Axl Rose voted greatest lead singer of all time

Riddle101

came across this today. It's a top ten list of the greatest lead singers of all time, so I thought i'd post it here

Here's the Top 10 as voted by the visitors:

...1. Axl Rose
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Robert Plant
4. Ronnie James Dio
5. John Lennon
6. Bruce Dickinson
7. Thom Yorke
8. Kurt Cobain
9. Matt Bellamy
10. Paul McCartney

Source(s): musicradar.com

Now I only have two problems about the list. The first being that IMO Freddie Mercury should be first. The other is the fact that Kurt Cobain is on the list, and that he has made 8th on it. Now I respect Kurt and all, but let's be real here. Should he be on the list, when guys like Ozzy Osbourne, Roger Daltry, Bruce Springstein, Eddie Veder and James Hetfield aren't(I'm being biased with the last one) Nonetheless, here's the list.

P.S sorry if already posted. Didn't see it anywhere

scudzilla

I never bother me arse with crap polls like this, they mean absolutely nothing to me and anybody else probably.

A lot of it is down to lazy journalism, Kerrap are one of the worse culprits, i can imagine what goes on in there office "Guys, we're short of material for next week so we'll do the Top 10 left handed banjo players in the world"

jack presley

Polls = ****

Angron

I'm just gonna go with "No."

markesmith

Matt Bellamy!?

And how the hell is McCartney in there? For his work with Wings???

Silly poll

TheUsual

Robert Plant should be number 1.
Absolute legend. (and I met him at an airport this year)
Even comparing the really bad 1960-1970's audio quality with modern digital recording.

After that Chris Cornell has the best voice, in my opinion. Listen to his albums after Soundgarden to appreciate him.

Luke G

Yeah mean's absolutely nothing, Nonsense...

bnt

If you need an argument for wearing earplugs at loud gigs, here it is. :rolleyes:

Otis Driftwood

One 5 star album.

Two 3/4 star albums.

In a near 30 year career.

*sniggers.

TheUsual

How about a boards.ie top ten ...

1. Robert Plant
2. Chris Cornell
3. Jeff Buckley
4. Mike Patton


any more ?

Motley Crue

Freddie should be first, although Axl will be proud, since he was always a huge Freddie fan

Cobain was a guitarist and a songwriter with talent, granted, but no frontman

Mike Patton should be there

Clandestine

The list sucks because there is no:
Chris Cornell
King Diamond
Roger Daltrey
Ian Gillen
Rob Halford
Eddie Vedder
Mike Patton

Cole

These type of polls are always a bit ridiculous. I heard this one being discussed on Radio Nova yesterday evening....why bother? it's always going to be a very subjective thing.

For me, the Rolling Stone 100 greatest guitarists (just noticed that there's a thread on here for it, so I won't rant about it) was the worst example of this and I vowed never to take any notice of any more polls, on anything.

Otis Driftwood

I think Phil Anselmo is an exceptional frontman.Fine,he may be a bit of a gee bag but his energy and the ferocity of is vocals is hard to ignore.

Liam Gallagher 94-01, very very very good. And although i hate his guts i have always said kelly jones has a fine set of lungs on him

Mushy

This reminds me of the "Greatest" Drummer of last 25 years poll...pointless and just wrong (unless you're a Slipknot fan).

DOC09UNAM

No Bon Scott, or Brian Johnson?

Shtoopid List.

Nailz

If there is no Mike Patton or Phil Anselmo on any frontman poll, the people who voted deserve a smack for being braindead.

Nailz

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

No Bon Scott, or Brian Johnson?

Shtoopid List.

Bon Scott, good call.

Moke

I love GN'R (thankfully wasn't able to go to the concert in the O2) but Axl is a prick, and while maybe a quarter of his songs are brilliant, easily a quarter sound awful. Freddie Mercury should really be no. 1 Daltry should really be on the list and maybe Bon Scott or Johnny Rotten.

Malice

I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion on this thread and say that of that list Axl is easily my favourite. In these days of squeaky-clean, assembly-line churned out, auto-tuned X-Factor singers he's the embodiment the rock n' roll ideal of someone who genuinely doesn't give a fuck. He suits himself, not his record company or his fans. He writes the music he wants with bandmates he wants and only releases it when he feels it's ready. He deals with performing live the same way. It's his way or the highway.

