Why aren't you a vocal one.

[Jazzyjazz2323]

Simple thread,The question is who is your favorite vocalist.Now it doesn't matter what genre is your favorite I'm only concerned with your favorite vocalist whom may or may not be associated with your favorite genre.
Mine has to be a tie between Sammy Davis Jr. and Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes
Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWDuvskMhNs Sammy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a76FeV2-Dw Chris Robinson

 

[Critical_Sneeze]

Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger. Whether chilling out or rocking.

 

[WrongSprite]

Mikael Akerfeldt hands down.

Beautiful singing voice.

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Brutal growls.

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[SnootyEnglishman]

Hmm this is a tough one for me but i'm gonna go with Miss Tarja Turunen. She can hit some high notes like nobody's business.

 

[SimuLord]

Gotta give props to Stevie Wonder, especially during the five-year stretch in the mid-70s between "Talking Book" and "Songs in the Key of Life" where the man was touched by the hand of his God. And his cover of "We Can Work It Out" is for my money better than the Beatles' original.

 

[niege]

Must be Michael Poulsen from Volbeat

 

[GiantRaven]

Oh good lord, where to begin...

Dave McPherson would have to be the tough top pick for me (InMe being my favourite band EVAR).

Spoiler: Video

But by god there are many vocalists who could easily take the top spot...

Spoiler: Marc Halls, vocalist of Fei Comodo

Spoiler: Ian Kenny, vocalist of Karnivool and Birds of Tokyo

Spoiler: Dustin Kensrue, vocalist of Thrice

...and I should stop getting carried away with this...

edit: Ahhhh someone posted Mikael Akerfeldt. Hell yeah!

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I've always liked James LaBrie from Dream Theater. He's got some incredible range.

Spoiler

 

[Critical_Sneeze]

Dave McPherson would have to be the tough top pick for me (InMe being my favourite band EVAR).

Is he new to the band? Because InMe were the first folk I saw live, and they were horrendous.

 

[GiantRaven]

Dave McPherson would have to be the tough top pick for me (InMe being my favourite band EVAR).

Is he new to the band? Because InMe were the first folk I saw live, and they were horrendous.

No, he's the original vocalist. And depending on when you saw them (around the release of their first two albums) they probably were horrendous live. These days, following the release of the absolutely fantastic Daydream Anonymous, they've improved their live act considerably.

 

[Tips_of_Fingers]

Spoiler: Matt Embree from RX Bandits (Melodic)

Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto fame and Dallas Green narrowly missed out

Spoiler: Robin Leitch, the lead singer from Random Hand (shouty/punk)

Fat Mike of NOFX fame would have got the spot but I think his punk vocals are a little generic. I really really like the style of Random Hand and think the vocals are a great compliment to the ska elements.

Spoiler: Nathan Winneke from HORSE the Band (Screaming)

It was a close call between Nathan, Andrew Neufield from comeback Kid and Travis Reilly from This Is Hell. The guy from HORSE has a very distinctive and different scream which is why he is my winner. ^.^

 

[TheComedown]

Jonny Craig
Listener (Dan Smith)

Spoiler: Akissforjersey

the clean vocals from those guys always blow my mind.

 

[Critical_Sneeze]

No, he's the original vocalist. And depending on when you saw them (around the release of their first two albums) they probably were horrendous live. These days, following the release of the absolutely fantastic Daydream Anonymous, they've improved their live act considerably.

Yeah, to be fair I did see them about 5-6 years ago.

Fat Mike of NOFX fame would have got the spot but I think his punk vocals are a little generic. I really really like the style of Random Hand and think the vocals are a great compliment to the ska elements.

Saw Random Hand last year and they were amazing.

 

[Scobie]

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[Eleuthera]

Heather Nova, both as a favourite vocalist and a favourite artist.

This one is a bit crappy quality, but I was actually there, so it gets bonus points for that

 

[GiantRaven]

Spoiler: Akissforjersey

the clean vocals from those guys always blow my mind.

For the life of me I will never understand why so many vocalists with great voices will do the whole generic screamy thing.

 

[TheComedown]

Spoiler: Akissforjersey

the clean vocals from those guys always blow my mind.

For the life of me I will never understand why so many vocalists with great voices will do the whole generic screamy thing.

Thats probably why I'd put Jonny above the Zach in terms of whose vocals I like more.

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

There's no voice like the voice of Tom Waits:


Why do I like his? Well because im fucking sick of the concpet that a voice has to sound "clear" and "beautiful" in order to produce singing that sounds awesome.

 

[biGBum333]

Mikael Akerfeldt hands down.

Beautiful singing voice.

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Brutal growls.

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damn! beat me to him!