Best Rock Singer?

[IdahoMR2man]

Who is the best singer of all time for any rock band?

I'm gonna say Bono. He's got fantastic range and can cover alot of ground.

[EnderDeschain]

Axl Rose. 'Nuff said.

[JimmyDean]

Bono
Robert Plant
Thom Yorke
Maynard James Keenan
Roger Daltry

[roboxeno]

jack white Nuff said

[smokiechimp]

Originally posted by roboxeno
jack white Nuff said

Jack whit is Unique but he has no real range, as with Axle Rose. They are both good musicians with one of a kind voices but I wouldn't reguard them as "the best"

I honestly couldn't say who was the best but it would have to be someone who was unstopable!!!!

Freddy Murcury for instance - Now THAT'S Range and variety!

[Onimar Synn]

I've always thought the best rock singer of all time was Paul Rogers of Bad Company. His voice has a really good range, and it's unmistakable. When you hear him, you immediately know, "That's Paul Rogers!"

[freakyplatypus]

Dave Grohl is awesome. He has a tremendous vocal range.

[Rocketboy]

Scott Weiland

[Brock Landers]

Robert Plant of "Led Zeppelin"

[roboxeno]

also that guy from guns and roses what ever his name is and that linkin park singer

[EnderDeschain]

Originally posted by roboxeno
also that guy from guns and roses what ever his name is

Yeah, that would be Axl Rose. Like him so much you forgot his name, huh? :)

[Tardumb]

Steve Tyler

[thebtskink]

I think the distinctive voice sells the band. Without hearing that voice and recognizing it, you'd skip over that band usually.

Robert Plant
Steve Tyler
Roger Daltry
Eddie Vedder

[JBond]

Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey

[Hitman]

Chester Bennington (LP)
Bono (U2)

[OzzMosiz]

Freddie Mercury: Queen
Bono: U2
Joe Elliott: Def Leppard
Axl Rose: Guns N' Roses
Gary Cherone: Extreme
Paul Rodgers: Free, Bad Company
Francis Rossi: Status Quo
Steve Tyler: Aerosmith
Mick Jagger: Rolling Stones

[Tenafly Viper]

Taking into consideration all the singers already mentioned. I'd add Geoff Tate to the list.

[IdahoMR2man]

Just say who you think is best. Whether they've been mentioned before or not. You'll see why after a while.

[Tenafly Viper]

Robert Plant

[Chim-Chim]

Eddie Vedder but Freddy Mercury would be a close 2nd

[IdahoMR2man]

Bono: 4
Axl Rose: 3
Robert Plant: 5
Roger Daltry: 3

So far, it looks like Robert Plant. Any more votes?

[Scarface]

Paul Mcartney or John Lennon. R.I.P. The Beatles are the best rock band EVER.

[Shaister]

Originally posted by Scarface
Paul Mcartney or John Lennon. R.I.P. The Beatles are the best rock band EVER. I dont think the beatles were "rock" a lot of their songs were like pop but had a little more beat than the poppy beach boys. I think Led Zeppelen is a rock band really they are a blues rock band but they are what rock is all about

[FrankTheBunny]

I'm gonna have to say Freddie Mercury. Absolutely incredible vocal range, and one of the best performers ever.

Following him have to be: Plant, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Lennon and Eddie Vedder.

[Radiohead]

thom yorke from radiohead.
his voice is like a rubberband. no one else's voal range can match though bono comes close.
i also am partial to billy corgan. trent reznor.

[Spy-Of-Saruman]

Raine Maida Of Our Lady Peace

[smokiechimp]

Originally posted by Spy-Of-Saruman
Raine Maida Of Our Lady Peace

I hear that!


Hey Idaho! you haven't included Freddy in your list!?!

[IdahoMR2man]

Bono: 5
Axl Rose: 3
Robert Plant: 6
Roger Daltry: 3
Freddy Mercury: 4

I'll give this til Friday.

[DolAmroth]

Robert plant
Jim morrison
david gilmor
mick jagger

[PsychoMike]

Robert Plant (the absolute best)

Also really good:
Bono
Axl Rose
Billy Corgan

[freakyplatypus]

Have I mentioned Dave Grohl yet?

