Greatest Rock voices of all time [Archive]

Sedai

08-12-04, 07:04 PM

It's funny, I generally think females just have better singing voices, and I don't see many listed so far....

My favs...

Johnette Napolitano
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Roger Waters
David Bowie
Robert Plant
Geoff Tate
Ami Mann
Jon Anderson
Chris Cornell
Dave Groll

Re: Cobain: Absolutley terrible singer, by his own admission. I found his strength to be in his writing and his passion for music. Again though, I would consider his voice to be pretty bad, and his technique was bottom of the barrel. I really dug his stuff, but clearly Dave Groll had a lot to do with how the songs came out of production, and I have a feeling he arranged EVERYTHING for the band. Groll is a wizard with arrangement...

SamsoniteDelilah

08-12-04, 07:50 PM

Ronnie Spector
Diana Ross
David Bowie
Andy Bell

Yoda

08-12-04, 11:21 PM

I've got a friend who I exchange random lists with sometimes. One of my favorites was "Best Singing Voices of All Time." We both agreed that Freddie Mercury was the undisputed #1.

AboveTheClouds

08-13-04, 12:30 AM

Robert Plant
David Bowie
Jack Bruce
Stevie Knicks
Freddy Mercury
Roger Waters
Sid Barrett
Tom Petty
Jim Morrison
Ozzy Osbourne(Sabbath Era)
Frank Zappa
Grace Slick
Janis Joplin
Ian Astbery
Steven Perry
Bernie Shaw
Robin Zander

Piddzilla

08-13-04, 06:20 AM

Re: Cobain: Absolutley terrible singer, by his own admission. I found his strength to be in his writing and his passion for music. Again though, I would consider his voice to be pretty bad, and his technique was bottom of the barrel. I really dug his stuff, but clearly Dave Groll had a lot to do with how the songs came out of production, and I have a feeling he arranged EVERYTHING for the band. Groll is a wizard with arrangement...

Sometimes when I see or hear some of Nirvana's live appearances I think that the way he sang made it almost impossible for him to always make it sound good.

On the other hand, my opinion is that there has been few singers with the same amount of emotion in their voices. Kurt Cobain was a white male punk version of Mary J Blige.

..have to listen to "Even In His Youth" now...

led_zeppelin

08-13-04, 03:34 PM

Add Paul Stanley, Steven Tyler, Ronnie Van Zandt, David Lee Roth, Freddy Mercury, Ritchie Blackmore and Axl Rose to my list. Scott Wieland isn't too bad either.

Piddzilla

08-13-04, 09:12 PM

Funny that no one said Mick Jagger.

AboveTheClouds

08-13-04, 09:42 PM

I don't mind him.. But in my book's he's FAR from the greatest.

Agent 0 Zero

08-13-04, 10:28 PM

Jagger creeps me out, the same with Bowie

AboveTheClouds

08-13-04, 10:41 PM

Why?....

Pyro Tramp

08-17-04, 03:30 PM

Bon Scott
John Garcia
James Maynard

Piddzilla

08-17-04, 03:54 PM

I don't mind him.. But in my book's he's FAR from the greatest.

I think 60's and 70's Jagger kicks butt.

Piddzilla

08-17-04, 04:36 PM

susan

08-17-04, 11:56 PM

aretha franklin
ray charles

Caitlyn

08-18-04, 12:00 AM

Some of you will laugh, but I'll have to say that Sebastian Bach in Skid Row had a pretty impressive set of pipes.

Yes, I've been listening to "18 and Life" and "I'll Remember You" a lot lately......

I won't laugh, I thought he was pretty good too...

Some of my favorties...

Freddy Mercury
Jon Anderson
Jimi Hendrix
Robert Plant
Geddy Lee
Jim Morrison
Eric Burdon
Justin Hayward
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
David Gilmour
David Bowie
Mick Jagger
Tom Petty
Ozzy
Mark Knopfler
Stevie Nicks
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Emerson Hart
Ed Kowalczyk
Todd Nichols
Glen Phillips
Melissa Etheridge
Annie Lennox
Grace Slick
Tina Turner

Loner

08-18-04, 03:01 AM

Add Paul Stanley, Steven Tyler, Ronnie Van Zandt, David Lee Roth, Freddy Mercury, Ritchie Blackmore and Axl Rose to my list. Scott Wieland isn't too bad either.
Ritchie Blackmore is a guitar player, when he was with Deep Purple the singer was mainly Ian Gillan.

