Great Vocalists

UnrealQueen

Blaze Bayley
Ronnie James Dio
Celine Dion (hee hee)

can't think of anymore at the mo';)

Washout

Jeff Buckley &
Freddie Mercury

are 2 that stand out for me

Doctor J

Wino
David Vincent

Pugsley

Mikael Stanne from Dark Tranquility, no real competition in my books

Other great singer are:
Mikael (opeth, diffrent from dark tranquility)
Ozzy
Tarja (nightwish)
Bruce Dickinson (iron maiden)

projectmayhem

trent reznor
corey taylor
maynard james keenen
chino moreno

ferdi

here, ozzy ozbourne cannot sing for his life

jahred

chino moreno
brandon boyd

Fozzy

Maynard James Keenan
Bruce Dickinson
King Diamond

Vlad Drac

Mike Patton
Ian MacKaye
Les Claypool
Jello Biafra
Neil Fallon

Scammo

Julian Casablancas
Anthony from chili peppers
Thom Yorke

Zoton

Maynard James Keenan (Very haunting)
Ryan McCombs (Wow!)
Chris Cornell (Soulfull and powerful)
Chester Bennington (Hate the fukker, but there's no denying his vocal power.)
Jack Black (The range!?!)
Brian Johnson (Ballsy yet high pitched)
Robb Flynn (Throat tearing and yet sometimes tender)
Morgan Lander (Awesome growl)

Always thought Chino Moreno wasn't very good tbh, generally off key.

IamMetaldave

Maynard Keenan, Jacob Bannon, Robb Fylnn, James LaBrie and most of the others above.......

mr_angry

Maynard James Keenan - the man's voice is an instrument all of its own.

j0e9o

mike patten amazing voice i think u lot are coufusing gr8 bands with gr8 vocialist tbh

washout ur dead on there with freddy spectular voice

DaUnforgiven

1. Hansi Kursch (current favourite, especially amazing on NIME and IFTOS)
2. Robert Plant (not already mentioned!!!)
3. Bruce Dickinson (blaze sucks)
4. Brian Johnson (whats with that range? I cant tell where falsetto kicks in)
5. Serj Tankian (versatile, not as good on the first album)
6. Tony Kakko (feeling)
7. James Hetfield (tone)
8. Dio (great tone and vibrato)
9. Ian Gillian (child in time)
10. Russell Allen (I've only heard 3 symphony x songs, accolade is great, I think hes going to get a lot higher on my list)

Also Freddie Mercury, Chris Cornell, Rob Halford, Ozzy, James LaBrie

Oh, and Mickey Harte, James Kilbane, and Chris Doran:) (Damit I'm embarrassed to know their names)

Pugsley

Originally posted by ferdi
here, ozzy ozbourne cannot sing for his life

Most influential man in metal........ his singing may not be your taste but theres no doubting he is one of the greats.

Civilian_Target

Blaize Bailey?! What are you on woman. Dickinson's better by a mile.

If we're sticking strictly to Rock/Metal I'd have to say:

Dickinson
Cornell
Serj Tankian from System of a Down, that voice demands respect
Zack de la Rocha (not a singer but he can do a whole lot of shouting)
Brian Johnston
Robert Plant
Freddy Mercury
Yer Woman from Evanescance, they're not all that but she's a damn good singer.
Axl Rose may be a twat but his voice demands respect and I grudgingly give him this place
Andy Kerans from Therapy?

wiped

Joey Ramone

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hansi kursch
maynard james keenan
the erm... singer from opeth

Chaos_Path

Simen Hestnaes (arcturus, dimmu borgir,borknagar,lamented souls)
the man is a GENIUS.

Maynard James Keenan
Carl Mc Coy (Fields of the Nephilim)
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth and Bloodbath
Michael Gira - Swans
Diamanda Galas

umm.....


Ozzy cant sing his way outta a paper bag.

The Phenom

M Damien Rice is a really good singer.

IrishMike

eddie vedder
billy corgan
perry farrell
axl rose
david draiman
jay gordon
robert plant

not all in the metal bracket but who gives a crap

MissEcho

Aimee Echo (gutsy)
Karen o (experimental)
Maynard James Keenan (soulful)
Yma Sumac (she has a four octave range and she don't fake any of it like mariah carey!!)
Brian Molko ( distinctive)
Justin Hawkins ( in fairness he can hit the high notes!!)