[KurdtKobain84]

Kurt Cobain...damn he kicks ass!!!!

Chester Bennington from Linkin Park

Lenny Kravitz

Adam Levine from Maroon 5

[PsychoMike]

I just remembered a few I had forgotten, while not the best singers technicly, their voices fit well with their music:

Kurt Cobain
Layne Stanley

[Optimus Magnus]

I am with 'smokiechimp'. FREDDIE MURCURY

But also there is:

Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), he's nicknames 'The Air Raid Siren'

Meatloaf

Tommy Lee (I think, if not him, then the singer for Motley Crue

Paul Stanly, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss

(Although Paul sings the body of the songs, Gene sings 'God of Thunder, KISS's most heavy song and Peter sings the award winning ballad 'Beth')

Priss Asigiri (J - Rock singer)

[IdahoMR2man]

Well it's done.. Robert Plant takes it. Next up will be Best Drummer! I'll start it on monday. And I'll give you guys props if you say me....

[jbailey84]

David Bowie is a pretty good singer.

[millerman]

I just stumbled onto this post and I would like to add my two cents if no one minds.

My favorite rock singer of all time is Michael Matijevic now known as Miljenko Matijevic(birth name). He is the singer of the band Steelheart. In my opinion one of the purest rock voices ever. And man can he hit the high notes. And as a true singer should...he pulls it off live just as well as on an album.

I think you will agree...maybe not one of your favs but I think you will give him credit for being an incredible talent.

Thanx for reading.

[Papa]

Layne Staley

[Dracula]

You're all forgeting the great Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave

[FVD]

IAN GILLAN!!!!!! (He was the original Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar for crying out loud. Not forgetting his amazing talents in Deep Purple. Nobody can touch his screams. I absolutely mean nobody)
Glenn Hughes
David Coverdale
Ronnie James Dio
Paul Rodgers (Voted Best Rock Vocalist according to Classic Rock Magazine. Glad it wasn't Plant)
Steve Hogarth
David Byron
Justin Hayward
Roger Daltrey
Jon Anderson
Gary Cherone
Sammy Hagar
Bruce Dickinson

[Kronos]

Bruce Dickinson is probably my favorite.

[Steve from Indy]

I agree with most of those mentioned already. Of course I can't believe Paul McCartney doesn't get more respect. He had great range and control of his voice, and could sing just about any kind of song. I'd have to give him the number one spot.

I would also like to add Steve Walsh of Kansas fame to the list. Not so much anymore, but up though the 80's his voice was in top form. He had range and control, plus he's the only singer that I'm aware of that did handstands (on his keyboard no less) during performances.

[Where's my elephant?]

Bono
Chris Cornell
Lindsay Buckingham
Michael Hutchence
David Bowie
Morrissey
Dave Gahan
Roger Daltrey

[Lynchfan2033]

Mike Patton by far

[DAN!]

sammy hagar and gary cherone were always personal favorites. daltry, plant, and rodgers were always up there too

[FVD]

Agreed with Steve Walsh Steve. How can I forget? ;)

[gar0781]

Axl Rose and David Lee Roth.

[JoshuaB81285]

Maynard James Keenan (Tool/APC)

[ZombieMan]

Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon. The most beautiful voice ever. :)

[bwofan]

sebastian bach from skid row
and
sammy hagar from van halen

[SamC311]

Sahaj Ticotin of Ra

[Angelixx]

rayne maida*
dave grohl
ben kowalowitz*..for his performance not voice necessarily
and amy lee cus she has a beautiful voice and i need to put up a girl

[JoshuaB81285]

Cristina Scabbia has a better voice than Amy Lee

[Disgustipated]

Geddy Lee
Robert Plant
Steve Wilson
Chris Cornell
Scott Weiland

[FVD]

Cristina Scabbia has a better voice than Amy Lee

That may be so but neither can hold a candle to the beautiful majestic vocal talents of a one Heather Findlay of Mostly Autumn. Brings a tear to my eye at times. But Scabbia and Lee are amazing. There is something missing in Evanescence that I just cannot describe though. They just don't blow me away despite Amy's voice.

