Best vocalist ever?

[Apache Boy]

In rock I have to say the best ever is David Gilmour

[Elmface]

Isn't that the guy that used to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL? Or was his name Doug? Hmm...

[Barry Clark]

Best Vocalist? In what respect?

[Apache Boy]

Singing, not growling, and he played lead guitar for pink floyd and was a main vocalist

[Barry Clark]

I know who he was. I like his voice but I can think of vocalists who are more techinically adept.

[Apache Boy]

I know who he was. I like his voice but I can think of vocalists who are more techinically adept.

no i said it for elmface

[Sonny]

Dave Gilmour? You serious? I mean I like a lot of his stuff but he's a guitarist primarily. I can think of 500 better vocallists than him.

Apache Boy man, you're digging yourself very deep holes around these parts and you're not coming out with much credibility. In fact you're looking like a fool.

[Apache Boy]

Dave Gilmour? You serious? I mean I like a lot of his stuff but he's a guitarist primarily. I can think of 500 better vocallists than him.

Apache Boy man, you're digging yourself very deep holes around these parts and you're not coming out with much credibility. In fact you're looking like a fool.

what the fuck do i care, i post on a forum of a great band, i only come to this forum to spread culture but obviously you guys aint having it

[Sonny]

to quote a friend of mine:

"Pink Floyd is for people who think they know about music"

I don't agree 100% but I know where he's coming from.

[Stinkfist]

to quote a friend of mine:

"Pink Floyd is for people who think they know about music"



I partially agree. Pink Floyd is a very well known group, and that means that a lot of "posers" bring them up as the most innovative, creative or whatever musicians ever. But they're not.
They're good, but not THAT good.

[Apache Boy]

to quote a friend of mine:

"Pink Floyd is for people who think they know about music"



I partially agree. Pink Floyd is a very well known group, and that means that a lot of "posers" bring them up as the most innovative, creative or whatever musicians ever. But they're not.
They're good, but not THAT good.

You dont think theyre innovative?

[Apache Boy]

And Gilmour's vocals have nothing to do with if Floyd was good or not.

[Sly Morrison]

I think Gilmour has a very well rounded rock voice, he can get rough with his voice or lull with his deep voice, but Jim Morrison had a pretty good voice, although he was out-of-tune some times, but he did have one great yell. And I don't know if he counts as rock, but Sly Stone had one sweet voice.

[Xraycat]

dude, Don Dokken rules all :rock:

Tooth and Nail brought new meaning to music for me. it was like *BAM* and there it was, the holy grail of rock vocals. :shock:

[Sly Morrison]

theres at least one band for everyone who brings new meaning to music for people

[Sonny]

The problem I have with Pink Floyd is that they were all public schoolboys who through no fault of their own after being handed much of life on a plate, lacked real passion to create music which said something or released some kind of energy.

The early stuff once Syd left was drugged up bollocks mainly, and it was only the talent of Waters as a song writer which saw them gain the status we know today. Nick Mason was in the right place at the right time - he could never drum that well, just look at the post Waters era to see how he had to use a decent drummer in live performances whilst he raked in the cash and took a back seat.

Waters was lucky to have Gilmour as a guitarist to complement his music, but posh boy Gilmour was no songwriter himself.

Pink Floyd was the Roger Waters band of the 70s. He eventually lost it and so did they once he left. Their best album was Animals

[Sly Morrison]

Animals was a great album, my favorite has to be Wish You Were Here or Meddle though, the Wall and Dark Side were amazing, and I have a spot in my heart for the Division Bell and A Saucerful of Secrets

[Sonny]

division bell was absolutely fucking awful!

Grandad cheesy rock

[cynic eyes]

gilmour is good but he's nothing that blows me away. I really like maynard but i mean alot of people do anymore.

[NinjaHavoc]

Not another Tool conversation... :roll:

I would have to say my favorite "rock" vocalist is Bruce Dickenson.

