Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Hit Parader magazine's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue) :

01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio
11. Axl Rose
12. Sammy Hagar
13. Geddy Lee
14. Geoff Tate
15. Mick Jagger
16. Jonathan Davis
17. Roger Daltrey
18. Paul Stanley
19. David Lee Roth
20. Kurt Cobain
21. Maynard James Keenan
22. Klaus Meine
23. Eddie Vedder
24. James Hetfield
25. Trent Reznor
26. Serj Tankian
27. Layne Staley
28. Steve Perry
29. Gene Simmons
30. Joe Elliott
31. Jon Bon Jovi
32. Alice Cooper
33. Vince Neil
34. Steve Marriott
35. Lajon Witherspoon
36. Sebastian Bach
37. Philip Anselmo
38. Zack De La Rocha
39. Brian Johnson
40. Bret Michaels
41. Udo Dirkschneider
42. David Draiman
43. Ian Gillian
44. Marilyn Manson
45. Jeff Keith
46. Chester Bennington
47. Sully Erna
48. Lemmy Kilmister
49. Aaron Lewis
50. Brett Scallions
51. Chino Moreno
52. Rob Zombie
53. Anthony Kiedis
54. David Coverdale
55. Gary Cherone
56. Andrew Wood
57. Scott Weiland
58. Tom Araya
59. Phil Lynnot
60. Rod Stewart
61. Scooter Ward
62. Ray Davies
63. Sonny Sandoval
64. David Bowie
65. Joan Jett
66. Josey Scott
67. Perry Farrell
68. Scott Stapp
69. Amy Lee
70. Don Dokken
71. Fred Durst
72. Mike Shinoda
73. Pepper Keenan
74. Dez Fafara
75. Gavin Rossdale
76. Blackie Lawless
77. Dave Wyndorf
78. Ann Wilson
79. Jimi Hendrix
80. Ville Valo
81. Peter Steele
82. Dave Williams
83. Dee Snider
84. Joe Lynn Turner
85. King Diamond
86. Corey Taylor
87. Jamey Jasta
88. Justin Hawkins
89. Dave Mustaine
90. Ian Astbury
91. Stephen Pearcy
92. Phil Mogg
93. Biff Byford
94. Cristina Scabbia
95. Dani Filth
96. Wes Scantlin
97. Tim "Ripper" Owens
98. Joshua Todd
99. Kevin Dubrow
100. Ray Gillen

View cover here: http://www.hitparader.com/covers_hi_res/hit_parader_nov06.jpg

cool, although i do worry about the term 'heavy metal' vocals, hardly any of them are.
and i strongly disagree with rob halford being number 2

James Dio ahead of Axl.... What the fuck.... ?The wizards and goblins must have got to the Hit Parader Staff.....

Anyone that doesn't get the joke try and listed to a DIO album, what a load of Harry Potter Bollocks..

exactly, david bowie, freddie mercury ... wtf :D

well that wouldn't have been my list :no:


but these names are so heavy metal: kurt cobain, scott weiland, marilyn manson, zach de la rocha, chris cornell, eddie vedder, trent reznor, fred durst, mike shinoda, chester bennington, corey taylor, perry farrel, jonathan davis, freddie mercury, anthony kiedis and ville valo

yeah they are HM  :hihi:

mike shinoda??? fred durst? this list is fucked. Axl should be higher too.

I can do drunk karaoke better than Phil Anselmo. What's he doing on the list?

Its a real mix of great vocalists and great front men. The two are vastly different.

My Top Ten Vocalists... It's my opinion everyone is entitled to one, agree or disagree, no probs...

1) Axl Rose ** This would be laughed at elsewhere but the contrasting range of power, aggression and sweetness to his voice(s) makes him top of the tree for me
2) Steven Tyler
3) Bon Scott
4) Freddy Mercury
5) Alice Cooper
6) Rob Halford (Only Dog's can hear his highest pitch)
7) Roger Daltry
8) David Bowie (70's Era)
9) Robert Plant
10) Mike Patton

the list is more like the top rock vocalists that heavy metal fans choose.


Have you ever recorded your karaoke singing to hear it sober? :hihi: I don't know who Phil Anselmo is BTW.

Axl should be #1!

I think Axl would be higher on the list if a certain album was released....:P ?Axl is top 5 rock singers, top 10 at the least.

haha Rod Stewart???

Of course Axl should be ranked higher, but rightly or wrongly, he will always be "penalized" in these polls for: (1) not dying in his prime; (2) being perceived as having been responsible for the break-up of the old band; and (3) not releasing an album of original material for 15+ years- which is particularly "damning" since he did not do (1).

this list is absolute garbage, all it is is one of the editors or producers favorite singer list

Lead singer of Pantera

Hi! You know nothing about singing!? : ok:

edit: The list is crap, though.

What???  Not only should Rob Halford be far behind Axl, but #2? :o

I like Dio's voice (listened to it on the way to work today as a matter of fact) but not more than Axl's.

Don't agree with Dio and Paul Rodgers ahead of Axl

robert plant before alice cooper dude

Yeah i think that was what struck me at first.




Yup... see your list is just about right. I agree Plant before Cooper, and i think i like Mercury more than Scott, but i can see how that's highly debatable.
But good list dude!

freddy mercury deserves to be there. but axl should hav been abit higher!

