Top 100 Rock/Metal Vocalists NOMINATIONS thread
 

[b][size=7][color=red]HURRRRR READ THESE RULES OR DIE[/color][/size][/b]

Okay, after a bit of time off from polls and stuff, we have a new competition up in R&M. This is a pretty popular category and it's sure to cause a lot of controversy and heartbreak, but I'm going to do it anyway because everyone loves clicking on polls.

Singers... frontmen... screamers, growlers, etc. all have been used to describe the guy or girl in a rock or metal band who uses the greatest and most versatile instrument of all: the human voice. This thread should be full of nominations and I'll try to count them up as best as I can. There aren't too many rules against certain people, but here are some:

[size=6]1. Rappers are okay IF the music going on behind them is rock/metal and the musicians playing it are credited as band members instead of just the rapper. This leaves room for only one real standout (*coughRATMcough*) but if you can think of others then that's fine too. Beastie Boys don't count because they rarely played any instruments, not like the full-time "band" unit that De La Rocha, Morello, Wilk and Commerford enjoyed.

2. Rock and Metal vocalists only.

3. You can nominate as many as you want, but you have to have [b]AT LEAST FIFTEEN[/b] nominated to count all of them. I came up with 100 nominations to give you ideas, and [url]http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com[/url] has a neat list too. You can't just copy theirs because that's plagiarism and there's no way you actually believe their list and aren't just being lazy.

4. Don't whine about my list, it's not in order and it's just a list of nominees. If you don't like it then make your own. I'm aware that Ozzy isn't on there, and I'm fine with that.

5. This is to judge a person's vocal talents and not their stage presence (see Ozzy comment). Not everyone can see every vocalist listed in a live setting, so it would be unfair to expect you to judge them based on it. But if you saw a good vocalist live, then chances are he's good all-around and you shouldn't have any shame listing him. You can even list Ozzy if you want but I just happen to disagree with you on that.

6. I should have clarified this earlier, but no backup singers. Just the lead vocalist in a band, unless for some reason they have two (not like SOAD but maybe some supergroups from the 70s did this).[/size]

7. Don't be a fa[size=2]ggot[/size]. You know who you are.

Okay next post is my nominees. Have fun!

My nominees, in no order ('cept number one for my favorite!)

1. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. David Bowie (solo)
4. Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
5. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
6. John Fogerty (CCR)
7. Jon Anderson (Yes)
8. Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow/Dio)
9. Steve Perry (Journey)
10. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
11. Cedric Bixler (The Mars Volta)
12. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
13. Jack Bruce (Cream)
14. Mike Patton (Faith No More/Mr. Bungle/Fantomas)
15. Russell Allen (Symphony X)
16. Eric Adams (Manowar)
17. James LaBrie (Dream Theater)
18. Tom Araya (Slayer)
19. Geddy Lee (Rush)
20. Paul Di’Anno (Iron Maiden)
21. Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
22. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
23. Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
24. Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)
25. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
26. Ian Astbury (The Cult)
27. Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
28. David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
29. Jeff Buckley (solo)
30. Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
31. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
32. John Lennon (The Beatles)
33. Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
34. Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
35. Steve Walsh (Kansas)
36. Pete Steele (Type O Negative)
37. Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon)
38. Brad Nowell (Sublime)
39. D. Boon (Minutemen)
40. Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
41. Meat Loaf (solo)
42. Neil Young (solo)
43. Sting (The Police/solo)
44. Bono (U2)
45. Michael Stipe (REM)
46. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
47. Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
48. Bob Mould (Husker Du)
49. Bruce Springsteen (solo)
50. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
51. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
52. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
53. Jack Black (Tenacious D)
54. James Hetfield (Metallica)
55. Buzz Osbourne (Melvins)
56. Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
57. Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)
58. Paul Westerberg (The Replacements)
59. Van Morrison (solo)
60. Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
61. Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
62. Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction)
63. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
64. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
65. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
66. Joey Belladonna (Anthrax)
67. Mark Osegueda (Death Angel)
68. Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
69. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
70. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
71. Colin Bluntstone (The Zombies)
72. Burton Bell (Fear Factory)
73. Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
74. Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
75. Conrad Keely (And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead)
76. Beck Hansen (solo)
77. Zach De La Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)
78. Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
79. Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)
80. Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio)
81. Ann Wilson (Heart)
82. Paul McCartney (The Beatles/solo)
83. John McCrea (Cake)
84. Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish)
85. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
86. Corey Glover (Living Colour)
87. Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
88. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
89. Alice Cooper (solo)
90. Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
91. Mark Sandman (Morphine)
92. Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult)
93. Ed Kowalczyk (Live)
94. Dimitri Minakakis (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
95. Greg Lake (King Crimson/ELP)
96. Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
97. John Kay (Steppenwolf)
98. Eric Clapton (solo)
99. Ripper Owens (Iced Earth/Judas Priest)
100. Michael Glabicki (Rusted Root)

