Hit Parader's Top 100 vocalist

[edgeofthorns]

100. Ray Gillen- Teaching the angels how to do it correctly

I love it! Ray was pure, raw talent for sure. Hit Parader should be permanently shut down for placing Kevin Dubrow over him or at #100 on the list for that matter!

 

[lady_space]

I don't have time to comment on all of them, but...

29. Gene Simmons
44. Marilyn Manson

I love MM, but a great singer, he ain't. Ditto Gene. WTF are JLT, Ann Wilson, and Ray Gillen (among many others) doing behind them? Some of these people are merely adequate, and some of them are truly great vocalists. I think HP may have "performer" and "vocalist" mixed up a wee bit... but then again, that assumes a logic to their rankings that probably doesn't exist.

 

[Ruthven]

I don't have time to comment on all of them, but...

Hey look...it's that person who is married to one of my personal favorite metal vocalists.

Anyway, one name I am surprised to see excluded on this list is Mike Patton. Considering Hit Parader's VH1 approach to the hard rock/metal genre, I have to assume that they simply forgot him. After all, they listed every two-bit "where are they now?" vocalist that had a commercial hit. I'm not a huge fan of FNM, but I can at least acknowledge them as having more substance than most of the bozos featured on this list.

Wes Scantlin....(steam comes out of my ears at having to be reminded of Pile of Crapp's existence)

 

[rockyracoon]

Hey look...it's that person who is married to one of my personal favorite metal vocalists.

Anyway, one name I am surprised to see excluded on this list is Mike Patton. Considering Hit Parader's VH1 approach to the hard rock/metal genre, I have to assume that they simply forgot him. After all, they listed every two-bit "where are they now?" vocalist that had a commercial hit. I'm not a huge fan of FNM, but I can at least acknowledge them as having more substance than most of the bozos featured on this list.

Good call on the Mike Patton. Strange that he was excluded, but would definitely be very high on my list.

 

[Ruthven]

Also forgotten: Glenn Danzig. Again, not a big fan, but he deserves to be on here more than some of these flash in the pans, for his longevity if for nothing else.

 

[Meanmistreator]

01. Robert Plant - Not my #1
02. Rob Halford - maybe top 20
03. Steven Tyler - Should've stopped at "Done with Mirrors"
04. Chris Cornell - no comment
05. Bon Scott - fun or a year or two
06. Freddie Mercury - good but no top 20
07. Bruce Dickinson - solo work puts him in top 10
08. Ozzy Osbourne- good material, too common
09. Paul Rodgers - 15 years ago, my top 10
10. Ronnie James Dio - top 10 all time
11. Axl Rose - good material, over rated
12. Sammy Hagar - good for what he did.
13. Geddy Lee - helped lay the ground work for prog
14. Geoff Tate - 10 years ago, top 2 or 3
15. Mick Jagger - over rated
16. Jonathan Davis- no comment
17. Roger Daltrey - (Who) laid early ground work, over rated
18. Paul Stanley - sucked
19. David Lee Roth- inavator?
20. Kurt Cobain - sorry, not for me
21. Maynard James Keenan - no comment
22. Klaus Meine - top 5 all time pop metal
23. Eddie Vedder - leader of clone nation
24. James Hetfield - sang aballad and got rich
25. Trent Reznor- No comment
26. Serj Tankian - No comment
27. Layne Staley - pretty good for pop metal
28. Steve Perry - Top 1 or 2 ballad man
29. Gene Simmons - God of Thunder had Balls
30. Joe Elliott - top 10 pop metal
31. Jon Bon Jovi - top 10 pop metal
32. Alice Cooper - way over rated
33. Vince Neil - top 20 pop metal
34. Steve Marriott - no clue
35. Lajon Witherspoon- no comment
36. Sebastian Bach - top 1 or 2 all time pop metal
37. Philip Anselmo - no comment
38. Zack De La Roch- Who?
39. Brian Johnson - don't confuse fun for good
40. Bret Michaels - Poison sucked
41. Udo Dirkschneider - solid metal man
42. David Draiman - no comment
43. Ian Gillian - early god
44. Marilyn Manson - next
45. Jeff Keith - no comment
46. Chester Bennington- screamin and growlin is singin
47. Sully Erna - no comment
48. Lemmy Kilmister - whatever
49. Aaron Lewis - no comment
50. Brett Scallions - no comment
51. Chino Moreno - no comment
52. Rob Zombie - right
53. Anthony Kiedis - next
54. David Coverdale - solid pop rock vocals
55. Gary Cherone - sucked with VH
56. Andrew Wood - next
57. Scott Weiland - not for me
58. Tom Araya - no comment
59. Phil Lynnot - boys are back in town ruled!
60. Rod Stewart - next
61. Scooter Ward - next
62. Ray Davies - punk
63. Sonny Sandoval - scunk
64. David Bowie - different
65. Joan Jett - no boobs
66. Josey Scott - no comment
67. Perry Farrell - ????
68. Scott Stapp - ????
69. Amy Lee - and?
70. Don Dokken - top 5 all time pop metal
71. Fred Durst - who?
72. Mike Shinoda - and then?
73. Pepper Keenan - Who's this guy?
74. Dez Fafara - next
75. Gavin Rossdale- gettin deep now
76. Blackie Lawless - sucked
77. Dave Wyndorf- no clue
78. Ann Wilson - top 5 female all time pop metal
79. Jimi Hendrix - Awful.
80. Ville Valo - no
81. Peter Steele - flash in the pan
82. Dave Williams - Never heard of him.
83. Dee Snider - sucked
84. Joe Lynn Turner - awsome! still going
85. King Diamond - whatever
86. Corey Taylor - nope
87. Jamey Jasta - what?
88. Justin Hawkins - no comment
89. Dave Mustaine - Dave can sing? LOL
90. Ian Astbury - love the Cult
91. Stephen Pearcy - Fuckin Rocked
92. Phil Mogg - ????
93. Biff Byford - no
94. Cristina Scabbia - clone
95. Dani Filth - no, no
96. Wes Scantlin - ???
97. Tim "Ripper" Owens - CLONE
98. Joshua Todd - who?
99. Kevin Dubrow - has no hair
100. Ray Gillen- gotta love 'em

