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Shoot The Singer!

1 by cjh
Good morning, Boppers.

What bands might actually be improved by the replacement, or outright removal, of their vocalist?

This struck me over the weekend while watching ascendant noise act YHWH Nailgun, whom I enjoyed despite a questionable drum sound and not being as good as Gilla Band, who operate in a similar area. The one element that really rankled, though, was their frontman, locked in ersatz intense mode from the get-go. After a couple of numbers, my friend and I turned to each other and essentially muttered, put a sock in it, pal. They'd have landed harder for me as an instrumental outfit, or at least if he'd reined in the vocal tics that would shame a Bond villain. I freely admit I'm being unfair and historically a bit of a twat in this regard, as I often struggle with vocalists.

Who else spoils the party or takes from an otherwise decent band?
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3 by losthighway
This is such a niche little project it feels unfair but I think in the late 90s early Y2k there were a few singers (I was in a band with one) who kind of went, "Well Guy Piccotto can just kind of yell, talk his way through a song.... so that's all I'm going to do." And they basically stuck to 10% of the Fugazi vocal playbook without all of the other things that made him captivating on the mic.

This band wrote really cool instrumentals and the vocals don't even bother me anymore (don't shoot him!) but these songs definitely had untapped potential.

https://youtu.be/uTiY8v8kW1w?si=YwH-O8HtFC1DnZrr

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9 by Gramsci
I think this thread was always just going to be everyone firing Kedis
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