Who has the best rock voice?

[Half Back Flanker]

Who has the best rock voice?? After receiving a DVD of Queen and Paul Rodgers, I would have to say Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame, has the best rock voice of all time. The guy would have to be pushing 60 and still sounds brilliant. Would love to hear others opinions?

[Big Phil]

Jimmy Barnes

[The Dark Knight]

A few off the top of my head:

Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey
Chris Connel
Jimmy Barnes
John Fogerty
Bernand Fanning

[The Sleeping Giant]

Mike Patton

[southee]

Ronnie James 'Dio" RIP



Geoff Tate (Queensryche)



Steve Perry (Journey/Solo)



Roy Orbison RIP



Freddie Mercury RIP

[The Sleeping Giant]

+ 1 for Dio

[southee]

+ 1 for Dio

8 octave vocal range....awesome!!!

Sadly missed too

[Gozu]

In terms of versatility it's obviously Mike Patton but for general straight ahead radio rock Scott Weiland.

[RustyCage]

Mike Patton has amazing vocal range. Having seen Chris Cornell solo last year and twice with Soundgarden this year I really rate his voice. John Bush of Armoured Saint/Anthrax fame is another, it's no wonder Metallica pushed so hard to get him 30 years ago. Big fan of what James Hetfield's voice has become in recent years, epsecially on Death Magnetic. Bruce Dickinson has a distinctive voice that suits Maidens music well.

On a more local level, Ian Kenny from Birds of Tokyo impressed me when I saw them live. I've always had a soft spot for Sarah McLeod. Phil Jamieson from Grinspoon, Pinky Beecroft from Machine Gun Fellatio and Ron Hitler-Barassi from TISM are right up on my list. As something slightly different, I'm a big fan of Patience Hodgson from The Grates.

[dedja]

Farrokh Bulsara ...

[Bum Crack]

Scott Weiland

[Booney]

Dio, Plant, Hetfield.

Very much personal taste these music based discussions. Can't wait to find out a new name or two when LL comes in with his list.

[LMA]

Don't know about the best but definately powerful voices from a few bands I've seen a few times
Jeff Martin from The Tea Party
Ben Ottewell from Gomez

[Interceptor]

Ian Gillan
Springsteen

[Baron Greenback]

Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder
James Hetfield

Would've had Hetfield number one, but his voice has blown out recently.
Sounds terrible now.

[JK]

Im musically challenged, so not saying it's technically a great voice, but I've always rated Evanesence's Amy Lee

[MatteeG]

J Mascis is the laziest rock voice.

Diesel had a great rock voice during the Injectors days.

Cornell, Patton and Bush as mentioned, Jerry Cantrell has an underrated voice too. Nathan Gray from Boysetsfire.

Always rate blokes who can growl and sing, like Howard Jones (now ex-Killswitch engage)

[Wizard of Oz]

Dio
Ray Gillen
Myles Kennedy
David Coverdale
Bruce Dickinson
Jorn
Russell Allen
Ripper Owens
Tobias Sammet

[scoob]

Kavyen Temperley is awesome

[Leaping Lindner]

Graham "Shirley" Strachan. RIP