Worst male voice in rock history?

[arwalden]

Two come to mind: Rod Stewart and Michael Bolton

[terrya]

1. Tom Waits

[hippiechick]

10. Tom's THE MAN !!!!!

:hippie:

[hippiechick]

11. Tom's THE MAN !!!!!

:hippie:

[BeTheChange]

13. Tom Waits is awesome..

But then again, I like Dylan. His voice is unique.

[bobbobbins]

14. tom waits has a great voice

...i'd take his over any of those other people, who think singing is just hitting the highest note you possibly can. He uses his voice in so many different ways it becomes another essential instrument to the music...most vocalists are interchangeable, but not him.

[jobycom]

33. Well, if you're going with talented singers with no voice, add Joe Cocker.

[AllyCat]

62. But he has so much to say! It's raspy, but I like him n/t

[Atlas Mugged]

86. Tom Waits is a national treasure

I love his voice. Streisand is considered to have a great voice - but I can't stand listening to her.

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. Bob Dylan wins hands down

[Richardo]

6. Dylan - no contest.

[bif]

12. Just saw Dylan--his voice is beyond bad

You can't even understand what he's growling. The absolute worst voice I've ever heard. Period.

[Emboldened Chimp]

50. Though technically bad, Dylan's voice was perfect for his music

Can you imagine those songs being sung by someone with a great voice? I think their power would be diminished considerably.

[Atlas Mugged]

85. Joan Baez ruined many a Dylan tune

And she's considered to have a "great voice". Too operatic for me.

Oh, yeah, she should shot for what she did to The Bands' "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

[donheld]

80. I say Dylan too

I love Bob, but that is one bad voice.

[StopTheMorans]

3. Bono

[AntiCoup2K4]

110. You better be talking about Sonny

or Hell, even Cher for that matter, who can't even make a record anymore without a computer doing the vocals.

[StopTheMorans]

129. no, the asshat poseur who fronts U2

:P

[Patsy Stone]

4. Tom Petty

I love him, but he can't sing. :)

[laruemtt]

5. the AC/DC guy - i'm blocking

[redqueen]

26. Bite your tongue! Well, at least if you mean Bonn Scott.

If you mean Brian Johnson... eh.

[Ernesto]

101. Yes, that screamin' fool

should be arrested.

[hippiechick]

7. Lou Gramm & Axl Rose

:loveya: Tom Waits is DA BOMB !!!


:hippie:

[driver8]

63. Axl Rose has a great rock n roll voice!! IMHO n/t

[Kat45]

87. I agree. Axl does have a great rock'n'roll voice.

[Gothic Sponge]

8. Axel Rose

I never cared for Guns N' Roses

[wtmusic]

9. Aw c'mon

both those guys can sing, even if Stewart is raspy and Bolton is smarmy.

I thought you meant someone more like Roger Hodgson of Supertramp...:puke:

[arwalden]

23. Bolton Doesn't Really Sing, It's More Like Shouting.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

15. Anyone in the Bee Gees.

[redqueen]

16. Is Limp Bizkit 'rock'? If so, Fred Durst. If not, then Axl Rose.

[pstans]

19. Limp Bizkit is a good one

Not a good singer at all, but he was in it for the Nookie.

[pstans]

17. Kurt Cobain

I have to say Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. I didn't hate Nirvana and listened to it sometimes, but Cobain was not a good singer. You could argue that he was a great artist though (same could be said for Dylan).

[Texasgal]

18. Ozzy Osbourne

I just don't get what's so freakin' special about him.

Note* I did listen to him in high school, lord only knows why! :puke:

[NewJeffCT]

39. I like Ozzy, but I agree

I should say, I used to love Ozzy, but his voice is annoying.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

20. Geddy Lee n/t

[jonnyblitz]

24. you beat me to it. n/t

[Orsino]

21. Gary Wright

I win.

