Best Male Vocalists?

[Posher778]

Layne Staley. Discuss.

[Elvis_Christ]

Layne Staley.

One of the greats for sure.

Rob Halford really takes the cake. Crazy range and total power!

[Vodstok]

Maynard James Keenan, powerful voice.

Layne Staley was God though.

[newb]

Geoff Tate is good

DIO...fucking rules

no better white boy blues singer then Greg Allman

[Despare]

Among the hundreds I like... how about Mike Patton?

So many good male vocalists out there though, I can't get enough of David Bowie's voice and Bing Crosby's has always been a favorite of mine.

[Posher778]

no better white boy blues singer then Greg Allman


Oh, i'm sorry, but ol' Stevie Ray always wins for blues.

[Elvis_Christ]

Bon Fucking Scott!

[Posher778]

Bon Fucking Scott!

Banner Thomas!


(If you recognize that quote i'll be impressed)

[UngodlyWarlock]

Yup, definitely Rob Halford with Bruce Dickinson following a CLOSE second (but a lot of that is personal taste...as they are arguably equals).

Halford also gets points for actually sounding BETTER as he gets older, which is fucking insane.

-D

[neverending]

Frank Sinatra.

[Despare]

As Christmas comes around I've been listening to a lot of Bing Crosby whose voice is wonderful.

[illdojo]

Maynard James Keenan, powerful voice.

Ditto, of course.
I also love...Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Brandon Boyd, Josh Homme and Serj Tankian.

[Vodstok]

Frank Sinatra.
Oh, damn. How'd I forget Frank?

And Nancy Sinatra for best female!


Who's with me?

Come on!

"These boots were made for....."


Jessica Simpson, ANOTHER talent remade her song and....


Hell, anyway, Frank was a God too. Harry Connick and Michael Buble' only wish they were frank (no tthat I am knocking either)

[Posher778]

Wait, we can't forget the great and late

FREDDIE MERCURY

[massacre man]

I'm gonna say Kurt Cobain is MY FAVORITE vocalist. I'm not going to state it as fact. I'm simply amazed at the pain in his voice, especially "Pennyroyal Tea" where he sounds like he's about to burst into tears whenever the hook comes back around.

[Posher778]

I'm gonna say Kurt Cobain is MY FAVORITE vocalist. I'm not going to state it as fact. I'm simply amazed at the pain in his voice, especially "Pennyroyal Tea" where he sounds like he's about to burst into tears whenever the hook comes back around.

I prefer his voice in Heart-Shaped Box to anything else.

[freddy69]

layne stanely

[Skunner]

Maynard James Keenan is definitely my favourite.

Dio is very good too.

Also love John Lennon, Freddy Mercury, David Draiman, and Ian Gillan.

[LilMissScareAll]

I definitely agree, Layne was the best!

[Noah]

My favourites would be:

-Raine Maida
-Chad Gray
-David Draiman
-Myles Kennedy
-Dave Grohl

[bwind22]

Todd Lewis (the toadies)
Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin)
Zach De La Rocha (Rage Against the Machine, One Day as a Lion)
Matt Maheffy (Self)

[missmacabre]

I'm gonna throw Jack White from The White Stripes/Raconteurs in there. His voice is great and original. a bit of old country music with a newer 'art school' vibe.

[bloody_ribcut]

Jim Morrison

[Angra]

Tobias Sammet (Edguy)
Steve Perry (Journey)
Lol Mason (City Boy)
Russell Allen (Symphony X)

[The Mothman]

Bruce Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio

[Jacob Singer]

glenn hughes

Dio

Bruce Dickinson

Ian Astbury

[mikeyjay88]

Kurt Cobain is the best!

[The Mothman]

no chance!

[evil_deadman]

Definatively Maynard and Layne are favorites as well as Rob Halford DEFINATIVELY Bon Scott,and Bruce dickinson,im also partial to Steve Tyler (classic aerosmith mostly),Paul Rodgers and Robert Plant.

also like Chris Cornell especially on Audioslaves "I am the highway" and other songs ,and John Garcia of Kyuss,some Kurt Cobain,as his vocals was what i did like about Nirvana,Aaron Lewis of Staind,Sully Erna of Godsmack,Shaun Morgan of Seether,and Phil Anselmo of Pantera

theres probably more,from all generes of rock and metal but cant think of any offhand that really stand out!

