12-19-2003, 07:20 PM
i think the singer makes up the recognition for the band most of the time. look at some of the modern ones.. such as audioslave... it is chris cornell singing, and if you listen to the songs, for a lot of them you would think you are listening to a softer soundgarden song.. yeah, tom morello has a guitar presence that is easily defined, but it still sounds a lot like soundgarden because of Chris Cornell's voice. Also, there is Zwan.. they just did break up but if you listen to the cd that came out last year, it sounds awfully similiar to any smashing pumpkin cd becuase the lead singer is the same, Billy Corgan.