Best Possible New Smiths Vocalist

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Morrissey claims that Johnny Marr now owns the trademark to the name "The Smiths" and could conceivably tour with someone else singing the songs. Who best to take over?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Gwen Stefani	13
Sammy Hagar	8
David Lee Roth	5
Glen Danzig	5
Fred Durst	5
Cedric Bixler-Zavala	3
Brian Johnson	2
Perry Farrell	2
Gary Cherone	2
Chris Barnes	0

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:00 (eight months ago)

Dana Gould

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:02 (eight months ago)

write-in vote for this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwn7Ova2tCk

― My Large Grandpa Says This Plugin Is Gorgeous! (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:03 (eight months ago)

i feel like Danzig could channel some of their rockabilly influences

― Yuwen Hu's army (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:07 (eight months ago)

Charles Hallahan

― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:08 (eight months ago)

André 3000 or W. Axl Rose

― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 16 September 2024 16:08 (eight months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97T33QpMnUo

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:09 (eight months ago)

I've suggested Samuel Herring, Matt Berry or Aldous Harding on Bluesky, but consensus choice there seems to be Rick Astley after his Glastonbury performance with Blossoms.

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:12 (eight months ago)

I don't know. Not racist enough.

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:13 (eight months ago)

Since Lemmy is dead, got to go with Bruce Dickinson.

― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Monday, 16 September 2024 16:18 (eight months ago)

Jakko Jakzyk

― O 'Tis Redding (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:24 (eight months ago)

should definitely be a person of color.

― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:41 (eight months ago)

I voted Stefani even though I hate most of her work but I think she'd do great on these songs

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:44 (eight months ago)

Luke Sutherland

― O 'Tis Redding (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:45 (eight months ago)

Jane Anne McDonald (born 4 April 1963)[1] is an English singer and television presenter. Born and raised in Wakefield, McDonald spent much of her early career performing in local clubs and pubs before landing work as a singer on cruise ships. McDonald became known to the public in 1998 following her appearance on the BBC show The Cruise.[2] The same year, she released her self-titled debut album Jane McDonald (1998), which topped the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 3 weeks.

― My Large Grandpa Says This Plugin Is Gorgeous! (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:48 (eight months ago)

Gwen would be awesome. I was pretty blown away by No Doubt’s Coachella performance.

― brimstead, Monday, 16 September 2024 16:52 (eight months ago)

Kermit the Frog

― omar little, Monday, 16 September 2024 16:56 (eight months ago)

Anohni?

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:56 (eight months ago)

Arnel Pineda

― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 16 September 2024 16:57 (eight months ago)

Marc Almond

― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Monday, 16 September 2024 17:08 (eight months ago)

Omar Souleyman

― brimstead, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:10 (eight months ago)

It should be me

― DJP, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:14 (eight months ago)

Seconded.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:16 (eight months ago)

Tjinder Singh

― Position Position, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:18 (eight months ago)

Ha, came in to post Perry as a joke answer but he was already there.

Being serious, I actually think Stefani is the best answer to BOTH new Smiths vocalist and new Jane's vocalist.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:20 (eight months ago)

Ha, came in to post Perry as a joke answer but he was already there.

rude

― DJP, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:21 (eight months ago)

Murray A. Lightburn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOSTz4aeU3g

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:22 (eight months ago)

gotta be Rick Astley

― corrs unplugged, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:31 (eight months ago)

I imagine there's a realistic chance he might get Brandon Flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lte88itcAB8

― jmm, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:32 (eight months ago)

Katie Sketch (ex-The Organ)

― irritable towel syndrome (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:34 (eight months ago)

Petula Clark

― Josefa, Monday, 16 September 2024 17:35 (eight months ago)

write in: Jon Spencer

― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:37 (eight months ago)

I bet Will Ferrell would say yes

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:37 (eight months ago)

Morrissey claims that Johnny Marr now owns the trademark to the name "The Smiths" and could conceivably tour with someone else singing the songs.
https://media.tenor.com/jWbw7Jmuns4AAAAe/dont-threate-me-with-good-time-party.png

― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:49 (eight months ago)

Seems like Marr was possibly just trying to head off an attempt by Morrissey to tour under the Smiths name.

