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  • minion_doog
    minion_doog Member Posts: 2,024
    chuck said:

    The fact nobody mentioned Layne Staley in this thread speaks volumes about the generic, shitty taste of this board. I'm not even sure I want to post here anymore.

    I love Layne and agree about the dusty muzak represented here. Staley was a bit of a bore as a frontman
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Freddie Mercury
    chuck said:

    The fact nobody mentioned Layne Staley in this thread speaks volumes about the generic, shitty taste of this board. I'm not even sure I want to post here anymore.

    Came here to make this exact poast.

    TYFYS
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,709 Founders Club
    Mick Jagger
    chuck said:

    The fact nobody mentioned Layne Staley in this thread speaks volumes about the generic, shitty taste of this board. I'm not even sure I want to post here anymore.

    That's what the Fuck Off option is for. ATBSJBS, what group on this list would you say AIC exceeds in historical importance?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Freddie Mercury
    I can't choose the best from this list but these four certainly deserve to be chincluded

    Scott Stapp
    Chad Kroeger
    Kip Winger
    Fred Durst
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    minion_doog said:

    chuck said:

    The fact nobody mentioned Layne Staley in this thread speaks volumes about the generic, shitty taste of this board. I'm not even sure I want to post here anymore.

    I love Layne and agree about the dusty muzak represented here. Staley was a bit of a bore as a frontman
    You like to call him Layne...
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    Mick Jagger
    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    With guitar and harmonica its Neil Young

    Neil is a solo artist primarily who had a backing band, Caballo Loco.

    Springsteen is not a frontman. Bowie was not a front man. Etc, etc.
    Neil has always had a band. He's done more with a band than without

    You are wrong
    No, you are wrong.

    All solo artists have a backing band...

    For example...

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
    Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
    Smokey Robinson & The Miracle
    Paul McCartney & Wings
    David Bowie & Spiders From Mars
    Prince & The Revolution
    James Brown & The Famous Flames

    This is a different dynamic than a REAL "band" which is more of a group of co-equals. There's no Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones or Don Henley & The Eagles.
    Paul McCartney and Wings were just Wings when they released the stuff. I think after the re-issues and band infighting/breakup did they get re-branded as Paul McCartney & Wings.
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    Mick Jagger
    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Better stay out of my wheelhouse kid

    He fronts bands

    Don't make me call Harv. I get enough texts about you already

    I ain't no kid who doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. Get Harv up in here...



    That's a good start.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,553 Founders Club
    Fuck-off, the obvious choice is
    Neil Young fronts a band. Period end of story

    Let's not be fucking stupid around here
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,709 Founders Club
    Mick Jagger
    RaceBannon said:

    Neil Young fronts a band. Period end of story

    Let's not be fucking stupid around here


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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,709 Founders Club
    Mick Jagger
    RaceBannon said:

    Neil Young fronts a band. Period end of story

    Let's not be fucking stupid around here

    So does Bog Seger. So does Bruce Springsteen.

    There's no bins for the Silver Bullet Band or the E-Street Band at the record store.

    There is one for Crazy Horse, however. Their debut LP from 1970 is phenomenal and Neil ain't on it. They were a distinct musical until that he was not a member of officially speaking and served as his backing band or co-billing on some albums- i.e., Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
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