[_Squee]

Run toooo theeeeee hiiiiiiils!!

[NinjaHavoc]

\m/

[Stinkfist]

[quote="Stinkfist"][quote=Sonny]

You dont think theyre innovative?

They ARE innovative, don't get me wrong!

But I still think Captain Beefheart has an edge when it comes to "uniqueness"..

[Sonny]

I didn't write that

[NinjaHavoc]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[friedrichduke]

if we're talking diversity of singing styles, i'd have to go with mike patton.
j. morrison is a favorite too.

frd

[organic spiral]

that guy from pain of salvation is awesome. daniel something?

[Reekay Ensemble]

yeah fried patton is truly innovative

i really like maynard and mikael Akerfeldt at this time

[Breene]

I love Pink Floyd, but sort of burned out on them. I remember arguing with a friend after he told me he thought nick mason was THE best drummer ever. I suppose he thought that Mason was the most tasteful in where he put his drum fills and such, or the most musical. I told him he's full of shit, that there aare a million drummers better than he. but to each his own opinion.

[Sonny]

ha ha

read my post on the first page to see what I think of Mason. People who say such things as your friend are to be ridiculed or ignored!

[Tsorovan]

that guy from pain of salvation is awesome. daniel something?
Aye, Gildenlöw.

[cadeverous masticator]

I personaly like burton bell's melodic singing voice. I think he proves that there really is room for actual singing in metal.

[mister_playboy]

Peter Steele all the way! Maynard, Reznor, LaBrie, and Burton are some other favs. The guy from Silverchair is really good too.

[Tyrant]

The guy from Silverchair is really good too.

He annoys the shit out of me. He is good, I will give him that, but he is still annoying.

Anyway, I personally think Maynard and Chris Cornell (soundgarden days) are the best melodic singers. I also like Chino Moreno and Burton c. Bell's melodic vocals aswell.

[Steve Callanan]

Ghad.

You guys get silverchair...

On behalf of All of Australia, my apologies. Not that they are that bad (not my cuppa pee) but theres so much better Aussie music that we could give you, but you get silver chair...

For shame.

Try Devolved - distorted for some huge Aussie sounds.

\m/

Steve

[_Squee]

The guy from Silverchair is really good too.
Layne Stayley.

Oh, and I can't stand LaBrie's singing. It makes me wanna :monkeypiss:

[Elmface]

Layne Staley was the lead singer for Alice in Chains.

[Sonny]

If someone would do the honour of :2guns: James LaBrie

then DT would jump at least 5 places in my favourite bands chart

[mister_playboy]

whatever. :roll:

you're so grim and tr00. :wink:

[Sonny]

8)

[Tyrant]

I would also like to apologise for savage garden. What a fucking bunch of faggots

[Sonny]

jason donovan?

[tobylove]

Freddie Mercury 8)

[cadeverous masticator]

Lemmie from Motorhead is great too.

[Tyrant]

jason donovan?

yeah him too

[Steve Callanan]

:vomit: The vines.

I dont know what happened there.

No appeal whatsoever. LIttle wannabe rockstar cunts.

Steve

[Sonny]

You know what red wine sauce like you have with chicken smells like? Well I just had a shit which smelt like that because of all the red wine I consumed last night. 8)

[Tyrant]

You know what red wine sauce like you have with chicken smells like? Well I just had a shit which smelt like that because of all the red wine I consumed last night. 8)

were you listening to Jason Donovan at the time??

[Sonny]

yes

[tobylove]

CHris Barnes :lol:

[warhead dime]

how the fuck could you say lemmy is the best voalist EVER? he hasnt pioneered in singing at all. his voice sounds like someone took a shit down his throat but it got stuck there. i think the most inspirational/best for metal would be ozzy or phil anselmo. its almost impossible to choose for singing in general.

