LU - Greatest Singer/Vocalist Ever

[gUt]

Tricky one. Do you want to build a supergroup with an amazing front man or do you want to name the greatest voice you ever heard?

In any case, no one can deny that this man is the greatest, most versatile, most artistic, best lyricist, hardest working singer in music (not just rock music) of at least the last 30 years:

Mike Patton. There's nothing he can't do, or hasn't done.

If we leave this genius aside as a given, we can consider:

Robert Plant
Tom Waits
Maynard James Keenan
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
Devin Townsend

 

[Twizzle]

disregarding singer songwriters, just on vocal ability alone no one could combine with his lead guitarist and have a vocal range like than Robert Plant

 

[Stagger eel]

Robert Plant
Iggy Pop
Jeff Buckley
Bono
Frank Black
Thom Yorke.

 

[snoozer]

plant
mercury
halford
grace slick
ian gillan
maynard j keenan

for craziest vocal on any one song - gerry humphrys from the loved ones on "everlovin man"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOUzKJFFnnw&feature=related
he really pulls out all stops about 35 seconds in!

 

[Parra]

Paul Stanley

 

[Munky]

Ronnie James Dio
Bruce Dickinson
Anne Wilson

 

[Non Terminator]

Freddie Mercury hands down.
Add Bruce Dickinson, Robert Plant, Axl Rose (haha, not).

 

[HevyDevy]

DEVIN TOWNSEND

Case closed.

 

[Non Terminator]

Yes!

 

[Apey]

Roy Orbison

 

[Bastard Squad]

David Gilmour
Elton John
David Bowie
John Lennon

 

[umina panther]

Joey Cape lagwagon
Greg Attonito bouncing souls
Greg Graffin bad religion

 

[Marshall_magic]

Freddy Mercury, no contest

 

[Matt23]

Freddie Mercury
Robert Plant
Bono
Mike Patton

 

[HevyDevy]

Bono??

 

[HevyDevy]

Obviously Devin puts everyone else to shame but I can't believe noone has mentioned Akerfeldt yet. Freak.

Patton is an obvious choice too.

For metal vocals, can't go past Abbath.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin

edit.

Marvin Gaye
Sly Stone
Ray Charles
Sammy Davis jr
Al Green

 

[simmo1]

Dio for mine, just ahead of Chad Kroger.

 

[RedVDave]

Chris Cornell, without question!

 

[Parra]

If you are taking these questions seriously how could you leave out Bon Scott?

Or Axl Rose?