Best Singer In Rock

Promethium · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:42 pm

I also forgot to add Beck and Britt Daniel for the "White" Prince falsetto

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:58 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

oooh roy orbison.
good call.

Along the same line, though obviously a pale immitation of the original, Chris Isaac does a decent job of tributing Orbison.

I also forgot to mention my favorite reggae voices - Toots Hibbert and Gregory Isaacs

Borg166 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:02 pm

Richard Ashcroft
Gregg Alexander
Tim Booth
Bono Vox
Trent Reznor
Peter Gabriel

Not that he's technically a "good" singer or anything, but I always liked Billy Corgan's voice.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:02 pm

Chuck D

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:10 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

I like Lou Gramm's voice and I'll take my slagging like a man tyvm

I got your back Matt.

I used to love David Coverdale and Ian Atsbury.

Now I'm more towards Ben Gibbard.

Edit: Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Neko Case have great voices. I think unique and being able to carry a tune is the key.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Mark Lanegan

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

are we talkin' best rock VOICE or best ROCK voice?

for the former:

for the latter:
[img][368:500]http://www.acdccentral.com/photos/bon/bon4.jpg[/img]

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:16 pm

Is that Eddie Vedder?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Bon Scott could've eaten Eddie Vedder's entire family and not even remembered it the next day.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

[img][364:500]http://www.clayreport.com/concerts/images/program-pg17.jpg[/img]

MiceElf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:56 pm

[img][370:500]http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mmanty/images/pogues/shane.jpg[/img]

I guess I like non-traditional voices, heh. Also:

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:57 pm

I'll second:

Peter Gabriel
Freddie Mercury
David Bowie (recently saw A Knight's Tale -- when that first "Angel" leaps out at you, it immediately got my attention, he has a very distinctive voice and style, despite being as varietous as he is)
Halford
Dio
Dickinson -- the metal trifecta, if you will

and raise you:

Ian Anderson (amusing, witty, smart, snarky, voice like well-worn leather -- what's not to love?)
Chris Rea (there's something about the fact that he's centered his entire career around a Leonard Cohen immitation that I just appreesh)
Tori Amos (fuckin' aye girls are allowed)
Ann Wilson (like I said)
Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Alan Parsons Project, Jeff Wayne)
James Baker (Rorschach Test -- you know how they say a certain famous singer's voice sounds like sandpaper? His sounds like a chainsaw ripping through flesh)
Peter Toole (Type O Negative)

This is your penis.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:01 pm

cotton Wrote:

Bon Scott would've eaten Eddie Vedder's entire family and not even remember it the next day.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:03 pm

Bonn Scott looks like he's my size. Jesus.

Chuck D · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:32 pm

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Chuck D

thanks!

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:56 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Bonn Scott looks like he's my size. Jesus.

was

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

pj harvey

greezy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:19 pm

Chuck(e)D Wrote:

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Chuck D

thanks!

i just saw public enemy play with ice cube on an old episode of in living color last night. it was incredibly entertaining to see jim carey's goofy ass next to the security of the first world.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:21 pm

two guns Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Bonn Scott looks like he's my size. Jesus.

was

...no, he's probably still about the same size. Just weighs less.

bitterbuffalo · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:44 pm

another for peter gabriel
just listen to 'back in NYC'
or 'staring at the sun'...wait, that is some young black guy.

harry · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:48 pm

As has been said... Peter Gabriel. Go get a live version of Red Rain and listen to the authentic, and desperate, passion and pain.

As far as "chops", Sam Cooke had all the tools.

Van Morrison deserves a nod for creating a whole genre just by being alive.

The young Paul Westerberg was powerful.

Tweedy is underrated... he's a great minimalist stylist, even when he screams.

Women? I am sucker for that British womanly thing... Sandy Deny, Kate Bush... even the woman from Portishead. The woman in The Delays.

But who can not bow down to P.J. Harvey?

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:30 pm

jeff buckley
mike patton
david bowie
chino moreno
thom yorke

sam cooke is one of my favorite singers too but he's not rock.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:19 pm

Jimmy Gnecco, Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison, Jeff Buckley, Layne Staley, and Dax Riggs are some of my favorite singers.

Cornell could really wail in his prime, like on Badmotorfinger. But he's lost it.

Fryxell · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:43 am

Thom Yorke
Jeff Buckley
Maynard James Keenan
Eddie Vedder (more so the early stuff)

and my favorite of all time....Mike Patton. That dude has range.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:52 am

For the people who mentioned Mike Patton, where should I start off when it comes to him? I've heard he's kind of abrasive, but I've been into singers like that more and more lately.

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