Let's settle this once and for all: The 20 best rock vocalists ever

1. Roger Daltrey
2. Liam Gallagher
3. Robert Plant
4. Jim Morrison
5. Chris Cornell
6. David Bowie
7. Morrissey
8. Rod Evans
9. Mick Jagger
10. Layne Staley
11. Elvis
12. Scott Weiland
13. Phil Lynott
14. Maynard James Keenan
15. Freddie Mercury
16. Paul McCartney
17. John Lennon
18. Mike Patton
19. James Hetfield
20. Mark Lanegan

this best be b8, m8

No. 1 should be Justin Hayward btw.

Don Van Vliet is numbuh 1

>2. Liam Gallagher

>Scott Weiland
>Liam Gallagher

You might not like him as a human being, and you might not like the songs that he sings on, but tell me that the vocals on Live Forever aren't

1) exactly what they needed to sound like
2) very well done
3) very unique in the context of early 90s alternative rock

He spawned probably hundreds of thousands of imitators too, so that's gotta be worth something.

I have no idea what I'm talking about: The posts

elvis above freddie confirmed this was bait

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Where is Layne Staley on here, he's definitely worthy

Ctrl+f is your friend. He should still probably be higher, though.

Geddy Lee should be 1 lmao

>Geddy Lee
>Even listenable

What about Bruce Dickinson?

>Morrissey or Bowie not 1.
yuck.

>1. Roger Daltrey
I'm okay with this.

>1. Roger Daltrey
not Paul McCartney

implying

wrong

>1. Roger Daltrey
not MC Ride

Howling Wolf is

HERE'S THE THING ABOUT FREDDIE

Nah dude Paul McCartney has the greatest voice in music

I think Geddy Lee posted this

>mick jagger not top 3
>Kurt cobain not even on the list

>implying Hetfield is better than any Maiden vocalist

>He spawned probably hundreds of thousands of imitators too, so that's gotta be worth something.
Death sentence?

you are confusing his song writing with his voice

jagger is exactly where he should be

cobain is fucking overrated as a vocalist. don't confuse songwriting with vocals alone

>singing higher automatically makes a vocalist better
when will plebs learn?

Greatest one right here

Corey Taylor?

>he doesn't know about Paul di'Anno
Hetfield is shit which was my point.

Why dafuck isn't Freddie Mercury on this list????

the picture of cage is throwing me the fuck off

pic related

>He geniunely thinks Paul di'Anno is anything more than slightly above average
>He thinks Hetfield is a shit vocalist

pic related

>what is #15

These lists are pointless unless we specify what the metric is. Pure octave range? Axl Rose should be in the top three, and Mike Patton top of the list.

General vocal technique? Mike Patton should be higher, as should Freddie Mercury.

Fits their music best? Well that's pretty much entirely subjective, and kind of hard to rank, as it just comes down to personal taste.


Note, I just pointed out a couple of obvious examples, couldn't be fucked re-arranging the whole list.

>mention range
>not mention Beefheart

Son....

attitude, charisma, fit the music, convey emotion, actual sound of voice etc.

little to do with 'proper' range/technique

In that case undoubtedly Beefheart

fuck off

He's good, but his range isn't incredible, it's not even notable compared to the two I listed, or even Chris Cornell.

I mean, it does seem odd to leave Axl Rose or Iggy Pop off the list if those are the metrics (once again, just the first couple examples that came to mind), as both do that pretty well, but I get that by those metrics, it's just a subjective "I like them more' sort of list.

As far as being that goes, I don't have any issues with your tastes, they're all pretty good at what you said.

lol nice bait mait

I considered both of them but Iggy isn't good enough imo, he's more of a frontman than an actual good vocalist and Axl is too grating desu

ebin

Sure, but both do fit those metrics pretty well as far as attitude, charisma, fitting the music and conveying emotions though. Iggy's not a particularly technically proficient singer, but as a vocalist I'd say he's pretty great. And sound of voice is obviously subjective, I love Axl's voice, but a lot of people hate it.

I think you've kind of mixed up qualities that make someone a good frontman, and ones that make them a good singer, so it gets a bit hard to judge.

man is this thread for real
what the heck am i still doing on this board

>No Paul Stanley
>No Greg Lake

You're going to need some serious editing if you want this to be a good list, OP

Nope, I focused solely on the vocals only. If I was including frontman ability I mercury, jagger etc would be much higher up

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