List of bands with a frontperson other than the lead singer

This is a list of bands with a frontperson other than the lead singer. The persons listed here were named the front person by the band itself or was widely reported to be such in the media. This list does not include persons who frequently share(d) lead vocal duties with other members of a given music group (e.g., John Lennon of the Beatles) or who are both the frontperson and lead vocalist for their music group (e.g., Bono of U2). The musical group's name appears behind a bullet, and the corresponding musician appears in parenthesis.

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A

• AC/DC (Angus Young) (lead guitarist)
• Aerosmith (Joe Perry) (lead guitarist)
• Alice in Chains (Jerry Cantrell) (lead guitarist)
• Alter Bridge (Mark Tremonti) (lead guitarist)
• Anthrax (Scott Ian) (rhythm guitarist)

B

• Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) (lead guitarist)
• Boston (Tom Scholz) (lead guitarist)

C

• Coverdale/Page (Jimmy Page) (lead guitarist)
• Cream (Eric Clapton) (lead guitarist) and (Ginger Baker) (drummer)

D

• The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark) (drummer)
• Diamond Head (Brian Tatler) (lead guitarist)
• Dream Theater, (John Petrucci) (lead guitarist)
• Drowning Pool (C.J. Pierce) (lead guitarist)
• Deep Purple (Richie Blackmore) (lead guitarist)
• The Devil Wears Prada (Jeremy Depoyster) (rhythm guitarist)
• Dir en grey (Kaoru) (lead guitarist)

E

• Escape The Fate (Max Green) (bass guitarist)

F

• Fall Out Boy (Pete Wentz) (bass guitarist)
• Foreigner (Mick Jones) (lead guitarist)
• Fuel (Carl Bell) (lead guitarist)
• Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood) (drummer)
• Five Finger Death Punch (Zoltan Bathory) (rhythm guitarist)

G

• Gorgoroth (Infernus) (lead guitarist)
• Gorillaz (Murdoc Niccals) (bass guitarist)

H

• Keef Hartley Band (Keef Hartley) (drummer)

I

• Iced Earth (Jon Schaffer) (rhythm guitarist)
• Iron Maiden (Steve Harris) (bass guitarist)

J

• The J. Geils Band (J. Geils) (lead guitarist)

K

• Bob Kuban & the In-Men (Bob Kuban) (drummer)
• The Kills (James Hince) (lead guitarist)

L

• L'Arc~en~Ciel (Tetsuya) (bassist)
• Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page) (lead guitarist)
• Linkin Park (Mike Shinoda) (rhythm guitarist,vocalist)
• Luna Sea (J) (bassist)

M

• Manic Street Preachers formerly (Richey Edwards) (rhythm guitarist), currently (Nicky Wire) (bass guitarist)
• Manowar (Joey DeMaio) (bass guitarist)
• The Mars Volta (Omar Rodríguez-López) (lead guitarist)
• Mötley Crüe (Nikki Sixx) (bass guitarist)

N

• Nightwish (Tuomas Holopainen) (keyboardist)

O

• Oasis (Noel Gallagher) (lead guitarist)

P

• Page & Plant (Jimmy Page) (lead guitarist)
• The Panic Channel (Dave Navarro) (lead guitarist)
• Pantera (Dimebag Darrell) (lead guitarist)

R

• The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards) (lead and rhythm guitarist)

S

• Santana (Carlos Santana) (lead guitarist)
• Michael Schenker Group (Michael Schenker) (lead guitarist)
• Scorpions (Rudolf Schenker) (lead and rhythm guitarist)
• Sixx:A.M. (Nikki Sixx) (bass guitarist)
• Slayer (Kerry King) (lead and rhythm guitarist)
• Slipknot (Joey Jordison) (drummer)
• Symphony X (Michael Romeo) (lead guitarist)

T

• Thunder (Luke Morley) (lead guitarist)

U

• Underoath (Aaron Gillespie) (drummer)

V

• Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen) (lead guitarist)
• Velvet Revolver (Slash) (lead guitarist)

W

• The Who (Pete Townshend) (lead guitarist)

X

• X Japan (Yoshiki) (drummer)

Y

• Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force (Yngwie Malmsteen) (lead guitarist)