A Sound Replacement Trivia Quiz

Answer: Glenn Hughes

Ozzy was the original Black Sabbath vocalist, appearing on every album from "Black Sabbath" (1970) to "Never Say Die!" (1978). The next man on the mic on an album was Ronnie James Dio for the albums "Heaven And Hell" (1980) and "Mob Rules" (1981) before he departed to be replaced on the 1983 album, "Born Again" by the former Deep Purple vocalist, Ian Gillan.
For the next album, "Seventh Star" (1986) Gillan was replaced by another ex Deep Purple member, Glenn Hughes, who also lasted one album before the band settled on Tony Martin for "The Eternal Idol" in 1987.
Martin was there for the next two albums as well before Dio returned to the fold for "Dehumanizer" (1992), although for "Cross Purposes" (1994) and "Forbidden" (1995), it was Tony Martin back on vocals before the triumphant return of Ozzy for "13" in 2013.

Answer: Denny Laine

Laine appeared on the debut album from The Moody Blues, 1965s "The Magnificent Moodies", retitled in USA and Canada as "Go Now - The Moody Blues #1".
Although a single from the album, "Go Now" (1964) was a hit, overall the album met with a lack of success and Laine left the band to form the Electric String Band. His departure came at the same time as those of founder members Clint Warwick and Rodney Clark and it seemed as if the Moodys would be a short lived band.
The remaining members had a stroke of genius though when they recruited John Lodge on bass and Justin Hayward on vocals, with whom the band would go on to enjoy worldwide success for the next thirty years.

Answer: Joe Lynn Turner

Gillan had already left the band once in 1973 due to increased infighting, particularly between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. On that occasion, he was replaced by former Trapeze vocalist Glenn Hughes and then David Coverdale, who got the job after answering an advertisement in a UK music paper.
In 1984, eight years after the band had split up, the boys decided to give it another go, and Gillan rejoined the reformed band on vocals. By 1989 though, his relationship with Blackmore had once again turned sour and Gillan was fired, to be replaced by Joe Lynn Turner, the vocalist from Rainbow, Blackmore's band formed during the Deep Purple hiatus.
With Turner, Deep Purple made just one album, "Slaves and Masters" (1990) before Gillan was invited back into the fold in 1992 and as tensions once again rose between him and Blackmore, Blackmore decided enough was enough and walked out on the band midway through their 1993 tour.
Joe Lynn Turner went on to work with and release two albums with another former Deep Purple vocalist, Glenn Hughes, under the name Hughes Turner Project, while Gillan continued be vocalist for Deep Purple, winning praise and plaudits and helping the band achieve their highest UK album chart position in 46 years when "Whoosh!" reached number four in 2020.

Answer: Al Kooper

Al Kooper actually formed Blood, Sweat and Tears after being inspired by a Maynard Ferguson concert in 1960. His idea to combine rock music with a horn section was revolutionary at the time and met with much opposition before he finally got the project off the ground.
Eventually, the band recorded an album, "Child Is Father to the Man" (1968) which attracted good reviews and went out on a small tour to promote the disc. Following the tour, Kooper was kicked out of his own band, and Canadian David Clayton-Thomas was brought in to replace him.
With Clayton-Thomas, success was instantaneous, with the new line up's first album, "Blood, Sweat & Tears" (1968) reaching number one on the Billboard 200 in USA, as did the follow up, 1969s "Blood, Sweat & Tears 3".
The band also had three number two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA during this period, including possibly their best known track, "Spinning Wheel" (1969).
Life didn't turn out too bad for Kooper after his ousting as he went on to play keyboards on albums by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, as well as producing the first three albums from Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Answer: Tim Owens

Rob Halford had been vocalist with Judas Priest since 1973 and enjoyed great success with the band before his decision to quit in 1991. Halford was at the time struggling with pressures brought on through internal tensions within the band as well as coping with being named in a civil action in the United States which alleged that the band was responsible for the suicides of two teenagers due to subliminal messages on their records.
The band were found to have played no part in the teenager's deaths but Halford, who was at the time also hiding his homosexuality as he feared the reaction of metal fans, had had enough and quit.
Enter fanboy, Tim Owens, who even went by the nickname "Ripper" taken from the Judas Priest track, "The Ripper" (1976).
Owens had long been a fan of Judas Priest and fronted a tribute band named British Steel, named after the band's 1980 album, so was certainly not going to think twice when offered the chance to join his heroes.
He remained with the band for two album, "Jugulator" (1997) and "Demolition" (2001) before parting with the band, on good terms, to allow the reinstatement of Rob Halford in 2003.

Answer: Ray Wilson

Peter Gabriel was the Genesis frontman between 1967 and 1975, when following his departure for a solo career, drummer Phil Collins took over lead vocal duties.
Collins sang on some of the band's biggest hits such as "Turn It On Again" (1980), "Mama" (1983) and "Invisible Touch" (1986) before leaving to concentrate on his solo career.
After many auditions, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, the remaining members of Genesis, settled on Ray Wilson as their new vocalist for the band's 1997 release, "Calling All Stations".
Wilson was not new to success, having had a UK number one hit with "Inside" (1994) from his previous band, Stiltskin, but the chemistry wasn't there with his new band mates. "Calling All Stations" (1997) was the first Genesis album since 1978 not to hit number one on the UK album chart and the North American tour to support the album was cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
Genesis went on hiatus following the release of this album, but re-emerged in 2007 with Phil Collins back on vocals for a hugely successful European and North American tour.

