Who's had the most singers?

Now, drummers come and go in most bands, but what band has changed Singers the most?

Iced Earth is on their 5th now, I believe.

Ayreon and Avantasia?

More seriously though, Yngwie Malmsteen's been through a lot of singers. So if you were to allow him to count as a band for the purpose of this discussion then he would be my guess as to the most.

Yngwie!

At least when it comes to heay metal bands, I don't think anyone can beat Bang Camaro.

They regularly have between 8 to 12 lead vocalists and I think the total number of vocalists must be closer to thirty by now.

I saw them on Conan O'Brien a couple of years back. It looks stupid, but I guess it's a unique approach. Every singer got like one tiny piece of the song. But they postured around like every single one of them was Freddie Mercury.

Annihilator has had six...

Randy Rampage
Coburn Pharr
Aaron Randall
Jeff Waters
Joe Comeau
Dave Padden

Journey has had 6:

Greg Rolie
Robert Fleischman
Steve Perry
Steve Augeri
Jeff Scott Soto
Arnel Pineda

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

Rainbow and Deep Purple have both had 4 each...

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Riot has had 5:


Guy Speranza
Rhett Forrester
Harry Conklin
Tony Moore
Mike DeMeo

New comers White Wizzard is on the fast track to beat everyone. With only 1 ep and 2 albums, they've already racked up 4 vocalists:

James-Paul Luna
Wyatt Anderson
Peter Ellis
Michael Gremio

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Jesus H!!!!!! Don't get me started on those two, Ron Keel never joined Black Sabbath (thank Christ!!!!!!!!) but he did audition for him and Jeff ( Jesus Christ Superstar and young lover to Dali's wife, I kid you not) Fenholt sang on demos that eventually became 'Seventh Star' but he was never offered the job, which at the time would have been for Iommi's solo band, that later turned into Black Sabbath.

That jerk off Fenholt has been preaching for years that he sang for multi platinum band Black Sabbath, but he did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(rant over, I will be over by the coffee machine)

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Jesus H!!!!!! Don't get me started on those two, Ron Keel never joined Black Sabbath (thank Christ!!!!!!!!) but he did audition for him and Jeff ( Jesus Christ Superstar and young lover to Dali's wife, I kid you not) Fenholt sang on demos that eventually became 'Seventh Star' but he was never offered the job, which at the time would have been for Iommi's solo band, that later turned into Black Sabbath.

That jerk off Fenholt has been preaching for years that he sang for multi platinum band Black Sabbath, but he did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(rant over, I will be over by the coffee machine)

I use to rant like that about Fenholt too, because Iommi always claimed that Fenholt never sang for Sabbath. However, Sabbath was managed by Don Arden, who pretty much called the shots. He was a known hard-ass and had mob connections. He was the one who told Fenholt he was in Sabbath and he was the one who 'suggested' him to Tony Iommi. Iommi pretty much confirmed all this in his autobiography. Iommi always thought he was doing a solo project, but the record company and his management were never going to let it happen.

In anycase, Fenholt did ride the Sabbath name to success and it has always bugged me. His involvement in Sabbath was miniscule at best. I guess I can't completely fault him for wanting to be successful and using his experience to climb the ladder.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

New comers White Wizzard is on the fast track to beat everyone. With only 1 ep and 2 albums, they've already racked up 4 vocalists:

James-Paul Luna
Wyatt Anderson
Peter Ellis
Michael Gremio

You're already behind MG, they have another new vocalist - Joseph Michael.

Can he count as two since he has two first names?

Temple of Blood wrote:

Yngwie!

Jeff Scott Soto
Mark Boals
Joe Lynn Turner
Goran Edman
Mike Vescera
Mats Leven
Doogie White
Jorn Lande
Ripper Owens

Although Yngwie doesn't acknowledge half of them! Lol

I read an interview where he could not remember having Jørn Lande in the band. He didn't even recognize the name.

kmorg wrote:

Although Yngwie doesn't acknowledge half of them! Lol

I read an interview where he could not remember having Jørn Lande in the band. He didn't even recognize the name.

That's because Jorn pissed him off. There's no way he's forgotten who walked out in the middle of the tour (along w/ John Macaluso) because they were not being paid what they were promised.

Witchfinder wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

New comers White Wizzard is on the fast track to beat everyone. With only 1 ep and 2 albums, they've already racked up 4 vocalists:

James-Paul Luna
Wyatt Anderson
Peter Ellis
Michael Gremio

You're already behind MG, they have another new vocalist - Joseph Michael.

D'oh! Someone needs to update their Wiki page.

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You missed one. Dave Walker (Savoy Brown) joined briefly in 1978 (during one of Ozzy's drunken hiatuses) and even appeared on TV with the band. There used to be a video of him performing an early version of Junior's Eyes with different lyrics, but it has since been removed from youtube. Here's a rough audio clip.



He sounds like he's trying to get a James Dewar (Robin Trower's vocalist) thing going, but alas it's not really working.

ultmetal wrote:

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Jesus H!!!!!! Don't get me started on those two, Ron Keel never joined Black Sabbath (thank Christ!!!!!!!!) but he did audition for him and Jeff ( Jesus Christ Superstar and young lover to Dali's wife, I kid you not) Fenholt sang on demos that eventually became 'Seventh Star' but he was never offered the job, which at the time would have been for Iommi's solo band, that later turned into Black Sabbath.