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 17:51 (eight months ago)

gotta be Rick Astley

Seconded! Or Richard Hawley.

― o. nate, Monday, 16 September 2024 18:06 (eight months ago)

These vote options are the actual guest singers at Johnny's upcoming Smiths tribute show! Here's the tunes assigned to each vocalist:

Chris Barnes - Barbarism Begins at Home
Cedric Bixler-Zavala - Miserable Lie
Gary Cherone - I Know It's Over
Glen Danzig - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Fred Durst - This Charming Man
Perry Farrell - The Headmaster Ritual
Sammy Hagar - Meat is Murder
Brian Johnson - Panic
David Lee Roth - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Gwen Stefani - William, It Was Really Nothing

― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 16 September 2024 18:06 (eight months ago)

Gotta be that loveable quiffster Keir Starmer. Maybe he could do Hand In Glove with Giorgia Meloni?

― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 16 September 2024 18:10 (eight months ago)

Can't believe everyone is going to pass over Lil' Morrissey

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 18:18 (eight months ago)

Write-in for Ian Astbury

― birdistheword, Monday, 16 September 2024 18:44 (eight months ago)

Lead vocalist "The Doors," "The MC5"and now "The Smiths"!

― birdistheword, Monday, 16 September 2024 18:45 (eight months ago)

With respect to Johnny Marr, reading that list of singers suggests that Marr doesn’t understand Morrissey’s appeal as a vocalist/songwriter in the slightest

― irritable towel syndrome (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:29 (eight months ago)

it’d be an interesting tribute show but actually touring would need a DJP or the survivor of a battle between Mexican cover singers imo

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:33 (eight months ago)

Who’s going to sing “Never Has No One Ever”?

― O 'Tis Redding (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:37 (eight months ago)

Had

― O 'Tis Redding (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:37 (eight months ago)

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE[1][2] (born Thomas John Woodward; 7 June 1940) is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:42 (eight months ago)

Who’s going to sing “Never Has No One Ever”?

Peter Noone

― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:45 (eight months ago)

chappell roan

― c u (crüt), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:48 (eight months ago)

I might be the only person on ILM who would absolutely buy a Tom Jones Sings The Smiths album, despite generally disliking the Smiths.

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:49 (eight months ago)

Of course it would be called "Alias Smiths and Jones"

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Monday, 16 September 2024 19:52 (eight months ago)

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I would like to hear Billie Eilish sing “Asleep”

― DJP, Tuesday, 17 September 2024 15:33 (eight months ago)

Perry Farrell, "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish".

― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 15:36 (eight months ago)

Robert Pollard "There's a Light That Never Goes Out"

― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 15:50 (eight months ago)

Scott Stapp, your time has come

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 16:27 (eight months ago)

pic.twitter.com/78kD509vqZ
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) September 17, 2024

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 17 September 2024 18:17 (eight months ago)

Morrissey lied?!?

― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 17 September 2024 18:30 (eight months ago)

Devious, truculent and unreliable??

― Alba, Tuesday, 17 September 2024 18:40 (eight months ago)

Alan Partridge

― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 18:45 (eight months ago)

he's technically correct that Johnny Marr owns the trademark... until he manages to gather the strength to sign and return one document

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 19:31 (eight months ago)

after six years of not signing another one and being offered a freebie second shot

― Robespierre Delecto (sic), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 19:48 (eight months ago)

god what a lazy dumbass

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 20:37 (eight months ago)

Johnny still needs to hear my Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, just saying

― DJP, Tuesday, 17 September 2024 20:39 (eight months ago)

M Doughty

― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 20:39 (eight months ago)

Michael Glabicki

― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 21:11 (eight months ago)

that's pretty crazy no one had thought to trademark the band name until 2018! especially for a band that has such an enduring cult

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 September 2024 21:44 (eight months ago)

The Smiffs

― irritable towel syndrome (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:09 (eight months ago)

the dears vocalist suggestion is a great one!!!

