Male Vocalists You Can't Stand

[jaywa]

Just wondering what guy singers cause you to instantly hit "Skip" when you hear them? Tops on my list:

- Adam Levine (Maroon 5)
- Adam Durwitz (Counting Crows)
- Jason Mraz
- Eddie Vedder

[AuntieBeeb]

Obvious ones: Liam Gallagher and Bono

Controversial one, depending on the mood I'm in: Robert Plant.

[alembicguy]

My list would pretty much be the same as yours (op), but I would add Luke Bryant and Rascal Flats.

[hdracer]

Tom Petty
Bob Dylan
Geddy Lee

[tdub0199]

Axle Rose & Geddy Lee

[dozicusmaximus]

Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Bob Dylan

[morgansterne]

wow, all you responders so far are a little outside the mainstream as the aforementioned have sold a LOT of records.

but two guys I actually want to punch in the face when I have to hear them (doctor's office, etc.) are
Darius Rucker
Michael Buble

apparently I'm outta the mainstream too

[Munjibunga]

Axl Rose [/thread]

[jaywa]

+1 to Axl Rose. Can't believe I didn't have him on my original post.

[MoeGJBeener]

the singers from Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Creed, and any other "MMMMMRYEAH" band.

[the ombudsman]

Anthony Kiedis
Axl Rose
Me

[Sonicfrog]

Axl Rose... Axolutely!!!!!

When my college band was looking for a lead vocalist, every single freaking guy that came in to audition mimicked the Axl thing, doing the "high, high" bits and moving around like a beheaded snake in the middle of the road! It didn't matter that we would say we were not doing G & R type tunes. Me and our drummer ended up sharing VOX duties.

AC/DC's Brian Johnson.

He was good on Back In Black, and For Those About To Rock. But there comes a point where i just can't handle listening to someone who sounds like they eat glass shards for breakfast.

[AuntieBeeb]

Originally Posted by MoeGJBeener

the singers from Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Creed, and any other "MMMMMRYEAH" band.

Oh god, yes, this. It's obviously a particular style of singing where you need to sound as up-your-own-arse as possible to get your ever-so-important message across.

[Ric5]

Both the guys who sang for ACDC

[jaywa]

"MMMMMRYEAH" band -- Love It!

Then there's the whole nasally, tuning-challeged 80's hair band crew i.e., Vince Neil, Brett Michels, Steven Pearcy, Mark Slaughter etc.

Neil is the worst of that bunch by a ways IMO although Kevin DuBrow was pretty brutal too. I never saw Quiet Riot live but considering DuBrow can't even hold tune on their studio tracks I have to assume they were pretty bad in concert.

[Art Araya]

no brainer - Geddy. Almost enough to prevent me from listening to Rush. but the musicianship kept me in there.

Neil Young. Dated a girl a couple of decades ago who loved him. I tried to get into him but just no way to do so... At least Rush has strong musicianship going for it.

[Tanner5382]

Mainly, any of the whiny, "emotional" singers that usually have some sort of message.

I never know what the hell Springsteen is saying.

I'm a big Zeppelin fan, but there are some tracks where Robert Plant just way overdoes it.

[elgecko]

The guy from the B-52s! Soooooo annoying!

[ThudThudThud]

Definitely Neil Young.
Kurt Cobain.
Anyone in a Nordic death metal band....
Anyone who feels the need to warble (add unnecessary scales to single words).
Anyone with that annoying auto-tune vocoder sound.
Mick Jones.

[Mark Reccord]

The guy from Maroon 5 makes me want to stab myself in the ears with knitting needles.

Scott Stapp and ilk. Scott! Stahp!