Rainbow's early work featured Ronnie James Dio.

Dio and Gillan both sang for Black Sabbath.

Agent 0 Zero

08-18-04, 04:22 AM

Why?....

dont, know It's just a feeling

susan

08-18-04, 08:25 AM

bruce springsteen
david crosby
neil young
stephen stills
elton john
billy joel
phil collins
sting
bob dylan
robert plant
steven tyler
roger daltrey
jim morrison
graham nash
john lennon
george harrison
paul mccartney
micky dolenz
mike nesmith

Aniko

08-18-04, 05:35 PM

I like your list Susan. :)

Rock/Pop
Simon and Garfunkel (together they were fabulous, as singles their voices didn’t have the same impact for me)

Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Cheryl Bentyne (Love them together as Manhattan Transfer)

Sting
Billy Joel
Phil Collins
Freddie Mercury
Steve Perry
Steven Tyler
Scott Stapp
John Rzeznik
Alannah Myles
Jewel
Dave Matthews
Tracy Chapman
Alex Band

R&B/Jazz
Marvin Gaye
Barry White
Ray Charles
Etta James
Oleta Adams
Aretha Franklin
Seal
Al Jarreau
George Benson
Jeffery Osborne
Whitney Houston
Joe McBride

Crooners
Josh Groban
Sarah Brightman
Sissel
Dean Martin
Tom Jones
John Denver

SamsoniteDelilah

08-18-04, 05:44 PM

Not really rock, but amazing voices:
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Diamonda Galas

Caitlyn

08-18-04, 05:52 PM

Rock/Pop
Simon and Garfunkel (together they were fabulous, as singles their voices didn’t have the same impact for me)

I love Simon and Garfunkel... together... alone, they didn't do it for me either...

And I can't believe I forgot:

Sting
Phil Collins
Bob Dylan
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Warren Zevon

Piddzilla

08-18-04, 06:20 PM

Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon as well as solo...) has a pretty expressive voice.

Thom Yorke (Radiohead) of course. Mini, where are you?

Have I said Glenn Danzig yet? No? Must have been in a different thread. Glenn Danzig.

Piddzilla

08-18-04, 06:22 PM

...oh and PJ Harvey.

AboveTheClouds

08-18-04, 08:20 PM

I forgot to add Kim Mitchell.

Monkeypunch

08-18-04, 08:28 PM

Re: Cobain: Absolutley terrible singer, by his own admission. I found his strength to be in his writing and his passion for music. Again though, I would consider his voice to be pretty bad, and his technique was bottom of the barrel.

Kurt Cobain had a unique voice. I have heard it described as the voice of god coming out of the mouth of a dog. He is a lot like Bob Dylan, who has an atrocious singing voice, but he sells it because he really believes in what he's saying. Kurt maybe couldn't sing very well, but his voice is heartbreaking and powerful, and man, could he scream.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-18-04, 08:36 PM

...oh and PJ Harvey.
yes!!

Loner

08-18-04, 09:03 PM

Not really rock, but amazing voices:
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Diamonda Galas
Ah yes, Diamanda Galas, the insane opera singer.

Absolutely inhuman vocals!

If you have never heard her go to her website http://www.diamandagalas.com/ and listen to some audio samples.

Be warned, her screams are startling.

susan

08-19-04, 06:15 AM

i forgot

van morrison
grace slick
dusty springfield
paul simon
james taylor
don mclean

annie, forgot all about simon and garfunkel...(my favorites) thank you for mentioning them)

AboveTheClouds

08-20-04, 09:09 PM

Grace slick was hot :D.

Hondo333

08-22-04, 11:00 AM

http://www.center-of-beat.com/bildarchiv/img/pics_big/john_lennon.jpg
John Lennon

Robert Plant
Roger Waters
David Bowie
Robert Smith
Jim Morrison
Elliott Smith
Joe Strummer
Bon Scott
Matt Bellamy

Mad Season

08-24-04, 12:45 PM

Layne Staley
Jerry Cantrel
Eddie Vedder
Chris Cornel
Ozzy
Aaron Lewis
Chester Bennington
Scott Weiland
Chino Moreno
Brandon Boyd
Joey Ramone
Matt Holt
Burton C. Bell
Geoff Tate
James Maynard Keenan
Glenn Danzing
Bruce Dickingson