AC/DC – Brian Johnson was once the new singer himself when he replaced the late and great Bon Scott. (Photo: Instagram, @brianjohnson)
Van Halen – Van Halen carried on without David Lee Roth and did well enough with Sammy Hagar. Not so much with Gary Cherone. (Photo: Instagram, @glamlands)
Velvet Revolver – Ex-members of Guns N’ Roses Matt Rosum, Duff McKagan and Slash stuck together and recruited Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots. (Photo: Instagram, @soundofseattle)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – John Tristao was a somewhat controversial replacement for iconic singer and main songwriter John Fogerty. (Photo: Instagram, @mysteryland_usa)
Journey – The 70s AOR band found a remarkably talented replacement for legendary Steve Perry in Filipino singer Arnel Pineda. (Photo: Instagram, @marcomagdaluyo)
Iron Maiden – It is hard to think of Bruce Dickinson as the replacement vocalist, but he once stepped in for the technically limited Paul Di’Anno. (Photo: Instagram, @ironmaiden)
Black Sabbath – The pioneering heavy metal band had a good spell with the diminutive vocal giant Ronnie James Dio after Ozzy Osbourne left. (Photo: Instagram, @metalskool)
Judas Priest – The best the leather-clad Priest could do to replace the irreplaceable Rob Halford was to recruit superfan Tim “Ripper” Owens. (Photo: Instagram, @judaspriest)
Audioslave – Former Rage Against the Machine members rebooted and moved on from the outspoken Zach de la Rocha with Soundgarden’s introspective Chris Cornell. (Photo: Instagram, @califrunication)
Genesis – When Peter Gabriel left the band, drummer Phil Collins took over lead vocal duties. (Photo: Instagram, @alex.gernandt)
Alice in Chains – William DuVall has done a respectable job deputizing for the unforgettable Layne Staley after his passing. (Photo: Instagram, @omarinchains)
The Doors – Instrumentalists Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek shared vocal duties after the passing of the legendary Jim Morrison. (Photo: Instagram, @thedoors)
Mötley Crüe – The 80s hair metal giants quickly lost popularity when grunge spoiled the party and John Corabi didn’t really help. (Photo: Instagram, @motleycrve)
The Cars – After the sad passing of bassist and co-singer Benjamin Orr, the band continued on with Ric Ocasek handling most of the vocal duties. (Photo: Instagram, @benjamin_orr)
A press representative of mammoth rock band AC/DC has just confirmed Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose will front the band for the rescheduled US tour dates. This comes after Brian Johnson was ruled out of touring because he risks complete hearing loss. It’s not the first time a big band has soldiered on with a new singer, though.