*********

*********

THIS IS THE WORST LIST EVER!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

King Diamond #85?????

This is a FUCKIN JOKE ?:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Luciano

*********

Note Scott Weiland's position.   Ouch! :o

Hit Parader is out to lunch...

Bang Bang

no jeff buckley? thats complete bullshit.

this list sucks

my list would be

1) Freddie- he's undeniabely the best
2) Axl
3)Mike Patton- Mr. 1000 voices
4)Steven Tyler
5)Sebastian Bach
6)Layne Staley- way underrated
7)Klaus Meine- likewise
8)NOT robert plant, he's a? bottom feeder on the top 100

Yeah, I hate the use of "Heave Metal" in the title...just brings up the whole "where to draw the line" issue, and makes the name of the list more worthy of discussion than the actual content.  Were it TRULY metal only, most of those vocalists wouldn't be on there. 

i agree totally, mike shinoda, kurt cobain and fred durst heavy metal :lmao:

Ozzy maybe Great because well he is Ozzy, but he doesn't have the vocals... I could justify Steven Tyler and Robert Plant being ahead of him... Perhaps Mercury... but no one else...

Chris fucking Cornell ahead of axl on that list.....Give me a break......Hit parader should be ashamed of themselves......That list is so wrong in so many ways.....

Agreed about this one. Chris Cornell certainly belongs on any list of most "underrated" or whatever... but in the Top 5 of All-Time?!?! That's mind-numbingly absurd. His band freaking opened for Guns N' Roses for christ's sakes.... and soon thereafter was eclipsed (in popularity) by Nirvana, PJ, STP, NIN, etc....

Yeah... I know Audioslave... but that's an "All-Star" band.... totally different...

I sincerly hope that you disagree because rob halford should be number one

Not only is he ahead of Axl but also ahead of Ozzy, Freddie, and the greatest lyricist Bon Scott :no:

Bottom feeder? The guy INVENTED heavy metal singing you dumbass. Most of the folks on your list would not have been "metal" singers if it weren't for Robert Plant. And he's a way better singer than Layne Staley or most of the other hacks on your list. The only one I'd agree with you on is Freddie Mercury. His voice goes way beyond "metal." He truly had an operatic voice and rock n' roll was just lucky he chose that genre to show off his massive talent.

Yea I usually think it's annoying when people use the term "Heavy Metal" to describe just Hard Rock but this list is ridiculous. It's obviously a list of Vocalist period. Personally think Jim Morrison should be on there somewhere.

DATS MY BOI!!  AXL REPRESENTIN'!"

I've already commented on this atrocious list on the Megadeth forums.  What garbage.  No Mike Patton?  Devin Townsend?

Just one man's favourite singers, what a piece of shit disgrace to the wourld of 'journalism'.  Come to think of it, these lists always are.  Laziness.

What ought to be done is simply choose the top ten (for example) of several genres of metal, then you wouldn't get Rod Stewart :confused: instead of guys like Johan Hegg, Joacim Cans, Abbath etc.

How Tony Kakko is absent from that list is totally beyond me.  I suppose he's not as Heavy Metal, more Power Metal, but Rod fecking Stewart :no:

There is no need for Robert Plant to be at #1.

The best METAL singer = Rob Halford ....amen!

*COUGH* ughh  Mike Patton??????????????

So, Click Mambo over in Madagascar crafted the worlds first guitar in 1705. He must be the best guitar player. Or Hendrix redid everything by adding distortion and effects and hes far from the best. Just cause you invent something doesnt mean you're the best at it.

Maybe cavemen should be number one for grunting loudly. Or Cookie Monster.

Too the guy who said phil shoudln't be on the list. Maybe you shouldn't listen to metal.

Most of this list isn't even metal.

Bon Scott should be No. 1.  Axl No. 2.

No Glenn Danzig?!

imo Axl should have been #1 : ok:

haha fred durst is above jimi hendrix

i just realized that tom petty wasnt even on that list, he sure as hell beats kurt cobain.

This list should be listed as Hard Rock and not Heavy Metal.

After seeing this weekends shows, Axl should be number 1!!!!!!!!!! Haha

I second the motion : ok:

more of half of those names (including Axl) are NOT heavy metal

thanks for clearing that up : ok: :hihi:

That actually a pretty acurate list


AR

Bwahahahahaha

Rob Halford, Steven Tyler & Chris Cornell ahead of Freddie?

Nobody but Plant can make a case to be ahead of Freddie.

I'll just my rant from the other "big" GN'R board:

Dave Mustaine owns! He has one of the most unique voices I've ever heard. This is a metal list and Dave sure is METAL?

Yeah, I'm biased... who cares?? :peace:

A lot of stuff doesn't add up on that list though and compared to the singers on there, Ronnie Van Zant should be there, John Fogerty too. And how the hell is Shannon Hoon not on there, I'm not a Blind Melon fan but come on.

And what makes this list uselss? Axl should be number one? ;D, Kurt Cobain is above Sebastian Bach, Phil Anselmo and Layne Staley and ummm... Kurt Cobain, Fred Durst, Chester Bennington, Marilyn Manson, Scott Stapp, Amy Lee, Justin Hawkins and Aaron "Fucking" Lewis actually make the list (Lewis is the most annoying singer in history... yes, even more that Durst).


And finally: There is no Mike Patton... so the list is just stupid.

 :beer: