Huh… It is just tonight I found out about Brett Scallions. Shame. Reading up on the reasons on leaving Fuel, I do see the two sides. I remember when “Natural Selection” came out; I thought his voice did not have the same quality as it had in earlier albums. Looking at other things, it also shows he was trying to add in his own writing farther on down the rode. As some have said, it was likely true in both views of him and Bell.

I’ve only heard clips of the new album that has a new singer known as Toryn Green. After listening to them over and over… I think I could still listen to Fuel despite the sound is slightly different. One might go, how is the sound different? The music hasn’t changed, just the lead singer. Well, I usually hear the voice as an instrument as well. Green of course has a different voice. At times he actually has moments where he sounds a bit like Scallions, but the instrument is still different.

My other case is that Scallions’s voice was changing. Certain notes seemed to be strained into mere yelling rather than having some musical quality laced in. I thought that when I heard NS, as noted. I still liked the CD though because of the beats and the like… so… in the end, Scallions’s voice likely would have not sounded the same as it used to by this year’s album. Still, I’ll miss his voice. Green’s is okay, but… I think it could be slightly more… “raw” sounding. It lacks a certain “power” too, I think. Then again, that might have been what started changing Scallions’ voice… Green’s got range, it is smooth… but… something gives a slightly… flat feeling.

I’ll probably buy the latest CD and get a good listening in. It will determine if I will still be listening come next album though.