Thom Yorke(radiohead)
Roger Waters(pink floyd)
MJK(tool)
Mikael Akerfeldt(opeth)
Cedric Bixler Zavala(At the Drive In/Mars Volta)
Gavin Hayes(Dredg)
David Gilmour(pink floyd)
Mike Patton(faith no more, etc.)
Aaron Turner(Isis)
James Lebrai(Dream Theater)
Jon Anderson(Porcupine Tree)
Win Butler(Arcade Fire)
Greg Puciato(Dillenger Escape Plan(Is this ok?))
Anthony Kiedis(RHCP)
Jonsi Birgisson(Sigur Ros)


There, that's 15.

1. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
2. Lars Nedland (Age of Silence, Solefald)
3. Cornelius Von Jakhelln Brastad (Solefald)
4. Russell Allen (Symphony X)
5. Mike Patton (various)
6. Paul Kuhr (Subterranean Masquerade)
7. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
8. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
9. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
10. George Harrison (Beatles/ solo)
11. Thom Yorke(Radiohead)
12.. Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
13. David Bowie (solo)
14. King Diamond (solo)
15. Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
16. Jari Mäenpää (ex. Ensiferum, Wintersun)
This is a starting list. I will edit in more later.

Where's Jorn Lande??

[QUOTE=Elnimio]Where's Jorn Lande??[/QUOTE]
You fail at this thread, and that is just plain retarded.

[QUOTE=Kingofdudes]You fail at this thread, and that is just plain retarded.[/QUOTE]



Uh...?

I'll leave out the borderline rock/metal vocalists such as Butch Walker (well hes not really borderline but whatnot). Exception this is Jeff Buckley, because he was on your list.

Jeff Buckley
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
Axl Rose (GnR)
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Michael Hutchence (INXS)
Bon Scott (AC/DC)
Bono (U2)
Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)
Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)
John Farnham (Solo)
Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel, Solo)

Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth)
James Malone (Arsis)
Sven de Caluwe (Aborted)
Isahn (Emperor)
Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Garm (Arcturus, now Ulver)
Trent Reznor (NIN)
Karl Sanders (Nile)
Brian Fair (Shadows Fall)
Billy Corgan (Smasing Pumpkins and those other bands)
Satanic Tyrant Werewolf, aka Nazgul (Satanic Warmaster)
VITROL (Anaal Nathrakh)
Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me)
Angela Gassow (Arch Enemy)
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)

I'll add more later, but this will do for now.

I No Particular order besides number one

John K. (Biomechanical)
Roy Kahn (Kamelot)
Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Chris Cornell (Audioslave)
James Labrie (Dream Theater)
Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Warrel Dane (Nevermore, Sanctuary)
Hansi Kürsch (Demons & Wizards)
David Draimen (Disturbed, Sue Me :p )
Tarja Turunen (Ex. Nightwish)
Jeff Scott Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen)
Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)

i would have thought of more if it where guitar

[QUOTE=DarkthroneEmperor]Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth)
James Malone (Arsis)
Sven de Caluwe (Aborted)
Isahn (Emperor)
Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Garm (Arcturus, now Ulver)
Trent Reznor (NIN)
Karl Sanders (Nile)

I'll finish the list later.[/QUOTE]
dont most of those guys growl:confused: :confused:

where's corpsegrinder?

on a more serious note i would like to see sting and phil anselmo on this list somewhere