As someone once said, rock n' roll is about rebellion and Axl is one of the few rock frontmen that still rebels.

Pauleta

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

No Bon Scott, or Brian Johnson?

Shtoopid List.

Bon Scott is in the top 20 if its the same poll i seen the other day (forget where it was) Johnson isnt in the Top 20.

And i agree, crap poll

Clandestine

Malice_ wrote: »

I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion on this thread and say that of that list Axl is easily my favourite. In these days of squeaky-clean, assembly-line churned out, auto-tuned X-Factor singers he's the embodiment the rock n' roll ideal of someone who genuinely doesn't give a fuck. He suits himself, not his record company or his fans. He writes the music he wants with bandmates he wants and only releases it when he feels it's ready. He deals with performing live the same way. It's his way or the highway.

As someone once said, rock n' roll is about rebellion and Axl is one of the few rock frontmen that still rebels.

Gonna have to disagree with you there.
Axl is one of the biggest assholes in music. Chinese democracy, even though you didn't mention it was awful. He does suit himself, and know I can see he is only in it for the money-See his actions in Dublin not long ago

Nailz

Mayoman911 wrote: »

Gonna have to disagree with you there.
Axl is one of the biggest assholes in music. Chinese democracy, even though you didn't mention it was awful. He does suit himself, and know I can see he is only in it for the money-See his actions in Dublin not long ago

Arsehole or not, doesn't make much of an impact on how good of a frontman he is. I still don't agree that he's the best frontman of all time, I don't even think he's close to be honest, but being an arsehole has nothing to do with it. In my opinion it's Mike Patton.

Malice

Mayoman911 wrote: »

Gonna have to disagree with you there.
Axl is one of the biggest assholes in music. Chinese democracy, even though you didn't mention it was awful. He does suit himself, and know I can see he is only in it for the money-See his actions in Dublin not long ago

What are you disagreeing with? I never said he wasn't an asshole and I never said anything about Chinese Democracy. Are you disagreeing with my belief that he's my favourite singer on that list?

As for him only being in it for the money, do you really think that's the case given he took over fifteen years to release Chinese Democracy? If he was only interested in money he'd have had ten albums released in that time not to mention numerous greatest hits collections and of course you can be sure the fabled Guns N' Roses Reunion tour would have taken place before now as well.

Numina

Axl Rose number 1? Ha..hahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHA. And Kurt Cobain number 8? Great vocalist, but as a singer it's a crime that he even gets on that list.

And Devin Townsend is nowhere to be seen.

Skip to 35 seconds on this video and tell me that he doesn't deserve a place in the top 20. I challenge you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVUxTc-fklQ

And yes, if there's no Mike Patton, then you know the list is completely bogus.

Dublin Spur

#1 = Bon Scott

Dave!

Freddie Mercury not #1 = fail

RayCon

Malice_ wrote: »

I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion on this thread and say that of that list Axl is easily my favourite. In these days of squeaky-clean, assembly-line churned out, auto-tuned X-Factor singers he's the embodiment the rock n' roll ideal of someone who genuinely doesn't give a fuck. He suits himself, not his record company or his fans. He writes the music he wants with bandmates he wants and only releases it when he feels it's ready. He deals with performing live the same way. It's his way or the highway.

As someone once said, rock n' roll is about rebellion and Axl is one of the few rock frontmen that still rebels.

Yawn .... whats he rebelling against ? "The man" :rolleyes: ... He's a spoilt , over indulged , bloated diva with little or no regard to people who spend their money buying his rather generic rock (when he bothers his arse to release it) or go see him in concert - and we all know about that.

Like Iggy Pop selling car insurance , or Johnny Rotten selling butter - all "rebellion" is a con.

Kill Your Idols indeed.

Malice

RayCon wrote: »

Yawn .... whats he rebelling against ? "The man" :rolleyes: ... He's a spoilt , over indulged , bloated diva with little or no regard to people who spend their money buying his rather generic rock (when he bothers his arse to release it) or go see him in concert - and we all know about that.

