Totally Tunes: Well, Aren't You Sounding A Bit Different!

About two weeks ago, English rock band Kasabian lost their frontman to a serious case of Being A Woman Beating Piece of Shit. Needless to say, it will be hard to fill that asshole's void in the band, but I hope they carry on. They will not be the first band that finds themselves in a bit of a predicament with their singers, for various reasons, and need to replace them. Will the band sound the same? Did they jump the shark with the change? We'll see some examples today.

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I'm gonna start this article with what's possibly the dumbest frontman change I've seen so far in my life. What do you do when your iconic singer dies tragically? If your answer is "have a fucking reality show in where a bunch of nobodies sing-fight to fill that spot" then congratulations, you can be a part of INXS and later get dumped at an airport, like they did to the show's winner.

You know who didn't do a shitty reality show to find their next singer after theirs tragically passed away young?

Sometimes you just have a case of not wanting to stick around with your lead singers for lord knows what reasons, kicking your most famous powerhouse-voiced singer out with an open letter, and then rotating ladies until one sticks, I guess.

Speaking of replaced ladies in foreign spaces, I like to bring up this Spanish band whose lead singer decided to scoot herself out, because she thought she'd have a successful solo career *chortles*, so the band did some private auditions, and eventually landed a former Spanish X Factor contestant who's still in the band.

Sometimes the ousted singers DO end up becoming successful on their own. You can ask Ozzy Osbourne! After he got booted off Black Sabbath, he just kept on goin'. Sabbath did well, too, especially when you consider that the replacement was none other than RONNIE JAMES DIO. A few more singers later, and Ozzy returned.

Bands can be lucky to land a DIO!!! as their replacement singer... or they can end up with Sammy Hagar. Maybe some Cherone-in'?

Well, I know there are many more cases such as these, and I'm not gonna hog the article with all of 'em, so I'm leaving it to you! What's your favorite vocalist replacement? And your least favorite one?