― fpsa, Wednesday, 18 September 2024 02:21 (eight months ago)

If any of y'all heard Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, during his Lightspeed Champion "Marlene" era, that would end this discussion, as he's the (charming) man for the job! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCo-U6war6c

― Front-loaded albums are musical gerrymandering (Prefecture), Wednesday, 18 September 2024 03:00 (eight months ago)

todd rundgren

― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 18 September 2024 07:09 (eight months ago)

I vote for DJP

― StanM, Wednesday, 18 September 2024 08:09 (eight months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 19 September 2024 00:01 (eight months ago)

Katie Sketch still the best choice here

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:45 (eight months ago)

should definitely be a person of color.

Write-in for David McAlmont.

― mike t-diva, Thursday, 19 September 2024 10:09 (eight months ago)

The Smiths feat. Robert Smith

― StanM, Thursday, 19 September 2024 10:53 (eight months ago)

Patti Smyth

― O 'Tis Redding (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 19 September 2024 12:04 (eight months ago)

the late biz markie

― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 19 September 2024 16:24 (eight months ago)

jo brand

― pere uwu (doo rag), Thursday, 19 September 2024 19:57 (eight months ago)

Martin Rossiter

― pronounced with an ‘umpty’ (Willl), Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:01 (eight months ago)

Mark Robinson may have free time soon

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:22 (eight months ago)

Leonard Rossiter

― Alba, Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:55 (eight months ago)

Geoff Tate, there's a similar level of self regard and his pipes are in better condition than he-who-I-will-not-name

― jam up the pump (Matt #2), Thursday, 19 September 2024 21:14 (eight months ago)

Leonard Rossiter

Loool!

― The Clones of Dr. Slop (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:21 (eight months ago)

Liam Gallagher

― bert newtown, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:22 (eight months ago)

Leo Gallagher

― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:42 (eight months ago)

Leo Sayer

― bert newtown, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:43 (eight months ago)

Leonard Rossiter

Loool!
― The Clones of Dr. Slop (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:21 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

'is dad!

― Mark G, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:48 (eight months ago)

Chris Isaak?

― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:52 (eight months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 20 September 2024 00:01 (eight months ago)

Yoko Ono

― Murgatroid, Friday, 20 September 2024 00:34 (eight months ago)

Disappointed by the lack of Chris Barnes love. Nobody thinks Smith songs would benefit from gravel-throated death growls?

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 20 September 2024 01:31 (eight months ago)

"I'LL MEET YOU AT THE CEMETERY GATES!"

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 September 2024 01:42 (eight months ago)

MEAT IS MURDER (approving)

― jmm, Friday, 20 September 2024 02:01 (eight months ago)

David Lee Roth 5
Glen Danzig 5
Fred Durst 5

Three headed monster - 15 ftw

― BrianB, Friday, 20 September 2024 03:08 (eight months ago)

Whoops!

https://www.stereogum.com/2281140/morrissey-fires-his-management-following-johnny-marr-statement/news/

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 September 2024 14:25 (eight months ago)

Mike Flowers

― StanM, Saturday, 21 September 2024 03:50 (eight months ago)

feel like the real answer is joaquin phoenix

― slugbuggy, Saturday, 21 September 2024 15:47 (eight months ago)

I just heard "Half A Person" (for the very first time!) and would love Neil Tennant to take over the role.

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Monday, 23 September 2024 01:25 (eight months ago)

Sixteen, clumsy and shy
I went to London and I
I booked myself in at the Y
I said "I like it here, can I stay?
I like it here, can I stay?
Do you have a vacancy for a back-scrubber?"

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Monday, 23 September 2024 01:26 (eight months ago)

should be someone named Smith, no?

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 23 September 2024 01:51 (eight months ago)

Sadly, Mark E is indefinitely unavailable.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 02:06 (eight months ago)

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