Billboard ran a story today saying they know via sources that Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy is first in line for the Led Zeppelin frontman gig, since original Zep frontman Robert Plant said nay to a Zep tour. For those of you who are not familiar with this Kennedy character, my first thought upon hearing this was, "Oh great. A guy who sings songs titled "Rise Today," "Ties That Bind," "Watch Over You" "Open Your Eyes" and other cheesy shit is going to take over for Robert Plant. Awesome."
Alter Bridge is basically Creed without Scott Stapp. When Stapp went on his douchebag binge earlier this decade the non-singing members ditched him and his ego to form a new band (Alter Bridge) with a more sane frontman (Kennedy). So in essence Alter Bridge is Creed with a new frontman. And the thought of that being where the new singer for Led Zeppelin comes from gives me the hee bee gee bees.
Here's what Kennedy sounds like:
This Kennedy character must be loving the hype. Billboard also pointed out, and I agree, if he lands the Zeppelin gig the rest of Alter Brige could tour again with Creed on a reunion tour and make some major coin. Because who out there doesn't think this was the greatest song ever written?
Again, I joke. But the jokes really on me becasue I spent an hour writing about Scott Stapp and Creed.
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chris robinson did a great job singing zep tunes
perry farrell or chris cornell would be a fine choice as well
but please not this dude
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This other guy.. no way in hell can he pull the Robert Plant Zeppelin thing. imho. Just call me a Zeppelin purist...
I do like Scott Stapp.. he needs to pull himself together.
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Sorry it is like The Stones without Mick
The Who without Daltrey
The Kinks without Ray Davies
The Doors without the Lizard King...and we know how that sounded...
Please spend your hard earned dollars elsewhere
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So what do we all think of Queen with Paul Rodgers?
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Hearing this guy, I think the result would actually be worse than The Firm, which I didn't think was possible. Does anyone pull out their old Firm CDs and give them a spin?
Maybe next year, we'll get Thin Lizzy + Paul Rogers.
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Like the Stooges without Iggy :-(
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my vote. jack white.
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It's like The Cars without Ric, The Talking Heads without David, InXS without Michael, Echo & the Bunnymen without Ian, The Clash without Mick, Genesis without Peter, Genesis without Phil, Marillion without Fish, Journey without Steve, The Misfits without Glenn, Van Halen without Dave... You know what I mean?
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lol...
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Who cares about Queen with Paul Rogers?? ;-p
The question is, do you go to see Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones? Cos you sure ain't seeing Led Zeppelin.
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This is a joke right?
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if this character takes plant's spot the tour will still probably sell out. anyone else agree?
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The joke is on us all actually, the joke is on us all
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Kennedy has a huge rock voice, but surely no substitute. Interesting, MK played the guy who takes over for Mark Wahlberg's character in the movie "Rock Star". Good call on Jack White...that'd be worth seeing. Overall sad statement on how rock is pretty dead right now. Hinder or Nickelback is the biggest thing in rock right now???WTF.
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yeah, i agree, wtf?
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This is a joke...right? I can't believe we're even talking about Led Zep without Plant. This guy Kennedy is just another in a long string of Whiney Vanilla guy singers. After 40 years there are still radio stations dedicating hours of listening time to Zep. I know what this says to me, Plant can't be replaced. Can you imagine the band without Jimmy..no difference.
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Oh, say it's not so! It's like Sammy Hagar replacing David Lee Roth in Van Halen, but on a much more painful and serious scale.
I know I saw (against my much better judgement, I'm afraid) Page and Plant with two unknowns on bass and drums in the "Walking Into Clarksdale" tour and was pleasantly surprised at the great show they put on.
Yes, Plant can't hit the high notes like he once could, but then again, he wasn't trying. Page definitely rocked the house, though he did fall down during Celebration Day (this was at UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, and it was the end of the tour).
But trying to do a Zep tour without Plant is just ill-advised and WRONG in so many ways...
And yeah, if it came down to it, I probably WOULD rather see Jack Black take a stab at it rather than this cheese pimp! Ugh!
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Maynard. Maynard. Maynard would be perfect. Just the right size ego too.
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You'd think that they would just have David Coverdale to do it or something, or is he on his way to celebrity rehab for an Aqua-Net addiction?
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I think I just threw up a little bit after watching those videos.
Nu-rock needs to go to the sewers!
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Terry Reid anyone?
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OK, let's get this one thing straight. It's just like the audacity of Axl calling his new band Guns'n Roses. No, fucker, it's not Guns N Roses without Slash, Duff, Matt and Izzy. It's just you and a few dudes you picked up off of the street.
This whole Zep business is like that too. Zep without Plant? Are you fucking kidding me???? Now, I, somehow, understand Page's desire to make music and even make money. But he needs to come to his senses and form a new band for that. Because it would be equally ridiculous if Plant wanted to get together with Paul Jones, Bonham's son and make music and picked up some guitar player and called it Zeppelin.