Originally posted by candyflip Queen - Freddy Mercury
Yeah that guy was incredibly talented as a writer and performer.
What a terrible loss to the music world to lose him so early in his life. Love Queens music. Ironic he wrote the theme song for Highlander "who wants to live forever". I wish I had seen them in concert.
I have seen Plant in concert 3 times.He's good but I never saw him with Zepplin.
I saw Zepplin for their In from the Outdoors "Albumn" concert.
I'd have to admit I was totally wasted as it was the late 80's, or was it? hehe well if you can remember it you weren't there right?
Anyways, they were awesome! One of the best concerts I ever barely saw. But I do recall the incredible guitar work of Jimmy Page and the awesome range of Plants voice.
Two other great vocalists from back in the day were those two chicks from Heart.
It's all so subjective really. I saw Ozzie with Sabbath during the Black n Blue tour they did with BOC and he sounded great too.
I love Rick Emmet of Triumph but more for the great lyrics and hard pounding rock n' roll.
And the very fist concert I ever went to was Peter Frampton from the Frampton Comes Alive tour. He had a great voice too and did that cool stuff with the voice box on "do you feel like I do".
Robert Plant, David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Vince Neil. Paul Stanley rocks, too. Taime Downe is awesome. Female rockers with great voices are Lee Aaron and Joan Jett.
Freddie defintiely. There's really no comparison with the current crop of bands over the last 20 years. He was amazing.
If I had to pick a current band's lead I would say Chris Martin. The rest of the guys like Vedder and Kroeger are good stylistically but they don't really sing, they yell.
I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...
till the day I die I will be in love with Micheal Stipe's voice and writing.
runners up for me are:
Marc Bolan - T-rex (dead but ruled his era and genre with good reason)
Brian Molko - Placebo
Robert Smith - the cure
David Gahan - Depeche Mode
Feargal Sharkey - Undertones
Paul Weller - The Jam (solo as well but you asked for in a band)
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