Popdose Contest: Name the New Led Zeppelin Singer!

Popdose Staff October 28, 2008 81

As you’ve surely heard by now, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham are planning on launching a Led Zeppelin tour and album without Robert Plant, and are “trying out a couple of singers.” They’ve said they aren’t looking for a Plant soundalike, so we thought we’d see if we can’t all put our heads together to come up with a suitably bizarre list of left-field candidates for the job.

We’ll get the ball rolling with three of our favorite choices:

1. Kenny Loggins
2. Clay Aiken
3. Art Garfunkel

Now we want to hear your nominees — and we even have a prize for you: The person who submits our favorite wildly inappropriate fill-in for Robert Plant will receive a brand spanking new copy of The Who at Kilburn: 1977, a DVD release from the Who’s archives that’s reaching shelves on November 18. Follow the link to check out details (and watch a 93-second clip), then help the Led Zep remnants find their new lead singer! You can enter as many times as you like, right here in the comments, and the contest will remain open until we say it’s over. Good luck!

  • Randy Marlin

    The one and only logical choice (and he's still around and singing) is the man who was Jimmy's first choice to begin with – Terry Reid. Wouldn't that be cool.

  • Eric

    I'm really and truly surprised no one's said Richard Marx yet.
    Seems like an obvious choice to me…

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    I will never listen to Zepplin quite the same way.

  • http://harpandthistle.blogspot.com RLB

    It's been 18 hours and no one's made a Rick Astley joke? Phew.

  • E

    OK, that inspired me to throw Albert Kuvezin from Yat-Kha on the table.

    If his “Whole Lotta Love” is anywhere as near as good as his “Orgasmatron” …

  • Wammer

    Oddly enough, this guy could probably pull it off! Saw him open for They Might Be Giants a while back:

    CORN MO!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ND2EQcACns

  • Thierry

    Josh Groban. Can't you hear that vibrato all over “Immigrant Song”?

    Otherwise, Michael W. Smith would be a good fit too, no? Or maybe, if you absolutely need British royalty, Sir Cliff Richard.

    Then again, we all know who the perfect choice would be: David Archuleta.

  • Anthony Hansen

    I've got another one: Donald Fagen. Just the thought of him singing Whole Lotta Love makes me very, very uncomfortable.

  • http://www.yarnivore.com/francis Francis

    This contest is still going on? Very well. May I further suggest:
    1) Mark Mothersbaugh
    2) Robert Smith
    3) David Thomas (of Pere Ubu)
    4) Michael McDonald
    5) Yoko Ono

  • RoyBatty

    1. Howard Stern
    2. Bruce Springsteen
    3. Lou Reed
    4. Corey Feldman

  • Chuck B.

    After reading the 60 previous entries, I don't feel too out of sorts suggesting Tony Bennett singing “I Can't Quit You Babe”. Think about it.

  • hooty

    Paul McCartney

  • chadwicktron

    chadwick, again. Is Mac Davis or Rex Smith available? How about Michael Des Barres?

  • http://kokorotrail.hi5.com kokorotrailer

    Daniel Bedingfield
    Daniel Powter
    Bowie
    Jakob Dylan
    Tom Jones

  • MC

    If I remember that “Behind the Music” episode correctly, Leif Garrett always wanted to sing classic rock n' roll songs, right? This could be the break he's been looking for.

  • luffy66

    Paul Stanley- I win!

  • Mazzie

    Kenny Loggins….Clay Aiken….Art Garfunkel?? A list consisting of Michael Bolton & Garth Brooks would have sounded better than that load of hot mess. You can't possibly place those people in a band like Led Zeppelin! I'm thinking more along the lines of Scott Weiland, Chris Robinson, Jack White or Cedric Bixler Zavala.

    But I'm willing to bet that it will be someone completely new and unheard of….which would be even better!

  • http://www.popdose.com jefito

    Um.

    We were joking.

  • jbacardi

    Actually, Bolton and Brooks are good suggestions! Make Brooks wear his Chris Gaines disguise.

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  • Crystal M

    Macy Gray. seriously…

  • http://myspace.com/428816288 Stuart

    As you may know, David Coverdale front man for white snake is surely the logical choice to replace Robert and if he takes the stage; I will most likely go to the show and this comment comes from a man that bares the swan song logo on his shoulder; placed there in 1977 after the bands last tragic appearance at day on the green; you could call me a die hard Zepp Fan!!!

    When I had band practice, last Friday my band mates and I got drunk and listened to the catalog of Robert's work and I must say he will be missed!! Hey and Robert if you read this and you need a guitar and or bass player for your band let me know I would ready dig working with you!!!

    Take Care,

    Stu

  • jimmy

    Paul Cantara

  • erick

    robert goulet……need i say more?

  • bojo

    ben linus

  • rob

    I agree completely

  • RedWing442

    Liza Minnelli — There first song she'll change it around, “And I'm Buying The Stairway To Heaven Bitches!!!”
    Or for the left field of Plant-a-clones, Lenny Wolf of Kingdom Come

  • http://www.thelowridersband.com Billy

    If Zeppelin wants a veteran singer/songwriter/frontman who does not sound like Plant, they should consider me: Billy “Harp” Hamilton. Photos/videos/bio etc. at http://www.thelowridersband.com and http://www.myspace.com/lowridersband.

  • http://www.thelowridersband.com Billy

    If Zeppelin wants a veteran singer/songwriter/frontman who does not sound like Plant, they should consider me: Billy “Harp” Hamilton. Photos/videos/bio etc. at http://www.thelowridersband.com and http://www.myspace.com/lowridersband.

  • http://www.thelowridersband.com Billy

    If Zeppelin wants a veteran singer/songwriter/frontman who does not sound like Plant, they should consider me: Billy “Harp” Hamilton. Photos/videos/bio etc. at http://www.thelowridersband.com and http://www.myspace.com/lowridersband.

  • Npuente09

    how bout “roxo the rock n roll clown” from metalopcalyps?