Like Iggy Pop selling car insurance , or Johnny Rotten selling butter - all "rebellion" is a con.

Kill Your Idols indeed.

I don't think you understood my point. it's precisely because he doesn't whore himself like Iggy Pop or Johnny Rotten that he deserves respect. He plays by his own rules. He released Chinese Democracy when he wanted, not when Geffen told him to. He tours when he wants, goes on stage when he wants and, as we saw in Dublin, calls a halt to gigs when he wants.

Just in case it's not clear, I don't agree with most of his behaviour. Fans of a band should be shown a lot more respect when it comes to live shows for a start.

Angron

RayCon wrote: »

Yawn .... whats he rebelling against ? "The man" :rolleyes: ... He's a spoilt , over indulged , bloated diva with little or no regard to people who spend their money buying his rather generic rock (when he bothers his arse to release it) or go see him in concert - and we all know about that.

Like Iggy Pop selling car insurance , or Johnny Rotten selling butter - all "rebellion" is a con.

Kill Your Idols indeed.

I have to say, that ad was just depressing. The Rotten butter one wasn't as bad, but the Iggy one..

Motley Crue

Mayoman911 wrote: »

Gonna have to disagree with you there.
Axl is one of the biggest assholes in music. Chinese democracy, even though you didn't mention it was awful. He does suit himself, and know I can see he is only in it for the money-See his actions in Dublin not long ago

I think that a lot of the population of Dublin have a more negative view against Axl then they might have done six months ago and if Axl were to do another gig here, and everything went well - just as it did in 2006 - then less people would be as eager to call for his blood. I'm not defending the man in the slightest but he did perform almost 60 more concerts around the world this year (he's in Australia as we speak) and no other gig has had the problems Dublin had.

Time is a great healer, it's an old saying, but well founded in truth and if we were based in Paris, or Rome, or Sydney...our opinion of Axl might be more positive at this moment in time.

Nailz

Motley Crue wrote: »

I think that a lot of the population of Dublin have a more negative view against Axl then they might have done six months ago and if Axl were to do another gig here, and everything went well - just as it did in 2006 - then less people would be as eager to call for his blood. I'm not defending the man in the slightest but he did perform almost 60 more concerts around the world this year (he's in Australia as we speak) and no other gig has had the problems Dublin had.

Time is a great healer, it's an old saying, but well founded in truth and if we were based in Paris, or Rome, or Sydney...our opinion of Axl might be more positive at this moment in time.

To be fair, Dub's are pretty negative on just about everything.

Malice

Motley Crue wrote: »

I think that a lot of the population of Dublin have a more negative view against Axl then they might have done six months ago

There were people from all over Ireland affected by that gig, not just people from Dublin.

Numina

Motley Crue wrote: »

I think that a lot of the population of Dublin have a more negative view against Axl then they might have done six months ago

Ah come on. We all knew he was an arsehole long before that.

RayCon

Malice_ wrote: »

I don't think you understood my point. it's precisely because he doesn't whore himself like Iggy Pop or Johnny Rotten that he deserves respect. He plays by his own rules. He released Chinese Democracy when he wanted, not when Geffen told him to. He tours when he wants, goes on stage when he wants and, as we saw in Dublin, calls a halt to gigs when he wants.

Ah right ... gotcha , so now that he's done rebelling against "the man" (cos lets face it - once you've made your dollars it does tend to soften the angst) , he decides to retain "artistic credibilty" by not doing commercials or whoring himself out .... but instead decides to "rebel" against people he works with (touring/studio musicians, engineers etc) and ultimately people who pay his salary(people still foolish enough to buy his music , tickets and bullsh!t) under some lame arse excuse that it's "rock n roll" ... hhhmmmmmm , sound like a massive bucket of YAWN to me.

He makes Liam Gallagher look like the consummate professional.

oneillMan999

Apart from freddie mercury maybe, mike patton blows away any from that top ten list, which shows these "voted" lists are totally irrelevant !!

Nailz

oneillMan999 wrote: »

Apart from freddie mercury maybe, mike patton blows away any from that top ten list, which shows these "voted" lists are totally irrelevant !!

