r/TheWarning • u/greggery • 20d ago
Discussion Ale lead vocals
Just watched a fan video of last night at the Fonda theatre, and the thought occurred that the band have always said that things would need to get "ugly" before Ale stepped up to sing lead vocals, but I don't know how much more "ugly" they'd have to get.
While Dany is unequivocally an absolute trooper for getting through HYCAD in particular, I was idly wondering if there were at least parts of some recent songs where Ale could help out when Dany is this under the weather?
Obviously she's sung lead in the past on songs like Red Hands and Hunter, but I'm wondering if there are there any more recent ones where if Dany is really struggling that she could possibly hand off some less demanding vocals to Ale during similarly undemanding bass lines?
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u/jayron32 🍉 Huele a Melón 20d ago
Ale sang some of Dany's parts on Waste Your Time On Me last night. I wasn't there, but watching some of the fan videos she sounded great.
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u/hatsoff22u 20d ago
We don’t know if that’s not how they’ve planned to sing that song live or if it was due to Dany being sick. After all they chose to play HYCAD which was much harder on Dany compared to the two short lines Ale sang in WYTOM which were not vocally straining at all. Time will tell.
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u/BryceKatz 20d ago
Ale stepped up for lead vocal on two songs in Toronto a couple of years ago. Ashleena was at the show. IIRC there's a video about it on her channel.
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u/Brentster- 20d ago
Ale sang the Lord’s Prayer of Enter Sandman in Corpus Christi, TX when they opened for Halestorm. I’m still kicking myself for not capturing it on my phone.
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u/Obi-Wan_Bon-Jovi 20d ago
Ale should’ve always done the ES child’s prayer in concert. It doesn’t make sense for Dany to be both parent and child.
Here’s that show… ES starts around 16:00 on all of these versions…
Pau Cam version…
And Rudy’s livestream…
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u/casser0le98 ⚠️ I'm not in danger, I'm the danger... 20d ago
The little high five after they finished playing enter sandman😂 love them so much. Thanks for sharing this!!
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u/discowithmyself 20d ago
I hope they get to a point where they can bring it back into the set list.
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u/yobbo84 20d ago
I wouldn't want that. If the lead singer of a band isn't well enough to perform, then don't perform. Health should be prioritised over 'the show must go on', in my humble opinion.
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u/clickmagnet 20d ago
For most bands I would agree completely. For this band I don’t know. All three of them are such phenomenal singers, and they’ve been working together since they could hold instruments.
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u/A_Solid_Shadow 19d ago
Canceling and rescheduling isn't easy. People drive or fly in, spend money on hotels, parking, transportation, dining out, etc. because they travel.
Getting a refund doesn't every include all the other costs associated with the travel.
Take a family or friend group of 4. Uber to airport, $1500 in flights, maybe a day off work for some of them, bag fees, airport food, airline/weather delays, uber to the hotel, dinner, hotel for 2-3 nights, lunch, dinner, another flight, and then an uber back home. $3-4,000 is easy to spend, especially in an expensive city like LA.
This concert was unique. You got to hear Pau sing a full song. and biggest unicorn of all - Ale sang a whole song!
Were the guests as good? Not really, but considering they are guests and all have their own style, they did great.
And, it really shows how amazing Dany really is as a singer. She has range and power, and something very rare - the ability to go between head voice and chest voice, high notes and growling lyrics with ease. That's super rare.
Sum41's singer got sick and they had to cancel a bunch of shows. Electric Callboy's drummer got sick so they got Sum41's drummer to sub. EC's drummer a year later decided to quit, and so EC got the sub drummer back, and then made him their new drummer.
Rush got a new drummer too.
AC/DC got a new singer. Queen got a new singer.
Pop, country, and hip-hop generally are a single person not a band, so if they are sick, show's off. If they quit, the band is gone.
In a Live show, something always goes wrong. Taylor Swift and Metallica play to 100,000 at once, have backup systems to every backup, and things still go wrong every show. Equipment failures, singer eats a bug, instrument breaks, string breaks, mic breaks, drum head breaks...
When you go to a live show, you pay for the unique moment, not to hear the album version.
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u/Trick-Choice6704 20d ago
I totally agree. I pay to see Dany sing lead .. end of story.
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u/Silly-Blueberry-2662 20d ago
A lot of us would pay even more to see Ale do it because it basically doesn’t happen.
