snownyteMay 17, 2024

What band or music group would you not have minded if they didn't have a certain band member?

My pick is Five Finger Death Punch and the obvious answer is Ivan Moody. The guy radiates that alpha-male wannabe energy and it definitely rings through all of the songs he has written and performed with this band. The guy is just a prick and a self-victimizing asshole....

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What band or music group would you not have minded if they didn't have a certain band member? - asklemmy - kbin.social

My pick is Five Finger Death Punch and the obvious answer is Ivan Moody. The guy radiates that alpha-male wannabe energy and it definitely rings through all of the songs he has written and performed with this band. The guy is just a prick and a self-victimizing asshole....

Show threadneidu2May 17, 2024
Lostprophets. It’s obvious who and why.
Show threadTrickDacyMay 17, 2024
Axl Rose seems like a dick, but would it have been the same band without him? His really unusual voice is a lot of the appeal of the music imo
Show threadneidu2May 17, 2024
True, he’s got a unique and interesting voice… but is it worth it?
Show threadTrickDacy
Worth it how? Either he exists in the band or exists not in the band. I think I prefer a world with appetite for destruction in its current rendition
May 18, 2024 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadneidu2May 18, 2024
I’m thinking that without him, maybe the rest of the band didn’t have to be so drugged up to tolerate each other long term, perhaps keeping the original lineup for longer.
Show threadTrickDacyMay 18, 2024
Maybe there is another singer they would’ve found which could’ve still led to them being famous, but it’s hard for me to think that could’ve happened
Show threadneidu2May 18, 2024

From my limited understand8ng of their formation history, GnR was the result of fuskin members from LA Guns with some other band named something Hollywood Rose. Axl came from the latter.

The LA Guns vocalist was Tracii Guns who took part in forming GnR as a guitarist, but was replaced by Slash. I’m curious how things would’ve turned out if he’d remained as only a singer.

Tracii Guns - Wikipedia

Show threadTrickDacyMay 18, 2024
Interesting. I forgot about the fusing of those bands. I’ve never listened to LA Guns until just now… so, to my ear they sound like a lot of other bands like Dokken or Judas Priest. As a vocalist, I think Axl is far better. LA Guns doesn’t have a unique sound from what I can tell. Not terrible, I just feel like I’ve heard it before even though I don’t think I have.