who are your favourite vocalists?
 

mine are

phillip hansen anselmo- pantera
jon davis-korn
corey taylor- slipknot
fred durst- limp bizkit
chester bennington- linkin park

fred durst!?



Bruce Dickinson
Glenn Danzig
Cronos

The best.

John Lennon
Joey Ramone
Tom Yorke
Nico
Lou Reed

and myself

Re: who are your favourite vocalists?
 

Damn the only kick ass singer on that list is Phil Anselmo, the rest is crap...


Anyway

MINE
1. Bruce Dickinson
2. Ozzy
3. Layne Staley
4. John Lennon
5. Gary Meskil
6. Ronnie James Dio
7. Fat Mike
8. Lemmy
9. Phil Anselmo
10. Les Claypool
11. Tom Araya
12. Chuck Billy
13. Blackie Lawless

Glenn Danzig, Michale Graves, Ville Valo, Daniel Lioneye, Brandon Dicamillo, Serj Tankian, Bradley Nowell, I'll name more later

Elvis Pressley
Michael Graves
Brett Michaels
Frank Sinatra

Dave Mustaine
Bruce Dickinson
Ozzy Osbourne
Alice Cooper

Anthony Kiedis (my fav by far).
http://www.nyrock.com/img/2002/chili2.jpg


Honorable Mention:

Jim Ward - At the Drive-In/Sparta
Chuck Robertson - Mad Caddies
Bjork
Gavin Rossdale - Bush (Not a big fan of the band...but always dug his voice).
Billy Idol
Chuck D - Public Enemy
Isaac Brock - Modest Mouse
Brody Armstrong - The Distillers
David Draiman - Disturbed

Mikael Åkerfeldt IS the best vocalist, therefore, my favorite. No one else can compare.

Comming in second would be myself, I kick almost just as much ass as Mikael does...

russel mael - sparks
kate bush.
Tom Jones
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
David Cousins - (Strawbs)
Peter Gabriel (when in genesis)
David Bowie (check out the song Young Americans and see why)
Shane McGowan
Dion Warwick (singing Burt Bacharact)
Roger Waters
Carly Simon
Peter Hamill - (Van der Graff Generator)


obviously i havent been impressed by a whole hell of a lot in the last 20 years

You have the weirdest fuckin' picks I've ever read.

Jim Ward? Sparta's first album he could barely sing. He yelled until they're new album where his singing got ten times better.

David Draiman?

Does Chuck D even sing?

where can I hear some of your chops?

Nobody compares to...
 

Alice Cooper!

If you are talking about Artists with a horror theme (lyrics, show, costume, etc...), then Alice Cooper is the King...over the top.

I also meant to add Rob Halford and King Diamond to my list.

Ummmm, helloooo...the title of the thread says NADA about favorite singers! Singers and Vocalists are two totally seperate skills/talents.

Sorry dude...but if the title of the thread read, "Top Singers," I would've listed a whole slew of different people.

My list is accurately compiled of vocalists/frontmen (women).

Just to let you know...screaming takes alot more talent and vocal concentration than most people give screamers credit for, to do it in a controlled state where it sounds worth a shit is very fucking hard...

Isnt he touring again now?

If I'm not mistaken I think he is...

I really liked the early solo stuff he had...KD fucking rocked...:cool:

Very well said. Not many people understand or agree with that.

I do, however, 100+%

And those people would be considered VOCALISTS!

A singer would be fucking Celine Dion or Elton John. :rolleyes:

Dani Filth has a crazy ass voice. He can go from a low growl to a high shriek in an instant. I think Mr. Carpe Noctem would have to agree..

he's a bad actor though ....

See Cradle of Fear ?

Yikes !

Just to let you know, screaming does take talent. But singing takes a whole lot more. There is only so many notes that you can scream, and they're is so many more that you can sing.

The way most singers start out is by screaming (aka Jim Ward), All his singing in At The drive-in was just screaming. Not saying it was bad, but they're was a reason why they had a REAL singer.

Jim has a good voice and like a real musician he keeps getting better.

More people can scream than sing ( I mean, really sing)

I agree. I think Anthony Keidis is a good example as well. I personally think as he matured (both musically and biologically) he turned himself into a pretty good singerl. Whereas when he first started out...he was just a mere vocalist or frontman with not much depth.

KING DIAMOND!!!
 

1.- KING DIAMOND
2.- ROB HALFORD
3.- DIO
4.- GLENDA (DANZIG)
5.- QUORTHON (BATHORY) (not great voice, but very peculiar)
6.- ALICE COOPER
7.- DORO
8.- DIAMANDA GALAS
9.- PETER (HYPOCRISY)
10.- CHUCK SHCULDINER (DEATH)




:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Trent Reznor
Dustin Hupe (Seeds Of Deceit ;))

Here's a little 'shameless pimping' of my guy...If you wanna hear him sing (Scream/Growl...Whatever...lol) :)...

Download Here






He said that it isn't a very good recording, but they'll be making some good ones in the next couple of weeks...

1. James Hetfield - Metallica (My favourite by far!)
2. Dave Mustaine - Megadeth
3. Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden
4. Axl Rose - Guns N' Roses
5. Michale Graves - The Misfits

sevendust
trapt
(celine dion for bed)

linkin park
stuf like that

Ok I'm throwing up now..

hmm...me being a horror punk/ death rock guy...

Glenn Danzig - Misfits
Lux Interior - Cramps
Danny - Brains for Brunch (My band hehe)
Wednesday 13 - Murderdolls
Anthony Kiedis - RHCP
:p

lol :D

And not a single person has mentioned Kurt Cobain!

Hmmm....

Alice Cooper
Ozzy
Ville Vallo [HIM]
Stephen Page [Barenaked Ladies]
Tom Delonge [Blink 182]
Mark Hoppus [Blink 182]

mike patton

chris cornell

perry farrell

best voices....not best frontmen, although mike patton's pretty sick live...

Yoko Ono

i forgot to add these to my list

alice cooper
elvis prestly
wednesday13
james hetfield
axl rose
bruce dickson
marilyn manson
amy lee
shawn craham- he does sing in some slipknot songs
chris fehn- same as shawn
ville valo
mr. van hallen- forgot his first name
daniel fisher- dread ( my band ) :D

Favourite Vocalists
 

RONNIE JAMES DIO

ROB HALFORD

BRUCE DICKINSON

JAMES HETFIELD

ROBERT PLANT

PAUL RODGERS

EDDIE VEDDER

IAN GILLAN

TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS

JOHN BUSH

GEOFF TATE

There's more but that will do for now.

Elvis Presly, how could I forget him [Leaves thread ashamed]

oh yea, elvis is good

Im glad to see some people agree with Ville Valo.....no matter if you dont like the music...hes got some talent..

Anyone mention the great Jim Morrison yet?

I do think that Jim Morrison has a good voice, and the Door were a good band.

BUT, I think Jim Morrison's poems and lyric's are HIGHLY over-rated. Just because you're messed up on acid don't mean your more creative. It means that your thoughts aren't going to make any sense.

Over all, I think Jim Morrison is over-rated. He was more of a junkie than a musican. Thats my two cents. If its worth anything