ArsMoriendi: Ugly Sounding Vocalists? No! Iconic!

BMDrummer 04.13.14	Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips. He has such a human voice, especially on their early stuff where he sounds like he is trying to sing but can just barely do it.
Mort. 04.13.14	"Screaming doesn't count." why not, some screamers don't have pretty or powerful voices but still deliver their lines spectacularly. Jon Mess for example and erm I dunno
Judio! 04.13.14	Dave Mustaine
CoolCalmJoe 04.13.14	Jerry Jones
danielito19 04.13.14	Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips[2] jeff rosenstock
menawati 04.13.14	cash and bowie immediately spring to mind
TwigTW 04.13.14	Geddy Lee John Wetton [2]
menawati 04.13.14	wettons voice isnt ugly its like soulhoney
ArsMoriendi 04.13.14	@menawati: I have to disagree on Bowie. His voice is really pretty in plenty of songs. "Wild is the Wind" for instance.
menawati 04.13.14	sometimes yes but his best aspect is the dandy-growling like on scary monsters album, sorry still cant think if wettons voice as ever ugly but yeah he puts it on sometimes
TwigTW 04.13.14	@Menawati: I think you have Bowie and Wetton mixed up.
menawati 04.13.14	haha
menawati 04.13.14	well not ugly but affected, eccentric y'know, and bowie ceased to exist for me anyway from lets dance onwards
Pheromone 04.13.14	Jason Lytle & Paul Weller
menawati 04.13.14	paul weller good shout 'sup up your beer and collect your fags there's a row goin on down near Slough' (fags = cigarettes got to be careful eh)
menawati 04.13.14	figures
NordicMindset 04.13.14	Ian watkins
NordicMindset 04.13.14	Shit I meant Ian mackaye
NordicMindset 04.13.14	We're just a minor threat!
Salvidian 04.13.14	John Prine, if anyone here knows the guy. Yeah...
fallenbird 04.13.14	Jeff Magnum
Salvidian 04.13.14	Edit: screwed up, ignore this.
Asdfp277 04.13.14	so i'm the only one who can't stand bad singers, no matter what? ;-;
BMDrummer 04.13.14	I forgot, another one is Jus Oborn from Electric Wizard.
Pheromone 04.13.14	Also Shane MacGowan and that bloke from The Drones
Jruined 04.13.14	Tom Waits Toby Driver
laughingman22 04.13.14	Nivek Ogre Blixa Bargeld Easily my favorite vocalists
INTOTHE3LIGHT 04.13.14	neil young
chemicalmarriage 04.13.14	thom yorke
ArsMoriendi 04.13.14	@INTOTHE3LIGHT: Good choice! Neil Young is probably the best example of this list description actually. Too bad I can't get into his stuff, otherwise he probably would have been on the list. @chemicalmarriage: Thom Yorke's voice is pretty as hell.
ZombicidalMan 04.13.14	Rivers from Weezer. He's pleasant enough, but sometimes on the blue album and pinkerton he goes off key, shouts, does weird stuff. But it's great imo
menawati 04.13.14	damn yes neil young, he basically cant sing can he, simple as that, good job he's a godly songwriter to compensate
Crawl 04.13.14	What do you mean by Corgan taking it too far in 2000s?
Salvidian 04.13.14	I don't know what he meant, but I'd say he made the music revolve around his voice too much.
ArsMoriendi 04.13.14	@Salvidian: That sounds about right. Also he tones UP the nasal, especially on the Machinas, to a point where it loses its charm.
menawati 04.13.14	maybe he has no adenoids
SatanicPeanuts 04.14.14	Anthony kiedis
Snake. 04.14.14	the guy from demilich
VisionsFromTheDarkSide 04.14.14	Mike Kinsella
skeames1214 04.14.14	pat the bunny
Rowan5215 04.14.14	Corgan rules
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	Mascis sucks so much ass awful band, especially live
scottpilgrim10 04.14.14	Tom Delonge
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@Rowan5215: he sure does! Well his 90s stuff, at least I only like his 90s stuff... @LordPots: Don't know about them live, but in the studio they're amazing. So shhhhh.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	no.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	why don't you like any female singers ars pretty sure 90% of my favourite singers are women
gagnonov 04.14.14	i'm surprised dylan has not yet been mentioned here
Rowan5215 04.14.14	@Ars Personally I thought Machina I was fantastic @scott Agreed with DeLonge but I dig his voice anyway
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	"why don't you like any female singers ars" PJ Harvey and L7 are two of my favorite artists. I also like Hole, How to Destroy Angels... I guess I haven't tried that much else female wise though. If you wanna rec something similar to PJ, I'd check it out.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	The Knife is like PJ Harvey? From what I've heard from Shaking the Habitual, thats surprises me.