Speaking of female vocal talents Renee Fleming is incredible. Her voice on ROTK really brought me to tears. :redface:

[morpheus1987]

Glenn Danzig

[Minnie Begosh]

Dennis DeYoung in Styx
David Bowie in David Bowie
Steve Perry in Journey
Roger Daltrey in The Who

Does Phil Collins count as rock?

[Doomsday]

Bon Scott, coolest front man ever.

[FVD]

Does Phil Collins count as rock?

Yes he does. Count Peter Gabriel in as well.

[Minnie Begosh]

Lemmy! He is the band Motorhead. Motorhead is Lemmy and Lemmy is Motorhead. Without him, it would have been nothing. The lineup kept changing, no one else mattered.

Then on the other end of the spectrum you have a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which would have been an improved group withOUT their lead singer.

[The Crusher]

I'm glad to see Freddy Mercury getting his props. He would be my vote for number one. There's a lot of other excellent singers listed in this thread. There's been a lot of mention of Roger Daltrey of The Who, but Pete Townsend is pretty good, too. I'm going to throw in for Sting (during The Police days) and Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.

[Angelixx]

Cristina Scabbia has a better voice than Amy Lee


i love christina scabbia as a singer however i could never pick between them...i think they both have amazing voices, along with tarja turunen**(cant spell her last name for my life) from nightwish

[FVD]

i love christina scabbia as a singer however i could never pick between them...i think they both have amazing voices, along with tarja turunen**(cant spell her last name for my life) from nightwish

You spelled her name correctly the first time. :)

[Where's my elephant?]

I'm glad to see Freddy Mercury getting his props. He would be my vote for number one. There's a lot of other excellent singers listed in this thread. There's been a lot of mention of Roger Daltrey of The Who, but Pete Townsend is pretty good, too. I'm going to throw in for Sting (during The Police days) and Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
Yeah,Pete is quite underrated. Songs like The Song Is Over and Eminence Front (especially the music video version on youtube.com) are living proof of this.

[FVD]

I will mention his name once more.

IAN GILLAN!!!!!

[Angelixx]

You spelled her name correctly the first time. :)


sweet :D lol

[mjn5809]

Freddie Mercury #1, Axl Rose #2, Bono #3, Robert Plant #4, Steven Tyler #5

[AlfA P.O.A.]

Bruce Dickinson
Bon Scott
Brian Johnson
Robert Plant
David Gilmour
KING DIAMOND
Hansi Kürsch
Warrel Dane
Brent Smith

[cableguy08]

I Think Joe Strummer the ex Clash Band member.. I like their music and im a big fan of punk rock since ac-dc.. Ive heard rumors about doing a movie based on joe strummer's life biography's...

[The Critics Critic]

When I was visiting New York I had the chance to hear an awesome band, The Stick. Their lead singer ( I think his name was Jake) was awesome- completely unique and awesome on stage. At times he reminded me of Jim Morrison, Axl Rose, Ian Curtis, and Iggy Pop- but during most of their set I just stood there with my jaw dropped. I've never heard (or yet, seen) anything like it.
You have to check them out- *bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt*
They will blow you away.

The Critic's Critic.

[FranklinTard]

you wouldn't happen to be this "jake" or maybe the manager for the band? or perhaps the guy who made the myspace site... local bands dont get plugs unless you are in them/representing them.

oh and freddie mercury.

[ZombieMan]

Shannon Hoon

[Knerys]

All for different reasons.

Freddie Mercury
Grace Slick
Chester Bennington
Matthew Bellamy
Cristina Scabbia
Janis Joplin
John Fogerty

[JBond]

In no particular order:

Robert Plant
Roger Daltry
Jim Morrison
Freddie Mercury
Eddie Vedder
Burton Cummings
Tom Petty

[FranklinTard]

no love for geddy lee?

[JBond]

*Looks up "Geddy Lee"*

If that was directed at me, I don't know Rush. I doubt I could name a single song.

[FranklinTard]

not really, but you should check them out. i didn't see him mentioned on the list.

[FVD]

One thing I will give to Geddy Lee is that he possesses a unique vocal style which is perfect for the music they play. I wouldn't regard him as being one of the best but with Rush his voice is just perfect.

