I’m not talking about Chuck Berry-era rock, and I’m not talking about soul, funk or R&B. I’m talking about guitar-driven rock music of the type commonly associated with white singers: pop, punk, metal, psychedelic, or indie rock.
I can only think of four off the top of my head:
Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish.
Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio.
Murray Lightburn of The Dears.
And of course, Jimi Hendrix.
Others?
Sevendust
Living Colour
How about Bad Brains?
Lenny Kravitz?
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Lenny Kravitz?
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Shit, how could I have missed that one?!
Thanks for the answers, keep them coming.
Oh yeah, Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Heard them on the radio a few times, they’re pretty good. I’ve heard they’re amazing live.
Oh yeah, and Ben Harper. Not sure how I missed that one.
Arthur Lee of the 60’s psychodelic band, Love.
Phil Lynott of 70’s rockers Thin Lizzy.
Kele Okereke of Bloc Party
Eliot Sloan from Blessed Union of Souls
Gary Lowe from Big Sugar (there might be another member that’s black but I can only recall two of the members)
Argent Towers, I know you’re British and all, but when you start a thread asking for the names of soome Black rock singers and someone hands you an entire website full of 'em, it’s usually polite to say, “Thank you.”
American Idol judge Randy Jackson.
I had no idea.
Byron Davis of God Forbid
Vernon Reid of Living Colour
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I understand your stipulation, but I’m bemused as well. That very music was the divine source of so much of what is considered “Rock and Roll”.
Morcheeba is on my playlist. Don’t know what genre it specifically falls in.
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Argent Towers, I know you’re British and all, but when you start a thread asking for the names of soome Black rock singers and someone hands you an entire website full of 'em, it’s usually polite to say, “Thank you.”
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Thank you. 
Sorry, I really do appreciate it.
But I’m not British. Why did you think I was? I write about living in the Midwest in my posts all the time.
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That list seems to specialize in all-black bands, not just black singers. It also leaves out a lot of bands that have black singers.
If your after some more metal/rock
God Forbid
and more a cross over rock
(hed) PE