[Dante'sInferno]

Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
David Bowie
Layne Staley
Tom Araya
David Gahan

[CryptKeeper13]

Dani Filth's range is incredibly impressive

[The Mothman]

Im gonna throw Glen Danzig in here too. love his vocals.

[Elvis_Christ]

Im gonna throw Glen Danzig in here too. love his vocals.

Yeh he's pretty solid. It's kinda funny how Heitfield sounds so much like him these days.

[The Mothman]

i haven't really noticed that, then again, i try to avoid "these days' Metallica.

[The_Return]

Yeh he's pretty solid. It's kinda funny how Heitfield sounds so much like him these days.

I knew their new stuff reminded me of someone, but I couldn't place who. Thanks, thats been bugging me.

[CrimsonFiend138]

DANZIG!!! I remember hearing Mother and thought it was Billy Idol then I found out it was Danzig. Danzig is the man. I love lower crooning voices I.E Danzig, Morrison,Elvis.

Def Agree with Layne Stayley and Bowie.

Bon Scott and Brain Johnson sound the same. One of the few higher pitched voices I like.

Johnny Cash, Robert Plant, Dave Mustaine, Eddy Vedder.

Love Josh homme he's got a lower crooner voice that I love.

Also Agree with Jack White, very original and quirky.

[Elvis_Christ]

Bon Scott and Brain Johnson sound the same

No they don't.

[BLOODLORD]

King Diamond, Rob Halford

[Jacob Singer]

King Diamond, Rob Halford

I love Mercyful Fate old stuff... dark creepy and funny. Songs like Evil, Satan's fall or A Dangerous Meeting sounds great, thousand times better than other new groups

[CrimsonFiend138]

Yeah they don't.

[freddy69]

glenn danzig
bruce dickerson
ozzy
james hetfield

[everydayishalloween]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Michale Graves. He did a great job in Misfits and I really like his newer stuff. Lots of so called "vocalists" of today fail in comparison to Grave's haunting voice. Of course, most of those vocalists are rap artists, which don't need any talent to begin with....

[Elvis_Christ]

Graves was one of the final nails in the Misfits coffin. The modern incarnations of the Misfits have been totally weak.

Rap artists don't need talent huh? I'd beg to differ on that.

[everydayishalloween]

Pimps, money, ho's and bling. If you can make a song that includes any, or all of these themes, then you've got yourself a rap song. The only talent needed is to dumb yourself down so you can appeal to the other masses of idiots. Sorry man, but rap music is on it's way out. Even changing the name of the genre from RAP to HIP- HOP didn't seem to make that type of music sound any better. Sorry for the rant, but as you can tell, I hate anything rap.

[Elvis_Christ]

A bunch of the generic shit does suck but there's some really decent stuff inbetween it all. I'm not huge on Hip Hop but there's a bunch thats totally fuckin' killer. But yeh if you hate it you hate it.... kinda like me with all the Drum n' Bass/Dance music.

[Angra]

I hate RnB music.


There.... it's out.

[Elvis_Christ]

I hate RnB music.


There.... it's out.

I only dig the old Stax kinda stuff. The modern stuff doesn't really do much for me.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Pimps, money, ho's and bling. If you can make a song that includes any, or all of these themes, then you've got yourself a rap song. The only talent needed is to dumb yourself down so you can appeal to the other masses of idiots. Sorry man, but rap music is on it's way out. Even changing the name of the genre from RAP to HIP- HOP didn't seem to make that type of music sound any better. Sorry for the rant, but as you can tell, I hate anything rap.

There's the ignorant stereotype that I knew you'd say. Not every rap song is about bitches and blunts There alot of great rap with great messages and even the ones that ARE about being gangster are good. Majority of rap does suck but there's alot of gems out there.

