So Linkin Park has a new singer
Drummer too. Nobody could ever replace Chester, but the band has entered a new era and I'm all for it
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
I think a band should always change their name if they replace a singer that has been the core of their style for many years. It isn't and never will be the same band so the name doesn't fit anymore. The same happened with Christian Death and Nightwish. A large portion of fans simply never accepted and acknowledged the new singer and it's just a different band to them, regardless of the name.
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@CrazyMusicLover I always think back to Freddy Mercury and Queen when they wrote the song "The Show Must Go On".
Music is one of those things that is truly transcendent. When bands inevitably lose or replace members, the spirit of the band, their sound and style, their legacy, it all tends to carry on.
I understand those fans and definitely agree that it will never be the same, but as artists and musicians, they're constantly evolving. Even from album to album you can hear different changes, and some fans are with it and some are not.
Personally, I see this as a net positive. The band now has a new drummer and vocalist, and it's an opportunity for them to try out different things, to get new creative input, and to honor Chester's legacy now that he's gone
Music is one of those things that is truly transcendent. When bands inevitably lose or replace members, the spirit of the band, their sound and style, their legacy, it all tends to carry on.
I understand those fans and definitely agree that it will never be the same, but as artists and musicians, they're constantly evolving. Even from album to album you can hear different changes, and some fans are with it and some are not.
Personally, I see this as a net positive. The band now has a new drummer and vocalist, and it's an opportunity for them to try out different things, to get new creative input, and to honor Chester's legacy now that he's gone
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@TinyViolins
This is what I don't feel though. I think different people perceive and judge familiarity differently and base the spirit on it. A crazy comparison but it's like when some people are used to a particular piece of furniture and when they remove it, it doesn't feel like home at home anymore. (My friend's story) 😀 To me, it's like the energy changed, the spirit changed, a certain charisma is lost. I don't say it's like that with every band because sometimes it works and the singer is replaceable but there are also opposite examples when someone is so unique that they can work on multiple projects and you simply notice their particular style/signature there, in case of singer their unique voice, of course, with musicians it's more complicated because the samples and playing styles get copied regardless of who invented them.
On the name change though, it's true that in our Western culture we don't tend to change names throughout our lives as individuals. But there's an Amazonian tribe in which people change their names several times in their life as they change as individuals. It's unthinkable to them that a person could have the same name all their life because to them it's actually an entirely different person in different periods of their life. And it's not just that someone starts to identify as someone else, it's when the members notice someone changed, usually through some significant event in their life (killing a jaguar, for example), they start calling this person by a different name. To me, it's mind-blowing and I can't imagine doing it myself but it actually makes sense and could be even freeing in some way.
When bands inevitably lose or replace members, the spirit of the band, their sound and style, their legacy, it all tends to carry on.
This is what I don't feel though. I think different people perceive and judge familiarity differently and base the spirit on it. A crazy comparison but it's like when some people are used to a particular piece of furniture and when they remove it, it doesn't feel like home at home anymore. (My friend's story) 😀 To me, it's like the energy changed, the spirit changed, a certain charisma is lost. I don't say it's like that with every band because sometimes it works and the singer is replaceable but there are also opposite examples when someone is so unique that they can work on multiple projects and you simply notice their particular style/signature there, in case of singer their unique voice, of course, with musicians it's more complicated because the samples and playing styles get copied regardless of who invented them.
On the name change though, it's true that in our Western culture we don't tend to change names throughout our lives as individuals. But there's an Amazonian tribe in which people change their names several times in their life as they change as individuals. It's unthinkable to them that a person could have the same name all their life because to them it's actually an entirely different person in different periods of their life. And it's not just that someone starts to identify as someone else, it's when the members notice someone changed, usually through some significant event in their life (killing a jaguar, for example), they start calling this person by a different name. To me, it's mind-blowing and I can't imagine doing it myself but it actually makes sense and could be even freeing in some way.