Greatest Rock Singers

[Atomic Punk]

Do you agree with this list? Not all 100, but let's say top 5.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_vocalists.html

I'd go:

1. Sebastian Bach: In terms of just being a talented singer, in my opinion, there isn't anyone who ever has come close.

2. Klaus Meine

3. Chris Cornell

4. Rob Halford

5. Steven Tyler

 

[chewyxrage]

suprises me you went w/ cornell as # 2 (although I do love him)




i gotta go with (got weird taste and depending on your definition of "singer")

1. Maynard James (tool, a perfect circle)

2. Layne Staley (alice in chains, mad season)

3. Ben Harper

4. Curt Cobain

5. Neal Young (haha)

 

[RADAR]

Didn't look but i would say Boy George.


RADAR

 

[Atomic Punk]

Didn't look but i would say Boy George.


RADAR

I said Rock, not cock.

 

[chewyxrage]

rock out with your cock out

 

[Atomic Punk]

rock out with your cock out

Lol. I gotta throw a special shoutout too for the dude from Steelheart(Michael Matijevic). If you saw the movie "Rock Star" with Marc Walburg, he was "the voice". He can wail too. He loses points for crappy music though.

 

[chewyxrage]

Marky Mark and the Funk Bunch Mark Walberg?


lol



yea marky mark is the shit

 

[Paulo]

King Diamond

Steve Perry

Steve Harris

Rob Halford

Sebastian Bach

 

[RADAR]

no one has said crap about boy George!


RADAR

 

[powerslave]

The one the only air raid siren: Bruce Dickinson

 

[c-sharp minor]

Bruce's voice on Number is amazing. The head tones on Hallowed give me chills, still, to this day.

Baz is a friend of my ex. They knew each other from back in his bar band days. Cool guy. Got us VIP seats when they were on tour with Bon Jovi. Great singer, no doubt.

I am a huge Geoff Tate fan from way back to.

Klaus is another good vocalist.

Dio has a good voice as well.

Yeah, Steve Perry is an amazing technical singer. Lot of soul to that boy. One of my fav's.

Lot's of great singers from the old days.

Too bad much of modern music requires that you sing like crap and play your instrument like a novice.

 

[Mr. dB]

Haven't looked at the list, but I'll give #1 to Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company.

 

[glennds]

we're not supposed to like these guys, for whatever reason, but lou gramm and steve perry have amazing rock voices. chris cornell, kurt cobain, and (just can't think of his name this early) the lead singer of pearl jam are incredible. michael stipe has a beautiful voice.

 

[Paulo]

Bruce's voice on Number is amazing. The head tones on Hallowed give me chills, still, to this day.

Too bad much of modern music requires that you sing like crap and play your instrument like a novice.

WORD

 

[from zero]

1) Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth. No one can touch his voice, IMO.
2) Maynard James Keenan of Tool/APC.
3) I'll always love James Hetfield's voice too.
4) I'll probably get shit for this, but I like Corey Taylor's (from Slipknot/Stone Sour)voice.
5) Chris Volz of Flaw.

Other notables:
6) Chuck Billy of Testament
7) Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

what's the criteria to put someone closer to the top?

 

[Mr. dB]

Too bad much of modern music requires that you sing like crap and play your instrument like a novice.

I think that virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity is overrated.

 

[c-sharp minor]

I think that virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity is overrated.

Technical ability without musicality is an exercise of ego.

I agree 100%.

It's the blend of both that makes some of the most beautiful music we are capable of producing.

 

[Mr. dB]

what's the criteria to put someone closer to the top?

How much the writer likes them...

 

[Buddy_Christ]

ah, ok. that seems to be how a lot of these lists are created.

 

[BileStew]

1. Robert Plant
2. Bob Segar
3. Eric Clapton
4. Roger Daltry
5. Steven Tyler

 

[Gambino]

Lead singer of "Darkness"

 

[Whiskey]

remember, it was top "ROCK" singers. So does that include grunge rap or newer music. When I hear the word ROCK I think about the 90's and earlier. so here it is

Robert Plant
"Young" Axl Rose
Steven Tyler
Bruce Sprinsteen
I hate to say it Mellencamp

Wether I like these people isn't the point. But good "ROCK" singers of their time, yes. I think Axl should be #1. His voice just screamed unfiltered rock. but that is me.

Whiskey

 

[Mr. dB]

Lead singer of "Darkness"

parlor tricks

 

[sigweed]

so far im happy to see some good names on this page of the thread... im a huge Segar, Springsteen, Clapton, Tyler, and Axl Rose fan... Rose had just an unbelievable voice on Appetite for Destruction... one of the best albums ever