Best Rock Vocalist of All Time
 

Three come to mind as candidates

Brad Delp (Boston) - amazing range
Rodney James Dio (Sabbath, Dio)
Robert Plant (Zeppelin)

Any others?

Robert Plant

GG Allen

Elvis

good god man - we already settled this - FREDDIE MERCURY

Ah! How could I have forgotten Freddy. Unbelievable range.

chris cornell
david lee roth
jim morrison

Lou Reed

David Lee Roth
Ronnie James Dio
Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)

definitely a lot of bad ass names being dropped here - but you's all nuts if ya think any of them hold a candle to Freddie.

and i LOVE a lot of these guys (staley, lou reed ... )

but come on - either come up with some one who is in the same LEAGUE as freddie or close the damn thread.

do you EVER step away from this board?

Good choice, Freddy M. had a great voice and good stage show

Dont forget Janis Joplin... she could hit 7 octaves in one note.

Burton Cummings of The Guess Who

Great range

Excellent lead vocalist

I love Robert Plant but I have to go with Freddie Mercury on this one.

That was my first thought when I saw the thread title. Burton is way underrated because the Guess Who never hit the same plateau as some other rock bands. Burton Cummings can seriously belt out a tune, just listen to "Undun".

Anyway, I don't think there is one rock vocalist who is/was the best of them all but any decent list has to include Freddie Mercury and Burton Cummings.

SpaceAce

Freddie Mercury, He was fabulous live .. Phenominal vocal range

Anyone have an mp3 of 'Saved my Soul"? I think that was the name of the song (solo Burton Cummings). I use to have that song but lost it when my old puter crashed.

dumb question - u can't say there is one greatest vocalist and range has very little do with anything if you ain't an opera singer.

my favorite voice in popular music is Sting.

James Taylor.

and if you're gonna talk about great vocalists in popular music history - Francis Albert Sinatra.

David Lee Roth and Steven Tyler.

i hate Zeppelin and Robert Plant.

Oh ...kewl ...
A useless "TitMaster Post" ...

where are those big FONTS AND GRAPHICS again ...

stand by for thread termination ...

lol

I always liked Eric Burdon's voice.

i dig freddie mercury lots. love the sound of lennon's voice. but when it comes to sheer, raw vocal power, it's roger daltry hands down.

Morrison too

I'm a huge fan of Dave Matthews and Robert Smith.

Steven Tyler
Morrison
McCartney

Robert Plant #1

Bruce Dickinson
Mikael Kiske

Elvis
Meatloaf
Roger Daltry

Thanks for making my post, you saved me some typing:1orglaugh

Saw Queen a couple of times - Awesome!

Paul Rogers - Free/Bad Company also had a brilliant blues-rock voice.

Robin Zander
Axl Rose

Today... I'd have to give it to Chris Cornell.

Of all time... Freddy Mercury.

On of my all time favs... Ray Gillen from Bandlands was a bad mofo. I always loved his voice.

Dio.

Saw him live in august:glugglug

steve perry ...freddie merrcury...but Robert Plant would take my vote for sure

oh...cant believe i almost forgot the most riupped off vocalist of the past decade.
Layne Staley

The golden god Robert Plant, with Bon Scott far behind in second place.

Beautiful!

Geoff Tate
John Petrruci
Freddie Mercury
Rob Halford, (believe this or not: His range is incredible! And the raw power behind it is immense.)
Geddy Lee
Steve Perry