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Bands you might like if they fired their lead singer

vamos [Edit] [Delete] 98 replies 10:17, 6 November '08

The Dismemberment plan
!!Forward Russia!!
Johnny Foreigner
Los Campesinos

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  • Primal Scream

    Bundoz @simonom | 6 Nov '08, 10:21 | X
    hungover this'd this
  • what???

    Steve from TAAS is incredible.

    shucks @simonom | 6 Nov '08, 10:24 | X
    danger this'd this
    • Gareth from NCF is great :(

      Severed799 @simonom | 27 May '12, 10:54 | X
    • James Blunt

      Neutral Milk Hotel

      uggggh | 6 Nov '08, 10:24 | X
      • good call

        on NMH

        Hope of the States

        planet_of_sound @uggggh | 6 Nov '08, 12:33 | X
        • oasis

          greenstone @planet_of_sound | 6 Nov '08, 12:34 | X
        • Hope of the States is Right

          they would have been so much better without the out of tune croaky vocals stuck on top of some really good music.

          captain_self_healer @planet_of_sound | 6 Nov '08, 18:10 | X
          fictionfighter this'd this
          • He has the same singing voice as Frank Skinner

            bizarre mid-Atlantic out of tune thing

            Si_Badvibes @captain_self_healer | 25 May '12, 18:05 | X
            thesewoodenideas this'd this
      • Jeff Mangum's voice is the soul of NMH.

        When his voice cracks on a high note - that's why we listen to it in the first place!

        People are strange.

        hip_young_gunslinger @uggggh | 6 Nov '08, 14:39 | X
        CrispinAlexander, thesewoodenideas, kilgore-trout, trickquestion, TheBeautifulOnes_, Antelope, Lofisongsaregreat, Faceless_Opinion, and Eugene_14 this'd this
    • You don't like tom

      from forward russia?

      1_234589 | 6 Nov '08, 12:46 | X
    • WILD BEASTS

      haribo7989 | 6 Nov '08, 12:48 | X
      harman_kardon and JamieBoxOf this'd this
      • weirdly

        without the crazy voice man I'd never have paid them any attention.

        Feefle @haribo7989 | 6 Nov '08, 13:57 | X
        Capitalwow and cosk this'd this
      • wild beasts yes

        harman_kardon @haribo7989 | 6 Nov '08, 14:20 | X
        • Wild Beasts 2 vocalists make them even better

          the way they play off each other on Reach a Bit Further is fucking beautiful. God I love them both.

          Hayden's voice on His Grinning Skull is fucking amazing.

          yuggy @harman_kardon | 25 May '12, 17:49 | X
          cosk, kilgore-trout, TheBeautifulOnes_, Severed799, GoatmeatMF, and justanothersheeldz this'd this
    • Los Campesinos, Bloc Party

      & plenty of emo bands could be good with less whiney/hackneyed singers.

      amputee-porn | 6 Nov '08, 12:53 | X
      • Oh, on the flip side, I'd like Ryan Adams more if he fired The Cardinals

        amputee-porn @amputee-porn | 6 Nov '08, 12:53 | X
    • If...

      A Silver Mt. Zion could tell Efrim to shut the fuck up, and just play his guitar, i'd be a much bigger fan these days.

      bruised_blood | 6 Nov '08, 13:28 | X
    • Razorlight

      If they fucked Borrell off (and he took his tunes with him)

      Captain_Scott | 6 Nov '08, 13:38 | X
      • the world would be a better place

        without borrell.

        vigo @Captain_Scott | 6 Nov '08, 13:42 | X
        • What you are hinting at would turn him into a Martyr.

          Would you really want that?

          lurchy2 @vigo | 6 Nov '08, 18:24 | X
    • the smiths

      guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 13:46 | X
      mfmcd57 and politelydeclined this'd this
      • :O

        thatoilengineer @guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 14:22 | X
      • i'm inclined to agree

        i like the songs but morriseys voice and pervading smugness is something which i'm rarely in the mood for

        soapy @guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 14:29 | X
        DaddyorChips and jack_on_fire this'd this
        • I think you're confusing intelligence with smugness

          Surely one of The most insecure, self-deprecating artists around?

          in_limbo @soapy | 28 May '12, 00:39 | X
      • I don't normally say this

        but you are batshit crazy.

        Ignation @guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 14:54 | X
      • dans in agreement shocker

        dan_thw @guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 16:55 | X
        • another dan here

          adding to agreement shocker

          CrispinAlexander @dan_thw | 25 May '12, 18:31 | X
      • :D

        Deerhoof is a good call.

        Zapsta @guntrip | 6 Nov '08, 17:49 | X
      • something comforting about seeing a thread, instantly thinking of a response in your mind

        and then realising the thread is three and a half years old and you posted the exact same response at the time.

        guntrip @guntrip | 26 May '12, 19:36 | X
        lemonbrickcombo this'd this
    • The Dismemberment Plan?!

      Are you freaking nuts?

      I love his stuttering falsetto. It's like the guy from Shudder To Think. Brilliant vocals.

