Aside from Eric and Tommy, have any scabs ever flat-out copied somebody else's look?

[Tenacious_Dio]

Dennis DeYoung toured with a couple of Tommy Shaw and JY lookalikes.

[BernieTaupson]

Pretty sure Adler’s current singer counts.

[Wild Obsession]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

[TheCULTofMANSON]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

[Kid-Wicked]

Pretty sure Adler’s current singer counts.

first guy i thought of

[FreddyFender]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

What songs did he write?

Has he ever written a song?

[Newsted's FU Money]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

What songs did he write?

Has he ever written a song?

Zero writing credits for Fortus in GNR so far.

[Charles Bukaki]

Unintentional, ian never played the role of jim morrison, he only paid tribute to him in his performances by bringing his lyrics back to life. I saw the doors of the 21st century/riders on the storm about 5 times with ian, they were very special shows. He did a fantastic job

I'm sure live he did whatever Ian Astbury does. Grab the mic, shake the maracas, bang the tambourine. But somebody definitely said, "Let's give him a Jim Morrison haircut." It's not coincidence.

I saw The Cult last year and when he was introducing the band, he gave the keyboard player some good natured shit for looking like Jim Morrison and I couldn't help but laugh.

[Black Stuff]

[Wild Obsession]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

Anyone besides Axl, Slash. Duff, Izzy, Adler, Sorum and Clarke is a "scab"........

[Mister Freeze]

^^^ I'd remove the last two from your list, although Sorum definitely wasn't intimating anybody. He did a fabulous job introducing his own stiff style and grooveless feel into Guns n' Roses.

[Love_Industry]

Probably wasn't intentional on his part, but maybe WAS intentional on the part of the band, but Ritchie Faulkner in Priest did look like a young ready to go K.K.

Cheater Owens was an even more obvious attempt to copy Halford. Him and Jayne Andrews even talked about the "Metal God character" at the time.

And that’s what it was. A printer salesman dressed up as the Metal God, recycling Halford's classic lines. The most original thing he came up with was asking the crowd "What's my name".. and then not playing the song of that title.

It was a bit like watching Sammy Hagar dancing in on stage in a glittery coat, doing high kicks, forgetting the effing words and addressing the audience with a "Look at all the people here tonight" after the first song. But of course he never did that. Not even Cherone.

[Ziggy Sawdust]

Vedder, Weiland etc copying Layne’s deep vocal delivery whatever you want to call it.


https://youtu.be/AyRDDOpKaLM?si=al13TzeXXNV8AMEI

Rollins- jump to about 3:15.

[Ziggy Sawdust]

Josh Klinghoffer sure had John Frusciante’s look down when he was in the Chili Peppers.

I kind of hated him but have to say his spell was better than the last current couple of albums with J.F.

[Love_Industry]

Wasn't Tony Martin kind of a low budget Dio in Sabbath? Not super obvious but the similarity was there IMO.

[Wild Obsession]

Jeff Gutt (scab Weiland impersonator for STP).

[TheCULTofMANSON]

Unintentional, ian never played the role of jim morrison, he only paid tribute to him in his performances by bringing his lyrics back to life. I saw the doors of the 21st century/riders on the storm about 5 times with ian, they were very special shows. He did a fantastic job

I'm sure live he did whatever Ian Astbury does. Grab the mic, shake the maracas, bang the tambourine. But somebody definitely said, "Let's give him a Jim Morrison haircut." It's not coincidence.

I saw The Cult last year and when he was introducing the band, he gave the keyboard player some good natured shit for looking like Jim Morrison and I couldn't help but laugh.

Lol cool. Also, they need to ditch the keyboards and have a 2nd guitarist again, the keyboards arent needed in Cult

[thechefs2003]

I remember seeing Steve Augeri for the first time in Journey and I actually thought for a second it was Steve Perry.

[dmbrocker]

I remember seeing Steve Augeri for the first time in Journey and I actually thought for a second it was Steve Perry.

