Notices
Non Scooby Related Anything Non-Scooby related

Who is the best Rock Singer?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 07 April 2007, 07:11 PM
  #1  
GaryCat
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
 
GaryCat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 1999
Posts: 2,043
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Who is the best Rock Singer?

We've had guitarists and drummers... but who is the best singer?

Ronnie James Dio?
Ian Gillan?
Robert Plant?
David Coverdale?
Geddy Lee?

(guess which decade I'm from )
Old 07 April 2007, 07:16 PM
  #2  
speye91
Scooby Regular
 
speye91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: St Louis, Missouri. USA./Newcastle UK.
Posts: 3,935
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Freddie Mercury.
Bryan Adams.
Old 07 April 2007, 07:45 PM
  #3  
gatty
Scooby Regular
 
gatty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: shine on you crazy diamond
Posts: 1,486
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

dave gilmore

robert plant

roger daltry
Old 07 April 2007, 08:00 PM
  #4  
rob878
Scooby Regular
 
rob878's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 770
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Bon Scott and laterly Brian Johnson for me.
Old 07 April 2007, 08:12 PM
  #6  
Alas
Scooby Regular
 
Alas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Location: Location.
Posts: 3,439
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Agree with Gillan, maybe Paul Rodgers as well.
Old 07 April 2007, 08:26 PM
  #7  
Hoppy
Scooby Regular
 
Hoppy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Where age and treachery reins over youthful exuberance
Posts: 5,275
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

In his day, Robert Plant. Original and best. No question.
Old 07 April 2007, 08:29 PM
  #8  
51st state
Scooby Regular
 
51st state's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,919
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by Alas
Agree with Gillan, maybe Paul Rodgers as well.

paul rodgers

he owns a coal yard near me, quite a wealthy chap
Old 07 April 2007, 08:53 PM
  #9  
Steve vRS
Scooby Regular
 
Steve vRS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Dull White BMW
Posts: 5,052
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Bruce Dickinson
Old 07 April 2007, 08:53 PM
  #10  
andythejock01wrx
Scooby Regular
 
andythejock01wrx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Edinburgh (ish)
Posts: 8,089
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Freddie Mercury for his superb range. David Coverdale for the ladies !
Old 07 April 2007, 08:55 PM
  #11  
andythejock01wrx
Scooby Regular
 
andythejock01wrx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Edinburgh (ish)
Posts: 8,089
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Come to think of it I like all the guys mentioned so far.

Just waiting for someone to come on and say "Hey, you old timers !! Who the **** is Ian Gillan ?!"
Old 07 April 2007, 08:59 PM
  #12  
Bug Eyed Peas
Scooby Regular
 
Bug Eyed Peas's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: York Scoobs. . . . Onwards & Upwards
Posts: 4,702
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Gotta say David Coverdale. My father was a friend of Mel Galleys

Anthony
Old 07 April 2007, 09:08 PM
  #13  
LC Geezer
Scooby Regular
 
LC Geezer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 426
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Steve Tyler
Old 07 April 2007, 09:16 PM
  #14  
KiwiGTI
Scooby Regular
 
KiwiGTI's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 4,631
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Many of the above but I'd also add Axel Rose.
Old 07 April 2007, 09:19 PM
  #15  
Marky-San
Scooby Regular
 
Marky-San's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Strathclyde
Posts: 2,443
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Hmmm the ole whitesnake himself is a charmer. I like prime 'operation:mindcrime' era Queensryches Geoff Tate.

Leftfield lady input - What about Ann Wilson of Heart? Saw her in concert and she has one amazing female vocal and she makes it so effortless. She actually sounds as she does on CD.
Old 07 April 2007, 09:51 PM
  #16  
Lydia72
Scooby Regular
 
Lydia72's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pleiades
Posts: 1,294
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

David Coverdale (although I did see Whitesnake 'live' last year and I am not entirely sure he was actually singing...)
Old 07 April 2007, 09:53 PM
  #17  
SW Sport Pilot
Scooby Regular
 
SW Sport Pilot's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Blackwood
Posts: 492
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

James Hetfield of metallica for me
Old 07 April 2007, 10:01 PM
  #18  
106rallye
Scooby Regular
 
106rallye's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 722
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

here you go you hair metal fans a perfect way to compare them back to back one of my all time fave youtube video on so many levels!! there is a whole film on it somewhere but haven't seen it for so long!