[cadeverous masticator]

how the fuck could you say lemmy is the best voalist EVER? he hasnt pioneered in singing at all. his voice sounds like someone took a shit down his throat but it got stuck there. i think the most inspirational/best for metal would be ozzy or phil anselmo. its almost impossible to choose for singing in general.

How can I say that because I can. I like Lemmy's voice alot it's unique. As for Ozzy A man that sings better than the way he talks is alright as well as Phil.

[cadeverous masticator]

And if you bothered to read the other posts you would see that i like burton bell better. I just said i like Lemmy's voice

[warhead dime]

And if you bothered to read the other posts you would see that i like burton bell better. I just said i like Lemmy's voice

dont worry bout it dude, its fine. your entitled to have your own opinion. just as i am to have mine. but i just dont like lemmy, i thought it was funny you said that. me and my friends are always makin fun of him :lol:

[Tulip O'Hare]

Mike Patton.

[mchncl]

how the fuck could you say lemmy is the best voalist EVER? he hasnt pioneered in singing at all. his voice sounds like someone took a shit down his throat but it got stuck there. i think the most inspirational/best for metal would be ozzy or phil anselmo. its almost impossible to choose for singing in general.

jeeez... lemmy is pure fucking rock. he was rocking when pantera was still a fucking glamband. don't you forget that.

[Tulip O'Hare]

hey - for a good rock voice - one who screams-sings in TUNE, how about LG Petrov? He's got nice pipes. But with theis thread, I thought you meant an all-rounder - somebody who can pull anything off, from crooning to shrieking to curdling the blood in your veins.

That would be Mike Patton.

[friedrichduke]

i concur on mike patton. terrific vocalist.

frd

[maskin]

Without any hesitation whatsoever: Mike Patton

[Steve Callanan]

how the fuck could you say lemmy is the best voalist EVER? he hasnt pioneered in singing at all. his voice sounds like someone took a shit down his throat but it got stuck there. i think the most inspirational/best for metal would be ozzy or phil anselmo. its almost impossible to choose for singing in general.

jeeez... lemmy is pure fucking rock. he was rocking when pantera was still a fucking glamband. don't you forget that.

Yeah, but the fact remains, Pantera were laways better, and lemmy was always shit.

Steve

[Tulip O'Hare]

I am very pleased to see Mike Patton getting more votes. Yup. He can do ANYTHING. His voice is limitless and one of the most innovative out there.

Devin Townsend has a pretty fucking good set of pipes too.

[metalguy]

Layne Stayley gets my vote.Best singer ever.The vocals on the song "Dirt" make my skin crawl and i love it! :rock:

[tobylove]

once again : Devin Townsend

[Reekay Ensemble]

Once again is Patton just listen to Fantoma,Tomahawk,FNM but Lovage proves just how grand and sexy his voice is

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how many times i'll have to tell ya :P

[tobylove]

spamer .... but yu re almost right

[metalguy]

Yeah Dickinson is good, Townsend is good too, Patton fucking rocks, but Staley kills em' all.

[erezmr]

Patton, Freddie - both legends.
what about James LaBrie?

[tobylove]

cheesy singer ;)

[metalguy]

cheesy singer ;)

Cheesy yes, cheesiest ever-singer from helloween"See you in hell!!!!"

[erezmr]

cheesy singer ;)

he is cheesy alright, but he's mutherfuckin' gormet cheese.
that man is a fantastic singer, no matter what you all say.

[metalguy]

cheesy singer ;)

he is cheesy alright, but he's mutherfuckin' gormet cheese.
that man is a fantastic singer, no matter what you all say.

Gourmet cheese......fucking classic :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mark]

My vote goes to Mikael Akerfeldt guys.

[Sammich]

My vote goes to Mikael Akerfeldt guys.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Mark]

"why thank you my sweet" :wink:

[balkanboi]

Jon Bon Jovi

[tobylove]

Devin Townsend.. when will you lock this topic dirge ???

