I’ll second Tom Petty. The only time in my life I ever fell asleep during a concert. It was lawn seating, we were sprawled out on our towels, and I was waiting for the headliner (Stray Cats).
And Getty Lee on helium is a bad thing? 
You’re the first person I’ve seen, believe it or not, to compare C&C to Rush without my specifically pointing it out first.
But I don’t think his singing, specifically, is what makes me a non that great fan of C&C. Perhaps their other albums are different, but “In keeping secrets of earth 3” or something or other, all the freakin songs sound the same. The singing is annoying, but on the par with the repetitive music and lyrics. That said I like A Favour House Atlantic.
I’ll add the Smashing Pumpkins .
I think this band could still be around today making some inventive new music but with Corigan doing all the vocals it just started to sound all the same.
I think a lot of their past songs could be truely awesome if they were sung by someone else.
Heh. Dani’s vocals are considerably more pleasant than what’s standard for that style of music.
And that standard is what I like the best, so I can’t really complain about anyone’s vocal work.
A band that comes to my mind is the B-52s - when the guy is singing/talking. Kate Pierson has a great voice, and I like Cindy Wilson’s, but that guy (Fred Schneider?) is horrible.
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I second the guy in the B-52s. I’m fairly certain the only reason he’s there is because he wrote the songs (well, that’s actually a pretty big reason), but did he have to ruin what could have been an awesome thing?
I’ll be the first to nominate OAR. That guy’s voice grinds on me so bad that sometimes I’ll stop listening to whichever cd for months at a time. Quote my guitar teacher: “Ugh… It sounds kind of like… reggae with… is that… Billy Joel!?”
Gavin Degraw. Especially at the beginning of that Prison Guard’s Son song. And people think he’s so good!
Everybody. Had. Matching. Towels.
I’ll second Coheed and Cambria. I don’t know which one is Coheed and which one is Cambria, but I know for SURE that voice sucks. You know how when dogs hear something really high-pitched and screechy they start running in circles barking madly? Well, that’s what I do when I hear Coheed and Cambria. It drives me crazy.
Without Fred, The B-52s wouldn’t have been the B-52s. I mean, could you really imagine stuff like “There’s A Moon In The Sky Called The Moon” sung by anybody else?
I nominate several dozen 80s glam metal bands. A lot of them would have been pretty good NY Dolls style rock bands if they had a different singer.
Right. The B-52s’ stuff was meant to be delivered exactly like it was. Somebody with a four-octave range would’ve been wasted.
Well, count me as one who loves Geddy Lee’s voice, and the way he has changed his singing style over the years. I’ve found that most people who hate his voice probably haven’t listened to him since the '70s. Listen to Time Stand Still (1987) and the way his voice blends perfectly with Aimee Mann’s. Funny thing about Geddy’s voice: I was listening to Rush at work, and a co-worker heard it and asked, “Is that Jefferson Starship?” I had the sudden realization that Geddy Lee does indeed do a great Grace Slick.
But anyway, here’s my vote:
I would have loved Accept without Udo Dirkschnieder’s voice.