Loving Snakes and Arrows too. Album of 2007 for me.

[DeadFlagBlues]

I'm not sure if you would count Joy Division as rock. But I love Ian Curtis' voice. I also like Peter Gabriel's voice a lot.

[FranklinTard]

One thing I will give to Geddy Lee is that he possesses a unique vocal style which is perfect for the music they play. I wouldn't regard him as being one of the best but with Rush his voice is just perfect.

Loving Snakes and Arrows too. Album of 2007 for me.

well beauty is in the eye of the beholder. geddy lee is on my list.

as well as the red rocker, say what you will, but he could sing

[McPanda]

I like the raspier sounding guys like Mike Ness of Social D, Tony Shea from Candygram For Mongo, Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Jon Bon Jovi.

[HaDoKen]

Bono

[FVD]

well beauty is in the eye of the beholder. geddy lee is on my list.

as well as the red rocker, say what you will, but he could sing

I suppose the same can be said about Jon Anderson from Yes. Even his voice is in a state of uniqueness. Even with the backing vocals of Chris Squire and Steve Howe it just feels perfect to me. :redface:

[mercedes58]

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[FVD]

Paul Rodgers is brilliant.

I suppose I should also add Steve Perry to the mix. Been getting into a big Journey fix at the moment.

And I also suppose I can also throw in John Wetton of Asia, Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann's Earthband, Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, Styx's Dennis De Young and Lou Gramm of Foreigner.

[mercedes58]

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[FVD]

Why did you edit your posts? Paul Rodgers really is brilliant. There's nothing to be embarrassed about.

[Steve from Indy]

Paul Rodgers is brilliant.

I suppose I should also add Steve Perry to the mix. Been getting into a big Journey fix at the moment.

And I also suppose I can also throw in John Wetton of Asia, Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann's Earthband, Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, Styx's Dennis De Young and Lou Gramm of Foreigner.

Oh yeah, Jon Anderson and Dennis DeYoung are definitely up there.

I think if I was starting a rock band I'd want either Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, or Roger Daltrey as my lead singer.

[SouthsideX300]

Davey Havok

[sabin26]

Rob Halford
Ronnie James Dio
James Dickinson
Mike Patton
Mikael Åkerfeldt

[FVD]

I like the raspier sounding guys like Mike Ness of Social D, Tony Shea from Candygram For Mongo, Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

Then you'll also like Dan McCafferty of Nazareth and Ray Wilson (search him up). :)

[funmusicgirl]

I agree about Thom Yorke from radio head! His voice makes me get goose bumps!

Maria ;)

[Olorin]

I agree about Thom Yorke from radio head! His voice makes me get goose bumps!

Maria ;)

Agreed, high five.

For the sake of narrowing the field, I'm only going to mention active singers in my little list. These guys' voices pretty much belong to themselves, though one imparticular has been MUCH imitated.

1. Justin Hawkins of the Darkness (The Darkness broke up, but he'll get something else going soon)
2. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam (Anyone who knows me knows my bias)
3. Thom Yorke of Radiohead (Puts an 'H' in 'Tom' and an 'e' on 'York' and gets away with it because if people tried to call him on it, he'd probably sing until they died of "over blissing")
4. Brandon Boyd of Incubus (I like the little wimp)
5. Maynard James Keenan of Tool (Range and lung capacity like a mofo... now that I think of it, he probably is a mofo)
6. Adam Levine of Maroon 5 (This dude can sing, even though he always seems like he's compensating for something. It's as if he's afraid no one would think he was sexy or heterosexual unless he actually got within inches of bonking a chick in every frickin' video)

I'm probably overlooking a LOT of people, but alas, se la vie.

Or however the hell you spell it.

[FVD]

It's C'est La Vie. ;)

And speaking of unique vocalists I've probably already mentioned him but Peter Gabriel is definitely on my list. And I'll also throw in the great Derek William Dick better known as "Fish."

[Olorin]

It's C'est La Vie. ;)


Oh well... se la vie. ;)

[DirtyMagic97]

Definately Axl Rose....and Freddie Mercury.... If you can consider Queen REAL rock n roll. His voice is amazing.

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Roger Daltrey