best vocalist??

Grunge Fan · 07-07-2002 6:07pm #1

goin wit robert plant or Kurt.Eddie Vedder is a close second! I am interested 2 hear other opinions!!

jeremy spoke in class today......

MrJoeSoap · 07-07-2002 9:30pm

Kurt cobain ? whaaa ? that guy couldnt sing for sh*t.

cournioni · 07-07-2002 9:57pm

1) Matt Barlow of Iced Earth
2) Anders Fridén of In Flames
3) Philip Anselmo of Pantera
4) Burton C. Bell formerly of Fear Factory
5) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
6) Max Cavalera of Soulfly
7) Maynard J. Keenan of Tool
8) Rob Flynn of Machine Head (first two albums only)
9) James Hetfield of Metallica
10) Layne Staley (RIP) formerly of Alice In Chains

Kurt was a crap vocalist.

Karl Hungus · 08-07-2002 12:04am

Carl McCoy
Aaron Stainthorpe
Ihsahn
Mikael Akerfeldt
Jon Nodtveidt
Tomas Lindberg
Simen Hestnæs
Vintersong
Darren White
Vincent Cavanagh
Till Lindermann
Tarja Turunen

Not really in any order.

Oeneus · 08-07-2002 12:35am

Here's some predictable ones:

Freddie Mercury
W. Axl Rose
Roger Daltry
and Plant

[nicK] · 08-07-2002 1:34am

eminem!

...nah, messin' - Jack Black would be up there...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-07-2002 1:45am

hansi Kursch *blind guardian*
er.. the singer fomr RAGE *not ratm* .. can't think of hiss name offhand
scott ian from anthrax (he's the singer isn't he? i never got their names right

)

Ruaidhri · 08-07-2002 7:49am

well this should be 2 categories
best "clean vocalist" HAS to be maynard from tool

best growley/belcher is Francois Mongrain from Martyr

Diarmuid · 08-07-2002 9:09am

Mike Patton ... nuff said

Tazz T · 08-07-2002 10:34am

Eric Adams is untouchable. His performance on Nessum Dorma would give Pavarotti a run for his money.

deco · 08-07-2002 11:15am

Originally posted by Ruaidhri
well this should be 2 categories
best "clean vocalist" HAS to be maynard from tool

No doubt about that....the man's voice can soar and then descend in a split second....

And W. Axl Rose as one of the greatest vocalists of all time?

Bugger off the man had a medicore voice at best....

But Freddie definitely has my respect....

seamus · 08-07-2002 11:52am

Brandon Boyd - Incubus as clean vocalist
Max Cavelera as dirty

vocalist

Shiminay · 08-07-2002 12:25pm

Freddie Mercury is possibly the greatest male voice I've ever heard with James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers a close second.

As much of a fan as I am of Soulfly and Sepultura, Max Cavalera is not a good singer. You can hear it in the latest album that non-stop roaring is taking it's toll and he's not able to do it as much as before.

bombidol · 08-07-2002 12:42pm

Mike Patton or Layne Staley maybe JB Too!

Giblet · 08-07-2002 1:18pm

Axl rose is definatly up there. He has a good vocal range, like on locomotive and coma:)

Dr. Loon · 08-07-2002 1:26pm

Originally posted by deco

And W. Axl Rose as one of the greatest vocalists of all time?

Bugger off the man had a medicore voice at best....

But Freddie definitely has my respect....

Are you insane? Axl Rose's voice is brilliant. No way mediocre, and I agree I only realised recently how powerful Freddie Mercury's voice is... very good

atonal · 08-07-2002 3:50pm

Overall: Jeff Buckley
Rock: Freddie Mercury, Ian Astbury
Falsetto: Hansard
of the "grunge" musicians has to be Staley and Cornell

those are my personal favorites anyway.

lordsippa · 08-07-2002 9:30pm

<in no order>
Jeff Buckley
Tim Buckley
Lou Reed
Bono
Freddie Mercury
Tom Waits
Nick Cave
Stephen Tyler
Tool dude!
Shirley Manson
Bruce Dickenson
Thom Yorke
Axl Rose
Peter Steele
Neil Hannon
Daevid Allen
...
probably forgetting some... my music collection is across the atlantic.

Karl Hungus · 08-07-2002 9:38pm

Oh, I had forgotten Nick Cave...
He is indeed a great singer.

But moreso, rather than technical ability, he's quite unique and distinctive.

Pugsley · 09-07-2002 12:06am

1)Anders Fridén
2)hansi Kursch
3)James Hetfield
4)Freddie Mercury
5)Till Lindemann

They are kinda in an order

(edit: typo)

Beruthiel · 09-07-2002 9:24am

if you are just talking about the voice
then, nobody does it for me quite like

Mr. Peter 'the ride' Steele
rrraaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Karl Hungus · 09-07-2002 8:11pm

I wouldn't put Anders in my favorites, to be honest.
Mikael Stanne was a far better vocalist.

Oeneus · 09-07-2002 10:06pm

Is this just judging vocalists on their voices or can we include features like generally being good Frontmen/Showmen, and being stage entertainers aswell as showing singing ability?

Because I think David Lee Roth should get a place in here. I never liked his singing an awful lot, but the stuff he can do onstage. He's like a Kung Fu Artist or something. And he's funny in a Jar Jar Binks sort of way

.

Karl Hungus · 10-07-2002 12:53am

Originally posted by Oeneus
And he's funny in a Jar Jar Binks sort of way .

You mean he make you want to kill him?

I don't know, to me, the term vocalist wouldn't constitute for showmanship.
But if you want to take it like that...

I'd say Till Lindermann or Aaron Stainthorpe.
Fantastic frontmen.

Oeneus · 10-07-2002 1:03am

Actually, when I saw hime in the "Jump" video, I definately wanted to kill him.

cournioni · 10-07-2002 3:57pm

Originally posted by Oeneus
Because I think David Lee Roth should get a place in here.

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Make the spandex go away!

Philip Anselmo is a great frontman, AngelWhore will think otherwise as usual, him being anti-Pantera and all that.

Karl Hungus · 10-07-2002 6:59pm

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
AngelWhore will think otherwise as usual, him being anti-Pantera and all that.

I'm not anti-Pantera. I quite like them, really...
It's just that I think they're one of the most over-rated bands in existance. And that Phil is a knob who should stop belching out so many ****e side projects.