lets get this straight...........i fookin love loud big noise rock n roll...........but who do u think is the BEST VOICE out of all of them........i'm going to say my peace now and say unless it's 80's and older in dont count................so tell who floats ya boat and rocks ur world the most.............VOCALISTS................mine i think is Steve Perry...out of Journey.......there are loads of bands i like better but for the VOICE......this bloke rules..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYIn...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNB1EUJg1-w

 

Freddy mercury was good also

 

Robert Plant,

Freddy Mercury a good second

 

Jamie Archer.

 

1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company)
4. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
5. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
6. David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
7. Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
8. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
9. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
10. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
11. John Lennon (Beatles)
12. Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
13. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
14. Jon Anderson (Yes)
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Joe Cocker
17. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
18. Bono (U2)
19. Peter Gabriel
20. James Hetfield (Metallica)

 

rod out of ur list i'm going for Steve Tyler..................cos he CAN sing...........(listening to the who atm)

 

shall i just delete you...........

 

Cool list, not quite my order but pretty damn close

 

Freddie Mercury every time

 

Freddy mercury was and still is unriveled as a singer song writer it will take a very very talented guy to be better than him. end of story, no-one has had 85 thousand people in the palm of his hand like he did on a few occasions at wembeley etc.pure genius

 

Was gonna say Steve Perry for me too as soon as I saw the thread title

One of my favourite versions of Faithfully, shame sound quality isnt better tho...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8imszU1JSA

Another...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_XCpC6HdE&feature=fvw

 

see i'm loving "fred".......(not in a dead homo way)........but he's more of a pop rocker to me...............carry on

 

..great minds........(drink meths).............

 

got to be axel rose just a great range of vocals 20 yrs still got it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwu7i...eature=channel

 

Freddie Mercury everytime. Pop Rocker? Listen to the earlier stuff (Queen, Queen II, A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera even News of the World) far far from a pop rocker.

Second to me would be Steve Tyler, then Jon Bon Jovi.

 

for me it has to be plant ,

although i fucking love bon scott he dosent have plants vocal range ,

but for sheer singing voice , got to be hard to beat john forgarty of creedence clearwater revival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I


real gutteral voice , fucking awesome !!!!!!!!!

 

got the 3 queen album best of thing..............it's mint......so is david bowie,elton albums of that era...............
beef.........yeh i love CCR.................
axl..........love him seen him and yes this is what i'm after..........OPINIONS

 

Geddy Lee of Rush is up there too for me, mainly due to his kinda unique sound. Been listening to these a lot again recently.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tq-U...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZru...eature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM

ac/dc and jon bon jovi

 

......sorry fella but ac/dc........probs my fav band........(bon scott).....and bon jovi are mint (live).......but i'm not on about ur fav band/song........give me a real singer........
ern.......soz mate after listening to the links geddy dont stand upto steve perry............(my opinion)

 

What about THE KING?

 

...........hey the pelivs rules as an artist/legend.............and yes he could sing........

 

Pete I never said he was as good as Perry, just he up there around the top of my list along with a few others. Perry is defo the best for me.

Its definately a difficult thing to single out one particular artist across the whole rock range as there are songs that bring out the best and worst in most of them. As said above Freddie had an absolutely awesome voice and a cracking vocal range and he too is undoubtedly in the top few but I agree with you on the "pop rock" thing. However Rock as a genre has many of its own little sub genres if you know what I mean. Like Soft Rock, Rock Ballads, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Metal etc. Im sure if you were to answer the best of each you would have a whole variation of artists and maybe not even mention some of those you would have in your "rock" top few. I hope more folk put their opinions across cos it could have the makings for an interesting thread this one

 

I'll go for Mercury then.

 

What about a vote?

 

gotta be seb bach from skid row

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFYVAntpw0

or david coverdale-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Qx_qsAla0

 

love skid row................bas bach can sing............

 

........not after a poll fella...........just peoples opinions...........after all i'm right....it's my thread........................

 

Alright then

 

 

Bruce Dickinson absolutely pisses all over a lot of these so called "rock gods"

 

freddy mercury, but rodger waters has to come a close second

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSTBlbylMzM

 

second that , trained as an opera singer and turned into a rocker lol , easily the best live rock vocalist that has ever lived and i think it will be a long time before anyone passes his talent.

robert plant is also very good , and as my upto date choice the leader singer of the editors , very strong and very different sounding , also depeche modes front man.

cheers paul

 

SHIT!!!

Don't Stop Beleivin' is one of my most-played on iPod/iTunes and now, thanks to your link I discover the vocalist is a BLOKE!!!

Up till now I always imagined it was a husky-voiced bird!!!!


Next, I'll probably discover Meat Loaf has been miming for years! He isn't as good live now as he was, but he still puts on a show. His duet with Pavarotti showed his voice wasn't as powerful as I'd always believed, though.

 

Too hard to name just one, as there's so many different types for different styles and I like them for different reasons!

A few that spring to mind - Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen), James Hetfield (Metallica), Axl Rose (Guns N Roses), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Phil Anselmo (Pantera), Mikael Ĺkerfeldt (Opeth), Freddie Mercury (Queen) Meatloaf (Meatloaf), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)

Out of the above, I'd be TEMPTED to lean to Seb Bach for POSSIBLY my all round fave, because he has an amazing voice, with amazing range/power/diversity, and he's an all round perfect hard rock/metal band frontman!

But for the same reasons, so is Bruce Dickinson! And Metallica wouldn't be MEtallica without James Hetfield's immense voice, likewise Gun's N Roses wouldn't have worked without Axl, etc etc...

 

yeah ac/dc lead singer,cant remember his name.

 

James Hetfield all the way. Just listen to his voice on 'Carpe Diem Baby' FUCKING AWESOME!!!

But Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey are also up there with James Hetfield!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRaOunIjci8

 

Far as I know, The Loaf has never mimed, but the reason his voice isn't anywhere NEAR as good as it was is he blew it out quite a few years ago and his vocal chords never recovered fully. Same happened to James Hetfield (Metallica), which is why he has had to change his singing style.

 

Original was Bon Scot, but everything from "Back In Black" was Brian Johnson (cheeky geordie chappy!)