Other replacements besides Billy or Rick

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Stars might join bands. Superstars rarely do. Bruce owns his own brand. Neil and Mike don't.

Traveling Wilburys(sp) is an exception(and I'm sure there are others).

Exactly. Bruce was bigger than the Mac at that time. You are exactly right. Bruce is a brand and sound. It would make no sense. Sammy Hagar was an excellent replacement for Roth. He played guitar, could sing better than Dave, wrote songs, etc. He was a C list rock performer before Van Halen. That rating is not by talent but by commercial success prior to Van Halen.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Exactly. Bruce was bigger than the Mac at that time. You are exactly right. Bruce is a brand and sound.

But he would have been... THE BOSS!!!

[bwboy]

I’m loving these suggestions! Here are a few more:

1) Lou Gramm, from Foreigner. I think he played guitar as well.

2) Rick Astley- he would have brought some much needed youth to the band. Plus he’d never let FM down, or run around and desert them! They could have been together forever!

3) John Mellencamp

4) John Cafferty- from the Beaver Brown Band. He even slightly resembled Rick Vito.

5) Corey Hart- FM had England and America represented, so why not Canada as well?

Sorry for being silly- the only one on this list I was serious about was Lou gramm, and he would have had no reason to jump from Foreigner to Fleetwood Mac.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by bwboy

2) Rick Astley- he would have brought some much needed youth to the band. Plus he’d never let FM down, or run around and desert them! They could have been together forever!

Did...Did you just Rickroll The Ledge?

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Exactly. Bruce was bigger than the Mac at that time. You are exactly right. Bruce is a brand and sound. It would make no sense. Sammy Hagar was an excellent replacement for Roth. He played guitar, could sing better than Dave, wrote songs, etc. He was a C list rock performer before Van Halen. That rating is not by talent but by commercial success prior to Van Halen.

I think Bruce has been bigger than The Mac since Born In the USA.
Bruce's sound to me is mostly Roy Bittan (I love Clarence and Max but they have had substitutes who did great) and Roy shared that sound with Stevie.
I still think FM could have made great music. As you know, Bruce offered one of his songs to Stevie but Stevie wanted to change the chorus.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

He was a C list rock performer before Van Halen. That rating is not by talent but by commercial success prior to Van Halen.

HUH?!? He wrote "I Can't Drive 55" and the speed limit was raised to 65 within a year or two! The song and video were nearly impossible to escape.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

HUH?!? He wrote "I Can't Drive 55" and the speed limit was raised to 65 within a year or two! The song and video were nearly impossible to escape.

He had a few rock hits and had a good/average career. He was always the opening act for someone. No shame just the facts.

You are joking the speed limit was raised because of him. Surely you can't be serious. I always heard the speed limit was raised because Little Lies stalled on the charts at #1 while Billy Idol leaped frogged to #1. Many angry fans put the medal to the pedal.


Peter Framptom was a solo guy. He would not want to be confined to a group after being a solo guy most of his career and for the superstardom he once had. That is why Rick and Billy fit. They were not washed up former stars. Why would Framptom give up his music to play along to Say You Love Me? I think not. Many would not even want to join for trying to fill Lindsey's shoes and constantly being compared to Lindsey. Add the fact the new members were not creative forces in the band. They were not asked to record a song and make an album. They were just hired to perform on stage. One last point, the Mac would never hire someone like that to overshadow their own band. Framptom Mac? No one would have considered such a move.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

You are joking the speed limit was raised because of him. Surely you can't be serious.

I am serious. And don’t call me “Shirley.”

“I Can’t Drive 55” came out in mid-1984, and then…

“ The [National Maximum Speed Limit] was modified in 1987 and 1988 to allow up to 65 mph (105 km/h) limits on certain limited-access rural roads. Congress repealed the NMSL in 1995, fully returning speed limit-setting authority to the individual states.”

Peter Framptom was a solo guy.

He was a founding member of Humble Pie with Steve Marriott, who split up Small Faces to form when the others wouldn’t let him in the band.

This actually bit Marriott in the ass when the Jimmy Page was looking for a new singer for New Yardbirds. Instead, Page had to settle on a Steve Marriott clone named Robert Plant.

He would not want to be confined to a group after being a solo guy most of his career and for the superstardom he once had.

LOL, he was acting as David Bowie’s lead guitarist on his 1987 tour. Ironically, they were in Anaheim around the day Lindsey quit. He totally would have done it.

They were not washed up former stars…One last point, the Mac would never hire someone like that to overshadow their own band. Framptom Mac? No one would have considered such a move.

And yet they put Dave Mason in the band.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I am serious. And don’t call me “Shirley.”

“I Can’t Drive 55” came out in mid-1984, and then…

“ The [National Maximum Speed Limit] was modified in 1987 and 1988 to allow up to 65 mph (105 km/h) limits on certain limited-access rural roads. Congress repealed the NMSL in 1995, fully returning speed limit-setting authority to the individual states.”


He was a founding member of Humble Pie with Steve Marriott, who split up Small Faces to form when the others wouldn’t let him in the band.

This actually bit Marriott in the ass when the Jimmy Page was looking for a new singer for New Yardbirds. Instead, Page had to settle on a Steve Marriott clone named Robert Plant.


LOL, he was acting as David Bowie’s lead guitarist on his 1987 tour. Ironically, they were in Anaheim around the day Lindsey quit. He totally would have done it.


And yet they put Dave Mason in the band.

I love you Steve. Please never leave this place. You are one of my favorites.