      I also disagree with Los Camp- I quite like the vocals, it's the plinky keys, violin and xylophone which annoy me beyond belief most of the time.

      I might like Volcano! a whole lot more if their vocalist wasn't so awful.

      lemonbrickcombo | 6 Nov '08, 13:56 | X
      ma0sm this'd this
      • I do, in the Los Camp case,

        struggle to separate all those horrid diy-indie factors out from one another sometimes...

        vamos @lemonbrickcombo | 6 Nov '08, 13:59 | X
      • ^ The singer from D-Plan is the best bit!

        Someone needs to make them reform now.

        colesy @lemonbrickcombo | 6 Nov '08, 14:01 | X
    • i love the vocals

      in the Dismemberment Plan and Johnny Foreigner. Although I can see how the latter might be an acquired taste.

      I've learned to live with the vocals in the Wave Pictures but they still make it hard to listen to more than a few songs at once.

      OceanStorm | 6 Nov '08, 14:02 | X
    • Deerhoof

      tom_from_sparks | 6 Nov '08, 14:08 | X
      • seconded

        lemonbrickcombo @tom_from_sparks | 6 Nov '08, 14:11 | X
      • this is what i would have said

        dan_thw @tom_from_sparks | 6 Nov '08, 16:18 | X
      • silly

        politelydeclined @tom_from_sparks | 26 May '12, 19:21 | X
        ThierryEnnui this'd this
    • devourment

      i'd like rolo tomassi more if they fired their synth player

      too_black_too_strong | 6 Nov '08, 14:18 | X
    • Lovvers

      harman_kardon | 6 Nov '08, 14:20 | X
      • you srs?!

        too_black_too_strong @harman_kardon | 6 Nov '08, 14:21 | X
        • yh i don't like his voice

          it sounds really emo live

          harman_kardon @too_black_too_strong | 6 Nov '08, 19:59 | X
    • This thread is basically:

      "I'd like band X if they weren't actually band X".

      Very odd.

      hip_young_gunslinger | 6 Nov '08, 14:40 | X
      • no it's not.

        for example, the smiths: a lot of people like johnny marr's arrangements but can't abide morrissey. i find this perfectly understandable

        haribo7989 @hip_young_gunslinger | 6 Nov '08, 16:33 | X
        • I knew some people would say Wild Beasts

          Personally, I don't think they'd be half as good without that singer.

          Binary_Star @haribo7989 | 6 Nov '08, 18:23 | X
          Capitalwow this'd this
          • marmite

            haribo7989 @Binary_Star | 6 Nov '08, 19:54 | X
    • MINUS THE BEAR MINUS THE BEAR MINUS THE BEAR

      I fucking LOVE the music, Dave Knudson is a hero of mine, but that spanner drawling on tunelessly about how cool and bohemian his life is makes me a saaaaaaaaad panda.

      pariko | 6 Nov '08, 19:52 | X
      • i can understand les savy fav

        but just no.

        And yes to art brut.

        harman_kardon @-Dolly | 6 Nov '08, 19:59 | X
      • i second Fucked Up..

        those songs are too looooooong for all that screaming/bellowing. there's a reason most good hardcore tracks are 2 minutes or less

        watsona7 @-Dolly | 25 May '12, 17:57 | X
        • No. Just no to Fucked Up.

          InsomniacBoy @watsona7 | 26 May '12, 22:43 | X
        • Stop being wrong

          He's fantastic, don't get why people dislike the vocals so much - it suits the music perfectly.

          shucks @watsona7 | 26 May '12, 23:07 | X
          • Damian's vocals are incredibly limited

            I can see why they would start to annoy people when they write long songs without much break from his voice which can sound like a bit of a parody of a large man barking sometimes. They generally work better when played off other vocals, like in Queen of Hearts.
            I think his vocals are great, but they are probably the weakest part of the band? He makes up for it by being a charismatic stage presence and all-around top bloke but yeah

            Severed799 @shucks | 27 May '12, 10:58 | X
            shrewbie this'd this
            • thats pretty much exactly how i feel

              watsona7 @Severed799 | 27 May '12, 21:36 | X
      • dragonforce

        their singer is rubbish!

        cat-fish | 6 Nov '08, 20:09 | X
      • FOALS!!!!!!!!!

