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Riot V
Riot V
American heavy metal band
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Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
2
Scott Ian
Scott Ian
American musician
3
The Exploited
The Exploited
Scottish punk rock band
4
AC/DC
AC/DC
Australian hard rock band
5
The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Scottish-Irish folk rock band
6
Ian Dury
Ian Dury
English musician (1942-2000)
7
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson
English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows
8
The Academy Is...
The Academy Is...
American rock band
9
Bon Scott
Bon Scott
Australian-British musician
10
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot
American heavy metal band
11
Ian MacKaye
Ian MacKaye
American singer and record label owner
12
U.K. Subs
U.K. Subs
English punk band
13
Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction
band
14
Neil Turbin
Neil Turbin
American singer
15
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
songwriter, musician
16
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel
Australian rock band
17
Robert Plant
Robert Plant
English singer
18
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring
American post-hardcore band
19
Australian Crawl
Australian Crawl
Australian pop band
20
King Crimson
King Crimson
British progressive rock band
21
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
American southern rock/hard rock band
22
Lost Cherrees
Lost Cherrees
23
Eurogliders
Eurogliders
Australian band
24
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
American hard rock heavy metal supergroup
25
The Buggles
The Buggles
English New Wave band
26
Mark Evans
Mark Evans
Australian bass guitarist
27
Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan
English musician
28
Ramones
Ramones
American punk rock band
29
Lance King
Lance King
American heavy metal vocalist
30
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo
Cuban American musician
31
Creed
Creed
American rock band
32
Fugazi
Fugazi
American Hardcore Punk Band
33
Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter
English musician
34
Foreigner
Foreigner
rock band from America and England
35
Sad Café
Sad Café
English rock band
36
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
English rock band
37
Ian McNabb
Ian McNabb
English recording artist; singer-songwriter and musician
38
Jackson United
Jackson United
band
39
Ian Gillan Band
Ian Gillan Band
band fronted by Ian Gillan
40
Government Issue
Government Issue
band
41
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
British rock band
42
Robin Zander
Robin Zander
singer and guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick
43
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
44
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
45
Axl Rose
Axl Rose
American singer and songwriter
46
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
American rock band
47
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and philanthropist, co-founder of Coldplay
48
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin
South African-born musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film score composer
49
Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist
50
Faces
Faces
English rock band
51
MC5
MC5
American garage rock band
52
The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
53
Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland
American singer
54
Oysterband
Oysterband
British band
55
Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch
English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen
56
Abrasive Wheels
Abrasive Wheels
57
Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche
American heavy metal band
58
Little River Band
Little River Band
Australian rock band
59
Japanther
Japanther
band
60
Whitesnake
Whitesnake
British hard rock band
61
Dan Nelson
Dan Nelson
American musician
62
UB40
UB40
British reggae/pop band
63
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter, record producer and graphic designer (1946-1991)
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Rainbow
Rainbow
English rock band
65
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
66
Matt Cameron
Matt Cameron
American drummer
Guy Speranza
American singer

Guy Speranza

Intro
American singer
Genres
Music

Guy Speranza (March 12, 1956 – November 8, 2003) was an American singer best known as New York City-based metal band Riot's original frontman from 1975 to 1981.

He played at the first Monsters of Rock festival in 1980 and sang on their first three albums, 1977's Rock City, 1979's Narita and 1981's Fire Down Under, before leaving the band in 1981.

In 1982, Scott Ian called Speranza to offer him the position as the lead singer for Anthrax. Speranza declined the offer, saying he was done with the music business.

After retiring from music, Speranza worked as an exterminator in Florida until being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, from which he died on November 8, 2003.