Answer: John Corabi

From their formation in 1981 to parting company with Neil in 1992, the Motley Crue story makes for fascinating yet heart breaking reading. From Neil serving jail time for vehicular manslaughter after losing control of his car, resulting in the death of passenger, Hanoi Rocks drummer, Razzle, to their management refusing to allow them to tour Europe as they feared that due to addiction issues the band would return to USA in body bags, there was never a dull moment.
Of course, during this madness, they also turned out hits such as "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1987), "Dr Feelgood" and "Kickstart My Heart" (both 1989) and their cover of the Sex Pistols track, "Anarchy In The U.K." (1991).
The reasons for Neil's departure remain unclear, with him claiming he was fired and the rest of the band still maintaining he quit. The outcome was the same however; Vince Neil was no longer a member of Crue and a replacement was needed.
Enter John Corabi, previously vocalist with The Scream, who was unknown to many fans, and indeed, still remains unknown to many despite his four years with the band.
With Corabi, Motley Crue released one album, the self titled "Motley Crue" in 1994, which was poorly received by critics and even more so by fans.
The tour to support the album was a disaster with a concert in Tucson, Arizona selling only 4,000 out of a possible 15,000 tickets. Bass player Nikki Sixx stated he knew that Corabi and the band were done when in desperation, he phoned a Tucson radio station offering free tickets to the gig to any fans that turned up, and only two people came.
Corabi left the band in 1996, and was replaced by fan favourite Vince Neil, with the band releasing the album "Generation Swine" in 1997, which took the Crue back into the top five of the Billboard 200 in USA.
I perhaps should mention before anyone searches for them, that the other three possible answers were made up purely because I thought Corabi sounded like kohlrabi.

Answer: Blaze Bayley

Paul Di'Anno was the original Iron Maiden vocalist for their first two albums, "Iron Maiden" (1980) and "Killers" (1981), before his drug use became so much of a problem that the band were forced to let him go. He was replaced by former Samson vocalist, Bruce Dickinson, and the band soared to new heights with him on board as the new album, "The Number Of The Beast" became an instant classic and went to number one in the UK album charts.
Dickinson defined the new look Iron Maiden and became a hero to many young upcoming vocalists, so it was quite a shock when he decided to leave the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career.
After listening to many audition tapes, the band decided to appoint Wolfsbane vocalist Blaze Bayley and his first album with the band was "The X Factor" (1995) which still went top ten in UK but didn't sell as well as the Dickinson era albums. The next Bayley fronted album, "Virtual XI" (1998) sold poorly and Bayley was asked to leave the band, largely due to fans' dissatisfaction with his inability to hit the notes that Dickinson could.
"Brave New World" (2000) was the next Iron Maiden release and fans the world over were pleased to note that Bruce Dickinson was back at the helm and sure enough the album went top ten in UK, Australia and across much of Europe.

Answer: Fleetwood Mac - Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac, to many, is not Fleetwood Mac without Stevie Nicks, but after being with the band since 1974, she left in 1991. This left a huge hole in the band's line up, especially as fellow bandmate Lindsey Buckingham had already left in 1987, but Mick Fleetwood soldiered on, replacing Buckingham with two guitarists, Billy Burnette and Rick Vito and replacing Nicks with Bekka Bramlett, daughter of rock royalty in the form of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, aka Delaney and Bonnie, whose ranks have included Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Eric Clapton and George Harrison at various times.
Bramlett certainly gave it her all on the "Time" album (1995) but fans weren't convinced and the tour didn't go over well at all with Fleetwood Mac opening for REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar on various dates. Although Bramlett poured all of her talent into tracks such as "Rhiannon" (1976) and "Gold Dust Woman" (1977), she was no Stevie Nicks.
In 1997, Fleetwood Mac released the live album "The Dance" captured at a gig in California, where the reformed band featured the classic line up of Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and of course, Stevie Nicks.

Answer: Gary Cherone

Roth is certainly the vocalist most associated with Van Halen as he was their frontman from 1974 to 1985 before quitting to concentrate on his solo career after having had a couple of solo top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA while still a member of Van Halen.
For his replacement, Van Halen decided to go with an established name and installed Sammy Hagar as their vocalist, with instant success following as the first album from the new line up, "5150" (1986) became the first Van Halen album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 album chart in USA.
Tensions within the band meant that Hagar decided to quit in 1996 and the band once again made the choice to go for an established singer.
This time Gary Cherone, who had experienced success with Extreme, including hits such as "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted" (both 1991) was the choice.
Unfortunately, Cherone didn't go down as well as Hagar and the band released just one album with him, 1998s "Van Halen III".
Following Cherone's departure, there were reunions with both Roth and Hagar, but Cherone never got the call.