10 Favourite Lead Singers

[Brittany]

I don't care if they are not "the best" but who are your favourites?

My top 10 would be:

1. Michael Hutchence
2. Robert Smith
3. Nick Cave
4. Mike Patton
5. Bryan Ferry
6. Tim & Neil Finn
7. Jim Morrison
8. Ian Curtis
9. Peter Garrett
10. Mark Seymour

 

[Sandoval]

My eleven favorite death metal vocalists....

1) Glen Benton (Deicide)
2) David Vincent (Morbid Angel)
3) Piotr Wiwczarek (Vader)
4) Jeff Walker (Carcass)
5) Nergal (Behemoth)
6) Alex Camargo (Krisiun)
7) Juan Orteaga (Vile)
8) Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse era)
9) Dallas Toler-Wade (Nile)
10) Brett Hoffman (Malevolent Creation)
11) Frank Mullen (Suffocation)

 

[finrod]

FFS, we need another bogan to answer one of these top tens with his favorites from death metal!! NOT!

 

[billybrownless16]

1 Chris Cheney (Living End)
2 Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon)
3 Jack White (White Stripes)
4 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
5 Kram (Spiderbait)
6 Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah)
7 Daron Malakian (System Of A Down)
8 Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
9 Patience Hodgson (The Grates)
10 Kat Spazzy (Spazzys)

 

[Roddy]

Geddy Lee
Devin Townsend
Mikhael Akerfeld
Speed Strid
Flynn Gower
Ozzy
Bruce Dickinson
Lemmy
Christina Scabbia
Tarja Turenen

 

[Sandoval]

FFS, we need another bogan to answer one of these top tens with his favorites from death metal!! NOT!

Hey, Sir Turdalot, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel??

 

[driver 8]

Michael Stipe
Thom Yorke
Chris Martin
Wayne Coyne
Matt Bellamy
Brandon Flowers
Bono
Mark Seymour

 

[Heisenberg_]

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Chris Cornell (Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave)
Freddy Mercury (Queen)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)

 

[spanna050]

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Chris Cornell (Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave)
Freddy Mercury (Queen)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)

Like it.

For me:

Eddie Vedder
Scott Weiland
Dave Matthews
Brandon Boyd
Geoff Tate
Justin Hawkins
Sebastian Bach
Chris Cornell
Ed Roland
James Hetfield

 

[The Dice Man]

In no order...

Scott Weiland
Matt Bellamy
Nick Cave
Thom Yorke
Billy Corgan
Mike Patton
John Lennon
Lou Reed
Ben Harper
Tim Rogers


A few of them could change with others from time to time.

 

[wce_all_da_way]

FFS, we need another bogan to answer one of these top tens with his favorites from death metal!! NOT!

Piss off mate. People have their own music tastes you don't agree fine. Don't complain about it though

 

[raskolnikov]

1. Noel/Liam Gallagher(Oasis)
2. Freddie Mercury(Queen)
3. Jarvis Cocker(Pulp)
3. Peter Garrett(Midnight Oil)
4. Paul McCartney(Beatles)
5. Chrissie Amphlett(Divinyls)
6. Tim/Neil Finn(Split Enz/Crowded House)
7. Glenn Frey(Eagles)
8. Annie Lennox(Eurythmics)
9. Ronnie Van Zant(Lynyrd Skynyrd)
10. Tom Fogerty(Creedance Clearwater Revival)

 

[emperor]

This changes regularly but right now off the top of my head my 10 favourite are:

Bruce Dickinson
Matt Barlow
Devin Townsend
Ronnie James Dio
Dave Mustaine
Quorthon
Ihsahn
Mikael Stanne
Tobias Sammet
Anders Friden

 

[Sandoval]

This changes regularly but right now off the top of my head my 10 favourite are:

Bruce Dickinson
Matt Barlow
Devin Townsend
Ronnie James Dio
Dave Mustaine
Quorthon
Ihsahn
Mikael Stanne
Tobias Sammet
Anders Friden

Which Mustaine? His early stuff (Killing to So Far), his Rust in Peace sound, or his Countdown to Extinction sound?

 

[emperor]

Which Mustaine? His early stuff (Killing to So Far), his Rust in Peace sound, or his Countdown to Extinction sound?

Rust In Peace!