scottpilgrim10 04.14.14	@Rowan His voice was way better before their breakup, when they reunited he couldn't hit the right note to save his life. Although he's gotten better recently.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	ah man mariqueen mandig is such a boring singer imo, she sounds exactly like a female version of trent with equally bad lyrics and all i have to say on the female vocalist front is... The Knife CocoRosie Jenny Hval Portishead Chelsea Wolfe Alice Russel Billy Holiday just to name a couple
Rowan5215 04.14.14	Really? I think his best performances vocally are on the s/t and Neighbourhoods
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	cant be fucked to make a definitive list but the first two male vocalists that come to mind are Phil Elverum and the dude from Timber Timbre
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@LordPots: You insult Dinosaur Jr. and Nine Inch Nails? And then rec me a bunch of female folk, hip hop, and indie type stuff? And Billy Holiday lol. No offense man, but I'm not sure you'd know what I'd be into based off of that. @Fripp: Kate Bush seems cool from what I've heard from her maybe I'll try an album from her, which do you reccomend? Laurie Anderson... never heard of her, I'll probably check her soon. Not so big on Boris, drone/ambient stuff was never my thing.
Rowan5215 04.14.14	Peter Gabriel Fripp? you crazy
scottpilgrim10 04.14.14	"Really? I think his best performances vocally are on the s/t and Neighbourhoods" I think he's great on s/t, but his performance on Neighborhoods is just alright. I think his vocals are more emotion filled on their older releases. Neighborhoods he sounds pretty monotone in my opinion. And for not being able to hit a note, I was mainly talking about live performance from 2009/2010 when he used a different vocal delivery to mask the fact that his singing was really rusty/bad at the time.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@Frippertronics: Listening to Big Science as we speak.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	"@LordPots: You insult Dinosaur Jr. and Nine Inch Nails? And then rec me a bunch of female folk, hip hop, and indie type stuff? And Billy Holiday lol. No offense man, but I'm not sure you'd know what I'd be into based off of that." wow. first off i wasn't insulting nine inch nails. i love nin. but trent is a bad lyricist and a very typical vocalist. its his music that make nin. and i don't like dino jr, so fucking what. and i didnt rec you shit i just named female vocalists that i really like without even considering your taste. and billy holiday is one of the most influential women in music ever so don't call me out for 'bashing nin and dino jr.' when ur gonna laugh about an actual iconic artist who has one of the most distinct voices of all time.
scottpilgrim10 04.14.14	i'm surprised dylan has not yet been mentioned here [2] Great songwriter but awful, awful vocalist.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@LordPots: I was only laughing because it's a random choice if it were to be a rec for me. I know Billie Holiday is incredibly influential and iconic and of course incredibly respectable. But the fact that you seemed to be responding to me made it seem like recs. Sorry for the mistake.
