Best Vocalists in Rock?

[sickstrings84]

So, being a guitarist I always paid more attention to guitars than anything else. Well now that I'm in a band where I also sing, I am beginning to really appreciate some of the range and dextrerity of a lot of singers.

So my question is who does everybody think the best vocalists are/were?

My picks in no kind of order.....

Brent Smith - Shinedown
Robert Plant - Led Zepplin
Layne Stayley - Alice in Chains
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden, Audioslave, etc.

Of that list Brent Smith is probably my favorite, but it's hard for me to say that any one of those guys is better than the others.

[TOOL9]

Maynard James Keenan.

[TX Girl]

oopsie double post

[TX Girl]

Mike Patton- Faith No More, etc :pimp:

Geoff Tate - Queensryche

Layne Stayley- Alice in Chains

Michael Franti - Spearhead :hippy:

Dave Wyndorf - Monster Magnet :lovestruck:

Freddie Mercury - Queen

[sickstrings84]

Freddie Mercury - Queen

Good call, I can't believe I left freddy off my list.

[TX Girl]

Damn that Aids :(
He was awesome


What kind of stuff you sing?

[sickstrings84]

We kinda got a Breaking Benjamin kind of sound...I just sing backup, mostly harmonies.

[jdub61]

these are my favorite vocal performances in rock, so they're specific songs:

bruce springsteen -- thunder road
billy joel -- piano man
the beatles -- for no one

[action.420]

maynard - tool

layne - aic

bradly - sublime

brent - shinedown

[SonicBloom]

Tom Waits.

[TX Girl]

We kinda got a Breaking Benjamin kind of sound...I just sing backup, mostly harmonies.


I don't know them, but I will ck their sound out. I'm jealous, I'd love to be able to sing well!

[thcbongman]

In terms of purity and range, Chris Garneau by far.

My personal favorite is Bradley Novell. No one can sing like he can.