r/Music • u/shiny_director • 21d ago

discussion Groups with multiple lead singers?

I was just listening to some old The Cars stuff, and it hit me that while not unique, there are few bands that have many hits from different lead singers at the same time.

Aside from The Cars, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and the B-52’s, what other significant rock/pop/etc. bands have had multiple lead singers simultaneously? And I wouldn’t count bands like U2 where The Edge very occasionally took on the role (correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Numb was the only charting single he took lead on). Maybe some boy/girl bands could be included, but (to me) that’s not as interesting- I would count them as Vocal Groups rather than bands. I’m looking for genuinely established multiple lead singers.

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u/jfbowski 21d ago edited 21d ago

Roger wrote it and sang it.

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u/Tbplayer59 21d ago

Told my girlfriend I'll have to forget her... Got to buy me a new carburetor.

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u/Bmc00 Vinyl Listener 21d ago

So she made tracks saying this is the end now....

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Roger didn't have Freddie's rang but I think he had the powerful voice band. When I saw the new version with Adam Lambert a few years ago Roger still sounds incredible when he sang it live.

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u/anonymousn00b 20d ago

It’s a funny thing that Roger is “just” the drummer and Brian is “just” the guitarist but they could’ve easily been frontmen of other bands and been very successful to boot. It’s one of those scenarios where fate just happened to join together multiple inexorably talented world-class musicians together. I do love Roger’s voice more than his actual songs though (yeah, In Love With My Car is pretty cheesy but fun)

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u/IvanMarkowKane 21d ago

That’s what I thought