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bands with multiple lead singers

I think Damn Yankees got the singers from Styx and Night Ranger, plus Ted Nugent, but they were smart enough to just have him play guitar.
 
Super groups kinda feels like cheating...but there's no rules in song threads, so that makes it okay. Brandi Carlisle put together something called the Highwomen. Miranda Lambert had a side project w/ several other singers called Pistol Annies.
 
Okay here's one. Michelle Branch made a big name for herself at a very young age, then disappeared. She stealthily re-emerged later as part of a country duo, the other singer absolutely nobody had ever heard of before.

 
I dare somebody to post some 90s boy bands...:rolleyes:
 
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Ooh, thought of a pair of trios, I'd call them super groups, but they might not really be household names. One of those, if you know you know kind of things. (Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus).

 
Aiofe O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins. Aiofe is featured here but they've sang lead in bands and/or been solo previously.

 
nwhoopfan said:
This short lived but excellent duo featured 2 singers who could each handle lead.

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Yes, The Civil Wars (Joy Williams & John Paul White) seemingly could have been great, but could not agree on the direction for the band (among other things).
 
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Same deal, 3 solo artists who did a side project together. Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams and Richard Shindell. Doing a song by Julie Miller, why not.

 
Good things come in threes I guess? This was supposed to be a short term thing showcasing 3 Canadian folk singers. 20 years later it's still going. They replaced one of the singers after the first album...and then again after the second album. Finally found a permanent third member, had to get a token American to do it!

 
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The Cars! For so long I thought it was all Ric Ocasek, but Benjamin Orr!!

Ben O: Bye Bye Love, Moving in Stereo, All Mixed Up, Candy-O, Cruiser, Drive, It's All I Can Do, Just What I Needed, Let's Go.

Ric O:Dangerous Type, Good Times Roll, Since You're Gone, Touch and Go, My Best Friend's Girl, You're All I've Got Tonight.
 
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And for a current band, Damn Tall Buildings features all three taking turns on various tunes.
 
Always love this one in the summer time. (somebody mentioned the 90's?)

Marc and Sharon Costanzo (brother and sister). Lead in the same song.

Steal My Sunshine - Len

 
nwhoopfan said:
...the Eagles? They have at least 3, right?

edit--oh man, there were tons in an earlier era; add The Mamas and Papas and ABBA to the list.
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At least. Besides Henley and Frey (who did most leads), Meisner and Schmidt did Take It To the Limit. Then Walsh joined (In The City). Leadon and Felder could also sing, but I'm not sure they sang lead on any songs?

Here's Randy.

 
Dennis Locorriere and Ray Sawyer both sang leads on different songs and sometimes together.

Joe's Bar The Loneliest People In The World - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

 
Tiarra were a Romanian band who’d broken up before I discovered them. they have two vocalists PLUS violin and cello (sisters who also play in a classical trio).

 
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