# Rock bands with more than one lead singer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585 "2002-03-16T05:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/41 "2002-03-17T08:23:15Z")
A couple of Aussie bands with more than one lead singer: The Whitlams and Spiderbait. Also, Crowded House has a few songs with Tim Finn in the drivers seat, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/42 "2002-03-17T13:35:36Z")
yeah, thumbs up for spiderbait. kram must be one of the best singing drummers ever. but the whitlams? there are hardly any regular band members other than tim freedman, let alone singers! or did that guy who died (i forget his name) sing. also, brissie band **george** make sweet jeff buckley tinged pop, sung at times by katie noonan, and at others, by her brother tyrone. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/43 "2002-03-17T18:10:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*God, I can’t believe you people are missing this obvious one: > > **Queen** > \*\* I already said Queen. 😃 There’s also the Kinks – Ray Davies was the usual lead singer, but Dave Davies sang lead on a few songs as well. Guitarist Stone Gossard has sung lead on a couple of songs for Pearl Jam. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/44 "2002-03-17T20:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Wow. It always surprises me when someone mentions the VGirl. I roomed with Brian for two years back in school. \*\* Heh. I’ve known Archie since high school (IIRC, Semp, he’s the one that did the male lead vocals for the band). Used to go see Velocity Girl back when Bridget was still singing for them. Back to the OP, and referencing a recent thread, all four of the Bangles handled lead vocal duties at one time or another. Not a lot of people probably know that since Susanna Hoffs ended up being the lead singer on most of their singles, which is one of the things that ultimately led to the band’s demise. ---
**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/45 "2002-03-17T20:53:48Z")
OASIS! ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/46 "2002-03-17T21:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mephisto \* > \*\*I’m not positive on any of these, but: > > Heart (Ann and Nancy both sing, right?) > \*\* To my knowledge, the only song Nancy Wilson ever sang was “These Dreams.” ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/47 "2002-03-18T03:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*yeah, thumbs up for spiderbait. kram must be one of the best singing drummers ever. > > but the whitlams? there are hardly any regular band members other than tim freedman, let alone singers! or did that guy who died (i forget his name) sing. > > also, brissie band **george** make sweet jeff buckley tinged pop, sung at times by katie noonan, and at others, by her brother tyrone. \*\* The Whitlam’s cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Tangled Up In Blue’ has some other bloke singing. Tim Freedman takes a back-seat some of the Whitlam’s older songs too, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/48 "2002-03-18T06:07:11Z")
Tears For Fears The Sugarcubes ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/49 "2002-03-18T09:10:44Z")
Buffalo Springfield - The songwriters usually sang their own material. The Byrds. ---
**Author:** ![greyseal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@greyseal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greyseal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/50 "2002-03-18T09:12:35Z")
Guster! They harmonize on most tracks, but Ryan Miller and Adam Gardner will trade lead vocal pretty often. And don’t ask me which one is which… greyseal ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/51 "2002-03-18T16:18:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\*I’m looking at a CD by a Norwegian death metal band called Paradigma, which features three lead vocalists, one female and two male (one clean, one growly.) > > But maybe that’s too obscure for this thread.\*\* Never! We need more metal threads. I was also glad to see **Mehpisto** mention _Lacuna Coil_. I’ll add **Theatre of Tragedy** and **Opera IX**. Both death metal. **Theatre of Tragedy** has an excellent clean female vocalist and a male death vocalist. **Opera IX** has two female leads that both sing deathy parts. **KISS** has a main singer Paul Stanley but Gene Simmons also sings lots of songs. **The Clash** had Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. **Rancid** has Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredrickson. If we are counting **The Traveling Wilburys** as a band then add **The Highwaymen** with Willie, Waylon, Kriss, and Johnny. **Jefferson Airplane** had Grace and Marty. **Biohazard** has Evan Seinfeld and Billy Graziadei. One could argue **The Who** had two with Roger and Pete. Would **The Beach Boys** count with Mike Love and Bryan Wilson? I guess we need to define terms here… I 'd say the most legitimate ‘band’ with more than one would be the **Eagles** with with four, Glen Frey, Don Henley, Timothy Schmidt (sp?) and Joe Walsh, followed by **Fleetwood Mac** with three. NP: **In Flames** - _Whoracle_ ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/52 "2002-03-18T19:08:55Z")
How about **Dance Hall Crashers**? The lead vocals on just about every song of theirs are harmonized. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/53 "2002-03-18T20:05:46Z")
Goo Goo Dolls, Nine Days. Also, Toad the Wet Sprocket. Glen Phillips sang lead most of the time, but Todd Nichols sang quite a bit too. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/54 "2002-03-18T20:06:23Z")
**The Bee Gees.** God help me, that’s the only band I could think of that wasn’t a rap group (The Beastie Boys came immediatly to mind) ---
**Author:** ![blainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@blainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blainer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/55 "2002-03-18T20:35:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlet\>Fire \* > \*\*The Grateful Dead had 2 full time lead singers. Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir each had their own songs, and alternated during live performances. \*\* Don’t forget the Donna and Keith Godcheaux years where Donna often sang lead. Phil also gets the nod on a few songs: Box of Rain, Tom Thumb Blues . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/56 "2002-03-19T02:50:26Z")
Well, I dont think anyone mentioned Frank Zappa yed, did they? Form 1970-17 there was Flo and Eddie From 73-75 there was Zappa, George Duke and Napoleon Murphy Brock From 75-77 it was Zappa, Ray White and Terry Bozzio From 78-84 it was Zappa, Ray White and Ike Willis ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/57 "2002-03-19T03:22:08Z")
…had three lead singers, Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/58 "2002-03-19T05:30:01Z")
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. With lead vocals by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. (-: ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/59 "2002-03-19T05:32:20Z")
GEEZ, where are the BOOMERS? We get Norwegian death metal bands and NOBODY has come up with **JEFFERSON AIRPLANE**? That would be Marty Balin AND Grace Slick. Remember how cool it was when he returned for “Miracles?” Sigh. Must be gettin old ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-with-more-than-one-lead-singer/98585/60 "2002-03-19T06:03:15Z")
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