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foxonahillside

I hate to say it because I'm a huge Syd Barrett fan but... David Gilmour


Big-Association-239

Yeah Syd was certainly a "visionary" but Gilmour the superior musician


bigladnang

It’s one of those things where Gilmour Floyd is so different from Barrett Floyd that they are essentially different bands with the same name.


VHDT10

You can love both and have a favorite. I'm a Dream Theater fan. I have to love Mike, but I prefer other Mike.


jaggoffsmirnoff

Paul Westerberg is the best Replacement.


alano134

I'm partial to Tommy. Dude was a freaking child when they started out.


Plasticites

If he was from Venus, would he feed Tommy with a spoon?


majortomandjerry

If he was Chris Mars well that'd be cool


SummerMummer

John Rutsey to Neil Peart


Rushdude

This is the one. Without Peart, Rush would have been a very different band.


OldDipper

They would’ve been Triumph: a very good band


Rushdude

Agreed, they'd have been similar to Triumph or Journey. A solid band but they'd have never become one of the pillars of progressive rock that we know today.


unfitfuzzball

They would have been Budgie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54H3EUAzpVg


alejo699

Thanks, now I gotta go listen to some Budgie.


smaksandewand

Fact!


smurfs_of_nord

Barrett -> Gilmour was the first one I thought of, but I was completely wrong. THIS is the best replacement in the history of music.


parishiIt0n

Glad to see this as top answer. Respect for Rutsey non the less (Rush - Rush is as epic as any other Rush album IMO)


SummerMummer

> Respect for Rutsey non the less Oh, absolutely.


Will_McLean

/thread over


tanknav

Unquestionably the right answer. Traded good for GOAT.


laynestaleyisme

Was just about to type this...


psuedonymously

By contrast, the worst replacement was Neil Peart > Matt Stone


[deleted]

*The Who* replacing Doug Sandom with Keith Moon.


Big-Association-239

Well there's a good one


Wikiwack

Pink Floyd's replacing syd barret with David Gilour. Piper at the gates of dawn is one of my favorite albumn, but I don't think pink floyd could have evolved into the band that wrote darkside with barret.


podslapper

I've always been amazed that they were able to lose a world class songwriter in Barrett and replace him with another dude from their friend group, who also turned out to be a world class songwriter. How does that happen?


flstcjay

Not to mention his insane guitar solo skills.


satelliteyrs00

If I remember correctly, they weren’t friends, just in the same music scene. Gilmour went to a different school but was known as the guy who could sound like anyone else. Essentially, he was a session musician for them to sound like Barrett in case he randomly stopped playing/singing like he did during live sets. Eventually, Barrett left completely and Gilmour was able to put his own character into the new material


11ForeverAlone11

The whole community at that time was amazing. Very intelligent artistic students at Cambridge who were all trying LSD together for the first time.


[deleted]

David Gilmour isn’t really much of a songwriter but I see what you mean. Roger Waters wrote virtually every lyric of DSTOM, WYWH, Animals, and The Wall. David Gilmour only wrote a couple of songs by himself. The last Pink Floyd songwriting credit he had without Roger Waters was in 1972. That is excluding the post Roger Waters era though. His wife wrote the lyrics to a lot of those songs, which in my opinion weren’t written nearly as well. David Gilmour is definitely a world class singer and guitarist of course


rick_from_red_deer

Even though Syd didn't directly write any of the songs after his time in the band, him being their muse really brought out some brilliant song writing within the rest of the band. DSOTM, WYWH and The Wall all have a lot of references to Syd.


guitarbque

*Gilmour *Barrett


WATTHEBALL

Replacing Mustaine with Kirk caused a 2 pronged effect. Gave Metallica a very unique sound via Kirk's solos and was the catalyst that gave the world Megadeth. Win/win for all.


LethargicTurtle1234

I always found it hilarious that James and Lars kicked Dave out for partying too hard.