That jerk off Fenholt has been preaching for years that he sang for multi platinum band Black Sabbath, but he did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(rant over, I will be over by the coffee machine)

I use to rant like that about Fenholt too, because Iommi always claimed that Fenholt never sang for Sabbath. However, Sabbath was managed by Don Arden, who pretty much called the shots. He was a known hard-ass and had mob connections. He was the one who told Fenholt he was in Sabbath and he was the one who 'suggested' him to Tony Iommi. Iommi pretty much confirmed all this in his autobiography. Iommi always thought he was doing a solo project, but the record company and his management were never going to let it happen.

In anycase, Fenholt did ride the Sabbath name to success and it has always bugged me. His involvement in Sabbath was miniscule at best. I guess I can't completely fault him for wanting to be successful and using his experience to climb the ladder.

Isn't he the guy who claimed that Nixxi Sixx stole his stage name? Or is that someone else?

thejokeriv wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Jesus H!!!!!! Don't get me started on those two, Ron Keel never joined Black Sabbath (thank Christ!!!!!!!!) but he did audition for him and Jeff ( Jesus Christ Superstar and young lover to Dali's wife, I kid you not) Fenholt sang on demos that eventually became 'Seventh Star' but he was never offered the job, which at the time would have been for Iommi's solo band, that later turned into Black Sabbath.

That jerk off Fenholt has been preaching for years that he sang for multi platinum band Black Sabbath, but he did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(rant over, I will be over by the coffee machine)

I use to rant like that about Fenholt too, because Iommi always claimed that Fenholt never sang for Sabbath. However, Sabbath was managed by Don Arden, who pretty much called the shots. He was a known hard-ass and had mob connections. He was the one who told Fenholt he was in Sabbath and he was the one who 'suggested' him to Tony Iommi. Iommi pretty much confirmed all this in his autobiography. Iommi always thought he was doing a solo project, but the record company and his management were never going to let it happen.

In anycase, Fenholt did ride the Sabbath name to success and it has always bugged me. His involvement in Sabbath was miniscule at best. I guess I can't completely fault him for wanting to be successful and using his experience to climb the ladder.

Isn't he the guy who claimed that Nixxi Sixx stole his stage name? Or is that someone else?

That was someone else...you're talking about the guy who started the Living Epistles t-shirt company.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:

Black Sabbath:

Ozzy Osbourne
Ronnie James Dio
Ian Gillan
David Donato (never recorded with the band, did a few publicity pics then fired)
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen
Tony Martin

and of course three of them returned Ozzy, Dio and Martin.

Halford stepped in for Ozzy on a couple of shows

You forgot Ron Keel and Jeff Fenholt!

Jesus H!!!!!! Don't get me started on those two, Ron Keel never joined Black Sabbath (thank Christ!!!!!!!!) but he did audition for him and Jeff ( Jesus Christ Superstar and young lover to Dali's wife, I kid you not) Fenholt sang on demos that eventually became 'Seventh Star' but he was never offered the job, which at the time would have been for Iommi's solo band, that later turned into Black Sabbath.

That jerk off Fenholt has been preaching for years that he sang for multi platinum band Black Sabbath, but he did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(rant over, I will be over by the coffee machine)

I use to rant like that about Fenholt too, because Iommi always claimed that Fenholt never sang for Sabbath. However, Sabbath was managed by Don Arden, who pretty much called the shots. He was a known hard-ass and had mob connections. He was the one who told Fenholt he was in Sabbath and he was the one who 'suggested' him to Tony Iommi. Iommi pretty much confirmed all this in his autobiography. Iommi always thought he was doing a solo project, but the record company and his management were never going to let it happen.

In anycase, Fenholt did ride the Sabbath name to success and it has always bugged me. His involvement in Sabbath was miniscule at best. I guess I can't completely fault him for wanting to be successful and using his experience to climb the ladder.

Isn't he the guy who claimed that Nixxi Sixx stole his stage name? Or is that someone else?

That was someone else...you're talking about the guy who started the Living Epistles t-shirt company.

That might be him

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

Yngwie!

Jeff Scott Soto
Mark Boals
Joe Lynn Turner
Goran Edman
Mike Vescera
Mats Leven
Doogie White
Jorn Lande
Ripper Owens

You could also count:
Yngwie himself (demos, some songs nowadays, and the Magnum Opus tour)
Ralph Ciavolino (bassist and vocalist at recent shows where Ripper wasn't available)

adrian wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

Yngwie!

Jeff Scott Soto
Mark Boals
Joe Lynn Turner
Goran Edman
Mike Vescera
Mats Leven
Doogie White
Jorn Lande
Ripper Owens

You could also count:
Yngwie himself (demos, some songs nowadays, and the Magnum Opus tour)
Ralph Ciavolino (bassist and vocalist at recent shows where Ripper wasn't available)

Yeah, I was just counting the separate frontman type who fronted the band...