!
(Okay, it was in 1975 or 1976, and only did it once more after that, but still...)
"Good morning, Blazing Apostles, can I help you?"
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Three Different Ones - 12-19-2007 02:27 PM
Bright Eyes..Conor does vocals for everything.to my knowledge
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-23-2007 01:48 PM
PaulM Wrote:"We've got albums of redemption and confessions on cassettesPhilintheflesh Wrote:... BeBop Deluxe are buried treasure that only rolanddoe and I seem to know about.
Then I'm in good company here - I did my first acid trip (liquid LSD-25 on a sugar cube) listening to Sunburst Finish!
(Okay, it was in 1975 or 1976, and only did it once more after that, but still...)
"Good morning, Blazing Apostles, can I help you?"
All on easy hire from the following address..."
Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - PaulM - 12-23-2007 02:29 PM
Philintheflesh Wrote:Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
Like I said, I was pretty stoned at the time...!
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - PaulM - 12-23-2007 02:32 PM
Back to the topic, has anyone mentioned Jethro Tull?
Rock and roll flute. How can you not love that?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - cevor - 12-23-2007 02:36 PM
PaulM Wrote:Philintheflesh Wrote:Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
Like I said, I was pretty stoned at the time...!
dude, where's my freakin' "Live In The Air Age" cassette...
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-23-2007 02:38 PM
PaulM Wrote:Back to the topic, has anyone mentioned Jethro Tull?Rolanddoe mentioned Tull earlier. Jethro Tull are great. Ian Anderson standing on one leg manically playing the flute...enduring image.
Rock and roll flute. How can you not love that?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-23-2007 02:42 PM
cevor Wrote:Some of that`s on my ipod...er not your cassette cevor, I mean the album.PaulM Wrote:Philintheflesh Wrote:Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
Like I said, I was pretty stoned at the time...!
dude, where's my freakin' "Live In The Air Age" cassette...
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - cevor - 12-23-2007 02:46 PM
Philintheflesh Wrote:cevor Wrote:Some of that`s on my ipod...er not your cassette cevor, I mean the album.PaulM Wrote:Philintheflesh Wrote:Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
Like I said, I was pretty stoned at the time...!
dude, where's my freakin' "Live In The Air Age" cassette...
alright, i found that...now where's the Sunburst Finish one..isn't that the one with the ba..I mean very attractive woman on the jacket?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Philintheflesh - 12-23-2007 02:52 PM
cevor Wrote:The babe, yep..."Sunburst" referring to Bill Nelson`s Gibson....I guess.Philintheflesh Wrote:cevor Wrote:Some of that`s on my ipod...er not your cassette cevor, I mean the album.PaulM Wrote:Philintheflesh Wrote:Paul, your acid trip was `76, as Sunburst Finish wasn`t released `til then...glad we got that straight!
Like I said, I was pretty stoned at the time...!
dude, where's my freakin' "Live In The Air Age" cassette...
alright, i found that...now where's the Sunburst Finish one..isn't that the one with the ba..I mean very attractive woman on the jacket?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - rolanddoe - 12-23-2007 04:26 PM
cevor Wrote:alright, i found that...now where's the Sunburst Finish one..isn't that the one with the ba..I mean very attractive woman on the jacket?
I like the babe on the cover of Live! In the Air Age too...
Clank, clank, clank...
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - pinklit - 06-30-2008 07:19 AM
rolanddoe Wrote:This is actually a tough one. Even the Doors had lead vocals sung by Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek prior to Other Voices. You Got the Silver, for chrissakes.... why'd they do that? Now he'll probably want a lead vocal every other album...
How about Be Bop Deluxe... nope... Rocket Cathedrals.... great guitar, btw...
You're just trying to confuse us, aren't you, Jackass?
Years ago i was working at am employee lunch counter at Sears. I had the honor of serving Fran lunch a few times. He would sheetwall to eat . HA he said he had to sheetwall because he blew all his dough.He had been in ORION THE HUNTER. Fran is still vital of course but when i heard he was singing for Boston, i was stoked. Good dude. I think he's learned his lesson and he's wiser with his $$. His son is following his footsteps today.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Dyolf - 06-30-2008 09:17 AM
You could argue that Yes is one, in that the lead singer in which ever line-up you look at didn't share lead vocals... Jon Anderson sings lead on every album but Drama.
The Fratellis are another with Jon Fratelli being the lead singer.