Off the top of my head:

James Hetfield (Metallica)
Chris Cornell (Audioslave)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Sammy Hagar
Bono (U2)
Dave Draiman (Disturbed)
Mats Leven (Yngwie)
Scott Weiland (S.T.P.)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Sting (Police)
Joe Tempest (Europe)
Phil Anselmo (Pantera)
Johnny Lang
Gavin Rossdale (Bush)
Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
Dio
Ozzy
Lajon (Sevendust)
Rob Zombie
Steven Tyler (aerosmith)
Jimi Hendrix
Jared Leto (30 seconds to Mars)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Jon Bon Jovi

[QUOTE=stevo_13]where's corpsegrinder?

on a more serious note i would like to see sting and phil anselmo on this list somewhere[/QUOTE]

[b]THEN NOMINATE THEM DAMMIT[/b] The vocalists with the most nominations are the ones who get into the polls, simple as that.

[quote=lucstone] Off the top of my head:

James Hetfield
Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder
Sammy Hagar
Dave Draiman
Mats Leven
Kurt Cobain
Sting
Johnny Lang
Seal
Layne Staley
There's a lot. I'll get back to this one[/quote]

Seal is an R&B singer, you can't fool me. I mean, so is Sting now, sort of, so I guess I should only count his career in The Police :-/

Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards)
Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
Glenn Danzig (solo)
Jon Oliva (Savatage, Doctor Butcher, Jon Oliva's Pain)
Zack Stevens (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Circle II Circle)
Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia)
Daniel Heiman (Lost Horizon, Crystal Eyes)
Lee Dorrian (Napalm Death, Cathedral)
King Diamond (Mercyful Fate, solo)
Messiah Marcolin (Candlemass)
Miles Kennedy (Alter Bridge)
Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot)
Warren Zevon (solo)
Snake (Voivod)

And of course obligatory nominations for

Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Rainbow, Elf, Black Sabbath)

no particular order

sebastian bach-skid row
bruce dickinson-iron maiden
sting-solo/the police
phil anselmo-pantera
dave mustaine-megadeth
fabio lione-rhapsody
zp theart-dragonforce
tom yorke-radiohead
mikeal okerfeldt-opeth

Lord Tim (Dungeon)
Matthew Chalk (ex-Psycroptic)
Jeff Walker (Carcass)
King Diamond (Mercyful Fate,King Diamond) <-- /fanboy >_>
Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
John Tardy (Obituary)
Tom Araya (Slayer)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards)
Paul Baloff (Exodus)
Steve 'Zetro' Souza (Exodus)
Bobby Blitz (Overkill)
John Connelly (Nuclear Assault)
Bon Scott (AC/DC)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
Zack De La Rocha (RATM)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth. Yeah.. f[size=2]u[/size]ck you, I like his vocals)
Dead (Mayhem)
Tom Angelripper (Sodom)
Sean Killian (Vio-lence)
Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio)
Russ Anderson (Forbidden)
Darren Travis (Sadus)
Chuck Billy (Testament)
Glen Benton (Deicide)
Jeff Buckley
David Vincent (Morbid Angel)
Joey Belladonna (Anthrax)
Mark Osgueda (sp?) (Death Angel)

Jens Kidman (Meshuggah)
M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold)
Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour)
Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth)
Satyr (Satyricon)
Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
Chuck Shuldiner (Death)
Ronnie James Dio (Dio/Black Sabbath)
ZP Theart (DragonForce)
Russel Allen (Symphony X)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Chuck Billy (Testament)
Ihsan (Emperor)
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Garm (Arcturus/Ulver)
Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me)
James Labrie (Dream Theater)
Michael Kiske (Helloween)

1. Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Band)
2. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
3. Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle)
4. James Labrie (Dream Theater)
5. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
6. Warrell Dane (Nevermore)
7. Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)
8. Karl Sanders (Nile)
9. Jens Kidman (Meshuggah)
10. Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
11. Eric Clapton
12. George Benson
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. Randy Blythe (Lamb of God)
15. Trent Reznor (NIN)
16. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan)
17. Tommy Rodgers (Between the Buried and Me)

I Play METAL, and I'd gladly have Seal as my lead singer.