Zoton

Who does Yma Sumac sing with?

cournioni

Axl Rose (Guns n' Roses)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Matt Barlow (ex-Iced Earth)
Phil Anselmo back in the CFH days (Pantera)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
Ripper Owens (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)
Ville Laihiala (Sentenced)
... the list goes on and on...

girella

jeff buckley
layne staley
eddie vedder
shannon hoon
chris cornell
mike patton
serj tankian
robert plant
nusrat fateh ali khan

and many more

nadir

eric adams
Nick Holmes
and yes Mordeth hansi kursch
but tbh there are just too many class vocalists.

hells angels

Phil anselmo
eddie vedder
james hetfield
corey taylor(Vocalists remember)
and so on and so on................
...........
.....

RAIN

Chino moreno
Johny cash
Brandon boyd
The guy from jimmy eats world
Glen from he frames
Chino is the best and most dynamic ,Listhen to hurt if youv any doubths about the cash man yeahhhhh!

I am MAN

Kurt Cobain
Damien Rice
Billy Corgan
Cornell

Tommy Vercetti

Ihsahn
Nocturno Culto
Christofer Rygg (Garm)
Jonas Renske
Tomas Lindberg

LightofDarkness

PHIL ANSELMO folks. A real jack of all trades, vocally. Best vocalist, IMO.
James Hetfield
Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy)
Bjorn "speed" Strid (Soilwork)
Marco Aro (The Haunted)

Karl Hungus

Kriss Rigg

The jock

jeff buckley(Jeff buckley)
eddie vedder(Pearl jam)
shannon hoon(blind melon)
Scott Stapp (creed)
layne staley(alice in chains)
serj tankian(System of a down)
Jon bon jovi(Bon jovi)
robert plant(Led Zeppelin)
axl rose(guns n roses)
Kurt Cobain(Nirvana)

... the list goes on

doctor evil

Very few women being mentioned, bit weird

Tommy Vercetti

Originally posted by doctor evil
Very few women being mentioned, bit weird

Cristina Scabbia is the only one I like

Quatre Mains

Every genre has greats but seeing as its rock/metal I'll try not to go off-track;

Ray Gillen is my all-time fav

David Coverdale (back in the day)

Joe Lynn Turner

Kory Clarke

byte

Eddie Vedder
Bruce Dickenson
Billy Corgan
James Hetfield

Creamy Goodness

Rivers Cuomo (weezer)

he don't look like buddy holly no more

girella

unfortunately there aren't too many
although the woman frim jefferson airplane is cool and janis joplin of course

MarkMI6

Not really a rock voice, but does Tori Amos count?

I'm not going to repeat all the names that have been mentioned as most of them are indeed great, but nobody's mentioned Mark Lanegan so I thought I'd straighten that out. Scary voice, scary ****er. I like John Garcia as well.

mike65

Roger Daltry

Ian Gillan

David Coverversion

Geddy Lee (really!)

Tom Petty

Geoff Tate

Mike.

Coxy

Brian Johnson... yes.... obvious choice.
Female? Sheryl Crow has one of the best voices.... (thats' voices, not music,) I've ever heard. Her range is brilliant.
Some of the Vegas legends don't get enough credit though. Sammy Davis Jnr was smooth. So too was Sinatra. You can't limit this to rock.
Dammit, even George Michael has a brilliant voice. More control than any man I've heard. His live performances are unblemished.
Aside from those and back to rock........ Black Francis. Jeckyl and Hyde voice.
Freddie Mercury too. Really creative vocals.

powerage22

Bon Scott???

satriani18

ROB HALFORD ROB HALFORD ROB HALFORD. PRIEST RULE!!!!!

Ameirgin

Rob Halford - undisputed number 1 IMO
Bruce Dickinson
Ian Gillan
David Coverdale
Geoff Tate
Robert Plant

Aurther Hugh

Mark Greany- a come back to my life !

Baggio

Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull

Bjork?!!..I like her anyway....

ciao'............ Baggio..........

symbolic

Tomas Lindberg ( ex At the Gates)

limpdd

Robert Plant - Rock GOD
James Hetfield - GOD
Axl Rose (Well he was good the last time i heard him)
Layne Staley
Amy Lee (Evenescence - Even if you don't like the music, you have to admit she has an amazing set of lungs and knows how to use them)

loismustdie

kurt cobain
maynard keenan
jonas renkse