If you think Augeri is a dead ringer for Steve Perry, you should see Hugo Valenti.

[TheCULTofMANSON]

Richard Fortis (scab GNR) gives off faux Izzy vibes.

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

Anyone besides Axl, Slash. Duff, Izzy, Adler, Sorum and Clarke is a "scab"........

Fake news, fortus and ferrer have been in the band almost 20 years, not scabs anymore, not sure bout the male keyboardist, and the female keyboardist about 7 years

[Love_Industry]

Hes not a scab anymore. Hes also better than izzy at this point

Anyone besides Axl, Slash. Duff, Izzy, Adler, Sorum and Clarke is a "scab"........

Fake news, fortus and ferrer have been in the band almost 20 years, not scabs anymore, not sure bout the male keyboardist

You're kidding, right? Dizzy Reed is credited and pictured on UYI. 1991. 32 years.

[jens]

Wasn't Tony Martin kind of a low budget Dio in Sabbath? Not super obvious but the similarity was there IMO.

Both ugly dudes, that part is true.

[BernieTaupson]

Wasn't Tony Martin kind of a low budget Dio in Sabbath? Not super obvious but the similarity was there IMO.

Nah.

[Ziggy Sawdust]

I highly doubt it, but I do remember Mick Taylor pretending to be Brian Jones in the Dancing with Mr D video.

[tooth]

I remember seeing Steve Augeri for the first time in Journey and I actually thought for a second it was Steve Perry.

If you think Augeri is a dead ringer for Steve Perry, you should see Hugo Valenti.

I just saw "Hugo's Journey" for the first time. Although not "exact", he looks & sounds damn near that of Steve Perry. Quality setlist & a great time. My only criticism would be that they played the songs too fast. However, they did go on 45 minute late, so that could have been the reason. "Desolation Angels", a Bad Co. tribute, opened up for them. Their singer did not look like Paul Rogers, but sounded excellent.

[dmbrocker]

I remember seeing Steve Augeri for the first time in Journey and I actually thought for a second it was Steve Perry.

If you think Augeri is a dead ringer for Steve Perry, you should see Hugo Valenti.

I just saw "Hugo's Journey" for the first time. Although not "exact", he looks & sounds damn near that of Steve Perry. Quality setlist & a great time. My only criticism would be that they played the songs too fast. However, they did go on 45 minute late, so that could have been the reason. "Desolation Angels", a Bad Co. tribute, opened up for them. Their singer did not look like Paul Rogers, but sounded excellent.

Did Hugo do any Valentine/Open Skyz songs? Would’ve been great if he did, especially “Runnin’ on Luck Again”.

[tooth]

If you think Augeri is a dead ringer for Steve Perry, you should see Hugo Valenti.

I just saw "Hugo's Journey" for the first time. Although not "exact", he looks & sounds damn near that of Steve Perry. Quality setlist & a great time. My only criticism would be that they played the songs too fast. However, they did go on 45 minute late, so that could have been the reason. "Desolation Angels", a Bad Co. tribute, opened up for them. Their singer did not look like Paul Rogers, but sounded excellent.

Did Hugo do any Valentine/Open Skyz songs? Would’ve been great if he did, especially “Runnin’ on Luck Again”.

No, all Journey songs, except "Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" which is from the new "Hugo's Voyage" record. Obviously, it sounded like a Journey song.

[AlexVonHaig]

Id say Styx replacing one overly gay keyboard player with another. Only thing to add is that they topped the original with Gowan. WAY more gay

[ParaDime77]

Jeff Coffey doing bass/lead vocals for Chicago ala Peter Cetera-Esque in’16-17. Was it absolute perfect fit for the band.

[DangerZone]

Wasn't Tony Martin kind of a low budget Dio in Sabbath? Not super obvious but the similarity was there IMO.

Nah.

Brian Johnson was white just like Bon