(much as I love "Dream Weaver," his voice stank)

[DelawareValleyDem]

22. Mark Farner

can't sing, can't play guitar, and is a freeper. Three strikes.

[wtmusic]

25. Good one! and in second place...

Ted Nugent

[LDS Jock]

27. does Ashcroft count? ... Let The Eagle Soar!

[BurtWorm]

28. Justin Hawkins

:wow:

http://www.thedarknessrock.com/

[FizzFuzz]

103. he cracks me up though. I like him.

like he knows he's a parody.

[jobycom]

29. Joe Strummer-- RIP. Seconds to Mick Jagger and Bono.

Joe Strummer, lead "singer" of the Clash, had the worst voice and no ability to use what little he had. Still sounded good, somehow.

[ImpeachBush]

30. All of the BeeGees

[fudge stripe cookays]

31. The lead singer of Cinderella.

For God's sake....the guy must be completely mute. He SOOO must have damaged his vocal cords from that shrieking thing he did. Uck.

FSC

[jobycom]

32. Oh yeah, we have to throw Rick O'Casick into the argument. Was he really

Was he really trying to sing, or was that some early form of non-rythmic rap where he just sort of said words with some tonal variation?

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Ssssssssssssssssssssss!

Never dis ANYTHING about The Cars. (Well at least until after Panorama. You can make fun of anything after that.)
The Professor

[jobycom]

36. Dissin' the Cars

is sort of redundant.

[ProfessorGAC]

47. pfffffffffffffft!

So there! Guess i told you!
The Professor

[jobycom]

51. ROFL

Yes, I'm smarting! LOL

[Strawman]

35. King Diamond

Fine Danish soccer player. Horrible vocalist.

[AntiCoup2K4]

113. Sounds like a chipmunk on helium, doesn't he?

And looks like a Kiss reject.

[Allenberg]

37. Steven Tyler.

[mr blur]

38. The awful Freddie Mercury, no contest (n/t)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

42. I think Freddie Mercury's voice was awesome. n/t

[jobycom]

53. That's not even an honest reply

No way anyone claims Freddie Mercury had a bad voice, even if they didn't like his voice. Fess up, you just trying to stir up trouble, ain't you, pal?

[mr blur]

67. No, really, I wasn't

If I was trying to stir up trouble I'd have said Bonio from U2.

[jobycom]

77. ROFLMAO!

Jobycom wipes the pie out of his eyes.

[Chovexani]

82. Don't you talk about my Freddie!

Don't make me come over there, mister.

[AntiCoup2K4]

112. Yeah, no contest.... you need a hearing aid!

Freddie can't sing? :wtf:

[mr blur]

125. I didn't say he couldn't sing

but that he had the worst voice. Just about everyone can sing.

[Beware the Beast Man]

40. That guy from the Darkness

[BurtWorm]

43. Justin Hawkins!

That's what I said. :wow:

[barb162]

41. Joe Cocker (hope I got that first name right) sounded like he

had a really bad cold

[ironflange]

44. Joe Cocker

And Louis Armstrong, though he's not rock.

Doesn't mean a damn thing, though. Both go to show that it isn't so much what you have, but what you can do with it.

[arkie dem]

45. The Nuge ranks right up there with the worst.

[dean_dem]

46. Tiny Tim! Tiny Tim!

[hickman1937]

79. Damn, you got mine.

[Kat45]

88. I saw Tiny Tim in concert; he actually has a good voice.

"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" was the ONLY song in which he used that awful falsetto.

[Jessica]

48. Sammy Hagar

Ick. x(

[SKKY]

49. The Lead singer of The Pogues...

...Horrible voice and even worse teeth. UUUUUUGGGGHHHHH. I get the willies just thinking about it.

[dean_dem]

69. Then this will really hurt...

Who wants to bet that ugly stick had a nail in it?

[devilgrrl]

78. Shane MacGowan is determined to drink himself to death

That picture confirms it. He's an asshole too boot.

