Oh yeah, and both Stings. (Police Sting and solo Sting.... two different voices and both great.)
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Male Vocalists you CAN stand
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Mark Lanegan
Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell
Neil Fallon
Matt Pike
Steven Wilson
David Bowie
Nick Cave
To name but eight...
Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell
Neil Fallon
Matt Pike
Steven Wilson
David Bowie
Nick Cave
To name but eight...
Soul/R&B/Funk
Glen Goins
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Rock
Freddy Mercury
David Bowie
Robert Plant
Chris Cornell
Steven Wilson
Metal
Tommy G. Rogers, Jr.
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Glen Goins
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Rock
Freddy Mercury
David Bowie
Robert Plant
Chris Cornell
Steven Wilson
Metal
Tommy G. Rogers, Jr.
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Unrepresented
Something Borderline Offensive
There's a lot of vocalists who I like, but one that I can stand in spite of his music is Peter Cetera. Not into adult contemporary, or smooth vocalists in general, but I dig his crooning.
Great choice!!! He was an amazing singer with P-Funk that not enough people know about.
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Di'anno
Freddie Mercury
Pre '89 James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine
Aaron Barrett
Scotty Klopfenstein
Geddy Lee
Alex Turner
Miles Kane
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Syd Barrett
Dave Grohl
Davey Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Dave Mcwane
Greg Lake
Bon Scott
Robert Plant
Sorry. I got carried away
Paul Di'anno
Freddie Mercury
Pre '89 James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine
Aaron Barrett
Scotty Klopfenstein
Geddy Lee
Alex Turner
Miles Kane
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Syd Barrett
Dave Grohl
Davey Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Dave Mcwane
Greg Lake
Bon Scott
Robert Plant
Sorry. I got carried away
Paul Rogers
Geddy Lee
Morrissey
Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Burton Cummings
Tom Petty
Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Ray Thomas
Mike Pinder
Ian Anderson
Jack Bruce
Jimi Hendrix
Country Joe McDonald
Jim Morrison
Eddie Vedder
Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Johnny Mathis
Dean Martin
Andy Williams
George Jones
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
Freddie Mercury
Roy Orbison
Fats Domino
Greg Lake
Phil Collins
Guess I got carried away too!
Geddy Lee
Morrissey
Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Burton Cummings
Tom Petty
Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Ray Thomas
Mike Pinder
Ian Anderson
Jack Bruce
Jimi Hendrix
Country Joe McDonald
Jim Morrison
Eddie Vedder
Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Johnny Mathis
Dean Martin
Andy Williams
George Jones
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
Freddie Mercury
Roy Orbison
Fats Domino
Greg Lake
Phil Collins
Guess I got carried away too!
Gino Vannelli, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin and soooooooooooo many more...
Very tasteful choices. Definitely not the typical choices from the classic rock world...
MM
And definitely Geddy Lee. Many others, but Geddy is the one that's most divisive. Lots of people hate his voice, but I love it.
Also, Frank Sinatra. I normally hate vocals with my jazz, preferring instrumental, but Frank is okay. Plus he was just too cool.
slowburnaz
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Lately I'm really digging Billie Joe Armstrong's voice. Mike Dirnt's tasty bass parts don't hurt, either.
I never intended to be the lead singer of my old band. I think of myself as 'good enough to be a backup singer' only. But I wrote the songs so I had a strong opinion of how they should have sounded.
I ended up as our lead singer because I was already there and could roughly, sort of, kind of, nearly, approximate what I wanted them to sound like. We call that the "Phil Collins Syndrome".
So it wasn't until years after the band had faded away that I found out whose voice I pictured in my head when I wrote.
We couldn't have afforded him. It was Paul Carrack.
Look him up. Ace, Squeeze, Mike+the Mechanics
For others, I'd mostly have to reiterate a few of the earlier and obvious choices. But a couple might not have been listed yet:
Marvin Gaye
Freddie Mercury
Paul Rodgers
Bill Withers (Was he mentioned before?)
David Clayton Thomas (I know he wasn't mentioned. But he should have been.)
Al Green
Marc Cohn
Tom Prasada-Rao
Meat Loaf (Despite the ridiculous name, he had great pipes back in the day.)
I ended up as our lead singer because I was already there and could roughly, sort of, kind of, nearly, approximate what I wanted them to sound like. We call that the "Phil Collins Syndrome".
So it wasn't until years after the band had faded away that I found out whose voice I pictured in my head when I wrote.
We couldn't have afforded him. It was Paul Carrack.
Look him up. Ace, Squeeze, Mike+the Mechanics
For others, I'd mostly have to reiterate a few of the earlier and obvious choices. But a couple might not have been listed yet:
Marvin Gaye
Freddie Mercury
Paul Rodgers
Bill Withers (Was he mentioned before?)
David Clayton Thomas (I know he wasn't mentioned. But he should have been.)
Al Green
Marc Cohn
Tom Prasada-Rao
Meat Loaf (Despite the ridiculous name, he had great pipes back in the day.)
I think he makes Tom Araya sound competent.
The problem with comparing anything mastodon does to anything else is that mastodon is pretty much batpoopie insanely diverse at composition and reproduction, so it's really impossible to compare vocals out of context.
