Greatest live male vocal

[SoapyShowerBoy]

I have searched to no avail, apologies if a re-post. I'm sure this must have been done before, however since the PH revamp I'm enjoying forums I never used to. So fellow PHers, who is your greatest male vocal'

I'll get the ball rolling with a couple of my favourites. Both in my opinion (and many fans opinions) legends. I also think Sebastian Back of Skidrow fame has a cracking sound, however live he is truly awful!


Eric Martin- Mr.Big

Steve Perry- Journey

[Finlandia]

Probably going to regret saying this, but Mick Hucknall, studio or live, he has a smashing voice.

[ratbane]

Steve Perry can't hack in now though. He was superb once. If you get a chance to see Journey live, check out Dean Castronovos' voice. He gets the high Perry stuff spot-on. Plus he's drumming at the same time!

[SoapyShowerBoy]

Finlandia said:

Probably going to regret saying this, but Mick Hucknall, studio or live, he has a smashing voice.

I agree, his voice is brilliant. His songs are just bloody irritating IMO!

[SoapyShowerBoy]

ratbane said:

Steve Perry can't hack in now though. He was superb once. If you get a chance to see Journey live, check out Dean Castronovos' voice. He gets the high Perry stuff spot-on. Plus he's drumming at the same time!

I've seen some footage, I think I prefer Arnel Pineda. I hope to catch them when they tour with Whitesnake and Def lepord this year.

[anonymous-user]

personally i think its roger daltrey by absolutely miles, paul weller comes second. if you listen to stuff from the jam then a song like "you do something to me" you can tell he is a class act.
other nominations are richard ashcroft and neil hannon fromthe divine comedy...

[shirt]

100% agree with roger daltrey. i saw them at harewood a few years back and with your eyes closed daltrey could still be in his early 20's. so much power & energy and very close to his studio sound.

beck sounds great live as do gruff rhys [SFA] and wayne coyne [flaming lips]. i wa also surpised by how well smokey robinson still sings.

hoping neil young still has it as i'm going to the hyde park gig. always a gamble seeing my hero's from an era before i was born, bob dylan was a big disappointment the 2 times i saw him live.

[DocJock]

Not the greatest, but a bloody good live voice is Kenny Collins of Logan.
Worth checking out.

[snowy slopes]

Being a pearl jam fan for a few years, i quite like eddie vedders voice, however, i have said before if i had to pick my all time favourite, then ricky medlocke of the 80's band blackfoot had a tremendous voice, and having seen them live at the demontfort hall in leicester, he can play the guitar quite well too!

[smiller]

In the absence of any particular genre.......Juan Diego Florez is incredible.

Honourable mention for Roberto Alagna

[Kinky]

Geoff Tate or Paul Brady

[chevy-stu]

Not the best 'singer' but best front man I've ever seen live was Dave Lee Roth..


Best actual singer was probably Omar... (dull gig though)

[350GT]

Freddy Mercury... /Thread

[LHDisbest]

IMO - Paul Rodgers.

Live or in the studio.

[Kinky]

Feck - I forgot Christy Dignam

[...Mole...]

Peter Hammil from Van Der Graaf Generator

[bean455]

Don Henley
Joe Cocker
Steve Perry
David Gilmour
Michael Mcdonald
Luther Vandross

[Markh]

Robert Plant

[Glassman]

Finlandia said:

Probably going to regret saying this, but Mick Hucknall, studio or live, he has a smashing voice.

I think he's a transvestite

[RedLeicester]

350GT said:

Freddy Mercury... /Thread

+768.