I'm not talking back-up vocalists, rather bands with more than one distinctive singer. Here's my pick:
The Band (3 singers - quite a range here - Levon Helm's bellow, Rick
Danko's yelp and, best of all, Richard Manuel's tenor)
Gomez (3 - though Ben Ottewall's growl beats the rest)
Queen (3 - of course Freddie sang on all the hits, but on the early albums he shares vocal duties with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. May's sings in a fragile falsetto-y voice, and Roger sounds a little like Robert Plant/Rod Stewart)
Fleetwood Mac Mk 2 (with Buckingham/Nicks)
The Beatles (4 singers - you know the deal)
There are probably more I haven't listed, I'll post 'em later...
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Ah, how could I forget: The Clash - ...
Ah, how could I forget:
The Clash - Strummer and Jones
Cream - all three members sang - but listen to Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton duet on Sunshine of Your Love! Fantastic!
the beach boys the travelling ...
the beach boys
the travelling wilburries
split enz
crosby stills nash & jung
the beastie boys
sly and the family stone
simon and garfunkel
//simon and garfunkel not exactly a ...
//simon and garfunkel
not exactly a band... maybe
band n 1: an unofficial association ...
band
n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups
the flow is good to go with, english major.
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Just a suggestion......
Just a suggestion...
Queens Of The Stone Age - when Nick & ...
Queens Of The Stone Age - when Nick & Mark were still in the bad
Pixies
Sonic Youth
// were still in the bad band :)...
// were still in the bad
band :)
Husker Du spring to mind immediately......
Husker Du spring to mind immediately...
The Accelerants (circa Sept 2004) 3 ...
The Accelerants (circa Sept 2004) 3 singers..outstanding
Ghostplane. (3 singers, ooo ...
Ghostplane. (3 singers, ooo yeah..beautiful melodies)
The Phoenix Foundation (Sam and Luke battling up the front)
Goldenaxe (both sang in the early days)
Dimmer (the new version)
The Shocking Pinks (usually Nick Harte plus one other)
The Brunettes (in the big band...there are several vocalists)
The Deadline (sometimes)
The Shrugs
god..and so many more....out of all these though, Ghostplane probably use the three different vocalist thing the best though.
the eagles bell & chilton in early ...
the eagles
bell & chilton in
early big star
L*I*N*K*O*N**P*A*R*K YA'LL. FOR SURE....
L*I*N*K*O*N**P*A*R*K
YA'LL.
FOR SURE.
I find it amusing and not at all ironic ...
I find it amusing and not at all ironic that the post above misspells Linkin Park.
The D4 arent really in the league of most of these bands but they're still a good honest NZ rock band. Jimmy Christmas probably does slightly more singing than Dion.
Yeah I thought so..now why do i do ...
Yeah I thought so..now why do i do that..im always thinking is it a 'C' or a 'K' but all along its the bloody 'I' at the end that makes it look right. My apologies..I shoulda got that right!
Fugazi....
Fugazi.
not sure if you can really call them a ...
not sure if you can really call them a band, Tenacious D
the spice girls....
the spice girls.
haw haw...
haw haw
Funny no-one has mentioned the ...
Funny no-one has mentioned the Polyphonic Spree (don't start Teffa!)
TLC...
TLC
aw hell yeah....
aw hell yeah.
Well, they're not as bad as the Spice ...
Well, they're not as bad as the Spice Girls...
Soldierboy, it's time you come to ...
Soldierboy, it's time you come to terms with the fact that the Spice Girls were so much cooler than you could ever hope to be - and they had a sense of humour too. You might want to look into that sometime. Not everything has to be all intellectual, you know.
It's just that for me, the Spice Girls ...
It's just that for me, the Spice Girls were the epitome of manufactured crap - the sole purpose for their existence was to sell records and make money through record sales and those countless endorsements. Boy bands are the same - take five pin-ups and get them to sing sappy ballads, and voila, a multi-million dollar industry at the snap of a finger (well, almost...).
I prefer music with substance, by artists who have something to say and can say it well. Look at Traci Chapman or Paul Simon - they sold millions of records without compromising their artistic integrity. It just so happened that their music appealled to mainstream audiences, and good for them, though I don't think that they anticipated such success.
I'm not a snob if that's what you're getting at. I like lots of popular stuff - including the odd top 40 hit. I enjoy a well-written and performed song.
the spice girls compromised as much ...
the spice girls
compromised as
much as simon &
less than
chapman
As much as Simon? Since when did the ...
As much as Simon? Since when did the Spice Girls release a record like Graceland?
In 1996, and then again in 1997....
In 1996, and then again in 1997.
nice one...
nice one
Wow, nice to meet you! I love TLC. ...
Wow, nice to meet you!
I love TLC. They have a great blend of voices - it's a pity their later works didn't reflect this. Tionne's huskiness, Chilli's smoothness and Lisa's crazy vibe brought about the best R&B/Hip Hop album to date - "CrazySexyCool". It's no wonder it remains the highest selling album of its genre. They are my favourite group of all time. [Destiny's Child should be renamed Beyoncé & Friends - nice vocals from her but all too poppy, they gave a good album with "The Writing's On The Wall" so I won't hate them completely].
As for Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks outshines all else. =P
Lucy Pearl have some nice tracks with vocals from Raphael Saadiq [ex Toni Tone Tony], Dawn [ex En Vogue] and a not so featured Ali Shaheed Muhammad [ex A Tribe Called Quest]. Each coming from completely different sounds that work [sometimes]. I love the works of their old individual groups better.
The Fugees, these guys, I really don't know about them, I love "The Score" but at times I think if not for Lauryn they would be nothing so I wouldn't put them at the top of my list although to me, she was at her best in the group. Her solo stuff didn't catch on to me like it did the rest of the world.
Mates of State - though they almost ...
Mates of State - though they almost always just duet
The New Pornographers - Im pretty sure they have two different singers
Also, I feel like Superette had more than two singers, but I am probably wrong.
In true NMEwank *cough* style... The ...
In true NMEwank *cough* style...
The Libertines
The Fugees, The Temptations, The Mamas ...
The Fugees, The Temptations, The Mamas and the Pappas, ABBA, The Beegees, The Highway men and my personal fave Milli Vanilli.
Prince & The New Power Generation ...
Prince & The New Power Generation featured Rosa Gaines a lot - "Nothing Compares 2 U" [which Sinead O'Connor later covered] and "Diamonds & Pearls" are classics.
It's quite sad but I enjoy some Spice Girls tracks. They had a great energy that I am attracted to [apart from that foul shit Mel C, gross, she really ruins everything with her look and voice].
that's not sad!...
that's not sad!
sez you woman...
sez you woman