Love The Pogues though.

[PittPoliSci]

121. I really like him...

There was an interview with him in Filter magazine this month (hell, I bought that lousy piece of filth for that interview) and in it he does mostly nothing but not answer the snotty interviewer's questions and just bitch about Bush.

Sounds like an okay guy to me if he doesn't wanna talk to indie-scenesters and attack Bush.

[WCGreen]

124. Theres a IOndy movie on his life and times

featuring Shawn in all his glory.....

Fairy Tale of New York......

[SweetLeftFoot]

128. Why exactly

... is Shane MacGowan an arsehole?

[jswordy]

52. Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers n/t

[ariesgem]

123. I love the Chili Peppers

but I recently downloaded some of their live songs and he did kinda suck live.

[Spider Jerusalem]

54. Does Wesley Willis count?

[Boswells_Johnson]

83. LOL...yeah! Didn't he have a song about Strawberry Quick or something...

[RevolutionaryActs]

55. I don't know the answer to that, but I *love* your avatar!

:7

[SmileyBoy]

56. Billy Corgan.

Nails on a chalkboard my friend, nails on a chalkboard.

[hippiechick]

65. OH YES !!!

How could we forget that nasally whiner ?!?!?



:hippie:

[Beaverhausen]

76. I'm not the only one who can't stand him??? Thank god

I never understood why people think he is so great. :eyes:

[Chovexani]

81. I love the Pumpkins.

I mean, I adore them. They're one of my favorite bands of all time. I practically cried when they broke up. And Billy Corgan is fucking brilliant.

His voice? OMFG. Just...painful.

[Cush]

115. have to agree with that

[tk2kewl]

57. This will probably annoy some Canadian DUers but

I find Getty Lee's voice really annoying

[SmileyBoy]

59. It kinda grows on you.

The first time I heard a Rush song, I thought the singing was annoying, but once you start listening to the music, Lee's voice becomes kind of an acquired taste.

[ghostsofgiants]

73. First Rush song I heard I thought it was a woman singing

I got used to it though.

[devilgrrl]

58. Michael Stipe

Still like like his work anyway

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

97. i liked him better in the 80s

when he has a distinctive twang to his singing. the way he tries to sing pitch perfect and pretty these days is boring

[cedahlia]

60. um, that guy from Nickelback?

He sucks pretty bad. And don't forget Scott Stapp from Creed and Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit (if you even want to categorize LB as "rock".) :puke:

[AllyCat]

61. Neil Young...love his music, voice is well, a little tweaky. n/t

[The Sushi Bandit]

64. Lead singer of Black Oak Arkansas!!!!

total krap!

[maveric]

118. Jim Dandy

A krap band to boot.

[The Sushi Bandit]

130. Remember Jim Dandy to the rescue?

I was in Mississippi at the time

[maveric]

66. Neil Young. I love the guy!

Bob Dylan is bad too.

[HughBeaumont]

68. Keith Moon

Although not a vocalist, his solo albums were shite on a stycke.

Runners up -

Sid Vicious
Kurt Brecht (although I love D.R.I.)
Lou Reed
Fred Durst
Jon Davis
Will Rahmer
Seth Putnam
Kurt Cobain
Marq Torien (sp)
Kid Rock (sucks hot ass all over)
Biz Markie (although I think he KNEW he sucked)

[flvegan]

70. Lemmie from Motorhead.

Good guy, though, from what I've read.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

71. Scott Stapp from Creed

and that dude from Nickelback

it's a toss-up

[Cornjob]

91. Have to agree... bellowing as art!

And close behind them is the immortal Lenny Kravitz.

Oh does he suck!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

95. I strongly dislike Lenny Kravitz

he's so cheesy and... not good at all.

[Bok_Tukalo]

72. Gordon Gano

When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
Yeah and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might
Stop to check you out

Let me go on
Like a blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands I know you're the one

Body in beads I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on
Like a blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands I know you're the one

[JimmyJazz]

74. Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Sid Vicious - No aliens

have not taken over my body...

