Groups where the singer is not the most well-known/most-focused-on member

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I've been trying to think of a group that fits this category, and the only thing I can come up with is Rage Against the Machine (Tom Morello vs. Zach De La Rocha is a close call). Any others?

― Michael Copeland, Monday, 18 April 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

the yardbirds?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

harold melvin and the bluenotes?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

gang of four?

― rizzx (rizzx), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

cherone-era van halen

― Lingbertt, Monday, 18 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

MAGMA.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

can

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

Velvet Revolver

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

the mothers

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

interpol

― charleston charge (chaki), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

Roxy Music (Eno)?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

Santana

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

the who

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

spice girls

― rizzx (rizzx), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:37 (twenty years ago)

Bonham
Derek St. Holmes-era Ted Nugent
Dogstar
Echobrain

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:38 (twenty years ago)

Journey used to be "Neil Schon and Journey" for a few albums before Steve Perry joined.
Ronnie Montrose, Black Label Society, guitar centered bullshit like that.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

Dave Clark Five
Manfred Mann

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

Led Zeppelin, maybe
Boss Hog

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:02 (twenty years ago)

firehose

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Return to Forever
Inner City (of course they are a band)
What about bands like SY where they 'take turns' singing/writing/being focal?

― satin kream (jcartledge), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

g/z/r

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

motley crue

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:25 (twenty years ago)

Skatalites

― instamerka (jcartledge), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

uh, as a consequence of playing mostly instrumental music...

― instamerka (jcartledge), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

mr. big

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:35 (twenty years ago)

cherone-era van halen

actually, this might be true of any band that featured gary cherone. for example:

extreme

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

Kiss, arguably

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

for what it's worth, yngwie clearly won this thread about an hour ago with dogstar.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

but i'll keep playing anyway...

guy

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

King Crimson.

The Jeff Beck Group. Except possibly when Rod Stewart held the singer's job.

Cream.

Santana.

I'd also like to suggest that whoever said Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes is a bit off the mark, seeing as all the members were singers. And Teddy Pendergrass, who was the main singer on the biggest hits, is certainly better known in terms of true celebrity than any of the others, Harold Melvin included.

― J.D. Considine, Monday, 18 April 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

soul II soul (maybe)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:49 (twenty years ago)

the strokes
tv on the radio
the sex pistols
def leppard

― ?!, Monday, 18 April 2005 05:56 (twenty years ago)

Mastodon

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

the strokes

who're you suggesting is the most famous stroke?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:00 (twenty years ago)

the libertines, sort of. carl who?

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:00 (twenty years ago)

brian johnson-era ac/dc

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

The Band
Boston
Beach Boys, most of the time
The Cars (1/2 the time

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:40 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine (in relation to who most prominently sings)

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:42 (twenty years ago)

the Dandy Warhols

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 18 April 2005 06:48 (twenty years ago)

AC/DC and Alan Parons Project

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

Depeche Mode and Spandau Ballet (non-singing songwriters who often took the lead in the media) as contentious possibilities, albeit both far less contentious than the Dandy Warhols.

― Lee F# (fsharp), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:27 (twenty years ago)

The Beach Boys (after all, their lead singer, technically speaking, was Mike Love)

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:50 (twenty years ago)

New Order
Phantom Planet
Queens Of The Stone Age

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

The Shirehorses

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

i hate explaining jokes

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:57 (twenty years ago)

haha The Tom Tom Club!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 18 April 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

Pink Floyd

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 April 2005 08:01 (twenty years ago)

Chic.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 18 April 2005 08:17 (twenty years ago)

Bloc Party

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 18 April 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

living colour.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 18 April 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

Cheap Trick (tho god knws Robin Z is a great rock singer)
Mothers of Invention (didn't they have a succession of nominal lead singers as well as Frank?)
Yes (no?)

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 18 April 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

no - Jon Anderson's always the first one to spring to mind.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

I'll take yr word though I was thinking Rick Wakeman (ducks). As a lad I focused on Steve Howe cause of his playing, not star charisma.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:09 (twenty years ago)

the Runaways
the B-52s
Oasis. kinda.

Motley fuckin Crue

― Vic in Alderaan (Vic), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:12 (twenty years ago)

Iron Maiden

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 April 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Inspiral Carpets, Stone Roses, Garbage (when they first started).

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 18 April 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

Parliament/Funkadelic! George Clinton was A singer, but never "the" (lead) even in the Parliaments.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 18 April 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

kraftwerk

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Monday, 18 April 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

chemical brothers and a whole host of dance acts who use guest vocals ..

gorillaz : 2D vs Murdoc

Sigue sigue Sputnik : Tony James vs Martin D ..

― mark e (mark e), Monday, 18 April 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Happy Mondays?

― Matt Rutherford (junkeye), Monday, 18 April 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

Why Bloc Party? I'd say Kele's the most prominent member.

Thunderclap Newman
The KLF (sort of)
Saint Etienne

haha beaten to the Phantom Planet punch (even though Schwartzman left years ago)

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 18 April 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Manic Street Preachers. Its all Nicky and Richie.

And Bloc Party focuses the drummer a lot.

― dmun, Monday, 18 April 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Mike and the Mechanics, y'all.

And I would argue that Townshend pretty much = the Who for me.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Monday, 18 April 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

the boo radleys (Martin Carr over Sice)
manowar (I know the songwriter is more famous than the singer but their names escape me).

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 18 April 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

Fleetwood Mac

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Monday, 18 April 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex

― Morgman (Morg), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

St Et is a very good call.

i'll submit... Milli Vanilli?

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

also, seriously,
Sea and Cake
Fairport Convention

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Uh, I don't think there's too many fans of this band around here, but The Fabulous Thunderbirds fit.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 18 April 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

I know there are plenty of fans of THIS band around here: RUSH

― SRS (SRS), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

THE ROOTS

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

The Weakerthans
The 6ths
The Dead
Massive Attack
Was (Not Was)

― Vornado (Vornado), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

The Shadows. They did get a singer later in their career, but Hank Marvin was always the leader.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 April 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Also, The Seahorses (if anyone remember them)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

The Zombies (much of the time).
Slash's Snake Pit (which, I know, is cheating)

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Monday, 18 April 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Stereophonics?
(Stuart Cable)

― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Monaco

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

dogstar

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Metalica

― svend (svend), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

Red Hot Chili Peppers?

― cdwill, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

Going back many years: The Firm

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Squeeze (Jools Holland)

― zeus, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

One would have expected Garbage to be OTM here, but then, their "frontwoman" certainly knew how to grab the attention from her legendary producer drummer anyway.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Santana and Dogstar seem to be the right answers.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

A bit uncertain about Squeeze though. Jools Holland wasn't even in the band at the time of the album that a lot of people consider their finest work, having just been replaced by Paul Carrack.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

A lot of people consider Squeeze's finest work to be Cool for Cats and that's it. Just saying, like.

(though most of these people tend to forget the big jazzy bollocks in the middle of the song)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns

― Burr (Burr), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles, c. early 1964, USA (Ringo was by far the best known)

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

And I would argue that Townshend pretty much = the Who for me.

No argument here.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

piano magic

― jake b. (cerybut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Similarly to the Seahorses: Hurricane #1.

― late adopter, Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

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