 

[BenJAMin]

He's the singer of Accept and the solo work of U.D.O.
The man is awesome and I would love to see him at a ProgPower. A couple years ago when I last went to one I found when I talked to people about being there you either got a "who?" a "awesome!" or some inane BS about his music not being sophisticated enough or something.
41. Udo Dirkschneider - Okay really, WHO?

 

[rockyracoon]

And where the hell is Ralf Scheepers???


Also, I change my mind, King Diamond is the worst on the list. I revisited his catalog and was on the floor laughing harder than I have in weeks. That fact that he is taken seriously is beyond me.

 

[Heavenly Call]

Damn...so much hate for Kurt Cobain!!! I knew he wouldn't get rave reviews from this board, but I didn't expect all the trashing! To me, you don't get much more emotion from a singer than this. That unplugged in NYC is a classic album in my eyes if only for the last song "Where Did You Sleep Last Night".

I also get tired of the "he killed metal" argument (and its variations). Nobody FORCED anyone to listen to his music. It spoke to large numbers of people and connected with them on a level that Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, and Dokken weren't reaching.

I wouldn't use him to demonstrate to someone perfect vocal technique, but i do think there is a place on this list for raw, natural, emotion and delivery. For that I'd have to place him top 10.

I'm ready for my verbal lashings now.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

I also get tired of the "he killed metal" argument (and its variations). Nobody FORCED anyone to listen to his music. It spoke to large numbers of people and connected with them on a level that Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, and Dokken weren't reaching.

I'm ready for my verbal lashings now.

Too bad, he was at the forefront of the decline of metal, guilt by association.
Nirvana also got radio overkill, so actually people WERE forced to listen to it (although they could just change the station and maybe listen to some Pearl Jam uke: ). It was the start of the "we have no talent" movement that is still around on radio today. How nice of Mr. heroin head to leave his wife and kid too. Sorry, no sympathy here. Removing his face with a shotgun was Kurt's BEST & LAST performance. I have NOTHING against the people that liked that stuff, but I've always been about talent, in some way, shape, or form, with music, and it's strictly MOFO that Nirvana posessed NONE of those qualities, espcially Kurt "That's my brains" Cobain.