I thought Graves was awesome. Live he sucked and didn't have the energy and fire of Danzig but The two Albums Graves did were very good. They defined what the misfits were. Ghoulish horror imagery with catchy songs with fusion of hard rock and oldie's style choruses. Of course the REAL misfits will be the original line-up. A big thank you to Danzig,

Growing up I thought the closest I would get to horror style music was the metal alot of you guys listen to. Danzig is still the only guy that I felt sincerely was legit about horror. Just the sound and lyrics as compraed to metal or goth I never heard anything like it. They were fun and they just rocked. Misfits, Samhain, Danzig, Had great music alot of people don't appreciate(but their fave bands were influenced by danzig).

[CrimsonFiend138]

Pimps, money, ho's and bling. If you can make a song that includes any, or all of these themes, then you've got yourself a rap song. The only talent needed is to dumb yourself down so you can appeal to the other masses of idiots. Sorry man, but rap music is on it's way out. Even changing the name of the genre from RAP to HIP- HOP didn't seem to make that type of music sound any better. Sorry for the rant, but as you can tell, I hate anything rap.

There's the ignorant stereotype that I knew you'd say. Not every rap song is about bitches and blunts There alot of great rap with great messages and even the ones that ARE about being gangster are good. Majority of rap does suck but there's alot of gems out there.

I thought Graves was awesome. Live he sucked and didn't have the energy and fire of Danzig but The two Albums Graves did were very good. They defined what the misfits were. Ghoulish horror imagery with catchy songs with fusion of hard rock and oldie's style choruses. Of course the REAL misfits will be the original line-up. A big thank you to Danzig,

Growing up I thought the closest I would get to horror style music was the metal alot of you guys listen to. Danzig is still the only guy that I felt sincerely was legit about horror. Misfits, Samhain, Danzig, Had great music alot of people don't appreciate(but their fave bands were influenced by danzig).

[SodaGirl]

Gary LeVox (I have been a huge Rascal Flatts fan for like 9 years now) annnnnd Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) are my personal picks.

[Plaguewind]

Well, thinking mainly of technique... And considering I'm a metal fan...

Zak Stevens
Jörn Lande
Dio
Bruce Dickinson
Russel Allen
Roy Khan
Andre Mattos
Mats Leven
Fabio Lione
Thomas Vikström

[Halfpastundead]

I'm gonna have to go with Mike Patton as well, most definately. Fantomas - The Director's Cut, own it, love it. Movie buffs should seek out this album

[Ressurrector]

I like Layne Staley he was great but best I wanna say more like "Rob Halford" or so.. And as for that Ripper Owens gets no credit at all being he can do all Rob ever could and then some.

[Plaguewind]

Yeap, that sucks... I guess some metal fans can be way more conservative than they'd like to admit... And so, even if Owens is a great vocalist, most just don't dare to say that he can kick some seeeeerious ass just... Just because, you know?

[Death_for_all]

corey taylor

[Bleedwalls]

Howard Jones, Killswitch Engage (KsE)

[Elvis_Christ]

I like Layne Staley he was great but best I wanna say more like "Rob Halford" or so.. And as for that Ripper Owens gets no credit at all being he can do all Rob ever could and then some.

The Ripper was nowhere near as good as Halford.

[Posher778]

I'm still going to say Layne Staley.

I also love: Chris Cornell, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Black Francis, Eric Bloom, David Gilmour, Freddie Mercury, Joshua Homme, Anthony Kiedis, Jack White.

[Roderick Usher]

no one beats Johnny Cash... ever

but my undying respect will always belong to:

Hank Williams Sr
Big Joe Turner
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Otis Redding
Jackie Wilson
Tom Jones
Roger Daltry
Robert Plant
Eric Burden
Wilson Pickett
Elmore James

[Elvis_Christ]

LOL @ Tom Jones :D

[Angra]

Well, thinking mainly of technique... And considering I'm a metal fan...

Zak Stevens
Jörn Lande
Dio
Bruce Dickinson
Russel Allen
Roy Khan
Andre Mattos
Mats Leven
Fabio Lione
Thomas Vikström


Seems like we have the same taste in music. :cool:

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Most of the opinions in this thread are shitty.

just realized it was best MALE vocalist and had to start over.