YouTube - Hear n' Aid - We're Stars
Old 07 April 2007, 10:11 PM
  #19  
Chip
Scooby Regular
 
Chip's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Cardiff. Wales
Posts: 11,758
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Paul Rodgers.

Ive seen most of the above and he stands head and shoulders above most of them.

Chip
Old 07 April 2007, 10:16 PM
  #20  
shug
Scooby Regular
 
shug's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 428
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

So many to choose from

Dio
Rob Halford
Doogie White (Rainbow, Yngwie, La Paz , M3)
Jon Waite ( Bad English)
Steve Perry (Journey)
Ian Gillan
Gary Barden (MSG)
Graham Bonnet (MSG)
Bon Scott
Skin (Skunk Anansie)
Jizzy Pearl (Love / Hate)
Coverdale
Plant
Greg Rolie (Santana / Journey)
Enid Williams (Girlschool)
Ann Wilson (Heart)
Udo (Accept)
Sean Harris (Diamond Head)
Mike Tramp (Freak of Nature)

etc
Old 07 April 2007, 10:22 PM
  #21  
theboy
Scooby Regular
 
theboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Rugby League the greatest game in the world
Posts: 1,154
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by rob878
Bon Scott and laterly Brian Johnson for me.
Enough said, greatest band ever
Old 07 April 2007, 10:27 PM
  #22  
TopBanana
Scooby Regular
 
TopBanana's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 9,781
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Chesney Hawkes
Old 07 April 2007, 10:59 PM
  #23  
theboy
Scooby Regular
 
theboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Rugby League the greatest game in the world
Posts: 1,154
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default



Old 07 April 2007, 11:17 PM
  #24  
Lee247
SN Fairy Godmother
 
Lee247's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Far Far Away
Posts: 35,246
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Robert Plant
Old 07 April 2007, 11:28 PM
  #25  
richiewong
Twatful
 
richiewong's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Grew up and don't drive Scoobs anymore!
Posts: 9,050
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by TopBanana
Chesney Hawkes
Great now got 'I am the one and only' stuck in my head.

Did anyone mention Robert Plant
Old 08 April 2007, 12:03 AM
  #26  
C. Jay. k.
Scooby Regular
 
C. Jay. k.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Land of the Great and the Good
Posts: 715
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Phil Lynott
Old 08 April 2007, 12:14 AM
  #27  
RedScoob
Scooby Regular
 
RedScoob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 969
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

My pick of the "best of the best"....
Queensryches Geoff Tate. - Listen to Operation: Mindcrime.
Bruce Dickinson (a bit one dimensional...?) - Anything from Maiden's "Seventh Son" to BD's "Shoot all the clowns"
Skin (Skunk Anansie) - Good call, shug. Pick and choose.....
Old 08 April 2007, 01:06 AM
  #28  
SineSTI
Scooby Regular
 
SineSTI's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rijeka, Croatia 2015 STI
Posts: 403
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

David Lee Roth
Old 08 April 2007, 01:52 AM
  #29  
DJ Vinyl Ritchie
BANNED
 
DJ Vinyl Ritchie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Maradona good; Pele better; George best
Posts: 432
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Ian Gillan without a doubt.


He was in his prime way before I was born. Absolute legend


DJ Vinyl Ritchie............ I bonked a bird under a grand piano once
Old 08 April 2007, 09:12 AM
  #30  
Buckwheat
Scooby Regular
 
Buckwheat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 265
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by rob878
Bon Scott and laterly Brian Johnson for me.
Yep.


Quick Reply: Who is the best Rock Singer?



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:32 AM.