Van Halen with David Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar BAND WRECKERS
Gary Cherone of Van Halen
INXS with Michael Hutchence
JD Fortune of INXS
Journey with Steve Perry
Steve Augeri of Journey
Jeff Scott Soto of Journey
Arnel Pineda of Journey
Queen
Paul Rodgers of Queen
Boston
Tommy DeCarlo BAND WRECKERS
Michael Sweet of Boston
The Doors with Jim Morrison
Ian Astbury of Riders on the Storm
Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio of Black Sabbath
UB40, 1990
Duncan Campbell of UB40
Blind Melon BAND WRECKERS
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THE DOORS with Jim Morrison
Band Wreckers
Band wreckers are the worst kind of singers. They are those dudes who take advantage of an unstable group relationship and insert themselves in the middle. They break into a band and destroy their happy home. And who suffers? The children do. The children always suffer. All of those fans whose childhood memories of beloved bands are forever dashed by seeing step-singers replace their favorite vocalists.
Here's our FlipBook of the Biggest Band Wreckers Ever. They all have a special place in rock hell reserved for them. A place where hack tribute bands play all day and Barry Manilow plays all night.
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INXS
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Freddie Mercury
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Jim Morrison R.I.P.
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Van Halen
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UB40
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Concert Screw-Ups
Chopergirl said "I have always loved her. She has been a very good part of entertainment - I remember when she was in Roots. AND then CHEERS, and then the talking babies with John Travolta. My gosh, we all have problems, and with those come stress eating at times...She is beautiful regardless of what she weighs, and not only physically beautiful, but also beautiful inside. She has had her heart broke just like the rest of us, and struggles like the rest of us....to bad people expect her to be perfect as that is what imperfect people like to see - someone perfect to make them feel better. Projecting their OWN disappointment onto others, in some sick way, makes them feel a little better. That is a terrible post about her. I will watch her show."
Sardonica said "How is she anymore a train wreck than ANY body else, celebrity or not? We all have our issues. She is at least trying to better herself, not trash those around her, or laugh at the misfortunes of others. You're as bad as Perez. YOU are the one that needs to get a life, not her. "
ratt said "Don't the people who read this crap have anything at all better to worry about? Is it REALLY any of your concern what this movie star or that musician is up to in their personal lives? Did any of you useless tabloid bottom feeding twats notice that I used the word PERSONAL? Not likely, because the people that read this stuff don't think anyone has a life that they can't have access to. A word for those who have nothing better to do than concern themselves about others in the spotlight... pathetic."
jesslisby said "rynn phillips needs to get over his self...he is the one whom made his own problems. mabye if he kept his pants on and didn't treat his wife at the time with such disregaurd, he might still have full custody of his children, and a wonderful wife..look what you traded down for. but bravo to reese...look who she traded up for."

Comments
Peter
November 24, 2008 - 10:45 PM GMT
Those new singers no matter good or bad shouldn't have replaced the original band singers instead they should form their own band and build their own name. I'm a huge fan of FUEL with Brett Scallions now I don't even want to pay attention to them because they replaced him with a wannabe. They even replaced him with someone whose voice sounds similar to him.
jklepore
November 24, 2008 - 10:33 PM GMT
I would rather see Steve Perry in concert singing Journey songs with a different band than the rest of the members of Journey with some guy with not as good of a voice and a bad perm! Steve Perry has one of the best and most unique voices in music. There is no substitute for his talent.
bahbeeboi
November 24, 2008 - 10:30 PM GMT
Who reads these articles in Yahoo? A high school level reader? Mr.theabbevillekid you might think about double checking your source of irritation before you send it off to be printed and read by a few hundred thousand people most of whom will also catch this embarrassing mistaken rebuttal of yours. Nowhere did the writer call Michael Hutchence a band wrecker and the writer did correctly note that Michael Hutchence had died therefore the need to find a replacement who was, in fact, the band wrecker. Try waiting till after homework before you burn one.
violinbroker
November 24, 2008 - 10:18 PM GMT
as a veteran of over 1200+ shows .i know a good concert. im speaking about the Doors at the orpheum in boston with ian astbury.that was a superb show i would love to see it again dave from saugus ma
gfoos
November 24, 2008 - 10:06 PM GMT
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd with a substitute singer years after whichever Van Zandt died. It was ridiculous. At least they did an instrumental version of Freebird rather than the poorman's version that would have been.
I loved Bad Co and Paul Rogers in his heyday. I just can't see him with Queen. Doesn't seem like a fit.
Journeyboi
November 24, 2008 - 10:00 PM GMT
I realize that STEVE PERRY was Not the original lead singer of JOURNEY, BUT he IS the voice that turned JOURNEY into what it became. Steve Perry should NEVER have been replaced... maybe one day the band will realize their mistake in replacing him instead of going and ruining the JOURNEY voice and name. I have bought every CD of Journey, but I don't listen to them over and over again like I did all the albums with Steve Perry's robust voice and flavor he brought to the Band. Escape was exactly that, an Escape to a new level with a new Keyboardist who wrote some Beautiful music with Perry, but without Perry's contribution, it has never been the same. Bring him back guys, the new lead singer from the Philippines is good, but even he would have to admit, no one should have ever replaced Steve Perry.
k.millet
November 24, 2008 - 10:00 PM GMT
I'm glad AC/DC was left out of this....since one was a legend (Bon) but one sang on probably the greatest rock record ever ...Back In Black...kudos to Johnson and to the band that made the best transition ever in the most unfortunate of circumstances!!!
fhop1269
November 24, 2008 - 10:00 PM GMT
sure hate it,,,,did o.k. until Ronnie James Dio with Sabbath,,,,listen to "Heaven an nell" then reconsider your posting Dio as a band wrecker........maybe if ozzy could have controlled his substances instead of his substances controlling him this wouldn't even be an issue of debate. As it is the dio/Sabbath union was the pooh for that time period!!
traceww
November 24, 2008 - 09:55 PM GMT
Chicago was and IS a brilliant band, but Cetera was there from the beginning (before they released their first album). I agree that most of the songs that Cetera sang lead on in the late 70's and 80's weren't up there with what came before, but that was the nature of the group and not just because of one guy. Also, two of their classics, 25 or 6 to 4 and Feelin' Stronger Everyday, were sung by Cetera. They're the most underappreciated "rock" music group of all time IMO...they should've been inducted in the R & R Hall of Fame years ago but sadly probably never will.
msmith6479
November 24, 2008 - 09:42 PM GMT
complete dribble. this article was meant to sucker your ire and take aim at a false premise. by the way, david lee roth was one dimentional as was so many singers and other musicians who run their creative course. only david lee had no real talent to begin with. VH w/ sammy went on to new levels. in the end it was sammy who led the band to new creative levels, not the other way around. look at the current VH lineup...nothing new and there will be nothing new. david lee is nothing but a temporary fad for the VH brothers to have some fun with wolfgang who know their mortaility is near. just wait for that mouth cancer to re-appear and that's it the jig is over.