[name not needed]

89. Don't you mean Johnny Rotten?

Not Sid Vicious?

[miss_kitty]

104. You never heard Sid do 'My Way?'

Nails on a chalkboard, mate. Nails on a chalkboard.

[name not needed]

105. I just had to hear it!

AAAAAAAAAAH!

[miss_kitty]

106. Even so

I love Joe's voice. He knew how to work it. Same with Mick.

[AntiCoup2K4]

111. You're the last person I thought would be dissing Strummer & Jones

Sid, on the other hand, was so bad he was almost good. I imagine Eddie Cochran did a few cartwheels in his grave over the covers of "Something Else" and "C'Mon Everybody".

[u4ic]

75. Simon le Bon

I guess he's more pop, but the Bee Gees have also been nominated...

[mitchum]

84. That helium screecher in Rush

[sundog]

90. good choices - I have nothing to add

I despise them both :puke:

[NamVetsWeeLass]

92. hands down for me

Geddy Lee. To me, He sounds as if someone has his testes in a vice. It's kinda sad, Rush is very pagan-like in their lyrics, and I can't stand to listen to them because of Geddy Lee.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

93. that guy from ac/dc

ugh!

followed by every shrill hair metal singer from the 80s

[Ernesto]

98. Bingo!!!!!!

That guy is truly fucked.

[taught_me_patience]

94. JERRY GARCIA

Great guitarist and great band but horrible voice.

taught.

[El Fuego]

96. Phil Collins

[njdemocrat106]

120. We don't diss Mr. Collins when I'm around

My nomination: James Hetfield of Metallica

[ok_cpu]

99. Adam Duritz

And I like Counting Crows

[Spirochete]

100. Jesse DuPree

he played a mean chainsaw, tho. hehe.

On Edit: Spelling is my friend, spelling is my friend, spelling is my friend...

[NC_Nurse]

102. My first thought was Geddy Lee...

but you've named some real contenders in this thread...Dylan, Corgan, Bolton....all heave-O-riffic!

My husband says Springsteen circa "Born in the USA" as well. A voice that was good, till he blew it out...and THEN became an icon. :wtf:

And then there's the plethora of under-bite rockers these days...the Nickelback-Creed-Godsmack types...blah. :puke:

[Zomby Woof]

107. Morrissey

Or any of those whiny droners.

[AntiCoup2K4]

108. Sammy Hagar!

Cheese ballad writing Repuke tequila salesman who ruined Van Halen.

[MrSlayer]

109. Bob Dylan without question.

Just brutal.

[NightTrain]

114. I can't believe no one has mentioned this guy...

FABIAN!!! :puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[hfojvt]

116. 100 posts here and no one has mentioned Robert Plant?

I cannot stand Mick Jagger or Rod Stewart either.
I never cared for Bono, and even Bob Seeger, Tom Petty and Bruce had to grow on me. Dylan wins hands down, but he is before my time.
Then again, I like Bolton. The first time I heard him he was a heavy metal singer doing the great song "everybody's crazy".

[kwassa]

117. Roger Daltry of the Who

He just dragged that band down ..... He looked like a rock star, he just had no voice.

[CO Liberal]

119. Richard Harris

"MacArthur park is melting in the dark,
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again......

Oh, no-o-o-o-o-o-o-o....."

(From 1967's big summertime hit.)

[ariesgem]

122. I vote for Bob Dylan

[nytemare]

126. Yep, Bob Dylan, wrote great songs, but I really

just could not get close to tolerating his voice. It is a shame really.

[arwalden]

127. Neil Diamond Also Comes To Mind... But...

but I don't know if it's his voice itself, or the if it's just the songs (arrangements) that I dislike.

[Squatch]

131. Ashlee Simpson...although "Ashlee" is a weird name for a dude