Author Topic: Top 5 Rock Vocalists (Read 2313 times)

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #25:** June 15, 2009, 09:01:14 PM »

Bon Scott was perhaps better, but Brian Johnson is no slouch. And he has been better at staying alive.

blue911 · « **Reply #26:** June 16, 2009, 07:05:27 AM »

Although I'm not a fan of their music I'd have to say Lou Gramm of Foreigner had one hell of a voice.

Van Morrison and Roy Orbison had pretty good pipes.

I'll throw in Lowell George to keep the turtle happy.

Emily Lou Harris not only had a nice voice, she was easy on the eyes.

Mathguy · « **Reply #27:** June 16, 2009, 08:00:32 AM »

I love Bruce Springsteen. But he's no great vocalist. He's an American poet, whose lyrics and melodies speak volumes.

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on June 15, 2009, 08:54:55 PM

Someone needs to mention Springsteen...

PANatsFan · « **Reply #28:** June 16, 2009, 08:30:54 AM »

Quote from: Mathguy on June 16, 2009, 08:00:32 AM

I love Bruce Springsteen. But he's no great vocalist. He's an American poet, whose lyrics and melodies speak volumes.

Well, when we make a list of American poets, he can be up there with Maya Angelou

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #29:** June 16, 2009, 12:16:59 PM »

James Maynard Keenan of Tool
Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour
Jim Morrison of The Doors
Scott Weiland of STP
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #30:** June 16, 2009, 01:02:50 PM »

Quote from: Nat of the LivingDead on June 16, 2009, 01:01:12 PM

Go listen to Corey Taylor.

I liked that song he did with Apocalyptica (

).

Frau Mau · « **Reply #31:** June 16, 2009, 01:52:12 PM »

Dave Vanian - The darned and Phantom Chords.

JMUalumni · « **Reply #32:** June 16, 2009, 02:20:59 PM »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on June 15, 2009, 08:22:46 PM

Brandon Boyd of Incubus and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters

I forgot about Boyd, incredible voice.

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on June 15, 2009, 08:26:38 PM

another DC native

Grohl went to Fairfax HS IIRC and played an incredible show at the Patriot Center a few years back where the Foo Fighters blew out the center's equipment. The chants for "Grohl on Drums" went on the whole time. Awesome show.

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #33:** June 16, 2009, 02:23:03 PM »

Quote from: JMUalumni on June 16, 2009, 02:20:59 PM

Grohl went to Fairfax HS IIRC and played an incredible show at the Patriot Center a few years back where the Foo Fighters blew out the center's equipment. The chants for "Grohl on Drums" went on the whole time. Awesome show.

Grohl is/was also a member of Wakefield Recreational Center in Burke, VA. Every time the band came through VA he would appear to swim and lift weights at the facility. I used to work front desk there.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #34:** June 16, 2009, 02:23:51 PM »

Quote from: JMUalumni on June 16, 2009, 02:20:59 PM

I forgot about Boyd, incredible voice.

Grohl went to Fairfax HS IIRC and played an incredible show at the Patriot Center a few years back where the Foo Fighters blew out the center's equipment. The chants for "Grohl on Drums" went on the whole time. Awesome show.

He went to a bunch of schools including Thomas Jefferson as he got thrown out of a lot of schools.

Check out the book "Dance of Days", a great history of DC hardcore for a hilarious picture of Grohl playing drums at a community center in Burke Centre.
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Days-Decades-Nations-Capital/dp/1888451440

PANatsFan · « **Reply #35:** June 16, 2009, 02:24:24 PM »

Quote from: Nat of the LivingDead on June 16, 2009, 02:23:03 PM

Grohl is/was also a member of Wakefield Recreational Center in Burke, VA. Every time the band came through VA he would appear to swim and lift weights at the facility. I used to work front desk there.

He owns the Black Cat too, though they rarely book good acts at the new location

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #36:** June 16, 2009, 09:30:41 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on June 16, 2009, 01:02:50 PM

I liked that song he did with Apocalyptica ().

it was okay, kinda weird (that was the jesus one, right?)

the one with adam gontier is good. sounds like it has guitars, but apparently just string instruments.

