Quick: Name your favorite rock vocalists

[DariusNYC]

(I'm talking as vocalists, not as songwriters or anything else.)

Here's 10 of mine:

Morrissey
Graham Parker
Ray Davies
Bob Dylan
Kurt Cobain
Neil Young
John Lennon
Chrissie Hynde
Tom Petty
David Bowie

[Troy]

Bowie
Waits
Ian Anderson
Zappa and his barritones- Ike Willis, Ray White
Barbara Gaskin
Byrne
Belew
What's his name from Devo
Brendan Perry (Dead can Dance)
Morrison

[mad rhetorik]

Elizabeth Frasier
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Christie McVie
Bjork
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
John Fogerty
Johnny Cash
Gregg Allman
David Johanson
Jon Spencer
Black Francis/Frank Black
Jim Morrison
Ian Curtis
Chris Cornell
Roger Daltrey
Adrian Belew
Bruce Dickinson
Mikael Akerfeldt
Steve Wilson
Maynard James Keenan
Mike Patton

[DariusNYC]

Morrison

Van or Jim?

[Dusty Chalk]

The Wymynz:

Rebecca Coseboom (Halou)
Heather (Tapping The Vein)
Bjork
Kate Bush
Tori Amos
Toni Halliday (Curve)
Shirley Manson (Garbage)
Elizabeth Frasier (Cocteau Twins)

The Menz:

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Steve Kilbey (The Church)
James (Rorschach Test)
Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
Halford (Judas Priest)
Tim "Ripper" Owens (Judas Priest)
Dio (Rainbow/Dio/Sabbath)
Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Jason Miller (godhead)
Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo)

[dld]

matybe not all "Rock" but quick off the top of my head favorites.

Joan Armatrading
Loudon Wainwright
Tom Waits
Johnny Cash
Springsteen
Guy Clark
Jimmie Dale Gilmour
Waylon Jennings
Art Garfunkle
Elvis Presley

[mad rhetorik]

Tim "Ripper" Owens (Judas Priest)


He's with the thrash/power metal band Iced Earth now. Not as good as previous singer Matt Barlow IMO, but respectable if you go for that high-end style of singing.

[DPM]

In no particular order...
1) Paul Rodgers (Bad Company)
2) R.J. Dio
3) David Coverdale
4) Ian Gillan (circa Machine Head)
5) Ian Anderson (circa A Passion Play)
6) Doug Pinnick (King's X)
7) singer from Deus Ex Machina (Alberto Peiros?)
8) Ann Wilson (Heart)
9) Darby Mills (Headpins)
10) Kate Bush
11) Chuck Negron (3 Dog Night)
12) Cory Wells (3 Dog Night)

Dave M

[Hyfi]

Not in any order-

James Dewar from Robin Trower
Ian Anderson
Annie Haslam
Jon Anderson
Ken Hensley
Greg Allman
SRV

I'm sure I could think of more

Happy Easter All!!

[pelly3s]

Maynard James Keenan (Tool, APC)
Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr Bungle, ect.)
Scott Weiland (STP)

[Stone]

Today it's Eric Bachmann.

[Troy]

Van or Jim?

Jimmy!

[Audio Girl]

1. Beck
2. Springsteen
3. Neil Young
4. Mellencamp
5. Jack White (White Stripes)
6. Van Morrison
7. Kurt Cobain
8. John Lennon
9. Paul McCartney
10.George Harrison
11. Ryan Adams
12. Jim Morrison
13. Don Henley
14. Glen Frey
15. Chris Isaak

[Mr Peabody]

Steve Perry
Joe Cocker
Stevie Nicks
Bob Seger
Rod Stewart
Robert Plant
Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
Rob Halford
Sammy Hagar
Pat Benatar
Richard Marx

[dld]

1. Beck
2. Springsteen
3. Neil Young
4. Mellencamp
5. Jack White (White Stripes)
6. Van Morrison
7. Kurt Cobain
8. John Lennon
9. Paul McCartney
10.George Harrison
11. Ryan Adams
12. Jim Morrison
13. Don Henley
14. Glen Frey
15. Chris Isaak

Great list Audio Girl. I like yours better than mine. Except for the Joan Armatrading omission ;)

[ForeverAutumn]

There are some great voices listed here. I'd like to add...

Elton John
Freddie Mercury

And, while not a rock voice, I would have to give honourable mention to John Denver. One of the smoothest voices that I've ever heard live.

[newtrix1]

Freddie Mercury!!!!!

[DariusNYC]

Lots of great picks. Several of whom are among my favorites but weren't on my list. Tom Waits, John Fogerty, Elton John, etc., etc. Good stuff. Maybe folks are now tired of the positivity and we should have a "vocalists that get on our nerves" thread!

[ForeverAutumn]

Finally, someone said it! ....Freddie Mercury!!!!!

I was surprised that no-one said it before me. Man, I LOVE his voice.