 

[Smell The Glove]

1. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
2. Hansi Kursh (Blind Guardian)
4. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
3. Joacim Cans (Hammerfall)
4. Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
5. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
6. Silvio Massaro (Vanishing Point)
7. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
8. Brian Johnson (AC/DC Mark II)
9. James Hetfield (Metallica 1983-1988) (RIP James Hetfield's voice: Died a slow, agonising death though years of hard drinking, crap music, and your owner becoming a tool. We miss you.)
10. Kai Hansen (Helloween/Gamma Ray)

Honourable mention to Paul Di'Anno (great singer, needed to hear more of him with Maiden)

Dishonourable mention to the ********wit who sings with Blink 182: Thank you for torturing a generation with that ********ed up, pre pubescant, whiny, faggy voice. You needed to have an accident requiring an electrolarynx when the crazy notion of becoming a singer entered that two bit head of yours. You inspired a generation of similarly ********ed up voices who have imitated you exactly and pawn it off as their own music (ie. Simple Plan). Your voice has the range of your schlong- nothing. Now piss off and dont bother anyone.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Dishonourable mention to the ********wit who sings with Blink 182: Thank you for torturing a generation with that ********ed up, pre pubescant, whiny, faggy voice. You needed to have an accident requiring an electrolarynx when the crazy notion of becoming a singer entered that two bit head of yours. You inspired a generation of similarly ********ed up voices who have imitated you exactly and pawn it off as their own music (ie. Simple Plan). Your voice has the range of your schlong- nothing. Now piss off and dont bother anyone.

couldnt have said it better myself

 

[dogupya]

Layne Stayley (Alice In Chains, Mad Season)

Michael Gira (The Swans, Angels of Light)

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden and certainly not the piece of syhte band he is in now)

Jeff Martin (Tea Party)

Nick Cave (.....)

Henry Rollins (Black Flag)

Mike Patton (Faith No More)

Mike Muir (Suicidal tendencies)

Maynard James Keenan (Tool)

Michael Hutchince (INXS)

Fat Mike (NOFX)

Serj Tanakin (SOAD)

Couldn't possibly narrow this down to 10, there are 100's...!

 

[Constipated Duck]

Ronnie James Dio (Dio/Black Sabbath/Rainbow)
Oliver Hartmann (At Vance/solo)
Lemmy (Motorhead/Hawkwind)
Jesper Binzer (D-A-D)
Andi Deris (Helloween)
Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian)
Alice Cooper
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
Scott Hill (Fu Manchu)
Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet)

 

[strauchy]

without a doubt chris cornell tops the list!

chris cornell (Audioslave)
Bon Scott (AC/DC)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Axl Rose ( Guns N' Roses)
wes scantlin ( Puddle of mudd)
Brett Scallions (Fuel)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
ed kowalczyk (Live)
james hetfield (metallica)

 

[Bourky23]

Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, James Hetfield, Eddie Vedder, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, Chris Cheney, John Butler, Zach De La Rocha, Chris Martin

 

[Constipated Duck]

1. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
2. Hansi Kursh (Blind Guardian)
4. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
3. Joacim Cans (Hammerfall)
4. Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
5. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
6. Silvio Massaro (Vanishing Point)
7. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
8. Brian Johnson (AC/DC Mark II)
9. James Hetfield (Metallica 1983-1988) (RIP James Hetfield's voice: Died a slow, agonising death though years of hard drinking, crap music, and your owner becoming a tool. We miss you.)
10. Kai Hansen (Helloween/Gamma Ray)

Honourable mention to Paul Di'Anno (great singer, needed to hear more of him with Maiden)

Agree with almost all of those, but not Barlow. Just a personal thing, never liked his voice that much.

I reckon out of the top 10+1 you named, I've got 95% of the albums these blokes have sung on.

Massaro is a good get. The duet ("Colliding Worlds") he does with Black Majesty's Gio Cavaliere on BM's first album is sensational, I assume you know it.

 

[embleygirl]

Morrissey (The Smiths)
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil)
Joey Ramone (Ramones)
Suggs (Madness)
Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
Joe Strummer (The Clash)
Mark E. Smith (The Fall)
Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

 

[Smell The Glove]

Massaro is a good get. The duet ("Colliding Worlds") he does with Black Majesty's Gio Cavaliere on BM's first album is sensational, I assume you know it.

Sure have mate- brilliant song

 

[embleygirl]

Morrissey (The Smiths)
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil)
Joey Ramone (Ramones)
Suggs (Madness)
Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
Joe Strummer (The Clash)
Mark E. Smith (The Fall)
Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

And...

Ray Davies (The Kinks)
Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
Carl Barât (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things)