[Omni-Pariah]

Mike Patton and Vintersorg eat all of the competition

[azza05]

i agree Mike Patton has the most versatile voice ive ever heard!!!!!!!
opera, death, rock, metal whatever the style Mike always pleases the crowd! and pulls off the vocals with ease and a little bit of patton spice! 8)

I have to say the worst vocalist ive ever heard is the old singer before Mike Patton in Faith No More! i forget the guys name but his vocals piss me off!
its like he is a whining baby and not even trying to reach a note.
it seems to me that everyone these days dosent have to be talented to be a vocalist.
thats what makes Mike so fuckin awesome.
But Jens also has talent.
we all know that! :wink:

[mchncl]

LaBrie?
omg :lol:

[psykopain]

Tiny Tim?..... :?

[Zephyr]

lance king is a good singer, used to sing for balance of power. Split up now though, even though it was cheesy he had a nice ring to his voice. ill agree with the comment about DT, without labrie i think they would be at least 10 times better.


hahahahaha, the children of bodom singer, omg, great guitarist, fucking shite singer!

[maskin]

Layne Stayley gets my vote.Best singer ever.The vocals on the song "Dirt" make my skin crawl and i love it! :rock:

Hell yeah. The chorus on "Man in the box" makes my spine curl like an afro hairdo..

[mEsHuGgAh]

Mike Patton is a fuckin rockin singer!

[metalguy]

The dude from Second Coming has a mean voice.

[mEsHuGgAh]

psykopain I would say hawaii is tweekerville

[CyanideChristImCommon]

Call me crazy but i think Jens is the BEST metal vocalist hes got like some melody in his screams that sounds awesome.

[grandpascorpion]

Liza

[metalguy]

I think Ian Thornley from Big Wreck sings well.Sounds a little like Cornell at times but that's a good thing.

[mEsHuGgAh]

Devy rox the mike as well!

[Tsorovan]

I have a few. Pretty standard, but there aren't many good vocalists in the world so...

Mike Patton
Daniel Gildenlöw
Maynard James Keenan
Layne Staley + Jerry Cantrell (the combination)
Russell Allen
Ian Anderson
Peter Cornell (Chris Cornell's brother)

Yep.

Oh, and Mikael Åkerfeldt has a great voice but I don't like anything he's been in, plus he's doing too much growling and that crap for my taste.

[mEsHuGgAh]

mikael can bust on his growls tho at least he doesnt sound like all that cattle decapitation crap.
---good choice on the vocal list man i like it.

[THE INCISION]

once again : Devin Townsend
Hell yes Tobylove, he is one of theeee best!

[THE INCISION]

mikael can bust on his growls tho at least he doesnt sound like all that cattle decapitation crap.
---good choice on the vocal list man i like it.
Mikael is one the best, he doesn't straign his voice while going from growling to melodic vocals. To see a good comarrison of his work first put in Damnation from Opeth then Ressurection thru Carnage Bloodbath! Two completely different styles.

[cadeverous masticator]

once again : Devin Townsend
Hell yes Tobylove, he is one of theeee best!

I must agree with thee.

[Sammich]

over-rated

[mEsHuGgAh]

so dirge you wouldn't say devin is a kick ass vocalist?

[Sammich]

nope

[mEsHuGgAh]

o well your opinion :roll:

[Sammich]

yup

[mEsHuGgAh]

...devin in '97 :metal: ....devin in a year :rock: see wut all that chaotic screaming does to yah folks :(

[Tsorovan]

Devin Townsend is absolutely nothing special, anywhere. His hairdo in Canada perhaps.

[Shujin]

Significant growth and maturation have since made this post irrelevant.