        Mr-November | 12 Nov '08, 11:53 | X
      • Limp Bizkit

        Not joking...

        pentargo | 25 May '12, 17:37 | X
      • U2

        Decent band there, solid rhythm section. Bono isn't a great lyricist, I don't like his voice much tbf. So take the other three and chuck any other singer on top, and you've got a winner. Bono can go be a private equity guy (his firm made something like $1.5bn from the Facebook IPO), and Chris Cornell can front U2 instead. Call it SoU2dgarden. WIN.

        hexagram | 25 May '12, 17:46 | X
      • Wu Lyf

        SpartacusHughes | 25 May '12, 17:52 | X
        theonlyindiegolfer this'd this
      • Wild Beasts

        Antpocalypsenow | 25 May '12, 17:58 | X
        pentargo this'd this
      • The Cure

        Radiohead

        Gotti | 25 May '12, 18:28 | X
      • Guns 'n' Roses

        I know this is an old thread (why is IvanIvanov doing all this bumping?) but I don't really care.

        joeymahone | 25 May '12, 18:59 | X
        • Ivan has to be an old user right?

          theShipment @joeymahone | 25 May '12, 19:04 | X
          • Yeah, maybe

            joeymahone @theShipment | 25 May '12, 19:06 | X
      • Most of 'em

        I swear, I increasingly find that I'll hear about some hot new band, the description sounds like exactly the kind of stuff I'm into, the song starts, the music's doing it for me and then... flop, Bland Vocalist X starts warbling away and I lose all interest...

        Sloame_Ocean | 25 May '12, 19:22 | X
      • Rage Against The Machine

        were so much better as Audioslave

        sparkysdream | 25 May '12, 21:55 | X
      • The Verve

        hungover | 26 May '12, 19:09 | X
      • The Cure would make a great instrumental band

        malick | 26 May '12, 19:44 | X
        this'd this
        • Mogwai certainly thought so

          Si_Badvibes @malick | 28 May '12, 16:14 | X
      • Led Zeppelin

        Luis_Carruthers | 26 May '12, 20:32 | X
        hungover this'd this
      • I don't own anything by 3 of these bands

        God knows what this relic was all about...

        vamos | 27 May '12, 01:01 | X
      • Radiohead

        Seriously

        Led Zep is a surprisingly good call too

        blisters | 27 May '12, 02:10 | X
      • Frightened Rabbit

        jack_on_fire | 27 May '12, 02:28 | X
      • The Who

        I like Rodger Daltrey but he was the weak link. I'd also love to hear what Led Zeppelin would sound like if they went with their original choice of Steve Marriot

        Code1982 | 27 May '12, 02:38 | X
      • Talk Talk

        sojourner | 27 May '12, 10:19 | X
      • If by "fired" you mean "shot out of a circus cannon point-blank into a brick wall and then hosed off the wall by homeless tramps pissing on it & finally washed down a stormwater drain while Aerosmith blares from a massive PA and cheering crowds celebrate

        I'll go with U2

        blisters | 27 May '12, 09:51 | X
      • all kinds of wrong in this thread

        TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 May '12, 11:19 | X
      • Stone Roses

        Olivarez | 27 May '12, 22:16 | X
        • good call

          TheBeautifulOnes_ @Olivarez | 27 May '12, 23:36 | X
      • Beaten to the punch by a good 4 years,

        but HOTS is my stock answer for this.

        bokonon | 27 May '12, 23:35 | X
        funkycow this'd this
      • Editors

        mcs31 | 28 May '12, 00:16 | X
      • Motley

        Crue.

        And Rod Stewart.

        Jon_ | 28 May '12, 00:22 | X
        • Also,

          Led Zep without Plant would be a fucking disaster. Stop being silly.

          Jon_ @Jon_ | 28 May '12, 00:23 | X
          • Not silly at all

            Plant's classic, and integral to the LZ sound, but that doesn't mean he couldn't be improved on.

            Personally I like his voice, but often hate his little embellishments & vocal stylings, which probably sounded cool in 1975 but can be really toe-curling these days. All the bay-be bay-be bay-bes and uh-uh-uh-uhs, to say nothing of the thoughtful asides where he ruminates on the profundity of his own (desperately shitty) lyrics. Think the version of Stairway To Heaven on The Song Remains the Same soundtrack.

            I mean he's OK, but generally speaking if there's a moment in a Led Zep song where I'm having problems (and there are plenty of those), it's always because of something Plant's doing.

            blisters @Jon_ | 29 May '12, 00:05 | X
      • Florence and that there machine, by there, that's it....

        ....her.

        VCLee | 28 May '12, 00:27 | X
        film_maker this'd this
      • The Strange Death of Liberal England

        would be so much better if Adam Woolway stopped trying to be Win Butler.

        Yvash | 28 May '12, 13:18 | X
      • Laurel Halo

        scomatsho | 28 May '12, 13:24 | X
      • M People

        starshaped | 28 May '12, 13:46 | X
      • Womack and Womack

        OllieH | 28 May '12, 16:08 | X
      • Dingus Khan

        Mick_Squalor | 29 May '12, 00:12 | X
      • Massive Attack

        I'm not saying I don't love them, but I'd love them a whole lot more if they stopped inviting Horace Andy doing that warbly voice thing on their albums.

        Si_Badvibes | 30 May '12, 01:25 | X
      • The Jam

        Shit-hot rhythm section, then they go & let that prick Weller stick his horrible Arthur Mullard-esque bellow all over the top. Awful.

        ThirstyDog | 30 May '12, 04:05 | X
      • The Jam

        Shit-hot rhythm section, then they go & let that prick Weller stick his horrible Arthur Mullard-esque bellow all over the top. Awful.

        ThirstyDog | 30 May '12, 04:06 | X
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