Favorite rock singers

[huedell]

so your saying your undecided then..lol

ain't that the truth---it's hard to give credit to a small amount of vocalists
as favorites....Ray Davies was certainly missing from that list and I'm sure
there's quite a few more.

[steelcouch]

What no James Hetfield?

[MegoMark71]

so your saying your undecided then..lol

[huedell]

David Lee Roth, Prince, Paul McCartney, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest,
Harry Shearer, Gene Simmons, Neil Diamond, Danko Jones, Blackie Lawless,
Dee Snider, Stephen Pearcy, Kevin DuBrow, Steve Plunkett, Dave King,
Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ballew, Damian Kulash, Jim Morrison, Billy Joel,
Bon Scott, Steven Tyler, Robin Zander, Joe Jackson, Paul Simon,
Art Garfunkel, Ric Ocasek, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Neil Young,
Freddy Mercury, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townsend, Michel Jackson,
Sting, Gordon Gano, Lemmy, Colin Hay, Cyndi Lauper, Juliana Hatfield,
Wendy O. Williams, Janis Joplin, Donovan, Adrian Belew, C.C. DeVille,
Tom Petty, Joan Jett, Samantha Fox, Noddy Holder, Brian Conolly,
Andy Scott, Lenny Kravitz, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young,
Joey Ramone, Les Claypool and Tom Waits come to mind

[MIB41]

Sammy, Sammy, Sammy... Sammy Hagar that is.

[The Bat]

Joey Ramone
Iggy Pop
John Lennon
Elvis Presley
Joe Strummer
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Mike Ness(Social Distortion)
Richard Butler
Eddy Vedder
John Lydon
Jim Morrison
Eddie Cochran
Robert Gordon

And so many more...

[Cosmicman]

King Diamond and Matt Barlow from Iced Earth !!!

King Diamond! All right!
Check out this band I singing in doing the King.

(Warning. If you are not a fan of King Diamond screams. Do not click on the link. It can be really annoying.)

YouTube - Caterson Damon- Mercyful Fate Cover- 2002

[cjefferys]

Hey, Wrath. You and I may be the only ones on the board who know who Blackie Lawless, Peter Steele and Joey Belladonna are. All cool in their own way.

Scott

You can throw me into that group too. I was just listening to WASP's "The Headless Children" today. I love the sound of Blackie's voice.

I like a lot of singers, but off the top of my head, some favourites are Robert Plant, Geoff Tate, Morrissey, Liv Kristine (ex-Theatre of Tragedy, Leaves' Eyes). One female singer I always liked is a pretty obscure one, Leather Leone. She used to be in Chastain (guitarist David Chastain's metal band). I've been recently listening to old Chastain albums so that's why I thought of her. She had a great raw, rough voice that sounded so cool. Maybe one of the best female metal singers.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Stevie Nicks leaps into my mind.

[bgrimm77]

King Diamond and Matt Barlow from Iced Earth !!!

[MegoMark71]

I hope i just missed it but did anyone mention ozzy? and one who i know someone will know is mike patton. awesome in concert.

[toys2cool]

As far as females go...I love Pat Benatar and Heart's Ann Wilson.

Same here

[Hector]

As far as females go...I love Pat Benatar and Heart's Ann Wilson.

[Mikey]

Roger Waters -- he has a lousy voice, but it is unique

[hobub]

Jim Morrison always. He had the best Rock n Roll voice ever. In more recent years some like Eddie Vitter, Ian Astbury, Scott Weiland and Scott Stapp have tried to hone in on the style. But Morrison was more of a crooner/ like a rock version of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby or Dean Martin. Those newer guys don't even come close to that. (His favorite singers were Elvis and Sinatra. And that I can see.)

No one sings like that anymore. A select few alive could, but they have all bowed to rap or other styles of music and no one even tries.