Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 – 6 May 2020) was an English rock singer, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company.

Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.

Following the discovery of a cassette tape containing studio demos recorded in 1981 of what was to be the second White Spirit album, careful restoration took place to retrieve the original Brian Howe vocals and musical performances.

Guest performers on the album include Neil Murray, Russell Gilbrook, Jeff Scott Soto, Steve Overland and Lee Small.

One day, Ashley Howe (not related but producer of Ted Nugent's upcoming album) was walking down the corridor of Atlantic's offices and heard his voice.

[2] Howe was soon in New York City and signed a contract to become the lead singer for Ted Nugent and sang on the Penetrator album.

The contract was not favorable to Howe, finding him working at a vastly reduced rate (~$450/week),[3] and he ultimately left to pursue a solo career and album due to lack of writing credits on songs such as "Tied Up In Love".

Their label, Atlantic Records, however, insisted they resume the Bad Company name, but Paul Rodgers was already engaged with a new supergroup called The Firm.

Thomas also added small amounts of keyboards as well as rhythm guitars and backing vocals and wrote most of the songs with the band.

Dangerous Age fared better than its predecessor, spawning several MTV videos and the AOR hits "No Smoke Without A Fire" (#4), "One Night" (#9) and "Shake It Up" (#9, also No.

The album received significant radio airplay (five songs made the AOR charts in all) and spawned several video hits.

Mick Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the Holy Water tour, although he did perform on the album.

Heralded as one of the top 5 grossing tours of 1991, and supported by Damn Yankees, that year was one in which many other rock acts faced a downturn in concert attendance brought on by rising ticket prices and economic recession.

It was widely rumoured all summer that Howe and other members of the band, which he helped revive three years earlier, had been bickering over financial matters.

Before touring in support of Here Comes Trouble, the band added ex-Foreigner, Roxy Music and Small Faces bassist Rick Wills and Colwell, a protégé of Ralphs, was now a full-time member.

The critically acclaimed album released in November 1993, featured live versions of hits from both the Rodgers and Howe eras of the band.

'"[6] In October 2016, Howe began recording acoustic renditions of Bad Company classics, some of Brian's solo material and other songs for a future album titled Porch Sessions.

"This is one of the last songs Brian wrote and recorded and, as it turns out, sadly it was very prophetic," said Howe's manager, Paul Easton.