Musicians Who Nearly Joined Other Bands Guns N’ Roses – After Slash left the band in 1996 and before Robin Finck joined, several other guitarists were rumored to join the band to replace him – those iincluded Zakk Wylde and Dave Navarro. And, after Matt Sorum was fired in 1997 and before Josh Freese joined, one drummer that was considered to replace him was Dave Abbruzzese (formerly o…

Stevie Nicks urges musicians to use their platforms to encourage people to vote submitted by /u/cmaia1503

What are some musicians who had more success in other countries instead of their own? I kept thinking of Scatman John, who is American, and Vitas, who is Russian, and both were a lot more succesful in other countries than in their own homecountries. John was a very successful in Japan but not in the US, while Vitas was a very successful in China but not in Russia (coincidentally in these two cases both being East Asian countries …

Which artist do you respect as musicians but do not enjoy? There are those artists you think are talented, influential to generations of musicians, and maybe even great people. But you just don’t like them. You hear them and think, “they’re really good but I don’t enjoy listening to them?” For me, it’s Rush. Tons of respect for each of them as individuals and their massive talent and influence. But I wi…

Singers/musicians that died right after a successful comeback Was thinking about how Marc Bolan, the lead singer of T. Rex, died in 1977, some months after the release of the album “Dandy In The Underworld” – which was a commercial and critical success, following a period of three unsuccessful albums. Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, died in July of 1971, less than 5 months after the release of the …

What are the worst/weirdest songs by your favourite musicians? I often like to explore an artist by going through their albums chronologically. This means that I inevitably reach their Shit Era sooner or later, which is actually something I enjoy. It humbles them for me and reminds me that no musician is deserving of my respect (/j). I get comfort from the knowledge that the people I envy are capable of mak…

Non-musicians name a song from any genre that seems like fun to play. Musicians tell us if they are or aren’t We’ve all heard songs with blistering riffs or insane drum work or anything else that gets your motor running. I think Rush’s Tom Sawyer would be fun to play on drums. It would probably take me 12 lifetimes to be able to play it though, so I dunno how fun it would be submitted by /u/Cactus_Jacks_Ear

Musicians who have played one song for a TV audience, what’s that like? Someone recently posted a video of Living Colour’s performance of “Cult of Personality” on the Arsenio Hall Show. Brilliant performance, absolutely killed it. But when Corey Glover runs through the audience, we see that they are just sitting politely, kind of clapping along. The energies don’t match. What’s it like going through the rigmarole of…

How much better are professional musicians than average musicians? I was reading a post about how NBA players are so much better than average players and even college players and I was wondering if the same applies to musicians. I’m not a musician so when I see a video of someone considered one of the greatest, I don’t really have an appreciation for how good they really are. I’m hoping someone has some good st…

Musicians With Their Own Comic Books? https://medium.com/@heavy\_mettle/10-real-life-musicians-who-have-their-own-comics-f8cec19e4db5?source=friends\_link&sk=f826fbed6ac6d6a47453212b7b8780fd I ran across this list on Medium looking for stuff about Nick Cave and I saw this post about real-life musicians who have their own comic books — and it feels a little light. Like didn’t NKOTB …

Who were the greatest session musicians? I can think of quite a few but some of the greatest must include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Bobby Kimball who went on to, of course, form the great TOTO… Who else merits mention among this pantheon? Who did they play for? And did they do anything that “surpassed” (I hate using that word because…

Who are musicians you consider to be in their side-quest era? I had this thought after I came across a video of Rick Astley covering Everlong on a festival stage. Here’s a guy who people remember for a couple songs and a meme going out there and, while he’s got them, covering Foo Fighters and The Smiths. “Weird Al” Yankovic, too. Since completing his record deal, he’s spent the last decade doing basically …

Do you think musicians cringe too when hearing their voices in recordings? You know how you think your voice sounds totally fine when you’re talking out loud, and then you hear it in some recording, and you just cringe and you wanna curl up in a ball and never go anywhere. Do you think musicians have the same reaction upon that? submitted by /u/Ok-Impress-2222

A list of Russian musicians who opposes the war (there’s a lot) (My last post on this topic) 1.5 years later, the Russian-Ukrainian war is still going, with still no end in sight. The music scene has had a big impact with this whole thing (obviously), but fortunately, we have a big number of bands and artists who have used their platforms to speak out against what their government is doing. Many of them hav…

Philadelphia Orchestra musicians to go on strike after Upstate NY residency submitted by /u/flowerhoney10

Feedback request on shots of musicians submitted by /u/cirayaaa