I think most of the obvious ones have been said so I can't think of any more.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Morglor9 - 06-30-2008 11:02 AM
CAKE is easily a one-man-vocal show, with some backing and harmonies. John McCrea deadpans every song on every album...
They're still great.
RE: And the delivery of vocals on Cake songs are unique in most cases - Some Other Jackass - 06-30-2008 12:21 PM
QoQuaq Wrote:You could argue that Yes is one, in that the lead singer in which ever line-up you look at didn't share lead vocals... Jon Anderson sings lead on every album but Drama.
And I will argue that Trevor sings lead on two songs on both 90125 and Big Generator as just a few examples.
RE: And the delivery of vocals on Cake songs are unique in most cases - Dyolf - 06-30-2008 02:15 PM
Some Other Jackass Wrote:QoQuaq Wrote:You could argue that Yes is one, in that the lead singer in which ever line-up you look at didn't share lead vocals... Jon Anderson sings lead on every album but Drama.
And I will argue that Trevor sings lead on two songs on both 90125 and Big Generator as just a few examples.
Bugger. I forgot about those.....
Then I concede defeat.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Monolith - 07-01-2008 07:09 AM
Opeth
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Three Different Ones - 07-22-2008 08:53 AM
Not sure if I already said this, but with Bright Eyes, for better or worse (depending on how you feel about his voice) Conor Oberst pretty much always takes lead vocal
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Wings on the Pig - 07-22-2008 09:37 AM
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but in Radiohead Thom Yorke handles most lead work, although Ed O'Brien does add backing vocals sometimes. Also, Led Zeppelin had Robert Plant mainly singing the lead, with the other members occassionally chipping in with background.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Aqueronte - 07-22-2008 12:27 PM
The Animals, I'm pretty sure Eric sang all their songs.
I'm not so sure about the Yardbirds, I think Keith sang all as far as I know or remember hearing, but I could be wrong.
I wish Procol Harum would have done the same for A Salty Dog....
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - rolanddoe - 07-22-2008 02:18 PM
Some Other Jackass Wrote:"She's So Fine" was not Jimi on vocals. Noel Redding. And I am trying to think of the vocals of the songs of the Band Of Gypsys album. Think Billy Cox had a lead in there somewhere.
No, it's Buddy Miles singing on Them Changes. And Noel Redding also sings Little Miss Strange.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - AlansPsychedelicBreakfast - 07-22-2008 08:08 PM
I'll say Rush, and probably Triumph
Skid Row, maybe??
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - n3wb0rn - 07-23-2008 02:35 PM
Coldplay. They released a free song called "Death With Never Conquer" on their website and it's originally sang by the drummer Will (who actually has a nice voice). But they recorded it in the studio with the regular singer Chris Martin doing it, which was sort of a bummer.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Parsifal - 07-23-2008 06:22 PM
Van Der Graaf Generator, if I'm not mistaken, had Peter Hammill sing lead on everything.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - n3wb0rn - 07-23-2008 06:27 PM
The Killers are another, Brandon Flowers takes up vocals. Which is good, his voice is pure sex.
U2 are another... Radiohead... My Chemical Romance... Muse... The Fratellis... The Elected... Death Cab For Cutie... Against Me!... Tenacious D... She & Him... Red Hot Chili Peppers (minus "Pea")... Paramore... Okkervil River... Led Zeppelin... and so on. Some (many?) of these have probably been mentioned.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Some Other Jackass - 07-24-2008 04:53 AM
Dean,
Gil Moore, Triumph's drummer handled many lead vocals for the trio. "When The Light Go Down", "Moving On" - that's him right there. In many cases, if he wrote the majority of the lyrics for the song, he sang the lead. Rik Emmett did sing the lead on more of the radio classics that some of us know.
And on "Numb", The Edge sang the lead vocal and not Bono. And then there is "Van Dieman's Land" from Rattle And Hum.
When can we expect JeorgeMcStarkey and Gilmour's Angst to join us?
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - n3wb0rn - 07-24-2008 06:53 AM
Some Other Jackass Wrote:And on "Numb", The Edge sang the lead vocal and not Bono. And then there is "Van Dieman's Land" from Rattle And Hum.Oh. Didn't know that.
When can we expect JeorgeMcStarkey and Gilmour's Angst to join us?
And who knows, I'm hoping for a large influx of members to join here, but many of them are stubborn and probably won't.
RE: Bands Who Do Not Share Lead Vocals - Wings on the Pig - 07-24-2008 07:07 AM
Gilmour's Angst is already registered here from last year isn't he? Used to post a lot.