The best Vocalist of all time?

[Murf]

Chris Cornell
Maynard James Keenan
Mike Patton
Eddie Vedder
Freddie Mercury

That'd be my top 5 I think.

Honourable mention to Skin from Skunk Anansie.

 

[Gilly]

Unless it's a world famous bloke (Freddie and MJ are obvious) it'd be good if you put in the bands they're from, like murf has with Skin (the only one in his list I know other than Freddie, ironically)

 

[s452]

maybe not the best of all time, but here's one upcoming vocalist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yymS1Pb7JfM

 

[CircleFaust]

i've no one favourite, so many good singers out there
i always liked sting on this version of roxanne,

 

["andy"]

too hard to define 'best'

i can never go wrong with bjork though simply because shes a one and only

 

[Shamikebab]

Unless it's a world famous bloke (Freddie and MJ are obvious) it'd be good if you put in the bands they're from, like murf has with Skin (the only one in his list I know other than Freddie, ironically)

Chris Cornell - Audioslave, Soundgarden
Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer
Mike Patton - Faith No More, Portal p)
Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam
Freddie Mercury - Queen

Voila

 

[TurnipHead]

Luther Vandross

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Maynard James Keenan

Honorable mention to Bajka

 

[Gilly]

There is a reason I hadn't heard of the singers

 

[Haggisman]

Unless it's a world famous bloke (Freddie and MJ are obvious) it'd be good if you put in the bands they're from, like murf has with Skin (the only one in his list I know other than Freddie, ironically)

I'm going to have to go with Mikael Åkerfeldt

Everything from melodic, mournful, soulful lyrics to demonic growl, and switching between the 2 within a bar of a song

Opeth

 

[Lysander]

Unless it's a world famous bloke (Freddie and MJ are obvious) it'd be good if you put in the bands they're from, like murf has with Skin (the only one in his list I know other than Freddie, ironically)

Male: Blackie Lawless. The guy just is metal. His voice can have rock, grit, melody, meaning and sleaze in it all at the same time. Never tire of him.

Female: Anneke van Giersbergen. I remember the first time I heard her sing on Strange Machines, I thought, "wow, this is something special."

Oh ok. Lawless is W.A.S.P., van Giersbergen ex-The Gathering.

I'm going to have to go with Mikael Åkerfeldt

Everything from melodic, mournful, soulful lyrics to demonic growl, and switching between the 2 within a bar of a song

A few years ago I would have chosen him. I suppose I didn't because the last two Opeth albums don't do much for me and the only albums of theirs which I really find replayable now are Deliverance and Still Life. Possibly Ghost Reveries. OK that's three, but there are about nine or ten W.A.S.P. albums which I have in perpetual rotation.

Mind you, that's not to say that Katatonia's Brave Murder Day or Edge of Sanity's Crimson don't deserve a mention for Akerfeldt.

 

[Nymins]

Ezra Koenig is pretty great imo. Maybe not best of all time, but certainly talented.

 

[physichull]

Can't dispute any Freddie suggestions. He was as good as they got.

 

[wazza300]

Tom Jones,axl rose are my two

 

[Edinho]

Tom Jones,axl rose are my two

You're funny

And if you are being serious it's hillarious.

 

[horseunderwater]

Not many females what about people like Billie Holiday, Etta James, Nina Simone All great Vocalist

 

[stoofa]

You're funny

And if you are being serious it's hillarious.

Technically speaking, Tom Jones has an amazing voice - so not sure if you're being serious now :-/

 

[wazza300]

im always serious

tom jones is awesome singer/voice

axl rose is the same,rare 12 octave voice

I wanna add roy orbison to that list too

 

[arc@css]

Luther Vandross

I think that's a good suggestion.


My first thoughts were Freddie Mercury and George Michael.

 

[Robosapien]

Celine Dion.