Best male vocalist

[LMC]

Have a quick listen to Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, a beautiful vocalist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNU4fVpO8E

[Mattygooner]

Hmm, personal preference but for me...

Ray LaMontagne - Incredible voice, Crazy cover is quite incredible as is saved by a Woman, trouble etc.
Chris Martin - Whatever you say about Coldplay he still has a fantastic voice and different.
Jimi Hendrix - Not the strongest part of his performance but i still enjoy it.
Jack Bruce and Clapton - both not perfect but i enjoy them.
Caleb Followil, Kings of Leon - Fantastic Deep South sounding voice.
Freddie M - So powerful
Jay Kay
Kurt Cobain - Like Caleb in a way but more understated


Seal - Enjoyed Rose on the grave.
Method Man - Extremely left field for on here but has a great tone even if he is only a rapper.

Edited because i keep thinking of people..doh

Edited by Mattygooner on Wednesday 2nd July 11:47

[Timmolad]

Kelly Jones from Stereophonics is brilliant, sounds even better live.

[dinkel]

Peter Gabriel

Also there are a bunch of worldmusic giants around. Maybe a bit too niche . . . ?

[absolutely]

Freddie Mercury was the only "pop" star to have a full operatic vocal range. Four octave range apparently.

[dinkel]

Stevie Wonder!

[Sprouts]

do we mean singers/front men or vocalists ? if the latter, Brendan Perry

[ratbane]

maximm said:

lockhart flawse said:

Dear me - this thread seems to be full of lists of second rate heavy metal shouters with two volumes -loud and louder.

Unquestionably the best male vocalist (British) is, or rather was, Steve Marriott. Fantastic singer, very good frontman and a pretty good guitarist.

I dare anyone not to be blown away by the version of Little Tin Soldier the Small Faces did with PP Arnold. Go on - find it on youtube now - it's in colour too. It is truly fantastic music. Great band the Small Faces - great music and really cool as well.

Sorry don't know how to do linkys.

L.F.

I agree....Marriott had an amazing voice...

Have a search on youtube for Steve Marriot doing Black Coffee on OGWT.

[...Mole...]

after sitting for the past 8 hours listening to Emerson Lake and palmer, King Crimson and Asia im going to have to add John Wetton and Greg Lake to my list great vocalists from some of my favorite bands

[SkinnyBoy]

Anybody said Thomas Lang yet? Very underated but very talented

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mFEKcdjPH4

[catmartin]

Steve Perry (Journey)

[swansea v6]

Chris cornell strutting his stuff....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2MgwAJrfXo&fea...

[absolutely]

Alan Rickman on Tubular Bells 2 by Mike Oldfield. He may not have sung his lines but its so effective.

[Fire99]

Steve Perry (Journey)
Sebastian Bach
Geoff Tate
Glenn Hughes
David Coverdale
James Labrie (especially on the Images & Words Dream Theater Album)
Robert Plant
Ronnie James Dio
Frank Sinatra
Freddie Mercury
Axel Rose - (for his delivery and uniqueness)
Ian Gillan
Jorn Lande

[daphantom]

just watched Queen live at Wembley 86 on vh-1 y/day! Ive seen it b4 yonks ago but although im not really a Queen fan, this show was fantastic and Mercury never missed a note and was generally all-round brilliant. Number one showman IMO and that live voice of his would put the majority of todays "stars" to shame.