Rowan5215 04.14.14	His accent is amazing Fripp, especially the multiple ones on Battle of Epping Forest @scott I agree about the emotion thing, you can say a lot of things about his vocals on Cheshire Cat to s/t but you can't say they aren't passionate as fuck. That isn't quite there on Neighbourhoods but I do think that he's less pitchy and whiny on that one Re NIN I actually love Trent's lyrics and vocals but maybe that's just me, I can see why you wouldn't pots
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	"Re NIN I actually love Trent's lyrics and vocals but maybe that's just me, I can see why you wouldn't pots" his vocals fit the music but again there is nothing special about them, pretty standard singer and his lyrics are everything from repetitive, mindless, and uninspired to downright cringe worthy that being said he was a lot better back in the downward spiral days and even tho his lyricism has been getting worse and worse there is something about the ambiguity that makes everything he writes relatable to practically anyone and it almost suits the music anyway. so its not really a detracting factor for me, its just kind of a thing that i've noticed and i can admit without letting my inner childhood nin faboy get butthurt about he is great at conceptualization tho
Rowan5215 04.14.14	His vocals are great imo he just takes time to get used to. The passion in his voice on Broken and the Downward Spiral is incredible I'll admit that his lyrics depend on the album and in recent years they've been pretty terrible but I find the concepts of Downward Spiral, Year Zero and With Teeth really interesting and I enjoy the lyrics on those albums so yeah
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	"His vocals are great imo he just takes time to get used to." takes time to get used to? hes like the epitome of accessible.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@LordPots: Eh, I still find Year Zero to be both musically and lyrically engaging, but I GUESS I can see what you mean with With Teeth, Hesitation Marks, The Slip... sort of. Even though I don't really agree.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	ministry has always been shit all those shitty industrial bands like kmfdm too
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	i already said that i think nine inch nails music is all great ars, im not arguing that. i am a nin fan.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	"ministry has always been shit" Get out please. Thank you, your coat is on the rack next to the door.
Rowan5215 04.14.14	I dunno it just took me a while to get used to the tone of his voice which is, like the list says, ugly But I love them more and more the more I listen to the band and especially since I saw them live where his vocals were on point perfectly
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	I know, I was getting dramatic there. Also it's LORD JESUS CHRIST FUCK THE THIRD thankyouverymuch.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	really fun to talk to today ars "But I love them more and more the more I listen to the band and especially since I saw them live where his vocals were on point perfectly" feelings on the new one?
Rowan5215 04.14.14	You mean Hesitation Marks? Pretty shite to be honest With Teeth was the last one I loved
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	"You mean Hesitation Marks? Pretty shite to be honest With Teeth was the last one I loved" But Year Zero is like the best thing ever, I put it as one of my 3 favorite albums ever. I have sentimental attachment to that album... also I 4.5'd Hesitation Marks lol. To me NIN has never done anything close to bad.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	with teeth is like his worst album other than ghosts it has a handful of amazing tracks but its not cohesive at all(he himself mentioned it being more of a collection of stand alones than a carry through album from song to song) i thought hesitation was great
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	also fuck the slip haters that album is awesome
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	Here's an odd opinion. The Fragile is my least favorite (other than ghosts, but that's a given.) My NIN ratings: Pretty Hate Machine 4/5 Broken - 4.5/5 The Downward Spiral 5/5 The Fragile 3.5/5 With Teeth 4.5/5 Year Zero 5/5 Ghosts I-V 3/5 The Slip 3.5/5 Hesitation Marks 4.5/5 Anything 3 or up is good anyway.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 04.14.14	the fragile is my fav
ArsMoriendi 04.14.14	@Frippertronics: Also, I just finished the Laurie Anderson album and I have absolutely no idea how to feel about it other than "what the fuck?" I think I liked it though?
Rowan5215 04.14.14	Ah shit Ars for some reason I always think that Year Zero came before With Teeth no idea why Yeah YZ and WT are both incredible in my books The thing about the Slip is that every song on it starts off amazing and then nothing happens in their second half Seriously this happens on like EVERY SONG
Friday13th 04.14.14	Most of my faves fall into this category. Like people have said, Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, John Wetton, Kate Bush, and Geddy Lee are all unique and awesome. Though some like Dave Mustaine and Bob Dylan are just flat out bad imo but have great music.
chuutya23 10.25.14	Dave Vanian Johnny Rotten David Yow Ian Hunter Jerry Garcia Vince Neill
ShadowRemains 10.25.14	sweet bumping another potato vs. ars piss fest
Lord(e)Po)))ts 10.25.14	lets do 'er aye ars ur opinion on nin is retarded
ShadowRemains 10.25.14	oh god lets do er classic sput meme
Snake. 10.25.14	yeah mascis isn't that bad of a vocalist honestly
Lord(e)Po)))ts 10.25.14	mascis is awful
Ryus 10.25.14	he has
Lord(e)Po)))ts 10.25.14	steven wilson
BertMacklinFBI 10.25.14	Because his voice is beautiful