Drummers turned great Frontmen

[keaganobrien]

the drumset seems so sculpt the best frontmen.

lets make a list?

i'll start;

iggy pop
j mascis
jack white

[mead50]

Dave Grohl
Mike Felumlee
Phil Collins
Stewert Copeland-composer

[Ian Williams]

Hello, fellows.

1. Bon Scott (tattoed dragon), played drums and flute before lead singing for AC/DC.
2. Charlie Benante, sang I'm the Man whilst Joey Belladona was playing drums for Anthrax.

All the Best,

[Steamer]

Trail blazers some no longer with us who went from being sidemen early on to fronting some amazing groups later on down the road:

Tony Williams
Roy Haynes
Elvin Jones
Jack Dejohnette
Claude Ranger
Buddy Rich
Bob Moses
Max Roach
Art Blakey

[Ian Williams]

Roger Meadows Taylor - Queen, lyricist, compouser, frontman on his solo project.

Cheers!

[Ian Williams]

Another great drummer went on great frontman is: Bill Ward / Black Sabbath, now he carries on his solo project with his own band. Latest CD is "Straws".

All the Best,

[Ashton Drum's]

Joe Satriani heard he was a drummer and sucked at it so he picked up the guitar

[Aquamaroon]

Apparently Chris Cornell and Layne Staley were both drummers before deciding to take the microphone.

[oops]

Art Blakey.

Not sure, but pretty sure he fits the criteria.

[That Guy]

Phil Collins: No introduction needed.

Sully Erna: Godsmack - without a doubt one of the best conversions. He is up there with Phil Collins.

Tommy Lee: Motley Crue - He did a couple solo records.

[GRUNTERSDAD]

With the word Great being subjective, how can you forget my and Bernhards fave
RINGO.

[hawk9290]

Originally Posted by GRUNTERSDAD

With the word Great being subjective, how can you forget my and Bernhards fave
RINGO.

beat me to that punch

and i saw in a post that you're going to his concert in clearwater...i may run into you there, but those tix are pretty pricey.

Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger
Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down

[Deltadrummer]

Don Henley, maybe the most successful this side of Phil Collins.
Steve Tyler of Aerosmith also started as a drummer.
Peter Criss catapulted Kiss into mainstream fame with Beth.
Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire.
Levon Helm of the Band sang lead and now has the Levon Helm band.

[Steamer]

Originally Posted by oops

Art Blakey.

Not sure, but pretty sure he fits the criteria.

Thank you!!! Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

I knew I missed on the key drum frontmen in music. Yes Art Blakey was the one very important BIG one missing on my earlier list. Many of the sidemen in his group went on to become important voices in jazz and leaders themselves after their time spent with Art and one of his various "Messengers".

[Muffled Tom]

Gene Krupa

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[GRUNTERSDAD]

Originally Posted by hawk9290

beat me to that punch

and i saw in a post that you're going to his concert in clearwater...i may run into you there, but those tix are pretty pricey.

Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger
Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down

I was lucky enough to have GREAT son who thought of me on Father's Day.

[RicardoG]

cedric from mars volta!

[Foof]

How about these guys ? Mel Torme,Lou Gram

[Paul Quin]

some good suggestions. Don't forget Don Henley and, of course, James Brown - also a working drummer before moving to the front of the stage!

Paul

[dairyairman]

if we're talking about frontwomen as well, there's karen carpenter. sheila e. would be another.

[fixxxer]

Seems I've heard that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) started as a drummer.

[James_E]

Originally Posted by fixxxer

Seems I've heard that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) started as a drummer.

LOL I love that you had to put Nirvana in there in brackets for us :)

That's interesting though. I think there are youtube videos of him playing drums.

[tbmills]

dave grohl. i cant believe only one person has mentioned him. amazing frontman and great drummer!

[fixxxer]

Originally Posted by James_E

LOL I love that you had to put Nirvana in there in brackets for us :)

That's interesting though. I think there are youtube videos of him playing drums.

Yeah, well, I'm always thinking of the "slow" ones.

[crazyhands520]

I think the two most famous are Phill Collins and Dave Grohl, but Sully Erna from godsmack is another one. In fact if you ever go to a godsmack show they actually pull another drumset out from under the stage and Sully and Shannon have a drum batlle duet thing. It really cool.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by tbmills

dave grohl. i cant believe only one person has mentioned him. amazing frontman and great drummer!

Most don't know this, but he actually started out as a singer, songwriter, guitarist. He picked up the drums many years later and Nirvana followed. After Nirvana he went back to his "original love" as he calls it.

[crdirtRider856]

Originally Posted by crazyhands520

I think the two most famous are Phill Collins and Dave Grohl, but Sully Erna from godsmack is another one. In fact if you ever go to a godsmack show they actually pull another drumset out from under the stage and Sully and Shannon have a drum batlle duet thing. It really cool.

Definitely an unexpected hi-light of the show for me. I was actually surprised at how good he is. I love Godsmack but never knew Sully was a good drummer. they gelled well and I was a little dissapointed when they replaced their original drummer. But what about Paul McCartney-did he play drums before or after he became famous?

[Mook]

I've just bought Dennis Wilson's Solo album 'Pacific Ocean Blue' & it's fair to say it's amazing, so he could easily fit into this catagory.

[Urahara Kisuke]

Taylor Hawkins. Occasionally trades places with Grohl since he can also sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_FcE...eature=related Sound quality is bad though. He also has his own band in which he is the singer.

[Benjaminbois]

Frank Zappa

wasnt sure about this one but checked it and sure enough!

[mind_drummer]

How can you people forget Stevie Wonder !!!

He played most of his track when recording his albums...



And does Mick Fleetwood enter in this category ?

[bmandrumer25]

Don Brewer sang We're an american band for Grand Funk Railroad

[ericmiles]

Eddie Van Halen was originally a drummer, and Alex was originally the guitarist. They swapped, and the rest is history.