[recephasan]

Dio for best voice and interpretation

Also Dio for worst lyrics anyone can fart. I can't stand hearing them

 

[TommyTheCat]

Geddy Lee
M. J. Keenan
Serj Tankian

and his purple highness, Prince

 

[asmox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by phkd Matt Something from Muse has a great voice, not so sure if it's a "rock" voice though.

that kid is awesome.

 

[kramer5150]

Freddy mercury
Geddy Lee

 

[ElChupahueso]

Favorite: Joey Ramone
Best:...? Hard to say, but i'm going with Speedo from Rocket From the Crypt. Freddy Mercury is/was absolutely amazing vocally, quite possibly the greatest, but Speedo is just made for rawk. *throws devil's horns in the air*

What about Bruce Dickinson? As for David Lee Roth, he was one helluva showman, an could definately screech, but he had a very limited vocal range. So gimmie Hagar over Roth.

Decay

 

[xixco]

Plant or Mercury

 

[Head Creep]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElChupahueso What about Bruce Dickinson? As for David Lee Roth, he was one helluva showman, an could definately screech, but he had a very limited vocal range. So gimmie Hagar over Roth.

Dickinson's great, but Rob Halford is just Rob Halford. There's no beating him.

As for David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar, I'd choose Roth simply because he represented the musical style of Van Halen better. He was the showman, he was the over-the-top guy singing about women and drinking (before rap came along and did the same thing in a whole different way). Sometimes, technical skill isn't everything.

 

[EyeAmEye]

My nominees:
Dave Gahan - Depeche Mode (tons of emotion)
Nick Holmes - Paradise Lost (greatest recorded vocals I've heard, live he sucks)
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden (Audioslave sucks

)
Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle (no-brainer on this one)
Nick Cave - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (

)

honorable mention to one of the most easily recognized voices: Dave Mustaine - Megadeth (not a good vocalist, but very unique and effective, Dave's the man)

 

[Riordan]

i'd vote for freddie mercury as greatest rock SINGER - but the thread's title is greatest rock VOICE, so i'd say:
howlin' wolf

 

[voivodfan]

Mike Patton
Jaz Coleman
Adrian Belew

 

[KtoEto]

and Metallica's James Hetfield.
Scary voice. YEH HE.

 

[GlowWorm]

Ann Wilson

 

[boodi]

I vote for Jim Morrison if i have to choose a voice in all that's rock

 

[erikzen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlowWorm Ann Wilson

That's a good entry because there haven't been many (any?) women chosen in this thread. Ann Wilson would definitely be on the list but if I were to choose a woman it would have to be Janis Joplin.

 

[GlowWorm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by erikzen That's a good entry because there haven't been many (any?) women chosen in this thread. Ann Wilson would definitely be on the list but if I were to choose a woman it would have to be Janis Joplin.

Good point about the lack of women mentioned. I agree about Janis Joplin, man she sings her heart out! I think Grace Slick, and Stevie Nicks are way up there too.