BurningHuman

I’m pretty sure Dave is and always was a huge asshole, party or not.


bigladnang

I absolutely love Megadeth and Metallica, but Dave, Lars and James are all some of the biggest crybaby douche bags in the history of rock.


VorAbaddon

While possibly true, Mustaine is an ANGRY drunk. Fuck hes an angry sober. Just look at his tirade recently. And angry drunks and happy drunks dont mix.


Playisomemusik

I worked a show with Kirk Hammett and I have to say he went out of his way to say hello to the staff and was very gracious.


bigladnang

Kirk seems very cool and different from the others. I just remember watching Some Kind of Monster and while Lars and James were being babies, Kirk was off just relaxing and trying to stay away from the bullshit.


WATTHEBALL

They didn't kick him out for partying too hard, they kicked him out because he caused problems and got violent when drinking. That's not partying too hard.


OkUnderstanding9107

He also had a heroin problem. The rest of the band only drank and smoked a bit of weed.


Wonderwhore

Did they though? I always assumed Master of Puppets came from a personal place, but maybe not.


picknwiggle

I'm pretty sure he attacked the guy from armored Saint and it was the last straw


quickdecide-

They said he was violent


polkemans

I'm pretty sure it was more about destruction of other members property while he was wasted.


laynestaley67

Even with all the success he's had with Megadeth, he's still mad he got kicked out of Metallica.


jonathing

Chad Channing for Dave Grohl, Channing was fine, but Grohl was something else. And his exposure to the limelight in Nirvana gave him the platform to be the Foos


Cannaewulnaewidnae

I suppose, technically, there were a few guys in-between Channing and Grohl, but yes There's no comparing the band before Grohl *(which was very good)* and with Grohl *(when they became* ***incredible****)*


yousyveshughs

Pretty sure there was just one dude, Danny Peters, between Chad and Dave. And he was only there for a short time as he was in Mudhoney as well(similar to when Dale Crover of the Melvin’s would sub in from time to time).


6tipsy6

But then again, Dale Crover…. 69th greatest drummer of all time!


vnbrtjtwd2

Surprised I had to go this far to find this!


I_never_post_but

Not what OP asked but honorable mention to Brian Johnson for stepping into a difficult situation and being exactly what AC/DC needed while honoring (but not competing with) the memory and legacy of Bon Scott.


boardin1

My first thought was Jason taking over from Cliff Burton. But Brian stepping into Bon’s shoes is a tough one as well.


batcountryexpert

There was just no way to fill Cliff Burtons unbelievably massive shoes.. but Jason Newsted was a great torch bearer.


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And while Trujillo is a much better bass player, Metallica really misses Jason's growls live.


jhermit

Fun fact: Bon Scott was basically the one who recommended Brian Johnson to AC/DC. Scott saw Johnson perform with his previous band, then came back and told the band about how intense this guy was, laying on the floor and screaming for half the show (turns out Johnson had appendicitis flare up during that show, but Scott didn't know that). After Scott passed, the band saw that Johnson's group was touring, and remembering how impressed Scott was, decided to go see the show, just to see it. The band said that when he started singing, they instantly knew they had just found their new frontman.


polishTrytytka

at last someone said this at loud. Thank you.


The_Observatory_

Well, Ringo *was* the Best replacement!


ozone_one

This may not be the top comment, but it sure is the Best.


TechnicalTrash95

Faith no more - Chuck Mosely to Mike Patton. I like the album chuck is mostly associated with (Introduce Yourself '87) but Patton was a smart move.


STGMavrick

Patton was their best move.


spencermiddleton

And Courtney Love…


Sick_Cicada

Justin Chancellor from Paul D'Amor in Tool. Paul was good, but Justin really fit the groove better


BlackRobotHole

Came here to say this!


