greatest rock and roll voice

[Highlander]

Roy Orbison, Even Freddy Mercury agreed on that one.

 

[drjammer]

Roy Orbison, Even Freddy Mercury agreed on that one.

Elvis did as well

 

[redneck_toy]

Plant. Hands down. Honorable mentions to Layne Staley, Bon Scott
Freddy Mercury, Ozzy.
This may be weird, but best female voice goes to Delores O'Roidian from The Cranberries. Not even my genre, but, God, I love her voice.
Country would have to be Don Williams, and Patsy Cline for best female

 

[Genuine]

Hard to not include Mick in the mix. Also hard to pick a song to represent. So diverse.
LA Woman is money too.


- KK33

BINGO!!!

 

[OleVaSmoker]

Best male rock vocal for me is Sammy Hagar circa Van Halen era. And yes im hiding in my submarine in the ocean to make it harder to find me to throw stones at me. Roth is great but my ears loved what I was hearing when Sammy was fronting the band. Also unbeatable to my ears is Robert plant and David Coverdale. All theee of them could sing the alphabet song and I would buy it.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Best male rock vocal for me is Sammy Hagar circa Van Halen era. And yes im hiding in my submarine in the ocean to make it harder to find me to throw stones at me. Roth is great but my ears loved what I was hearing when Sammy was fronting the band. Also unbeatable to my ears is Robert plant and David Coverdale. All theee of them could sing the alphabet song and I would buy it.

Due to my age I first listened to Van Halen while Sammy was with them, and hearing the David Lee Roth days (and times he was with them after Sammy and such) I definitely prefer Sammy Hagar. I think it's different if you got attached to David Lee Roth early on and then tried to come around to Hagar.

 

[jimmy_d]

Roy Orbison, Even Freddy Mercury agreed on that one.

You stole what I was going to say! Roy Orbison hands down, but Freddy in a close second. Jeff Buckley is the only voice that has come close in the last 30 years.

 

[UPTOWNSMOKE]

I respectfully disagree and put freddie Mercury as the number one.

+1

 

[Ratbert]

Plant. Hands down. Honorable mentions to Layne Staley, Bon Scott
Freddy Mercury, Ozzy.
This may be weird, but best female voice goes to Delores O'Roidian from The Cranberries. Not even my genre, but, God, I love her voice.
Country would have to be Don Williams, and Patsy Cline for best female

Can't argue with that! I loved the Honeydrippers, like a bluesy LZ...shame they only cut one album.
Dolores O'Riordan stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard The Cranberries...just an amazing voice. Have to give the female country nod to Emmy Lou Harris. I had a downright religious experience at an outdoor concert of hers in the rain many years ago, LOL. For a grittier female voice, can't go wrong with Lucinda Williams.

 

[mpomario]

Roger Daltry would be number one. A close second would be Robert Plant. As rock goes. I would also have to include Boston's Brad Delp would have to be up there with Freddy Mercury.
Metal on the other hand, Dio would be number one followed closely by Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson.

 

[Wacco]

Steven Tyler.
SRV.
Derek St. Holmes.
Billy Gibbons.

 

[irratebass]

Bruce Dickinson

 

[bwhite220]

Another vote for Robert Plant.

 

[BrendanM]

Mike Patton for a male who does mostly rock...Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Dead Cross, etc...


Bjork for a female who did a bit of rock:

 

[BrendanM]

The best (though only) transgender rock singer I know...Mina Caputo of L.o.A.

 

[highsierrasmokin']

mike patton. that is all...