Dave B · « **Reply #37:** June 16, 2009, 10:09:11 PM »

i think we named everyone...everyone

PANatsFan · « **Reply #38:** June 16, 2009, 10:28:21 PM »

Quote from: Dave B on June 16, 2009, 10:09:11 PM

i think we named everyone...everyone

Nope. Ozzy.
Phil Anselmo of Pantera.
Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
David Lee Roth
Skin from Skunk Anansie
Chaka from Burn/Orange 9mm
Robert Plant
Ray Cappo from Shelter
Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth
we need more women (Skin and Kim Gordon are the only ones mentioned)

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #39:** June 16, 2009, 10:43:15 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 16, 2009, 10:28:21 PM

Nope. Ozzy.
Phil Anselmo of Pantera.
Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
David Lee Roth
Skin from Skunk Anansie
Chaka from Burn/Orange 9mm
Robert Plant
Ray Cappo from Shelter
Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth
we need more women (Skin and Kim Gordon are the only ones mentioned)

Sheryl Crow
Hayley Williams (Paramore)

PANatsFan · « **Reply #40:** June 16, 2009, 10:51:07 PM »

More ladies:
Logan White from Undying
PJ Harvey
The Donnas
Adrianne Verhoeven of the Anniversary
Caithlin De Marrais from Rainer Maria
Monika Bukowska from Milemarker

And what the hell, Aretha Franklin

Nathan · « **Reply #41:** June 16, 2009, 11:13:31 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 16, 2009, 10:28:21 PM

Nope. Ozzy.
Phil Anselmo of Pantera.
Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
David Lee Roth
Skin from Skunk Anansie
Chaka from Burn/Orange 9mm
Robert Plant
Ray Cappo from Shelter
Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth
we need more women (Skin and Kim Gordon are the only ones mentioned)

Dio era Black Sabbath > Ozzy Black Sabbath

PANatsFan · « **Reply #42:** June 16, 2009, 11:14:22 PM »

Quote from: Nathan on June 16, 2009, 11:13:31 PM

Dio era Black Sabbath > Ozzy Black Sabbath

Oh no you di'int.

Paranoid may be the greatest album of all time.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #43:** June 16, 2009, 11:16:15 PM »

I heard somewhere that David Lee Roth is now a paramedic...good use for his pipes (if the ambulance has a siren malfunction).

Sammy Hagar sounds like an angry bleating sheep with Ben Gay on its nose in comparison...how sad that those old fossils in Van Halen are dragging that pitiful bag of permed crap around on their jurassic rock tours.

Nathan · « **Reply #44:** June 16, 2009, 11:16:34 PM »

I'm OK with Ozzy's solo stuff, but I like Dio more, and thus Dio Sabbath is better to me. I know I'm like on of 5 people worldwide that think so. I don't think Ozzy is that great of a vocalist.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #45:** June 16, 2009, 11:18:12 PM »

Quote from: Nathan on June 16, 2009, 11:16:34 PM

I'm OK with Ozzy's solo stuff, but I like Dio more, and thus Dio Sabbath is better to me. I know I'm like on of 5 people worldwide that think so. I don't think Ozzy is that great of a vocalist.

It's the songwriting. Dio isn't into doom the same way Ozzy was.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #46:** June 16, 2009, 11:20:56 PM »

Didn't Dio start the horned salute?

Quote from: PANatsFan on June 16, 2009, 11:18:12 PM

It's the songwriting. Dio isn't into doom the same way Ozzy was.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #47:** June 16, 2009, 11:23:50 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on June 16, 2009, 11:20:56 PM

Didn't Dio start the horned salute?

He got it from his grandmother, who used it to ward off the evil eye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_metal is what I was talking about

tomterp · « **Reply #48:** June 17, 2009, 06:46:44 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on June 16, 2009, 07:05:27 AM

Van Morrison and Roy Orbison had pretty good pipes.

I'll throw in Lowell George to keep the turtle happy.

Lowell was awesome, especially as he got towards the end, his voice grew deeper and more commanding, a progression not unlike Elvis P. or Jim Morrisson.

I would like to see Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak in a sing-off. Both have nearly unmatched range and clarity. Octave after octave after octave.....

I have to take exception to Natsaddict's inclusion of Jackson Browne. He has very little range, really struggles to get where he needs to be, though he conveys his meaning fairly well. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Browne's early stuff in particular (Late for the Sky, for example)- he is a superior songwriter and belongs in that category as a great artist, but not for voice in my opinion.

ronnynat · « **Reply #49:** June 17, 2009, 06:51:33 PM »

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.

Dude can still sing.