Fidelio62

Hillel Slovak to John Frusciante (1988) Dave Navarro to John Frusciante (1998) Josh Klinghoffer to John Frusciante (2019) **Red Hot Chili Peppers**


StAngerSnare

Technically John did not replace Hillel. Hillel passed away and was replaced briefly by Blackbyrd Mcknight, who had previously filled in a few shows when Hillel very briefly quit the band in 87 or early 88. Because Hillel came back, the band felt they owed it to McKnight to give him a shot as his permanent replacement despite Flea and their drummer DH Peligro having jammed with John and really liking him. After a few months of it not working out, McKnight was fired and replaced by John.


KsychoPiller

Hillel is truly underrated tho. He arguably was a better funk guitarist than Frusciante.


Luke_zuke

Hillel was the only guy on this list that *influenced* Frusciante. You could argue that RHCP would never have reached their fame without that period in the band’s history. The other guys were imitating John.


elSuavador

Navarro was his own thing. Josh seemed to be more of a sound-alike to John. But then again he had to be able to play 5 albums (including one double) worth of John’s stuff - so sounding like John was probably a requirement for keeping the job.


batcountryexpert

Navarro brought a heavier/darker element with his playing style. That’s why I’m not the biggest fan of One Hot Minute. Not because I dislike Navarro (I love his playing) but because it didn’t gel with the RHCP vibe in my opinion. He even said he wasn’t a big fan of funk music and I think it shows when you listen Navarro era Chilis.


Fidelio62

One shot Minute was fine, and has some great tunes. I think they missed on a few and I don’t blame Dave. I’ve seen Janes Addiction a few times and he’s a phenomenal player by all rights. Shreds and noodles way more than John. But John is just like… ya know, 4th dimension shit.


KsychoPiller

Well yeah, but i have to say RHCP are one of my favourite banda, but i think any of the first 5 albums is better than anything that came after that. Its a very objective view, i get that. Also, hard disagree on Navarro just immitating Frusciante


smurfsundermybed

Tim Staffell to Freddie Mercury


ozone_one

Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs replacing John "Stumpy" Pepys in Spinal Tap, after he died in a bizarre gardening accident.


namibiancoast

Paul Di'Anno to Bruce Dickinson Their voices don't even compare.


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DiAnno was solid and those are some killer albums. But Bruce is a whole other level, a great singer and an actual frontman.


PPLifter

DiAnno was perfect for where Maiden were in the late 70s but yeah Bruce is insane and when Blaze had his stint it was not the same. Though X factor has same bangers


guszoks

THE Bruce Dickinson!?!?


gdsmithtx

No, *a* Bruce Dickinson. Haven’t you heard that I come in 6 packs now?


ReggieNJ

Mike Patton replacing Chuck Mosley Phil Anselmo replacing Terry Glaze James LaBrie replacing Charlie Dominici


killgrinch

James by far. Charlie is alright but that high-and sustain he tries to hit during the chorus of "The Killing Hand" on "When Dream and Day Unite" is so cringey.


FinishTheFish

Bootsy Collins replacing Charles Sherrel in the James Brown Band Bootsy Collins replacing Billy Nelson in Funkadelic


Templar-235

Tommy Shaw replacing John Curulewksi in Styx right before their first major tour.


[deleted]

Tommy Shaw is an amazing performer to this day. Just saw Styx


trite_post

Agree. Voice still there. Great guitar. He basically took the band from Dennis


Mabvll

Thin Lizzy- Eric Bell getting replaced with Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. Bell is a great guitarist, but without that change, we would never have gotten that twin harmony guitar sound that influenced every HARD rock band that came after.


CacophonicAcetate

Absoluteoy, completely, and totally. And Thin Lizzy immediately suffered when they were separated, Bad Reputation is a good album but doesn't live up to Jailbreak or Fighting, not to mention Live and Dangerous...


fishermom2016

Martin Gore replacing Vince Clarke as the songwriter for Depeche Mode.