David Bowie
Chris Isaak (I feel bad for his band, the silvertones? whatever... ridiculously good voice)
Little Richard
Mike Patton
Frank Sinatra
Jeff Buckley

they are more or less in order.

[Angra]

Most of the opinions in this thread are shitty.

just realized it was best MALE vocalist and had to start over.

David Bowie
Chris Isaak (I feel bad for his band, the silvertones? whatever... ridiculously good voice)
Little Richard
Mike Patton
Frank Sinatra
Jeff Buckley

they are more or less in order.




Pfffffth!!!

YOU suck.

Jeff Buckley can't even sing straight on his records. :rolleyes:

[scouse mac]

1: Bruce Dickinson
2: Freddie Mercury
3: Burton C Bell

[Elvis_Christ]

Jeff Buckley can't even sing straight on his records. :rolleyes:

Dude does well for being a corpse :p

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Pfffffth!!!

YOU suck.

Jeff Buckley can't even sing straight on his records. :rolleyes:

Nope, you're wrong. YOU and YOU alone suck, Angra.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Dude does well for being a corpse :p

EXACTLY


fucktencharacterrule

[The Mothman]

I'm gonna add Lee Ving of FEAR.

[freddy69]

ozzy, or andrew wood:p

[Elvis_Christ]

Nick Cave
Roky Erickson

[Elvis_Christ]

Peter Steele deserves a mention!

[Posher778]

Ummm

Eduardo Falaschi

[Noah]

My 5 favourite singers would be:

-Raine Maida
-Myles Kennedy
-Dave Grohl
-Chad Grey
-David Draiman

[Zero]

for pure power - i'd say Freddie Mercury and Meat Loaf (yes he's cheezy but the boy has some pipes!)

for me - i'm a huge fan of Bon Scott - those early AC/DC records (esp. Powerage) had such great rock/blues tracks

[Elvis_Christ]

Powerage is the best thing AC/DC put out. Kicked in the Teeth is such a dope tune.

[Elvis_Christ]

Roky Erickson deserves another mention... powerful raw voice

[The_Return]

Been listening to some of Our Lady Peace's older stuff lately - Raine Maida's vocals are fantastic. Love that paranoid edge he has...great stuff.

Shame their new single is so awful...haven't listened to the whole album yet, but "All You Did Was Save My Life" is just generic and boring, didn't even realize it was OLP the first time I heard it. Really too bad.

[Despare]

Muddy Waters

[Dante'sInferno]

Dave Gahan

Matthew Bellamy and

Layne Staley are my favorites.

[Despare]

Been listening to some of Our Lady Peace's older stuff lately - Raine Maida's vocals are fantastic. Love that paranoid edge he has...great stuff.

Shame their new single is so awful...haven't listened to the whole album yet, but "All You Did Was Save My Life" is just generic and boring, didn't even realize it was OLP the first time I heard it. Really too bad.

I didn't realize that either but it's just a single right? The label probably pushed that one hard and I'm sure it's the worst one on their album. Ed Kowalczyk, Dave Pirner, Ed Roland, and Adam Duritz are all pretty good too and never get much of a mention. Oh, did anybody mention Billy Corgan? He may not be everybody's style but he's got his own style that's been aped non-stop since Smashing Pumpkins came out.

[Straker]

Surprised noone has mentioned Paul Rodgers yet. Gotta be right up there as one of the best rock/ blues singers of all time, I would've thought.

Jimmy Cliff
Aaron Neville
Toots Hibbert
Sam Cooke
Eddie Vedder
Cat Stevens

[newb]

surprised noone has mentioned paul rodgers yet. Gotta be right up there as one of the best rock/ blues singers of all time, i would've thought.



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[Straker]

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I stand corrected... Guess I owe you a beer. :cool:

[newb]

I stand corrected... Guess I owe you a beer. :cool:

I'll take 2.....NO....3..make that 3 beers.