J-Dubya

 

[Joe-×]

01. Robert Plant - good singer but please put a kilt over the sausage
02. Rob Halford - the greatest gay biker of metal
03. Steven Tyler - better tuck in that lip before you get it caught on a trip wire
04. Chris Cornell - the best constipated singer in history
05. Bon Scott - lousy singer but great singer
06. Freddie Mercury - greatest cock smoking singer before george michael
07. Bruce Dickinson - totally over-rated but still excellent
08. Ozzy Osbourne - don't know what the fuck he's saying but he is the iron man
09. Paul Rodgers - best white blues rock singer in history
10. Ronnie James Dio - first gruff singer I ever liked
11. Axl Rose - whiney little bitch but still dig him
12. Sammy Hagar - get's worse with time but was once rock candy
13. Geddy Lee - first chipmunk to achieve success with a new band
14. Geoff Tate - awesome baritone but the fake tenor was always grating
15. Mick Jagger - will be the worst singer on the planet when bob dylan dies
16. Jonathan Davis - skipping everybody I have to google
17. Roger Daltrey - great singer
18. Paul Stanley - total joke
19. David Lee Roth - love the hooting, screeching, and barking - the original david draiman
20. Kurt Cobain - always liked his whiny tone
21. Maynard James Keenan - yuck he sucks
22. Klaus Meine - king of nasal droning
23. Eddie Vedder - i always wanted to stuff a flannel shirt in his mouth = sucks
24. James Hetfield - always sucked
25. Trent Reznor - all processed. no idea what he actually sounds like. probably ass.
26. Serj Tankian - sucks
27. Layne Staley - sucks
28. Steve Perry - top 3 singers easily
29. Gene Simmons - makes stanley sound good
30. Joe Elliott - awesome
31. Jon Bon Jovi - always great
32. Alice Cooper - awful
33. Vince Neil - doubt that his singing was ever recorded
34. Steve Marriott - blase
35. Lajon Witherspoon- skipping everybody I have to google
36. Sebastian Bach - awesome singer
37. Philip Anselmo - doesn't qualify as singing
38. Zack De La Roch- sucks
39. Brian Johnson - the worse his voice gets shot the cooler he sounds
40. Bret Michaels - whiny punk bitch
41. Udo Dirkschneider - bad bon scott clone but still cool in small doses
42. David Draiman - o-wa-a-a-a
43. Ian Gillian - awesome
44. Marilyn Manson - sucks
45. Jeff Keith - below average but still enjoyable
46. Chester Bennington - always loved the gay parts
47. Sully Erna - skipping everybody I have to google
48. Lemmy Kilmister - worst singer on the planet after dylan and richards both die
49. Aaron Lewis - skipping everybody I have to google
50. Brett Scallions - skipping everybody I have to google
51. Chino Moreno - skipping everybody I have to google
52. Rob Zombie - sucks
53. Anthony Kiedis - sucks
54. David Coverdale - awesome but overrated
55. Gary Cherone - great on three sides lousy on cynical
56. Andrew Wood - skipping everybody I have to google
57. Scott Weiland - sucks ass
58. Tom Araya - not really singing
59. Phil Lynnot - awesome in every way
60. Rod Stewart - gay dudes get all the hot chicks
61. Scooter Ward - always liked his singing
62. Ray Davies - never liked probably because of my tranophobia
63. Sonny Sandoval - skipping everybody I have to google
64. David Bowie - sucks ass, hate everything he does
65. Joan Jett - loved her
66. Josey Scott - sucks
67. Perry Farrell - horrid
68. Scott Stapp - i always wanted to stuff a flannel bible cover in his mouth = sucks
69. Amy Lee - painful live
70. Don Dokken - zero power and painful live
71. Fred Durst - sucks
72. Mike Shinoda - always hated the non-gay parts
73. Pepper Keenan - skipping everybody I have to google
74. Dez Fafara - skipping everybody I have to google
75. Gavin Rossdale- skipping everybody I have to google
76. Blackie Lawless - plum fucking awful
77. Dave Wyndorf- skipping everybody I have to google
78. Ann Wilson - excellent, the fat chicks always have power
79. Jimi Hendrix - not really singing but I can't help liking it
80. Ville Valo - skipping everybody I have to google
81. Peter Steele - black black black number 1 - love the vibe but mostly hate the music
82. Dave Williams - skipping everybody I have to google
83. Dee Snider - prefer his singing to his narrations but both suck ass
84. Joe Lynn Turner - great singer
85. King Diamond - heard tortured animals that sound better than him
86. Corey Taylor - skipping everybody I have to google
87. Jamey Jasta - shoot him and riki rachtman both
88. Justin Hawkins - skipping everybody I have to google
89. Dave Mustaine - annoying whiny fuck
90. Ian Astbury - great singer
91. Stephen Pearcy - fun singer
92. Phil Mogg - freaking awesome
93. Biff Byford - the original eric adams, liked him back in the day
94. Cristina Scabbia - good singer with hookless music
95. Dani Filth - not really a singer
96. Wes Scantlin - skipping everybody I have to google
97. Tim "Ripper" Owens - average at best
98. Joshua Todd - skipping everybody I have to google
99. Kevin Dubrow - awful singer you can't help but enjoy and pity at the same time
100. Ray Gillen- great singer

