looking for nominations for best rock voice, NOT best vocal performance.......looking for the rock-quality of the voice itself........my first obvious choice is the ORIGINAL Rod Stewart
Jennifer Knapp is a christian Rock singer. Not well known, I suppose, but in my estimation she has an incredible vocal style & attitude that fits the best rock voices criteria.
Edith Massey!!!. Fatparrot, yer just a sucker for a pretty face, you didn't even mention William Shatner. Hendrix, Damo Suzuki, Lee Ving, Lemmy, Roger Chapman (Family), Don Van Vliet, Lou Reed, Joey Ramone and Iggy Pop had their moments too.
Speaking of William Shatner- My buddy "Fujirich" gave me a copy of Shatner's CD "Has Been". Don't laugh- it's excellent. Recorded with Ben Folds, it's a great listen!
John Fogerty! But only with With Creedence! His Solo recordings have robbed him of his dynamics. He sounds like a sissy boy on his latest effort. Such a shame. I actually think he sounds older or mature when he was younger.
TimF-- I agree with Jennifer Knapp. Would also agree with Gregg Allman, Freddie Mercury, and would add Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, and Chrissie Hynde or "The Pretenders"
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), Rod Stewart, Nancy Wilson (125lbs ago), Robert Plant, Rob Halford, Bono, Pat Benetar, Elton John, Scott Weidland
Agree with others. Chris Cornell. Paul Rodgers. Mark Lanegan. also i thought Johnny guitar Watson's vocals with Zappa on One size fits all(Andy and San Ber'dino) are about as good as rock vocals get for me.
Rock is a pretty vague term, so here goes nothin'. I'm not including several others that i think are very worthy candidates as they've already been mentioned : )
Tim Baker ( Cirith Ungol ) Killer metal screamer that needed a heavier band than what he had. Need proof? Listen to the cut "Master of the Pit" !!!
Dan McCafferty ( Nazareth ) Ya gotta love this guy's raspy voice. It sounds like he's been smoking and screaming all night, even when just getting warmed up.
John Waite ( The Babys, Band English, solo work ) What can i say? I like this guy's voice and singing style, but not necessarily all of the work that he's done.
I also have to second Lou Gramm and King Diamond. Both are great at what they do : ) Sean >
Last Friday while driving home from work they were playing The Doors Live at the Matrix (Circa 1968) from tapes from Marty Balin's Archives and Jim Morrisson sounded exactly the way he sounded in the studio. His voice was so silky smooth I mean he was in the moment. Having the Doors live at the Hollywood Bowl album and remembering how great he sounded on that I have to give him the nod. A close second would go to Paul Rodgers. I saw him with Free when the Fire and Rain Album came out and recently at the Key Club in Morango when he was touring with Queen and he still can bring it.
Consider Jack White of White Stripes. Not your typical Rock vocal, but perfect for the type of rock music he makes. Screechy, wailing, unique, rocking!!
Tvad: I knew i couldn't be alone in liking John Waite. Thanks for not blasting my mispelling of his other bands name too, as it would have been easy to point out my "Bad English" : ) Sean >
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden Robert Plant - Zeppelin Paul Rogers - Bad Co. Jim Morrison - The Doors Burton Cummings - The Guess Who Bon Scott - AC/DC Layne Staley - Alice In Chains Steve Perry - Journey Bono - U2 Maynard James Keenan - Tool Steven Tyler - Aerosmith Ian Astbury - The Cult Freddy Mercury - Queen Brian Ferry - Roxy Music Eddy Vedder - Pearl Jam Robert Pollard - Guided By Voices (he's just cool) Don Henley - Eagles Greg Allman - Allman Bros. Lou Gramm - Foreigner Roger Hodson - Supertramp Tom Waits Jimi Hendrix
I saw Guided By Voices (with Matthew Sweet opening) a few years back. Unbelievable! Robert Pollard has a great voice, and an incredible knack for writing music that compliments it.
To be honest I don't even remember how I first got into GBV. I may have heard them on a local college radio station, or just perused Amazon and was intrigued. In any event, after one CD I was hooked. Great band... Pollard is a special song writer - witty, edgy and prolific.
I haven't heard of any further projects since GBV went their seperate ways. Have you seen anything of Pollard or the others? My wife and I saw Matthew Sweet in Cinti.(she is a big fan). Fun show.
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