Rather than call it quits, Deep Purple has enlisted the vocals of Whitesnake‘s David Coverdale (who sang on the classic tunes “Burn,” “Mistreated,” and “Soldier of Fortune”) and Rainbow‘s Joe Lynn Turner. While Ian Gillan has fronted the English rock heavies for the majority of that time, Gillan has exited the band on several occasions (e.g., for his one-album stint with Black Sabbath). The band that has “Smoke On The Water” coming out the amp of every beginner guitar player has had their share revolving band members in their 40-year career. Bayley, whose attempts at a solo career have not gone well, has returned to singing for the reformed Wolfsbane, while the Dickinson-fronted Iron Maiden made a giant comeback with 2000’s Brave New World and continues to tour the world to sold-out crowds. Most likely sensing the fan’s negative reaction, Bayley quit the band in 1999, leaving the door wide open for Dickinson’s imminent return. Bayley recorded two major flops with the band - The X Factor and Virtual XI, both of which contained great musical compositions marred by Bayley’s flat vocals. Bayley’s style differed greatly from Dickinson’s and while fans may have wanted Iron Maiden back, they definitely did not want them back this way. The following year, Iron Maiden gave Wolfsbane’s Blaze Bayley the opportunity of a lifetime as their new frontman. His departure was a huge letdown for fans and marked the end of the golden era of metal. Dickinson fronted the band until 1993, when he quit to continue his solo efforts. Though the two studio albums DiAnno was on - Iron Maiden and Killers - are classics, it wasn’t until Dickinson’s 1982 debut on Number of the Beast that Iron Maiden gained notoriety. After original vocalist Paul DiAnno was fired from the British heavy metal band, he was replaced by Samson’s Bruce Dickinson. Iron Maiden has actually had three singers in their lengthy tenure. So far the fan reaction to DuVall has been positive.Īlice In Chains “Man In The Box” live with William DuVall on vocals DuVall went on to permanently front AIC for their 2007 tour and will head into the studio with the band for a future AIC record. AIC laid dormant for over a decade, until the mid-2000s when the surviving members reunited for several benefit concerts featuring guest vocalists, including Comes With The Fall singer William DuVall, who’s also contributed to Cantrell’s solo efforts. When Staley died in 2002 of an apparent drug overdose, it seemed the grunge giants would be no more, especially since much of AIC’s style came from Staley’s perfect harmonies with guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s background vocals. Gabriel has continued his solo career and earlier this year, he contributed several new songs to the soundtrack to Disney’s Wall-E.Īlice In Chains had gained recognition and frequent MTV rotation in the early 1990s and even toured with metal titans Slayer and Megadeth, but lead singer Layne Staley‘s frequent drug problems kept the band out of the recording studio and the spotlight in the second half of that decade. In the 1980s, the band racked up the multi-platinum albums with wimpy hits like “Invisible Touch” (eww), “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight,” and “Taking It All Too Hard,” while simultaneously Gabriel gained commercial success with ultra-pop chart toppers “Sledgehammer,” and “Shock The Money,” as well as the ballad “In Your Eyes.” While Genesis hasn’t made a studio album in over a decade, the Collins-led line-up periodically regroups for well-received reunion tours, and Collins has maintained a lucrative career as a solo artist and a composer. While the average person probably can’t name a Gabriel-Genesis tune, let alone hum one, Collins’s more pop-oriented era with the band led Genesis to pop stardom. But after Gabriel split from the then-prog rock band in the mid-1970s, Genesis promoted drummer Phil Collins to lead singer. At the genesis of Genesis in 1967, it was Peter Gabriel behind the mic, not Phil Collins.
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