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Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:49 -0000

Well-stated.

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jhonca — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:27:42 -0000

steven tyler is the best this a crab

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Dan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:00 -0000

I guess having the best voice in hard rock (and probably all rock) for the past 20 years just isn't long enough compared to most...

Nevertheless, sad to hear. My dad is FINALLY getting around to see them live for the first time. Maybe he's just not been feeling well.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

aksnitd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:34:22 -0000

Boo Hoo!!! Maynard's pipes seem to wear down faster than other people's or they are not meant to be used the way they are for extended periods. On the recent tour, he very often didn't even sing the last few lines of Vicarious.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:31:28 -0000

I like most of the singers you listed... I suppose most of the ambiguity in my list is what exactly "strong" means. Everyone has their own definitions.

Passenger is a fantastic song! It's my favorite track on White Pony and one of Maynard's better collaborative efforts... though there aren't nearly enough.

And it's never too late to join in on a discussion here!

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

JC — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:34:57 -0000

I just came across this list and looks like I am a month to late to join the discussion. Anytime you create a list like this it’s going to invite criticism from many people.

Maynard for sure is in the right place. His voice is probably the most commanding in rock today. Personally I think the song that really shows just how strong his voice is would be "The Passenger" which he did with the deftones. Listening to him sing the chorus of that song gives me chills.

The rest of the list is debatable.
Layne Staley, Chris Cornell (though personally I hate his voice), Axl Rose, Phil Anselmo, Robert Plant, just to name a few. Really the list is long and hard to distinguish.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Felicia — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:38:35 -0000

The chick from Flyleaf is a million times better than Amy Lee.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:32:51 -0000

Well the excerpt for this post explained that I'm listing some the strongest singers in "rock today". Also, this is just a personal favorite list as I said at the top of the post.... I guess I'm just not much a of a Queen fan. That said... Freddie Mercury's voice is definitely very good.

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rocker — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:02:13 -0000

oh my God where the hell is freddie mercury????How come you havent included him in this list?

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Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:33:46 -0000

I love RATM, and easily more so than Soundgarden, but there's no way Zack has anywhere near the range and versatility of Cornell - no way, no how.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:27:15 -0000

I'm also not a big fan of his style because in general I think he could sound more human and exhibit more raw emotion, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a strong voice.

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Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:23:27 -0000

anything and everything... am I the only one that isn't sad that he ended his life early?

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Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:21:13 -0000

Cornell yes.... but Rossdale? Nothing special going on there.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Pike Matton — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:46:29 -0000

Amy Lee's sample that you used as examples are heavily processed ... (you can hear that pitch controller doing its job). I don’t think she is bad singer, but hey... there are girls that can rock much better than this (young, old, or dead)! And shame on you ... never mentioned good old Mike Patton!

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Biz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:47:08 -0000

I believe that HM can much stronger vocalists: David Coverdale, Bruce Dickinson, Jeff Scot Soto, Michael Kiske, Tarja Turunen ...

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Amenhotep — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:40:24 -0000

baaaaaaaaaaaad list. what are you listening to? timberlake, ice t?
this list shows just how big is your knowledge in rock-metal music

lame

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:43:14 -0000

Well to be fair, I don't drive to work. Clearly you're very angry. But Billy White never made the radio, and sadly Jeff Buckley is very, very rarely on the radio. I'd hope you don't disagree with Maynard, but who knows. So really just Scott Weiland and Amy Lee made you this angry?

I'm not sure how I couldn't compare the John Mayer Trio to SRV, if you read the article completely you'd see that I don't much care for John Mayer... but his trio is very different. SRV is a huge influence on John Mayer, and he let's that show in his trio. I've been playing guitar since the year SRV died... I'm pretty sure I know what he sounds like. I'm also not the only one to make this comparison... do some research, it's all over the place.

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Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:58:23 -0000

Haha! I love Thom Yorke... but Scott is still a better singer I think. I see Chris Cornell pop up in comments here a lot... he's good, but is he really that good? I don't know. As you can see, I wrote this post in only our second month of operation, and I've come across a lot more music. I'll update this list someday, but is kind of funny how just a couple names can get people so angry.... not you of course.

Thanks for keeping up with our site!

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:54:02 -0000

I haven't heard of any of them till just now. I wouldn't consider Paramour rock, and Flyleaf does have a good singer but I don't much care for the music. Within Temptation has a really good singer, good choice. Sirenia's singer is good too, but her voice sits in her mouth (rather than her throat) too much for my liking.

Also, my point still stands. There still aren't enough female singers. There are way more male singers... I hope we at least agree on that?

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:37:33 -0000

Sure, I agree with both of you... but why use that as your live recording to distribute?

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Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:36:43 -0000

Actually I did write a post about Alter Bridge. Kennedy is a good singer, I just can't listen to it all of the time.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:34:12 -0000

Sorry, not a fan of Mike Patton. In fact, I was one of the people that booed him off stage in Philly a few years back. I'm not sure how you can claim him to be better than Maynard or Jeff though.

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:31:27 -0000

True, there are a lot of good singers in heavy metal... but I hate that whole opera trend. I do really Mikael Åkerfeldt though.

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Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:25:48 -0000

Actually I do know those singers as well. We actually had a good discussion on this board about some strong singers from the 70's and 80's, unfortunately disqus lost it when we redesigned our site. I'm not gonna argue with your choices (except maybe Tyler and Roth... sorry, just not my cup of tea).

Re: Strongest Voices in Rock

Dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:21:33 -0000

Thanks for the catch!