[Deimos]

Rob Halford
King Diamond
Bruce Dickinson
Dio
Robert Plant
David Coverdale
Ozzy
Paul Stanley
Tom Araya
Dave Mustaine
James Hetfield
Lemmy
Glenn Hughes
David Wayne
Bobby Blitz
Meat Loaf
Jeff Martin
Devin townsend
Ian Astbury
Brian Johnson
Chuck Billy
John Bush
Neil Turban
Jessie James
Dee Snider
Alice Cooper
Rob Zombie
Axl Rose
Michael Star
David Lee Roth
Sammay Hagar
Chris Cornell
Kurt Cobain
Layne Staley
Jim Morrission
Elvis Presley
Billy Gibbens
Andi Derris
Ki hanson
Michael Kiske
Nergal
Abbath Occultra
Nocturno Occulto
Pest
Nattefrost
Varg Varkinines?
Tom Keifer
Vince Neil
Max Cavalera

[lowlife]

John Fogerty
John Morrison
Elvis Preistley
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Freddie Fender
Elton John
Marilyn Manson
Fred Durst
Chad Krueger
Chris Martin
John Lennon
this is only some:cool:the list could reach epic propotions:eek:

[bwind22]

Freddy Mercury (queen)
John Lennon (beatles)
Jim Morrison (doors)
Brandon Flowers (killers)
Todd Lewis (toadies)
Matt Maheffey (self)
Kurt Cobain (nirvana)
Brad Nowell (sublime)

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

this thread reminds me that people don't know the difference between the words "best" and "favorite".

[asoundmind]

Best rock vocalist - Freddie Mercury
Best Metal Vocalist - Chuck Billy

[Elvis_Christ]

this thread reminds me that people don't know the difference between the words "best" and "favorite".

:D

Yeh it's usually hat happens with these kinda deals.

[lowlife]

Damn!!! I forgot about Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain.:eek:

[crimson_ghost]

Dallas Green
Ville Valo
Michale Graves
Josh Franceschi

[Hollow God]

For horror music? Glenn Danzig hands down.

[TheWickerFan]

this thread reminds me that people don't know the difference between the words "best" and "favorite".

Wouldn't you consider your favorite male vocalist to be the best? I'll try to separate:

Best:

Tom Jones
Freddie Mercury
Johnny Cash
Mick Jagger

Favorite:

Bruce Dickinson
Ozzy Osbourne
Rob Halford
Richard Butler

Honorable Mention: Christopher Lee (The Tinker Of Rye from The Wicker Man and his work on Charlemagne's By The Sword And By The Cross).

[CrimsonFiend138]

There is no such thing as the BEST singer or BEST band. It's all about feeling and your opinions. Well besides the fact that Chad Kroger is the BEST singer and Nickleback is the BEST band ever...jk

[DeadSnow]

Ville Valo
Lauri Ylonen
Gary Lightbody
Brandon Flowers
Gerard Way

[Posher778]

Old thread :)


Funny how opinions change.

Freddie Mercury will always be the best male singer of all time in my opinion.

Plenty of others but i'm too tired to think.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

if it's best out of all male vocalists in the world, I would have to say andrea bocelli. rock vocalist would probably be elvis presley or freddie mercury.

my favorite rock vocalist is either mike patton or david bowie

[Elvis_Christ]

Roy Orbison is under appreciated IMO and deserves a mention

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

SmGAtnwhu6k

and let's not forget one half of the HDC best musical act ever 09 winners

[fortunato]

SmGAtnwhu6k

and let's not forget one half of the HDC best musical act ever 09 winners

Ah, yes!

MD: For some reason, you're the only person that said Little Richard. So a :) to you.

EPIC vocal track:

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One of my favorite male vocalists:

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[fortunato]

Oh, and I'm surprised I didn't notice Tom Waits in here at all.
The variety and range he has is unbelievable.

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[Elvis_Christ]

Abner Jay fuckin' kills it.

[fortunato]

Abner Jay fuckin' kills it.

Oh man, that guy is unbelievable. He's another one that has incredible variety. There's a song of his called "Cleo" and he sounds sooo much like Roy Orbison.

[Posher778]

Peter fucking Frampton live.