Mike Patton is above Freddie Mercury in my estimation anyway.

Scuid Mhór

markesmith wrote: »

Matt Bellamy!?

And how the hell is McCartney in there? For his work with Wings???

Silly poll

i don't know i heard he was in a band called the silver beatles or something but they weren't too big. this was long before my time though so don't go a-quotin'.

Nailz

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

i don't know i heard he was in a band called the silver beatles or something but they weren't too big. this was long before my time though so don't go a-quotin'.

That's beside the point though, he was wasn't a very good singer, let alone frontman.

Malice

RayCon wrote: »

Ah right ... gotcha , so now that he's done rebelling against "the man" (cos lets face it - once you've made your dollars it does tend to soften the angst) , he decides to retain "artistic credibilty" by not doing commercials or whoring himself out .... but instead decides to "rebel" against people he works with (touring/studio musicians, engineers etc) and ultimately people who pay his salary(people still foolish enough to buy his music , tickets and bullsh!t) under some lame arse excuse that it's "rock n roll" ... hhhmmmmmm , sound like a massive bucket of YAWN to me.

He makes Liam Gallagher look like the consummate professional.

I don't think he's ever been rebelling against "the man" so I don't know how he can be done doing it and I also don't think he's ever rebelled against people he works with.

RayCon

Malice_ wrote: »

I don't think he's ever been rebelling against "the man" so I don't know how he can be done doing it and I also don't think he's ever rebelled against people he works with.

So who's he rebelling against ? What makes him a rebel ? Asrehole behaviour ?

Vudgie

Avoiding the obvious down sides to the man I don't think anyone could argue that he is/was an incredible vocalist. His voice is particularly distinguishable which in my view is a talent in itself.

I don't know if he is the best ever, I wouldn't normally even comment on those sort of poles but the guy is definitiely a great vocalist.

Bill2673

Surprised noone has mentioned Mick Jagger....

Also, not a single black man on the list..........

Bob Marley anyone?

Nailz

Bill2673 wrote: »

Surprised noone has mentioned Mick Jagger....

Also, not a single black man on the list..........

Bob Marley anyone?

It's a very racist poll isn't it! :pac:

cypharius

Is anyone remotely suprised by this? Can anyone give me an example of one of these "Top ten" polls that wasn't incredibly stupid?

PeterIanStaker

Freddie Should be #1.

Fck Axl.

Nodferatu

Riddle101 wrote: »

came across this today. It's a top ten list of the greatest lead singers of all time, so I thought i'd post it here

Here's the Top 10 as voted by the visitors:

...1. Axl Rose
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Robert Plant
4. Ronnie James Dio
5. John Lennon
6. Bruce Dickinson
7. Thom Yorke
8. Kurt Cobain
9. Matt Bellamy
10. Paul McCartney

Source(s): musicradar.com

Now I only have two problems about the list. The first being that IMO Freddie Mercury should be first. The other is the fact that Kurt Cobain is on the list, and that he has made 8th on it. Now I respect Kurt and all, but let's be real here. Should he be on the list, when guys like Ozzy Osbourne, Roger Daltry, Bruce Springstein, Eddie Veder and James Hetfield aren't(I'm being biased with the last one) Nonetheless, here's the list.

P.S sorry if already posted. Didn't see it anywhere

that list's a joke

Wolfe Tone

David Coverdale is my fave

RC88

saw a poll on recently, top 3 were 3 cobain(longshot),2 rose(huh,was'nt listening) and 1 Liam Gallagher(wtf)

this is my best
1-Freddie Mercury(Queen)
2-Roger Daltry(Who)
3-Mick Jagger(Rolling Stones)
4-John Lennon(Beatles)
5-Jim Morrison(Doors)
6-Sting(Police)
7-Steven Tyler(Aerosmith)
8-Phil Lynott(Thin lizzy)
9-Ian Gillan(Deep Purple)
10-Roger Walters(Pink Floyd)

feel free to pick and prod at it(the list that is)

Vanhalla

didnt look through it all but alot of ppl seem to be shouting for chris cornell!
give me a fupping break. a screaching winey voice like him , i dont think so!

mercury or dickinson for me