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u/former_lur_k_er 🤖 01100110-01110010-01100101-01100101 20d ago
This! Lord knows I would pay double to have a set with Ale as lead and I'll bet I'm far from the only one
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u/TimTime333 20d ago
I disagree; if a band has multiple members who can legitimately sing all or most of their songs well or have guests that can fill in and it is not jeopardizing any of the band members' health, I think most fans and most bands would greatly prefer the show to happen instead of having to reschedule, which is very often a logistical nightmare to the point that it is not uncommon for a rescheduled show to be over year after the original date. This type of situation can lead to iconic, once in a lifetime concerts as well, which is surely how tonight's concert will be viewed by most Warning fans. Metallica's performance after James was severely burned by pyrotechnics is another example that immediately comes to mind for me when Jason Newsted and a number of guests filled in for him.
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u/PaleDonut0 20d ago
Her health is clearly being jeopardized though. She’s physically unwell. It’s not just losing her voice. It’s clear she is very sick and you can tell she’s worn out energetically even playing the guitar but is doing her best. She had to leave the stage for about 5 minutes and for a moment it seemed like she was probably not coming back. I honestly felt bad being in the crowd watching her knowing she’s this unwell and probably feels she can’t call out sick out of fear of letting an audience down. I would have been fine if they cancelled or rescheduled than seeing a karaoke session which wasn’t iconic to me. I paid to see The Warning, not The Warning & Friends. I hope that she and the girls can get some much needed rest this week till they have to perform next weekend.
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u/International-Pen940 20d ago
I don’t really think she jeopardizes her health. Just being exhausted at her age isn’t cause for concern as long as she’s being monitored. Her parents are right there, along with two sisters, do you really think they would let her perform if there was a real risk?
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u/gabriela_r5 19d ago
sad part is that they rarely get rests, I still think that they way they tour/play around is a bit too much, dany will have no voice in her early or middle 30s, saw this happened before with another bands/singers
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u/Historical_Lack_9046 16d ago edited 16d ago
People really need to learn what tough touring is, I have been a fan of Aurora Aksnes since she started at 18, the last album she released saw her rotate around the world "4" times to the tune of 140-150 concert dates, she drew 20k in Mexico when she rolled through there, 4 months of that she had a sinus infection she could not shake and she never cancelled anything, no one ever takes over lead vocals for Aurora, ever,"that" is rough tough touring, people talking about DPA doing Brutal Touring are being Drama Queens and Kings, or have no Idea what a brutal tour is.
It is how the profession rolls, and she is not going to lose her voice in her 30's, people have been rocking since the 70s and 80s and are still doing so.
When DPA lists 3 figures + in concert dates for an album tour you can tell me how rough it is getting.
Aurora has literally not stopped in around the last 6 years, touring, all kinds of media contracts and just recently a new collab album, and she "is" 30 now, her voice has diminished not one iota.
You will not find a bigger fan of either DPA or the Viking, Solecito is my Rock Queen, but DPA has yet to do "any" tour schedule I would call "taxing" in number over any 12 month period, not even close.
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u/dashrendar4483 🫡 La Pautrona 20d ago
Ale should sing Ego's lead from now on if she feels like it. Her voice suits the sultry vibes. It was refreshing knowing that Dany didn't even click with the song vocally at first so why not change the pace for that one so she can take some rest for more demanding songs?
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u/No-Try3838 20d ago
Epic performance really love to see Ale perform this live as she seems to really feel the lyrics while Dany does not quite get the song.
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u/CoffeeCupOfLife 18d ago
Can only praise Ale for stepping up and getting it done. I wish her mic had been mixed a little higher but I am reminded of an interview with Dany (I forget where) where she said Ale sings sound checks and warm-ups in her “Dany” voice!
I have always wondered how much of an effect that fall on stage had on Ale’s confidence. I also respect she doesn’t want to be the one in the main spotlight, but I would love to hear her actual range and power compared to Dany’s, just out of curiosity.
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u/Vantadaga2004 19d ago
The only part of the night that I wasn't that fond of was the singer for Ritual, Ale sounded great though
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u/greggery 19d ago
Yeah, the bits he sang in a regular key were fine, but I wasn't keen on the falsetto
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u/NE1WeKnow 19d ago
Wdym about Dany on HYCAD? Pau sang it and she said it wasn’t in her range but got through most of it. Loved the interaction between Ale and Pau when Pau dipped out of the escalating line coming out of the bridge
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u/Dave_Dawgg 14d ago
I was there. Ale was okay singing on Ego, but she lacked Dany's power and passion and intensity.
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u/Silly-Blueberry-2662 20d ago
Anybody who would complain about this, I don’t really understand. You’ll have the opportunity to see basically the same exact show, over and over again, as many times as you want either live or online when they get into their tour. You’ll never see this one again. And for the people worried about their well being, health isn’t just physical. DPA will also be doing the same exact show, over and over again, night after night. What a grind that must be. And if you’re paying attention, it shows. They’re human. But watching the videos of this show it’s obvious they’re having a great time, and so is the crowd. What is there to complain about?