 

[mloanna]

Also forgotten: Glenn Danzig. Again, not a big fan, but he deserves to be on here more than some of these flash in the pans, for his longevity if for nothing else.

The first and second Danzig album can't be touched.

 

[ashaman7122]

This list was posted over at PMX:2 and I was inspired by Teddy M's post in that thread (awesome stuff). It's a total farce as Hit Parader is nothing but shit meant to sell, but let's move beyond that.
Instead of ranking your top vocalists (as that has been done to death) or saying how stupid the rankings are, simply comment on those in the list below. Forget being politically correct or trying to defend their place in history. If you think they suck, say it.

01. Robert Plant - Right place, right time, no big deal
02. Rob Halford - Metal God. 'Nuff said.
03. Steven Tyler - Sucks
04. Chris Cornell - AWESOME
05. Bon Scott - The best crappy vocalist ever.
06. Freddie Mercury - #1 of all-time, all genres. PERIOD.
07. Bruce Dickinson - Great, but the air raid shit gets old at times
08. Ozzy Osbourne- Sucks now..sucks then.
09. Paul Rodgers - Good but goes on my shit list for joining Queen..AW...COME ON!...TAKES BALLS TO DO THAT...WHO ELSE WOULD YOU HAVE?
10. Ronnie James Dio - #2 all time.
11. Axl Rose - Love the voice, everyone can bite me (AXL IS THE DEFINITION OF AN TRULY TALENTED SINGER CURSED WITH A TRULY ATTROCIOUS VOICE)