[THE INCISION]

I don't like Devin either, but I'll tell you who really pisses me off: Mike Patton. I absolutely hate him. His voice grates on my ears more than anyone else I've ever heard. He single-handedly ruined Dillinger's latest EP. I don't know what they were thinking when they got him to do vocals. But anyway, I like George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher the best when it comes to metal. Though Dimitri from (ex) Dillinger Escape Plan was insane, and JR Hayes from Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed kicks ass, too. Plus, I really think Mieszko (spelling?) from Nasum is first rate. Then there' Frank Mullen. There are several good metal vocalists out there.
No offense man but how could you like guys that simply grunt & moan on microphone & dislike guys like Devin & Mike who actually have great voices? I mean thats like saying oh wow I got Thomas from Mesh to do the session druming on my bands new album. No wait hes too good, lets go get that good charlotte guy.

[THE INCISION]

nope
Boooooooooooooooo :bullshit: How anyone cant just love Devin. Yikes! I would go as far as saying Devin's better & definently nicer than Mikael from opeth. Simply listen to "Life", "Still my bleeding heart" or "Stagnant" to understand, devy is the man.
Dont let male patern baldness affect you kids. :roll: <-"where'd my hair go"

[Sammich]

sorry...mikael kills devin in every way...dont lie to yourself

[Sojo]

psshh

[Tsorovan]

Gildenlöw owns them both, tee hee.

[Shujin]

Significant growth and maturation have since made this post irrelevant.

[mEsHuGgAh]

I use to like that sreamo shit too like pig destroyer, nasum,etc., but i dont feel enough emotion in any of there songs. Theres like 32 songs on there albums, with the longest song running by at like a min. and a half and they dont put enough time into the tracks, where devin will do demo after demo of one song until its just they way he likes it. Plus his lyrics have meaning, unlike lyrics that revolve around grinding up cheerleaders and using there intestins as pom poms. It seems that bands such as pig destroyer will do one take of a song in the studio and however it comes out, shity or just plain ok ,they just throw it on the cd, at least thats how it sounds to me. i respect your choice of music man but i think mike patton is the best thing that could have came out of dillenger. :|

[Tsorovan]

I can't shit in my own mouth. Doesn't mean I'd want to be able to, or that it would be admirable or make the act of shitting in one's mouth a Good Thing™.

[Shujin]

Significant growth and maturation have since made this post irrelevant.

[Tsorovan]

For what it's worth, I think DEP w/ Patton was better than their previous works, but I'm just a Patton suck-up I suppose.

[THE INCISION]

I use to like that sreamo shit too like pig destroyer, nasum,etc., but i dont feel enough emotion in any of there songs. Theres like 32 songs on there albums, with the longest song running by at like a min. and a half and they dont put enough time into the tracks, where devin will do demo after demo of one song until its just they way he likes it. Plus his lyrics have meaning, unlike lyrics that revolve around grinding up cheerleaders and using there intestins as pom poms. It seems that bands such as pig destroyer will do one take of a song in the studio and however it comes out, shity or just plain ok ,they just throw it on the cd, at least thats how it sounds to me. i respect your choice of music man but i think mike patton is the best thing that could have came out of dillenger. :|

There's no emotion in their songs? How do you figure? There's just as much emotion in there as Mesh puts into their songs. I can respect the fact that you don't favor short songs, but whether a band divides a CD into many tracks with few riffs, or few tracks with a lot of riffs, you're getting the same amount of material. Maybe you just don't like grind, which is fine, but I really dig the sub-one minute songs.

It seems that bands such as pig destroyer will do one take of a song in the studio and however it comes out, shity or just plain ok ,they just throw it on the cd, at least thats how it sounds to me.

That's just how it sounds to you. It makes me angry for you to insinuate that Pig Destroyer and Nasum don't put enough time into their songs, because they're two of my favorite bands, and I think they stomp all over anything Devin has ever done. Prowler in the Yard is one of the best albums in the entire history of metal. I'm sorry, I just don't see what the big damn deal is about Devin.

Plus his lyrics have meaning, unlike lyrics that revolve around grinding up cheerleaders and using there intestins as pom poms.

