Best Rock Voice All-Time

[Rooster'srule]

A couple of unique and very good voices

Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart

[TKE226]

Cinderella lead singer

[Spurticus]

Originally Posted by TKE226

Cinderella lead singer

Not sure what the OP meant by "best Rock Voice" but I took that to mean
Vocal Skills, as opposed to "Distinctive" Rock vocals. .... Who I think has the
best pipes (Ronstadt, Joel, Perry etc....) might not be the best or most defining
voice IMO for the Rock Genre. If it were for just Distinctive voice, My list would
include Steven Tyler, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, JANICE
JOPLIN (Oh Hell Yeah)...........

The lead singer for Cinderella (Tom Keifer) has always been a voice I loved to
listen to in his younger days, since they released their first album. Not what
you'd call "polished vocals" but for that brand of Rock music in that era (80s)
you could feel the emotions in his voice, and he left nothing on the stage
everytime they played. It eventually cost him his voice, but he gave it up
doing what he loved doing.

[TKE226]

Yeah I was going for unique. I too probabaly wouldn't classify Tom's voice as beautiful but it was unique !

[Acockolypse Now]

Ronnie James Dio

[Spurticus]

A couple more REALLY good Voices of Rock Music:

Peter Cetera (would make my Top 10)
Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)

[Spur's Addiction]

Sammy Hagar had some pipes too in the Van Halen days.

[Spurticus]

Originally Posted by Spur's Addiction

Sammy Hagar had some pipes too in the Van Halen days.

I actually liked his vocals prior to joining Van Halen more though. As a solo artist
and when he was with Montrose. Dude could sing !
His voice had matured when he joined VH, but even that was still good, but I
always got the impression that he tried too hard to be more "Over the top" when
he was with them. On stage live anyways. He just didn't have that same "Punch"
that he had with Montrose, or when he toured as a solo artist.

[uscgmck]

Crossover
Lou Rawls
Ray Charles
Nat King Cole
Raul Malo
Dean Martin
Tom Jones

Older Rock
Ben E King
Brook Benton

Pure Rock
Freddie
Joe Walsh
Paul Carrick
Peter Cetera
Barry Gibbs

[catdaddy66]

Lou Gramm- Foreigner

Paul Rogers- Bad Company

Rob Halford- Judas Priest

Benjamin Orr- The Cars

Pat Benatar

[Legalman72]

Not the best, but Ian Astbury deserves a mention.

Billy Idol

Glenn Danzig

[smoovecock]

Randy Jackson of Zebra was a hell of a talent. Saw them in the Boat House in Portsmouth Va. I believe. They and Jackson killed and I was a fan every since. Funny thing about that night. I saw Zebra, Guns and Roses, White Lion and Frelays Comets all in one night at a beer joint for 15.00. There was not 200 people in the joint. 2 weeks later Guns and Roses video of Welcome to the jungle hit MTV and the rest was history. White Lion had a couple of tunes that hit about the same time.

[smoovecock]

David Coverdale could belt it also. They hit at the tail end of hairbands. If they would have came around earlier they would have ruled the roost for a while.

[taylorssc]

Freddie Mercury

It's not up for debate.

[zappa]

Captain Beefheart had that Howlin Wolf thing down.

[RedneckCPA]

Have to agree on Freddie Mercury. Number of hits. Longevity. Musical quality, range and pure talent. He wins in every category.

[smoovecock]

Terry Collins of Medicine Hat. Local band down in the lowcountry that could flat sing and play. Had the most soulful voice I have ever heard.

[sandstorm2001]

Freddie Mercury without a doubt.

[JohnnyMc]

Burton Cummings of Guess Who and Neil Young(less kidding I could not be)

[Spurticus]

Originally Posted by smoovecock

David Coverdale could belt it also. They hit at the tail end of hairbands. If they would have came around earlier they would have ruled the roost for a while.

Good Pick !