Bands That Benefited From a New or Replacement Member

[slopes]

paul99 said:

Mike Patton replacing Chuck Mosley in Faith no More.

Patton is a monster vocalist with an epic range

But to follow along from the original post, The Cure once Reeves Gabrels joined.

Edited by slopes on Thursday 2nd November 20:17

Edited by slopes on Thursday 2nd November 20:21

[yellowbentines]

Red Hot Chili Peppers each of the 3 times John Frusciante joined.

[SAB888]

V8covin said:

Sabbath with Dio were better than with Ozzy

I'd agree that Dio was a better vocalist than Ozzy and could hit notes that Ozzy wouldn't be able to get near, but for me, having seen both versions of the band, no line-up could ever be better than the original Sabbath members. With regard to Dio, I actually thought Tony Martin not only sounded amazingly like Dio, but was actually better than Dio.

[andySC]

Alan Wilder joining Depeche Mode after Vince Clarke left.

[gazza285]

Motörhead were immeasurably better when Fast Eddie and Philthy joined.

[cherryowen]

Master Of Puppets said:

Megadeth with Marty Friedman.

Christ,

Marty's work on Rust In Peace and Symphony of Destruction is astonishing. In Hangar 18 he does a 12 bar solo in using an Eastern scale pattern that is breathtaking.

[Stick Legs]

Boo-urns said:

I'm going to be controversial and say the Chillis when Dave Navarro joined.

One Hot Minute is such a great album.

One Hot Minute is the best album. It's the only one that doesn't sound like this:

https://youtu.be/VE5JMEu5hZA?si=TrSQ-X1FnJXvF_ND

[thewarlock]

Stick Legs said:

One Hot Minute is the best album. It's the only one that doesn't sound like this:

https://youtu.be/VE5JMEu5hZA?si=TrSQ-X1FnJXvF_ND

It might be their last album that doesn't sound like that, but it's certainly not the only one.

[dontlookdown]

Mulligan and O'Hare, before either of them joined;)

[Dr Murdoch]

Dave Grohl joining Nirvana

[cherryowen]

I thought Grohl was part of the original Nirvana line up

[Dr Murdoch]

cherryowen said:

I thought Grohl was part of the original Nirvana line up

Nope the 1st drummer was Chad Channing. He drummed on Bleach and Incestiside.

[cherryowen]

Dr Murdoch said:

cherryowen said:

I thought Grohl was part of the original Nirvana line up

Nope the 1st drummer was Chad Channing. He drummed on Bleach and Incestiside.

Hiring Grohl was deffo a benefit, then (although Bleach is my favourite Nirvana album )

[Super Sonic]

Sugar babies

[Grrbang]

Gloryhammer - their new singer and album are on a par, if not better than their former singer who they fired after the leaked group chat controversy.

Obviously, some of the remaining members (including the founder) didn't come off well in those chats, but the former singer's comments were the ones I was most concerned about. I would see them again now.

[blingybongy]

Super Sonic said:

Sugar babies

Sugar Babes?

[Roofless Toothless]

Crosby, Stills and Nash.

[Thundersports]

SAB888 said:

I'd agree that Dio was a better vocalist than Ozzy and could hit notes that Ozzy wouldn't be able to get near, but for me, having seen both versions of the band, no line-up could ever be better than the original Sabbath members. With regard to Dio, I actually thought Tony Martin not only sounded amazingly like Dio, but was actually better than Dio.

Wouldn't it have been marvellous if the first 6 albums had Dio or Martin on vocals....

[the-norseman]

Slipknot when they replaced Anders Colsefni with Corey Taylor.

I was thinking about this the other day, When Ian Curtis committed suicide, the remaining Joy Division members reformed into New Order with Bernard Sumner taking over from Curtis. if IC hadn't of died, I can imagine JD being one of them bands that did 1/2 more albums then fizzled out. But no NO, so I think JD/No are an example for this thread?

[wal 45]

the-norseman said:

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I was thinking about this the other day, When Ian Curtis committed suicide, the remaining Joy Division members reformed into New Order with Bernard Sumner taking over from Curtis. if IC hadn't of died, I can imagine JD being one of them bands that did 1/2 more albums then fizzled out. But no NO, so I think JD/No are an example for this thread?

I'm not sure that would have been the case, JD appeared to be going in that direction if you listen to some of the later music as well as the obvious Ceremony track. That said I can't quite imagine Ian Curtis doing World in Motion...