It's very clear to me that you have never listened to Nasum or Pig Destroyer, or else you would know that neither of them write any gore lyrics (which there is absolutely nothing wrong with). JR Hayes writes much more interseting lyrics than Devin could ever dream of. Nasum is also quite political, so it was just downright retarded of you to say that their lyrics have no meaning. I have SYL's album City, and that's as far as I decided I was going to go with Devin. It's one of the shittiest albums I've ever heard. I hope you were referring to something else when you wrote about his meaningful lyrics.

i think mike patton is the best thing that could have came out of dillenger

Did you actually get a chance to hear the EP? It was awful. A couple of the tracks were good, but Patton's vocals make them absolutely unlistenable. The EP is not just a step backward from Dillinger's previous material, it's about 8 steps backward. Until they redeem themselves, they are simply an average metal band.
Like I said listen to those songs I mentioned. Theres more than just screams there. Listen to Depth Charge, real molodicies with screams. Plus unlike Corpse, he plays guitar do & is damn good at it while he sings.

[timdog]

psshh

[Tyrant]

psshh

[Shujin]

Like I said listen to those songs I mentioned. Theres more than just screams there. Listen to Depth Charge, real molodicies with screams. Plus unlike Corpse, he plays guitar do & is damn good at it while he sings.

I'm really not into metal that mixes clean vocals and screams/growls. That's for hardcore, if you ask me. Jack and Pat from Cannibal Corpse are damn fine guitar players, though (even if they can't write a solo to save their life).

[THE_NEW_PLAGUE]

IHSAHN!!!

[mEsHuGgAh]

Devy's too FAR BEYOND METAL :shock: to play hardcore music man!

[THE INCISION]

IHSAHN!!!
Anthems to Welkon at Dusk!!!! The man with the 7 string Ibanez, love um!

[THE INCISION]

Like I said listen to those songs I mentioned. Theres more than just screams there. Listen to Depth Charge, real molodicies with screams. Plus unlike Corpse, he plays guitar do & is damn good at it while he sings.

I'm really not into metal that mixes clean vocals and screams/growls. That's for hardcore, if you ask me. Jack and Pat from Cannibal Corpse are damn fine guitar players, though (even if they can't write a solo to save their life).
I dont know man, the solo on Monolith is pretty sick so is the main riff to orgasm through torture

[Shujin]

Significant growth and maturation have since made this post irrelevant.

[THE INCISION]

I dont know man but I just cant take non stop growling. I like alittle meolidicy in my vocals. Thats why I love Mikael Akerfelt's vocals so much, same with Devins.

[Shujin]

Significant growth and maturation have since made this post irrelevant.

[Secret Face]

Hrm, probably Don Henley, overall.

[ledtooltheater]

its maynard. or is it jon davis? hm hm ha ha ha ha.

[alphaWave]

pssshhh. Clean vocals aren't for metal.

prrhuwwhWHAT?!?!?!? Jesus Christ man! I know, you'll hate me for this (probably like 99% of the bloody forum - and they can all go to hell): What about Judas Priest? What about Iron Maiden? Hell, what about Candlemass? What about hundreds of other great bands?

Thinking about it, Rob Halford has got to be one of my favorite singers.

[Shujin]

(He's gay).

[alphaWave]

Yes...? And... what... about that?

[Syykdom]

No one has mentioned Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnaes (Dimmu Borgir, ex-Borknagar) I think he is a great vocalist, with an original voice + good technique and range.

Other than that I agree with earlier posts that these guys are also great:

Mike Patton
Layne Staley
Chris Cornell
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan)
Chino Moreno
Maynard James Keenan

[Bramfluke]

Here's my fuckin' list - no bitching:

Mike Patton
Maynard Keenan
Freddie Mercury
Mikael Akerfeldt
Bjork

Thats all I can really think of at the moment.

All that nonsence abot Pink Floyd earlier on - they were fucking innovative goddamit! Give em' some respect - Roger Waters was a genius!