# Bands where all members have sung lead vocals at least once **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599 "2018-01-27T20:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/1 "2018-01-27T20:16:08Z")
Beatles are the obvious answer. Lots of songs sung by each of the lads. Cream (Ginger Baker did “Pressed Rat and Warthog”) Police - I know Copeland did vocals on some early songs, and I think Summers sang one song on “Synchronicity”. I think Eagles, in their “classic” lineup, did this. I’m sure there are plenty more but I’m not coming up with many off the top of my head. ---
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Kiss’ classic lineup and on. ---
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Phish? I’m not confident, but I think so. ---
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Abba ---
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Hall and Oates I want to say Queen, but I’m not sure if John Deacon ever sang lead. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/6 "2018-01-27T20:41:19Z")
The Bangles The Beach Boys, depending on who counts as a “member” The Moody Blues? Probably not; drummer Graeme Edge did a couple spoken recitations, but I don’t think he ever actually _sang_ a lead vocal. Do supergroups like The Traveling Wilburys and The Highwaymen count? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/7 "2018-01-27T20:44:31Z")
The Who. Keith Moon is a close call, but he sang something on “A Quick One” in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/8 "2018-01-27T20:46:58Z")
The White Stripes (two people, so pretty easy to do) Japandroids (see above) Sleater-Kinney? (current/longtime drummer Janet Weiss has no lead parts, but early drummer Laura Macfarlane does) ---
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> [@Daddypants](#): > > Hall and Oates Duos shouldn’t really count as a “bands.” The thread would go on forever with obvious responses. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/10 "2018-01-27T20:55:03Z")
Pink Floyd, actually. Neither Nick Mason nor Richard Wright made much of a habit of it, but over the years they each did a [tiny few](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Pink_Floyd). Barrett, Gilmour, and Waters were more prolific in that role, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/11 "2018-01-27T20:58:25Z")
Wings, at least for the [Wings at the Speed of Sound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_at_the_Speed_of_Sound) lineup. > [@Wikipedia](#): > > As a reaction to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song ---
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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The Bangles > > The Beach Boys, depending on who counts as a “member” > > The Moody Blues? Probably not; drummer Graeme Edge did a couple spoken recitations, but I don’t think he ever actually _sang_ a lead vocal. > > Do supergroups like The Traveling Wilburys and The Highwaymen count? I’d allow Moody Blues. I didn’t specify"sung", just “lead vocals”. Otherwise Cream wouldn’t count either. ETA: Yeah I guess I did say “sung”. But I’ll take spoken. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599/13 "2018-01-27T21:52:34Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > I want to say Queen, but I’m not sure if John Deacon ever sang lead. I’m fairly certain that he didn’t (but I’d be happy to be proved wrong). I think that he didn’t have a particularly good singing voice, and in a band with three very good voices, I think that he was uncomfortable singing at all – it was only late in the band’s run that he even sang at all on choruses, and apparently, for a while, when he was “singing” on choruses in concert, his mike wasn’t hooked up. ---
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Traffic, in their second album. Winwood and Mason sang lead and Capaldi harmonized with Winwood. Chris Wood is listed as a backing vocals on “Feelin’ Alright?” ---
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> [@AHunter3](#): > > Pink Floyd, actually. > > Neither Nick Mason nor Richard Wright made much of a habit of it, but over the years they each did a [tiny few](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Pink_Floyd). Barrett, Gilmour, and Waters were more prolific in that role, of course. I skipped Floyd because I thought all of Mason’s were spoken-word, but I may have missed some… ---
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The Traveling Wilburys. The Eagles, as someone mentioned, are correct. Don Felder sang lead on exactly one song (“Visions”). All the other members, both original and replacements, sang lead numerous times. ---
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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Do supergroups like The Traveling Wilburys and The Highwaymen count? Why not? Not all supergroups are formed by vocalists. ---
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All three members of King’s X sang lead at some time, although Doug Pinnick did about 90% of the lead vocals. ---
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Simon and Garfunkel. ---
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> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’m fairly certain that he didn’t (but I’d be happy to be proved wrong). I think that he didn’t have a particularly good singing voice, and in a band with three very good voices, I think that he was uncomfortable singing at all – it was only late in the band’s run that he even sang at all on choruses, and apparently, for a while, when he was “singing” on choruses in concert, his mike wasn’t hooked up. Exactly right. He’s on record as saying he could never sing and wasn’t comfortable with it. Would occasionally do some background vocals so long as everyone was doing them behind Freddie to add an extra voice. I was a mega fan of the band for years before I ever heard his voice. On Friday Night Videos he said, “And I’m John Deacon” and shut back up. Made my day, that did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599.md?page=2)