Name a band where arguably their singer isn’t the most famous member

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I have two considerations:

Blink-182 and Led Zeppelin

They were all singers. Eric Stewart was the lead singer on I'm Not In Love. My principal claim to fame is that I once prepared his VAT return. He and his wife were lovely. She made us all a plate of salmon sandwiches.

There aren't many people in any part of the music business more famous than Freddie Mercury even though he's been dead for 34 years! RIP. What a voice, what a presence.

yes but can you name three of their songs?

Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the band from the Muppet Show. Animal is the most famous and he's the drummer. 😊

Has anyone said fun. yet?

I think Jack Antonoff is more famous than Nate Reuss these days because of his work with Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and others.

Although tbh I wouldn't recognise either of them if I bumped into them.

this recently happened to me! It wasn’t quite name 3 songs but a bloke asked me a question about my band t shirt. But in a “you don’t know them, you just own a primark t shirt” way.
Unlucky for him this band have been my special interest for the last 32 years.
I think he probably left with a migraine. 🤞

well, @Brassknucks we need to know the band now!!

Usually ones with a really flamboyant member or one with a very distinctive signature look. The ones that immediately sprung to mind were AC/DC and Angus Young and G&R and Slash, who have unsurprisingly already been mentioned.

Another one of those is Flake from Rammstein, whose barmy antics onstage immediately draw attention and make him noticeable before anyone else. One gig e spent the whole 90 minutes on a treadmill and he crowd-surfs in dinghies as well.

There are others where in-house band animosity can attract is sometimes a lucrative marketing tool - I.e. Kim Deal and Black Francis, and Buckingham and Nicks. The Fleetwood Mac name predated their membership of the band (started out as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac). Unfortunately, no one talks about Peter Green now.

Fall out boy

You've not met my husband then.

You say Nirvana - I say 'isn't that Dave Grohl's old band'

Eew 😱

Seriously?

Yep, I was going to suggest motormouth Lars. Napster anyone? Incidentally he was right

Iron Maiden - the Blaze Bayley years! - possibly the nicest man in the business though

Posh spice

It's led zeppelin, did you spot that too? Cheeky grins!

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What was the band were Tommy Lee was the drummer. Don’t think I could name the other members.

I'm not sure. Axl Rose was only famous during his time as talentless singer in g'n'r (I honestly believe they could have done with a much better vocalist). Slash still remains relevant to this day and is absolutely one of the most talented guitarists in the world. He's an absolute icon whereas Axl Rose is not.

only since foo fighters

Arguably RHCP

Oasis

Plant every time!

I agree with PPs on Fall Out Boy- though possibly less so now than in the earlier years. I'd still guess more people can name Pete Wentz than Patrick Stump, even if Stump has done more work outside of the band!