theabbevillekid

November 24, 2008 - 09:23 PM GMT

The merry-go-round of lead singers in Van Halen being called band wreckers? ...Seriously? The only thing that screwed that band up was the lead guitarist and the incredibly inflated ego he dragged along with him! As for Michael Hutchence being called a band wrecker? He FREAKIN DIED for gods sake! I would hardly call him a band wrecker for it! Also showing the new frontman of Journey and having the words band wrecker as the caption...was pretty freakin low. This guys brand new to the scene and already you're associating him with the megalomaniac Steve Perry?? Who writes these articles for Yahoo!? A high school news paper?

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NCrockergirl

November 24, 2008 - 09:16 PM GMT

The worst part of the whole INXS experiment (that's what I'm calling it) is that they turned it into a cheesy prime-time game show. Michael Hutchence could never be replaced, and for them to do it the way they did was TACKY! I was really disappointed in Navarro for being entangled in that mess. Although if anyone should know.......

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johnmazlish

November 24, 2008 - 08:59 PM GMT

Can't believe no one mentioned Peter Cetera of Chicago. Chicago was a brilliant band until this guy showed up and turned the music into nauseating pop slush.
Honorable mention: the guy (don't know his name) who ruined Santana.

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Mike

November 24, 2008 - 08:52 PM GMT

OK. I will give you a few of those but the Hagar/Van Halen split was a mutual ego trip. Plus they made a lot of money with Hagar and the albums were the direction Eddie wanted to go anyway. Dio did not wreck Sabbath. The 7 singers since then did maybe. Probably that ABBA cover album they did....BAD!!!
Journey actually sounds pretty good with the new guy. Not Steve Perry but this guy has better pipes live. The Doors with anyone else is a mistake. Same with Queen. The singers were the identity of those bands. Morrison and Mercury are not replaceable.

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djowalsen

November 24, 2008 - 08:44 PM GMT

How dare you put Ronnie James Dio on this list. I won't argue that the Dio years of Black Sabbath were as good as the Ozzy years (although, I personally think they are) but I will at least say that the first album with Dio is better than the last album with Ozzy. Even my friend who hates Dio admits that he likes Heaven and Hell.

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geekedout

November 24, 2008 - 08:26 PM GMT

when a band member dies.......they have to replace him to keep movin on,,,so I don't consider that a wrecker

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geekedout

November 24, 2008 - 08:24 PM GMT

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erikjeppson

November 24, 2008 - 08:24 PM GMT

David Lee Roth had (LSD)-lead singer disease.....and left at a good time. Sammy was great and brought new light to the band. I think Dave did a good job but showed that he could only last for a while without a good band behind him. I give credit to Sammy for giving the fans a great show every time and great albums time after time with Van Halen. I just wish they could of stayed together.....but as they say......the show must go on!!!
From: Edward and Sammys ( Old Gas Man )

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oldkid

November 24, 2008 - 08:22 PM GMT

Did anybody notice that Michael Hutchence is wearing a tribute shirt to fallen-and-replaced AC/DC frontman, Bon Scott? Irony?

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pjb

November 24, 2008 - 07:59 PM GMT

Okay, you are SO missing Styx with this lout Lawrence Gowan.

Yes, we know that Dennis DeYoung is a monstrous megalomaniac... but the man could SING, and he could WRITE. Something the aforementioned Gowan-creature has still not proven he can do (Canadian Elton John, puh-leeze!).

I'm sure there are all sorts of people who don't miss DDY's poisonous attitudes toward his ex-band-mates (including James Young and Tommy Shaw), but -- whether the present membership likes it or not -- without DDY and his towering ego, the group is just a faded cover version of itself.

Here's hoping someone locks them all in a room together, lets them kick the crap out of each other for a while until it's out of their system, then puts them up on stage together once and for all. Unless Tommy still thinks it's just fan-tas-tic to be playing in ever-shrinking mini-arenas.

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