[Tochai]

Kimya Dawson and Adam Green from the Mouldy Peaches.

[Converse Rocker]

Buzzcocks vocalist, Pete Shelley. 'Ever Fallen In Love' is still one of my favourite songs though.

You could pretty much reel off any of the traditional punk bands, because in a strange way, the worse you were at singing, the better you were at singing.

[bottled]

(Original post by Profesh)


You appear to have confused 'can't' with 'won't'.

All your quote as shown me is that all lady gaga has been doing of late is giving us sup par songs despite being perfectly capable of doing better. which is fairly dissaointing to me

[d123]

Bob Dylan's the one that springs to mind.

[thefifthfoo]

(Original post by ConnorB)
I'm not saying he's terrible, but Kurt Cobain vocally is easily trumped by Dave Grohl

I read this wrong the first time, thought it said 'Kurt Cobain easily trumps Dave Grohl'. It made me slightly sad as I am a massive Foos fan and think Dave has a beautiful voice

[Elephant Stone93]

(Original post by fnm)
Ozzy Osbourne. Even Iommi has said it.

Ozzy Osbourne was a fantastic singer back in the day. Could hit the high notes and the low ones. His voice is shot now admittedly.

and whoever said Ian Brown - great shout! Terrible singer but a fantastic voice that suits the Stone Roses down to the ground

[Alexg3225]

Red hot chilli peppers frontman no idea what his name his but went to see them live, shocking


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[kaypc]

lana del rey- still awesome!

[bin94]

(Original post by kaypc)
lana del rey- still awesome!

I think she can sing


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[jerseymackem]

Slash?

[SillyRodent]

Stephen Malkmus? RaaaaAange life

[wildrover]

Ian Brown

[david.94]

wouldnt say kurt cobain could sing particularly well, or write very good lyrics, but nirvana are aswesome.

[wrexhamfc]

Liam Gallagher. Especially nowadays, he's poor as a live singer. He's improved since '08, but he's just so nasal.

Even in his prime (c. 1995) he wasn't a good live singer technically or anything, but his voice was so raw and powerful, when combined with his stage presence, he was a phenomenal frontman and vocalist. This video sums is up.



Now, Noel's a much better performer.

I'd also say Jack Johnson as a singer who's not particularly good, but he's such an awesomely easy-going artist.

[Dark Immortal]

All my friends tell me that Sonya Scarlet can't sing, but she is awesomely spinechilling when she sings in her soprano which she rarely uses, and she is an excellent performer and has a great personality.

Her regular voice:


Her soprano features in this song:

[Jule98a]

Anthony Kiedis of the Chili Peppers, awesome frontman, lyricist and did some insane rapping, with a very nice tone of voice to listen to. But as someone earlier said, singing wise and staying in key he is very weak; he could barely pull off 'Under the Bridge'.

[OU Student]

(Original post by Tochai)
Kimya Dawson and Adam Green from the Mouldy Peaches.

Agreed. Although a lot of Adam's solo stuff isn't that bad, vocal-wise.

Jamie Hartman from Ben's Brother.

[glousck]

Ian Curtis
Having said that, he is one of my musical heroes and the loss of hope in his voice played a key part in creating the atmospheric sound of Joy Division. Someone with a conventionally good X factor voice would have sounded out of place as JD's singer, Ian was perfect for them.

Others: Joe Strummer (+ pretty much all punk singers), Tom Meighan, Ian Brown, Liam Gallagher post-Oasis

[MrCarmady]

(Original post by glousck)
Ian Curtis
Having said that, he is one of my musical heroes and the loss of hope in his voice played a key part in creating the atmospheric sound of Joy Division. Someone with a conventionally good X factor voice would have sounded out of place as JD's singer, Ian was perfect for them.

exactly, which is why i also get confused when people dismiss new order because of sumner, whose vocal weaknesses work similarly in his favour
also, elvis costello