Bands whose singers rule - despite popular opinion

[Floyd Eye]

I dig Perry Farrell. The scream right before the lead in "Up The Beach" is bad ass.

Springsteen? Uh, no. I agree with that dude. I'd rather hear Journey and I hate Journey.

Bon Scott for sure.

Totally dug Garcia's voice.

Les Claypool

Kurt Cobain

Layne Staley

Trent Reznor

Marilyn Manson.


All sound good to me.

[DeathFromBelow]

Originally Posted by RFord04

Dood, your so kvlt....

Bur seriously.... JFAC... emo? Thats just plain ignorant. Have you ever even listened to them, or do too many people actually like them to even consider it? I dont even like that band.... but I would at least listen to a band before I passed judgement, and its clear you haven't heard them before if you are equating them with emo, or you just don't know what emo is.

Sorry to derail... here's an obvious choice: Les Claypool.

Whoa, someone pee in your cornflakes this morning?

Originally Posted by Josh Pelican

He said "emo-kids listening to Job For A Cowboy". He didn't say they were an "emo" band.

Yep.

[Hobobob]

I don't mind Springsteen, up until his more cheesy 80's stuff.
Anybody say Eddie Vedder yet?
I'm pretty down with most of the singers mentioned in this thread, my problem is with singers who whine or mumble or sing like drunken karaoke participants.

[SquierJazz72]

I like Geddy Lee's vocals and Chris Cornell
AC/DC, either vocalist.
70's Springsteen, not much past that
Ozzy

[Trayster2]

Dennis DeYoung
Kurt Cobain
Roger Daltrey
Joan Jett
Jimi Hendrix

[pacojas]

how 'bout Black Joe from "Black Joe & the Honey Bears"!!!

i can't understand a single word coming out of his mouth, BUT IT'S PERFECT!!!!!

[Spectrum]

Originally Posted by mellowinman

GEDDY LEE is the BEST singer in the history of heavy prog rock. Albums Rush through Exit Stage Left have the greatest vocals in hard rock history.

Anyone who doesn't see this is NOT a real rocker!!!!!

Amen to that. How I wish I could scream the way Geddy did in his 20s or carry a tune the way he does today.

This is a funny thread, BTW, lots of butthurt going around lol.

[untamedhellion]

Steve Earle, Jamey Johnson.....they are both under rated as singers and songwriters.

I'd be willing to bet that most members have never heard of Jamey Johnson

UntamedHellion

[yodedude2]

Originally Posted by Lonesomedave

uh....no....not true, AC/DC is alright, but SPRINGSTEIN...never!

i dislike him ... <snip>

wrong thread, dude. the hate thread is two posts down.

[Bassist4Eris]

Got to agree with a lot of these. Especially Chris Cornell. He's amazing.

How about Ian MacKaye of Fugazi? I love his commanding, baritone bellow.

[yodedude2]

i've always liked queen's vocal trio: freddie mercury, brian may, and roger taylor, and the operatic style they overlayed onto the band's rockier tunes. exhibit a: tie your mother down

[Silver Blues]

My top pick would have to be from a band that I really love that gets ZERO love around these parts, The Black Keys. Dan Auerbach is a great singer IMO, the guy can sound different on every song. My second would be Jesse Hasek of 10 Years, another great band that people don't seem to like.

And big +1 to Queen.

--Silvie

[vlado]

I suppose everyone's got their own taste and that's OK, but I really cannot appreciate some people's opinion that Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell are bad singers. I mean, in this day and age when everything is tweaked and sounds uniformed, when you cannot tell a difference between 10 randomly chosen singers you can hear on the radio, when every girl singer is trying/succeeding to sound like Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston (which I find extremely boring) and a great majority of male singers are just yelling and barking I yearn for singers whom I can actually recognize by the difference from the rest by the color of their voice in two seconds, and who, actually, really know how to deliver a song that will stand out. I think those two really can.
Same goes for Tom Waits. Many people don't like his singing, but I find it very special and intriguing, if not really beautiful.

[Lonesomedave]

Originally Posted by Silver Blues

My top pick would have to be from a band that I really love that gets ZERO love around these parts, The Black Keys. Dan Auerbach is a great singer IMO, the guy can sound different on every song. My second would be Jesse Hasek of 10 Years, another great band that people don't seem to like.

And big +1 to Queen.

--Silvie

man...absolutely LOVE the Black Keys. they are the greatest group to come along in years...hey, and i'm 57 years old!

[anton72]

Chris Cornell IMO is one of the most recognized rock vocals. He has balls. Same for me as John Kelly from Stereophonics, one of the most underrated British bands today.

[geoff_in_nc]

Gonna date myself here, but Johnny Rotten/Lydon from the Sex Pistols. I'll grant you that technically he's a TERRIBLE vocalist in a pure sense, but when he performs his vocals just cut through and spearhead the song.

Beyond the Sex Pistols, check him out with PIL (aka Public Image Ltd.), or the song "The Animal Speaks" by Golden Palominos, or the song "World Destruction" by Time Zone with Afrika Bambaataa.

[MarkMgibson]

I'm surprised anyone would think Chris Cornell is a bad singer. I reckon he's brilliant - just have a listen to Temple Of The Dog.

[Calaverasgrande]

HR from Bad Brains. The vocalist of my band in the 90's and I used to get in major fights over my Bad Brains tape (Banned in DC, The ROIR tape!). Mostly when we were on tour. But a few times just driving around town too. Ahhh band fights....don't miss that part of being in my 20's.

Oh and what about King Diamond, both solo and with Mercyful Fate?! That falsetto almost made me not get into Mercyful Fate!

about Springsteen, I am generally ambivalent about him, but that Christmass song, "santa claus is coming to town"? God I hate his vibrato on the chorus. You can drive a truck through it its so wide.

About Vedder et al. One of my bestest buddies is convinced that all of the "Grunge" singers except Cobain were aping James Hetfield's delivery. Because of this she hates Metallica to the ends of the earth. I can see her point, but I think they are actually all doing a very stoned CCR impersonation.
Tell me you can't imagine Eddie Vedder singing "Born on the Bayou".

[MarkMgibson]

Originally Posted by geoff_in_nc

Gonna date myself here, but Johnny Rotten/Lydon from the Sex Pistols. I'll grant you that technically he's a TERRIBLE vocalist in a pure sense, but when he performs his vocals just cut through and spearhead the song.

Beyond the Sex Pistols, check him out with PIL (aka Public Image Ltd.), or the song "The Animal Speaks" by Golden Palominos, or the song "World Destruction" by Time Zone with Afrika Bambaataa.

I always thought he had really good voice too, and he certainly had a unique style.

[colcifer]

Originally Posted by Floyd Eye

Layne Staley

People have been hating on him?