12. Sammy Hagar - The Jimmy Buffett of Rock. Awesome.
13. Geddy Lee - Hate him. Piss on Tom Sawyer.
14. Geoff Tate - He was #4 all time..now he is just a shadow...FUCKING HYPOCRITE...RANK HIM WITH MICHAEL KISKE
15. Mick Jagger - Props for "Can't Always Get"..sux otherwise
16. Jonathan Davis- lol..next.
17. Roger Daltrey - Another old fart that is over-rated
18. Paul Stanley - Props for the wail at the start of "Heaven's on Fire", D+
19. David Lee Roth- best frontman ever, average otherwise
20. Kurt Cobain - I liked the sweater
21. Maynard James Keenan - Not a fan.
22. Klaus Meine - See #5.
23. Eddie Vedder - God. Bite me.
24. James Hetfield - Thrash vox= B, current vox= F
25. Trent Reznor- cool vibe, I like NIN.
26. Serj Tankian - ugh..
27. Layne Staley - GOD.
28. Steve Perry - GOD
29. Gene Simmons - Fuck him.
30. Joe Elliott - Loved him back when he had balls
31. Jon Bon Jovi - Rules.
32. Alice Cooper - Sucks the suck out of suck
33. Vince Neil - Sucks the suck out of #32
34. Steve Marriott - who cares?
35. Lajon Witherspoon- I like him.
36. Sebastian Bach - Total dick, but can wail with the best of 'em.
37. Philip Anselmo - Was the man..and I mean *was*
38. Zack De La Roch- Bleh
39. Brian Johnson - you gotta love your drunken uncle mumbling
40. Bret Michaels - Sucks
41. Udo Dirkschneider - Love him one day..hate him the next...go figure
42. David Draiman - Best vocalist in the modern scene.. Love him.
43. Ian Gillian - Grandpa is good.
44. Marilyn Manson - I'd rather eat glass.
45. Jeff Keith - Love him.
46. Chester Bennington- who?
47. Sully Erna - He's ok.
48. Lemmy Kilmister - I can't get past the mole. Sue me.
49. Aaron Lewis - Best of the whiners.
50. Brett Scallions - You can substiute Daughtry.
51. Chino Moreno - Another sucko.
52. Rob Zombie - Love the groove.
53. Anthony Kiedis - Should stay under the bridge.
54. David Coverdale - #3 all time
55. Gary Cherone - I liked him.
56. Andrew Wood - LOVE HIM. "Crown of Thorns" alone does it for me.
57. Scott Weiland - Liked STP, hate VR
58. Tom Araya - no big deal
59. Phil Lynnot - Good stuff
60. Rod Stewart - Amazing stuff
61. Scooter Ward - who?
62. Ray Davies - could care less
63. Sonny Sandoval - just another clone
64. David Bowie - AWESOME.
65. Joan Jett - My wife is going to kill me for saying how much she sux.
66. Josey Scott - who?
67. Perry Farrell - Unbearable
68. Scott Stapp - Deserves to die for ripping off my man Vedder
69. Amy Lee - Over-rated
70. Don Dokken - Not bad in a girly kind of way, YEAH IF YOUR DEFINITION OF A GIRL IS A POTTY-MOUTH 13 YEAR OLD JERRY SPRINGER REJECT
71. Fred Durst - Keep rollin..rollin...rollin...that song rules.
72. Mike Shinoda - who?
73. Pepper Keenan - amazed he is even on this list
74. Dez Fafara - Sucks ass.
75. Gavin Rossdale- props for Gwen
76. Blackie Lawless - Love him.
77. Dave Wyndorf- he can join Dez
78. Ann Wilson - great pipes...NANCY WILSON - GREAT TITS
79. Jimi Hendrix - vocalist? eh?
80. Ville Valo - I liked him on Viva La Bam
81. Peter Steele - He scares me.
82. Dave Williams - who?
83. Dee Snider - not a fan
84. Joe Lynn Turner - I like him
85. King Diamond - SUCKS
86. Corey Taylor - could care less
87. Jamey Jasta - SUCKS
88. Justin Hawkins - who?
89. Dave Mustaine - depends on the day of the week.
90. Ian Astbury - One of my faves..
91. Stephen Pearcy - Say hello to Klaus
92. Phil Mogg - never paid attention...AW COME ON...GOTTA BE ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT EVER...
93. Biff Byford - who?...DAMN, GLENN...TAKE THE EVERGREY OUT OF YOUR PLAYER AND REACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH YOUR CLASSIC NWOBHM...YOU'VE GOTTA BE DRINKING WHEN YOU TYPED THIS...
94. Cristina Scabbia - robot
95. Dani Filth - good for a laugh
96. Wes Scantlin - who?
97. Tim "Ripper" Owens - Good stuff, prefer the non screams
98. Joshua Todd - who?
99. Kevin Dubrow - LOL..sucks
100. Ray Gillen- Deserves top 10 status...DAMN STRAIGHT

Comments in pink up above...cuz it's so purty...

Rock on!

 

[ashaman7122]

This is such a great thread...thoroughly loved reading this...

Kudos to the man for starting something cool...

Rock on!

 

[steelreign]

Um, I should ban you now.....



No Denim and Leather for you, SAXON dang it!

Yeah, really... DITTO! Shame on you, Glenn.

 

[Meanmistreator]

Damn...so much hate for Kurt Cobain!!! I knew he wouldn't get rave reviews from this board, but I didn't expect all the trashing! To me, you don't get much more emotion from a singer than this. That unplugged in NYC is a classic album in my eyes if only for the last song "Where Did You Sleep Last Night".

I also get tired of the "he killed metal" argument (and its variations). Nobody FORCED anyone to listen to his music. It spoke to large numbers of people and connected with them on a level that Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, and Dokken weren't reaching.

I wouldn't use him to demonstrate to someone perfect vocal technique, but i do think there is a place on this list for raw, natural, emotion and delivery. For that I'd have to place him top 10.

I'm ready for my verbal lashings now.

That's so insane I don't know what to say.

 

[chibitotoro]

big high-five to Glenn for the Eddie Vedder love, he's one of the best vocalists in all of rock

Freddie Mercury is the greatest vocalist of all time in any genre.

 

[Dominick_7]

I agree ... BAN HIM !! He who speaks badly about the King shall be forever banned.

Britt

Ditto.

 

[Dominick_7]

Kurt Cobain is my hero!!!

...because he killed Kurt Cobain.

Additionally, this list can disregarded because of Michael Kiske's absence.

Yea whats up with this?? No Kiske, Matos, Toshi, Stu..etc ??

 

[Metaldrumz]

Who can even remotely take this list serious when a magazine lists Mick Jagger (among shitloads of others) a METAL singer.

Its pure commercialized garbage. Nuff said.