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Famous Bands with Good Singers!

#42
Tori Amos has astounded me every time I see her.

And Lacuna Coil is a split decision: Cristina is amazing (in many ways...), but I really can't figure out why Andrea is in the band. Hopefully it's not because of his songwriting ability, as I find they are getting more and more derivative as time goes on. But Cristina... oh Cristina. LOL

Also, I have to give a mention to Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace. When they first came out, I heard a live recording of Naveed on the radio, and I felt physical pain it was so bad. Later on I went to a festival they were headlining, and was walking to the car when they came on. I was too tired to walk back to the festival grounds, but I leaned against my car and listened to the whole set, it was incredible. I've seen them at least a dozen times since, and they've always blown me away.
 
#44
Deep Purple (Ian Gillan)

Rush (Geddy Lee)

Emerson Lake and Palmer (Greg Lake)

King Crimson (Greg Lake/John Wetton)

Queen (Freddie Mercury)

Muse (Matt Belamy)

Coldplay (Chris Martin)

The Who (Roger Daltrey)

Yes (Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, AND Benoit David)

Genesis (Peter Gabriel especially, but Phil Collins rocks it out in his own way, too)

Iron Maiden (Bruce Dickinson)
 
#53
Post Mortal said:
Not really famous, but kind of in a way, what about Ray Alder from Fates Warning?
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Ray Alder is incredible. As much as I hate to say it, I grudgingly agreed with those who were crying out for him to front DT.

And again, while not famous, the Live Gothic lineup of singers from Therion were astounding. Katarina and Lori ruled, Snowy Shaw was... well, Snowy Shaw. :) He's an acquired taste, but he does have talent. The real standout though was Mats Leven. If I could choose to sing like anyone it would be him. Not to mention Johan Niemann played that P-bass like a beast.
 
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brane said:
Ray Alder is incredible. As much as I hate to say it, I grudgingly agreed with those who were crying out for him to front DT.
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Hey man, it would of been amazing if he was a frontman for them.

And if were getting into non famous another great singer is John Cyriis from Agent Steel and other various bands. His falsettos are amazing. What's his real name anyway?
 
#56
As I tend to point out anytime these threads pop up, "good" is pretty subjective when it comes to vocals unless you narrow down exactly what sort of "good" we're talking about.

here's a list of bands who I think have truly amazing vocalists (not including groups that are named after the vocalist, which feels like cheating to me for some reason):

Queen (Freddie Mercury)
Cap'n Jazz (Tim Kinsella)
Faith No More (Mike Patton)
The Jesus Lizard (David Yow)
Van Halen (David Lee Roth)


I have to say though, that I understand that my idea of a "good" singer may be different than the general consensus, and also that I don't listen to very much music with vocalists. Most of the time I just wish the person standing up front with the microphone would stop whining about his girlfriend so I could hear the band a little better.
 
#59
I'm going to surprise myself here and say Avenged Sevenfold.

Caveat: my exposure to them is really only City of Evil. I very much like that album, but his tendency to whine the high notes was pretty much the only thing I DIDN'T like.

I just watched their Live at LBC show. What the heck happened? The live versions of the City of Evil tracks are (to arbitrarily quantify it) 10 times better than the studio recording! I thoroughly enjoyed the show in general... despite the silly stage names, they all just look like cool guys enjoying what they do. But what I really took away from it was how much better the singer got. Well, that and how much The Rev will be missed, but that's a different thread, I'm sure.
 

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