The worst vocalist to front a major band (10 Viewers)

[HelterSkelter]

Someone who was part of a great band,but wasnt all that great a vocalist himself.

The first name that comes to my mind is Ozzy Osbourne.Listen to the song 'Black Sabbath' and you'd know what i mean.Awful,AWFUL!!

 

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[V]

Definetly Ozzy, so overrated. I like Black Sabbath, though not as much as some of their contemporaries but they have some great songs with Ozzy as the frontman. War Pigs, paranoid, After Forever, Supernaut, NIB...when you think about it he was definetly the best Sabbath singer ever. By best I don't mean he was actually a better vocalist than Gillan or Dio who came afterwards, but he simply fit in their musical style best, the horror atmosphere, the eeryness, it was best accompanied by Ozzy's sick sounding voice.

Ozzy is not some great singer, never was, and all the fanboys of The Osbournes should realise that, however he has done a lot for Rock N Roll and Heavy metal, for that I'll always respect him.

Another example is David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Now to set everything straight before someone gets a heart attack, I LOVE PINK FLOYD and I love Gilmour. But when you think about it, he really doesn't have a good voice, average at best. But Floyd is such an improvising and artistic band, they never really did rely on their vocals that much.

Another example, though not one of such magnitude, is Chris Cornell, former Audioslave and even former Soundgarden. In Soundgarden he was good but in Audioslave he was so awful, his voice deteriorated so much. I get the feeling like he's shitting himself. Awfull.


Oh and I almost forgot, Blaze Bailey, former Iron Maiden. Jesus, I know Dickinson's shoes were hard to fill but come on! That was simply breathtakingly horrible. I'm mostly sad because he ruined some great songs written by them in his era, The Clansman and Sign Of The Cross for example.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Ozzy is overrated, no doubt....

BUT....I am saying that fucker for Maroon 5....he sucks dick for free.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Enough with rock&roll threads salman. You've killed the whole genre

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

He is my friend on facebook now, so SHUT YO .....pooper.

 

[HelterSkelter]

Gilmour,and OVERATED???C'mon Vlakto,i think he's one of the finest vocalists ever.I cant honestly think of a song where he sounds bad.I always thought Roger Waters was poor on the vocals,but Gilmour is pure class.STOP HATING PINK FLOYD!!!!

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Floys is terrible....must say IMO.

 

[V]

Gilmour,and OVERATED???C'mon Vlakto,i think he's one of the finest vocalists ever.I cant honestly think of a song where he sounds bad.I always thought Roger Waters was poor on the vocals,but Gilmour is pure class.STOP HATING PINK FLOYD!!!!

I sense sarcasm here.

I didn't say the songs are bad, or that he sounds bad in some songs, I said his vocal abilities are not that high for such a monstrous band like Pink Floyd. His voice works for them, they were never about the vocals to begin with, but I just can't imagine Gilmour raising his voice for a few notes, he just can't do it. For me a good vocalist is one that is versatile, that can sing both high and low, for example Ian Gillan, Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury. THOSE were great vocalists in every sense of the word. Can you imagine Gilmour singing a song like Child In Time? I sure as hell can't.

Another overrated vocalists that I can think of is definetly, James Hetfield from Metallica. Metallica is a great band, have some great albums but Hetfield's voice is just too much to handle. BUT...it works for Metallica and it sounds great so it's not that big of a deal, just saying if Hetfield ever sang A Capella I think ears would literally start bleeding.

 

[HelterSkelter]

I think most of the vocalist's mentioned above probably suit there own genre.There are very few vocailsts who could have aced every genre they attempted.I like to think of Freddie Mercury as one of them.

 

[V]

Definetly, Freddie is simply the most versatile and powerful vocalist ever, no one can compair to him.

Perhaps I've strayed from the topic title a little, I don't consider Gilmour a bad singer, not at all, but compaired to some others I mentioned above he's really behind in the vocal department. Then again I could say the same thing for Mark Knopfler, average voice but simply fantastic music overall.

Just for the record, Floyd and Straits are two bands I list in my top 5, so don't think I am bashing them.

 

[Boudz]

Gwen Stefani, I hate that fake commercial wannabe whore.
Rob Thomas became an ass after leaving Matchbox
Not a fan of Floyd, too depressing.
Chris Cornell is awesome, I still like him with Audioslave, but his James Bond track was pure shit.
but the worst vocalist to front a band is definitely Fred Durst.

 

[Tobias]

The guy from B Geez (?) i cant help but laugh when he sings

 

[Snoop]

Another example is David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Now to set everything straight before someone gets a heart attack, I LOVE PINK FLOYD and I love Gilmour. But when you think about it, he really doesn't have a good voice, average at best. But Floyd is such an improvising and artistic band, they never really did rely on their vocals that much.

you should be shot for what you just said :faq1:

Not a fan of Floyd, too depressing.

you should be shot from your testicles for this line umpkin:

I always thought Roger Waters was poor on the vocals

please tell me you are kidding

 

[V]

Ah jeez, I didn't think you fellas respond to well intentioned critic that bad. Pink Floyd rules.

 

[Snoop]

it is not allowed to criticize Floyd, these guys are gods

 

[Snoop]

maybe I said this 100 times.. But you guys should have Roger Water's in the flesh Live concert.. The best ever thing I have seen my whole life, it's even better than porn

 

[V]

maybe I said this 100 times.. But you guys should have Roger Water's in the flesh Live concert.. The best ever thing I have seen my whole life, it's even better than porn

Yeah you already said that...quite a few times.

Though I don't like the fact he's performing Pink Floyd songs on that DVD, even though he pretty much wrote them all it's still Pink Floyd's work. I will definetly check it out anyway, though I don't expect it to beat PULSE.

 

[Snoop]

Pulse? is that Roger's too?

He has all the right to do these concerts, I would be mad If he didn't. Same for others too, thou I watched one of Gilmour's concerts, that was a disaster, I watched it once didn't bother to watch again, maybe this doesn't make sense to you, but Pink floyd is all about Roger waters when it comes to performing, they wouldn't be this big without him, even thou I don't know who composed these songs. who did?

btw do you know the reason they were separated?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Floys is terrible....must say IMO.

their early stuff was pretty bad, but everything from Dark Side Of The Moon onwards has been class stuff!

 

[V]

Pulse? is that Roger's too?

He has all the right to do these concerts, I would be mad If he didn't. Same for others too, thou I watched one of Gilmour's concerts, that was a disaster, I watched it once didn't bother to watch again, maybe this doesn't make sense to you, but Pink floyd is all about Roger waters when it comes to performing, they wouldn't be this big without him, even thou I don't know who composed these songs. who did?

btw do you know the reason they were separated?

PULSE is a live concert by Pink Floyd from 1994, one of the best things I have ever seen. It has fantastic effects throughout the whole show, it's a 2 DVD set which features all of their hits and the complete performance of Dark Side Of The Moon live. It's quintessential Pink Floyd, even though it's without Waters.

I don't mind him doing concerts, he's a great musician, but from what I've read about that DVD, it features mainly Pink Floyd songs, very little of his own solo material. I never did buy all that Waters was more important than Gilmour propaganda, they were both equally important. Like I said PULSE is an amazing live performance, and it's without Waters. You should really check it out, I am surprised you didn't know about that DVD, it's like the Holy grail of Live Pink Floyd.

I don't know by heart who wrote all of those songs on the In The Flesh DVD but looking at the tracklis a lot of them were co-written by Gilmour/Waters. In know for certain Shine On, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here and Time were all written by the two of them.

Why they split up? Waters and Gilmour both thought they were the most important, rivalry between the two was the main reason.