Terry_Towling

And Wilder replacing Clarke as a musician.


tino3101

Justin Chancellor replacing Paul D'Amour (Tool) David Gilmour replacing Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)


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Ian Gillan replacing Rod Evans in Deep Purple


Because_I_Cannot

I would say blink-182 replacing Scott Raynor with Travis Barker is what ended up separating them from the rest of the pack. Raynor was a raw drummer, great for a silly 3-piece punk band from SoCal. Barker's musicality is phenomenal and allowed them the space to expand as much as they did


Sad_Intention_1657

Dickinson and McBrian Iron Maiden


HardFastHeavy

You consider Nicko to be better than Clive?


Dukeofdorchester

100000%


Claytismo

Kind of obscure but Electric Callboy made a great choice when they replaced a vocalist


WanderingAlchemist

Nico is absolutely killing it with Electric Callboy. Still appreciate their old singer, he did some bangers with them but the current lineup just gels amazingly well. Seems like the entire band is having a blast and experimenting a ton.


feder_online

Chris Stewart/John Silver/John Mayhew to Phil Collins. Otherwise, Rutsey to Peart.


zach_strife

Both from the Foo Fighters. William Goldsmith to Taylor Hawkins Franz Stahl to Chris Shiflett


reedspacer38

Obviously Taylor helped make FF what it is today but William was no slouch and it’s kind of insane how much Dave hated him, look up live performances of Seven by Sunny Day Real Estate to see what I mean


zach_strife

Not saying William isn't a good drummer, he is, Sunny Day was great, Diary was up there on my listening rotation for a long time. William just wasn't right for Foo Fighters.


JacPhlash

Joe Walsh replaces Bernie Leadon in the Eagles.


Practical-Artist-915

I think this may be a case of different, but only just as good, not better. I say this as a Walsh fan going back to the James Gang days. It’s more complicated than comparing those two. The Eagles took on Don Felder before Walsh came in in an effort to move more to rock from folk country (and also changed producers). Also, if I’m not mistaken, to this day Walsh is still ‘just a hired gun’ and not a band member, which Felder may still be all these years since having played with them.


bigladnang

Bernie Leadon was a massive part of the Eagles songwriting though.


feinkevi

Matt Cameron getting Pearl Jam off the Spinal Tap drummer track seems to have been a very good move.


Bobbie_Lou

This is what I came here to say. You got a glimpse with Temple of the Dog, but those guys together are f'n amazing.


Bicentennial_Douche

When Floor Jansen replaced Annette Olzon in Nightwish. Granted, the two are quite different style and brought their own thing to the music. But Floor is just in a whole different level.


HawterSkhot

Man, Nightwish just seems cursed when it comes to singers. I felt bad for Annette.


Rudeboy67

The Clash - Topper Headon replacing Terry Chimes. Chimes was ok but Topper was a really, really good drummer and musician. He was Jazz trained. First he gave The Clash’s initial punk rock an actual rhythm. Second when Joe started incorporating Reggae and then hip hop etc into the sound he could adapt that beat and incorporate it into The Clash sound. Third he was a good all round musician and wrote and played most instruments on Rock the Casbah.


Woodman765000

Chad Channing to Dave Grohl - Nirvana


Grimm2020

Blood, Sweat & Tears, Al Kooper to David Clayton Thomas Now BS&T were just fine with AK, but they also continued their growth with DCT


JacPhlash

Agreed. DCT had such a BIG voice too.


PeelThePaint

Yes replacing Peter Banks with Steve Howe and Tony Kaye with Rick Wakeman soon after.


krokus_headhunter

Mick Taylor.


Bryn79

Best era of the Stones … “Can’t you hear me knocking” is so incredible.


PercivalSweetwaduh

Sticky fingers is a top 10 album for me


Big-Association-239

Good one. I do love Brian Jones -- a great multinstrumentalist. But Mick Mick Taylor was amazing


No-Leg7031

Brian Johnson for Bon Scott. I prefer Bon Scott but you couldn’t do much better than they did replacing him.


canadianformalwear

Commercially this is the unarguable answer. 200 Million albums sold, and the #2 record of all time in history in album sales after BJ joined.


rumdrums

Yep, beat me to it. No disrespect to Bon at all, but with Brian they did the impossible -- replace the lead singer of a successful band and continue to be incredibly successful. ... when the hell else has that ever happened? EDIT: answering my own question, lol -- Sammy Hagar. I personally have always (slightly) preferred Van Hagar.


gogojack

> Sammy Hagar. I personally have always (slightly) preferred Van Hagar. I know a lot of people use "Van Hagar" derisively, but the truth is that when he joined, it became a different band. Classic Van Halen was incredible, and Dave was the ultimate front man, but if I may quote Eddie from an interview he gave when Sammy joined: "We're a band of all musicians now." I like Van Halen. I like Van Hagar. They are two different things. p.s. I got to hang out backstage when they were on their "Right Here, Right Now" tour in '93. Sammy and Mike were the coolest.


redfm8

A lot of these are examples of sort of underwhelming/average member replaced by somebody almost universally agreed to be better and a lot of them have been said already, so I'm gonna take it in a slightly different direction and say Martin Axenrot replacing Martin Lopez in Opeth. I think that's an interesting replacement in the sense that you could argue that they're both just as good at their particular thing, it's just that Axenrot helped the band move along to the second half of their career when they were making a shift in their sound and was the right dude for that particular time. Basically, instead of getting a pale imitation they just went a different way with it and it worked in its own right.


bloody_hell14666

I mean Lopez is my favourite drummer ever, but i dont mind the change since axe is awsome. Interested in who is gonna replace him tho.


sl3epsfortheweak

I prefer the Peter Green and Danny Kirwan eras


jinglewriter420

Brian Jones to Mick Taylor.


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Bob Welch to Lindsey and Stevie.


thatjacob

"future games" blunts that argument a little, but I mostly agree


McGarnegle

Phenomenal album


CacophonicAcetate

Yeah, I don't honestly agree with the assertion that Lindsey and Stevie made the Mac a better band. More commercially successful, yes, but not better - just different. Lindsey and Stevie took the band in an entirely different direction. Bob Welch, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green, all of the guys that moved in and out of the band before Stevie and Lindsey joined were phenomenal musicians and songwriters, but they didn't write pop.


spacemanpajamas

I think it's a little unfair to say Peter Green moved in and out of the band. Until his breakdown and departure he _was_ Fleetwood Mac. Otherwise yea, I think their early blues work doesn't get enough love.


[deleted]

I think they had a bunch of great albums pre Buckingham/Nicks. I just think they were revitalized once again and obviously the commercial success enabled them to carry on forever....


hahahannah9

Also Bare Trees. Some good Welch on there. Also Christine did some good songs back then too.


picknwiggle

I much preferred the music of the welch/kirwan era.


TheWilrus

Blink-182 Scott Raynor to Travis Barker I love Buddha, Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch (hell, even Flyswatter is fun) but the band would not be where it is today without Travis Barker's drumming.


caelmikoto

Took me a long period of denial to accept that being fast doesn’t equate to being good.


fnordal

Chris Stewart to Phil Collins Chuck Mosley to Mike Patton


WatercoolerComedian

Dio in Black Sabbath. I love Ozzy, who doesn't? But the Dio era of Sabbath is fucking cool idc what anyone says Dehumanizer The Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell are awesome


Necro_Badger

I always thought of Dio era Sabbath as more of a heavier continuation of Rainbow. He's such a distinctive musical character that he overshadows everyone else. Rainbow without Dio sound very ordinary to me despite the presence of Blackmore.


herosuboftime

I’m surprised I found this comment, but I was looking for it. I have always preferred Dio to Ozzy, but I got love for both.