[QUOTE=lucstone]I Play METAL, and I'd gladly have Seal as my lead singer.[/QUOTE]
It doesnt change the fact that he isnt in a Rock or Metal band(Except for his cover of Hey Joe With David Gilmour)

[QUOTE=Kingofdudes]It doesnt change the fact that he isnt in a Rock or Metal band(Except for his cover of Hey Joe With David Gilmour)[/QUOTE]

There you go. He's a rocker on one song:lol:
You want me to change it, I'll change it, no problem.
BTW, is that J.P.?

Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
Marcela Bovio (Elfonia)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Mike Patton (Faith No More, etc)
Maynard (Tool)
King Diamond (Mercyful Fate, solo)
Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
Messiah Marcolin (Candlemass)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave)
Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth)
James Malone (Arsis)
Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Garm (Arcturus, now Ulver)
Cedric Bixler Zavala (At the Drive In/The Mars Volta)
Bono (U2)
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan)

There are more, but this will do for now.

[QUOTE=Laihoistheman]dont most of those guys growl:confused: :confused:[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:

[quote=THE FIRST POST]Singers... frontmen... screamers, growlers, etc. all have been used to describe the guy or girl in a rock or metal band who uses the greatest and most versatile instrument of all: the human voice[/quote]

[QUOTE=Steerpike]
Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
[/QUOTE]


You mean ex-Nightwish. ;)

1 Maynard James Keenan (Tool and A Perfect Circle)
2 Garm (Arcturus, Ulver)
3 Zack De La Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)
4 Chino Moreno (Deftones)
5 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
6 Russel Allen (Symphony X)
7 Freddy Mercury (Queen)
8 Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
9 Cregg (Boy Hits Car)
10 Jens Kidman (Meshuggah)
11 Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
12 Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
13 Gavin Harris (Dredg)
14 Greg Lake (King Crimson)
15 Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
16 Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, many more)
17 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
18 Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
19 Syd Barret (Pink Floyd)
20 Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
21 Phil Collins (Solo)
22 Jack Bruce (Cream)
23 Cedric Bixler (At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta)
24 Jim Morrison (The Doors)
25 Tom Araya (Slayer)
26 Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
27 Eric Clapton (Solo)
28 Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
29 Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
30 Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
31 Peter Cetera (Chicago)
32 Roger Daltrey (The Who)
33 Vortex (Arcturus)
34 Elvis Presley (Solo)
35 Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
37 Roger Waters
38 Vintersorg (Vintersorg)
39 Perry Farrel (Janes Addiction)
40 Frank Zappa (Solo)
41 Liam Gallagher (Oasis)
42 Chad Grey (Mudvayne)
43 Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
44 Lars Nedland(Age of Silence)

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Laihoistheman]dont most of those guys growl:confused: :confused:[/QUOTE]
/beaten

1. Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow/Sabbath/Dio)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
4. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
5. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
6. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave)
7. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
8. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
9. David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
10. Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
11. James LaBrie (Dream Theater)
12. Ozzy Osbourne (Sabbath/Ozzy)
13. Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden)
14. James Hetfield (Metallica)
15. Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Holy crap that was hard! But...there it is. \\m// \\m//

Axl Rose (GnR)
Stephen Taylor (Aerosmith)
Brian Setzer (Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stray Cats)
Alexi Laiho (Childrn Of Bodom)
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
Dio (Dio, Black Sabbath)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Roger Daltrey (The Who)
Scott Weiland (VR, Stone Temple Pilots)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Eric Clapton (Solo)
Jimi Hendrix (Solo)
Anthony Kiedis(RHCP)
Bon Scott (AC/DC)
Sting (The Police/Solo)
Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)
Chuck Schuldiner (Death)

's All.

[B]Ian[/B], I think it'd be a good idea if you size 7 bolded something like this: Please keep all nominations in one post, and if you're going to correct someone who is doing something wrong, please do so, but once they fix it, please delete your post, as it will make counting the votes a lot easier. (And the thread will nicer as well. :))

[QUOTE=Elnimio]You mean ex-Nightwish. ;)[/QUOTE]

Have I mentioned today how much I dislike nitpicking?