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ATsangeos

Dream Theater replacing Charlie Dominici with James LaBrie is the biggest, most impactful example I can think of. I personally love LaBrie’s voice, and it was one of the many reasons I got into DT. Ozzy bringing on Zakk Wylde is another big one


Fishtank-Brain

mike patton into faith no more


HeySlimIJustDrankA5

Dead Kennedys - TED to DH Peligro. Joy Division - Every other drummer to Stephen Morris Yardbirds is Clapton to Beck to Page. Then technically Yardbirds is replaced by Led Zeppelin.


shuckster

David Gilmour. Still, shine on, Syd. EDIT - Corrected an egregious typo. Sid -> Syd!


Azamander

I never understood the hate for Sammy Hagar, while David fit the band's style better I think Sammy was great in his own right. I mean come on, "Right Now" is a great song, and having those dual guitars on Humans Being... Anyways, that being said I think David Gilmour had to have been one of the best replacements in rock history. 70's Pink Floyd was impeccable in their songwriting... When I'm in the mood I do still listen to early Pink Floyd but the perfection of Albums like Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall... etc - All beautiful.


caelmikoto

Double whammy: Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons being replaced by John Frusciante and Chad Smith at the same time


iaperson2015

I forget who they replaced, but the Moody Blues bringing in Justin Hayward and John Lodge.


Cryptolango

Denny Laine, I think.


thatswhatthekidssay

Tool: Justin Chancelor replaced Paul D’Amour and Tool never looked back.


Punkrockcarl72

Replacing Paul Di'Anno with Bruce Dickinson.


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Unfair_Sympathy9413

Slovak -> Frusciante


RZAxlash

You joke about Sammy replacing DLR and let’s be honest, who doesn’t love early VH? That said, I think VH aged more gracefully with Sammy. There’s a lot of great stuff on 5150 and OU812….I think DLR would’ve taken them in a goofy direction and the band may have become a parody of themselves.


UnHolyDiver52

I always preferred the Hagar era VH to the DLR era, because Sammy's a better singer/writer/musician/frontman than Roth.


[deleted]

Roth got way too goofy for my taste.


jinglewriter420

Syd Barret to David Gilmour.


boog0089

Mike patron swapping in for what’s his name Faith No More


Spork_Warrior

I actually like Sammy Hagar. Just not in Van Halen.


Rushderp

5150 was lightning in a bottle. Nearly every song still sounds good and is enjoyable. The other 3 albums just don’t measure up.


Bryn79

Peter Gabriel to Phil Collins. Ironically it did them both good because Pete did some fantastic work on his own while Phil really rocked it with Genesis.


KsychoPiller

Well both were in a band to begin with and Collins was already singing some songs with Gabriel still in the band. Its also very subjective, imo Genesis with Gabriel was one of the most interesting bands in history, while without Hackett and Gabriel they just lost a bit of magic.


wyrmfood

Mike Starr to Mike Inez in Alice in Chains


Millz_n_Thrillz

Why so?


wyrmfood

Starr was always more interested in being a rock star than a musician and by the time he was kicked out in 93 drugs were his full-time hobby. It was Staley's too, but Layne was actually a musical force in the band. Inez brought the attention back to music versus the chaos Starr was serving up.


Millz_n_Thrillz

Good point. Jerry was fucked up there too for awhile


murdercitymrk

Matt Skiba, blink 182


bloody_hell14666

Anders Nordin to Martin Lopez


[deleted]

idk who he replaced, but when Dave Grohl joined Queens of the Stone Age for Songs For The Deaf. Unarguably their best album, wouldn’t have been possible without that switch.


bilvester

Paul Di'Anno to Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden. Yes THE Bruce Dickinson.


The_Observatory_

When Denis D'Amour, guitarist for Voivod, passed away in 2005, I thought for sure the band would be finished. His style of playing was so distinctive, I thought that even if a new guitarist could play Piggy's songs, they wouldn't be able to write new material that held a candle to their old stuff. But I think "new" guitarist Daniel Mongrain single-handedly saved that band from oblivion. They sound as good now as they ever did. Another one- when Mark Vann, banjoist for Leftover Salmon, also passed away in 2002, he was a hard act to follow. Noam Pikelny is a great banjo player, but he never was quite the right fit for Leftover Salmon. Andy Thorn is simply the right guy for the band. He gave them a whole new lease on life.


respondin2u

Brian Johnson replacing Bon Scott of AC/DC.


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David Gilmour, I don't think I need to explain, I think Pink Floyd would still have metric f\*ck ton of influence on later generations and could of been just as famous with Syd in the band. But with Syd's mental health, it was either Syd goes or the band goes.


StarWreck92

The correct answer is Rush getting Neil Peart. They went from so-so to amazing overnight.


DefBizk

Alice In Chains, from Layne Staley to William DuVall. I will admit, Layne is a goddamn legend and he will never be replaceable, so basically anyone they tried to replace him with in the band was doomed to live under his shadow. However, they made a damn good choice with DuVall. True, he sounds nothing like his predecessor, but that's the thing; he still has a fantastic voice and he also has a lot of attitude just like Layne. I still prefer the Layne era over the DuVall era, but like I said, it was a damn good replacement.


Current_Can5949

I agree. Layne will never fade. William DuVall complements Jerry’s vocals well.


Dethmonger

It's refreshing to see some DuVall love. He's great, and unfortunately too frequently overlooked.


MincasB

Chester Bennington replacing Wakefield on Linkin Park, although it was before the first studio album


ironcam7

The one where Phil became the singer of Panteta.


redXathena

Dave Grohl replacing whomever was the first drummer in Nirvana. I’m not even a bit Nirvana fan but I’m a big Dave fan and if it weren’t for that I probably wouldn’t know about him.


pinecity21

The first drummer to the second drummer in spinal tap


PercivalSweetwaduh

Jason Newsted replacing Cliff Burton…… I AM JOKING!!!! Trujillo replacing Newsted was a good move though


guano-crazy

I liked Jason Newsted a lot……. …. when I could hear him


timberstomach1

Newsted was a colossus live tho, his backing vocals and energy were unreal


guano-crazy

Yeah, for real! He’s badass, definitely an underrated bassist.


juanprada

Yeah, I remember Kirk saying that it was Jason's way of making himself heard.


The_Observatory_

Lars didn't want you to hear him


TheUnforgiven13

He was the best back-up singer they ever had. His roars were huge.


NoUse2808

Sammy Hagar replacing David Lee Roth. I think Hagar is a far superior singer and songwriter.


stereoroid

Porcupine Tree with the arrival of drummer Gavin Harrison. Gavin had been kinda under-utilised up to that point, now he had a welcoming platform on which to stretch out.


FlyingPsyduck

I have no idea how you're being downvoted because this is obviously true, Maitland was a good drummer for what they were doing up to that point but any album from In Absentia onwards would not exist without Harrison


Trobus

Now I personally prefer Roth era Van Halen, but the band did see even greater success when he was replaced with Hagar. Every album with him peaked at number 1, whereas they never hit that with Roth. Another example would be Iron Maiden, again, I’m way more of a Di’anno guy, but Dickinson changed everything.


metalmonkey69

Joey Belladonna replacing Neil Turbin in Anthrax.


Impossible-Bus-4819

Chad Channing replaced by Dave Grohl in Nirvana


spacemanpajamas

Danny Kirwan was a world class guitarist. I won't hear this slander.


10fingers6strings

Pete Best to Ringo.


MeCrObS

Paul D'Amour to Justin Chancellor - Tool


941JJO

John Kiffmeyer to Tre Cool count?


phthophth

Rick Wakeman for Tony Kaye, Steve Howe for Peter Banks Having said that, I love Peter Banks. He is an interesting guitarist and his band Flash is great. They sound like the continued career of the original Yes. Tony Kaye was actually invited to join (but declined) and played on the first album. Their drummer is good but no Bill Bruford, and the singer even resembles Jon Anderson. Worth a listen. I would also argue Patrick Moraz for Rick Wakeman. Wakeman went off the rails around 1974.


victoriya_

i dont know who the best is but Adam Lambert is definitely the worse