Nitro, you meant Paul Diano (original singer for Iron Maiden)
I can’t believe people are saying that Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart have bad voices. They’re two of the best singers in Rock.
Unless, of course, we’re grading on the heavy metal how-loud-and-high-can-you-scream scale…
But you guys have missed someone who is, without a doubt, the worst singer to ever try to carry a note: Kris Kristofferson. Seriously. The man simply cannot hold a note. He can’t even approach one. He does not even have a passing familiarity with the concept of holding a note. No note-holder, he.
Have any of you ever heard Keith Moon sing? He released an album in the mid 70’s called “The Other Side of the Moon”.
(shudder)
here’s some others…
Blue Cheer singer
Wendy O. Williams
Charles Manson…I’m serious! He’s a terrible singer. Somehow I heard a CD of his and eck!
There are many punk & metal singers who have absolutely no singing skills, but I don’t find it annoying at all in their music. It’s the whole point. To me, the lack of professional vocals is the best part.
The voices that do drive me insane are the whining ones.
That guy from the Violent Femmes - the single that got wide airplay makes me want to slit my throat.
The guy from the flavor-of-the-week band a while back - Wheatus, I think? That was the I’m just a teenage dirtbag, baby guy.
The guy from REM. Man, I hated that elephant song. I don’t like Dave Matthews much, either. And what the hell is up with his bands name? That annoys me. Why would you name your band after yourself? Ugh.
I like James Hetfield & Kurt Cobain, and like I said, I don’t dislike the vocals (read: straight out screaming) from hardcore type metal because that’s the point. I don’t think you need to sound so damn whiny for any genre though.
While I give mad props to whoever mentioned Yoko Ono, my vote has to go to El Duce, the vocalist for The Mentors.
The Mentors, as you remember, are known for such timeless melodies as “Sandwich Of Love”, “Golden Shower”, and “Service Me Or Be Smacked”.
Classic. 
But a horrible singer.
I’m gonna say the guy from the Smashing Pumpkins. God, how I hate his whiny whiny voice.
At least most every one named in this thread sings generally in key.
Joe WhatsHisAss (Elliot?) from Def Leppard. Chee-rist. Dude couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.
Mariah Carey
iiiiiiiiiiii cayyyyyyyyyyyyyyynnnnn mayyyyyyyyyyke it throuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh the raaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyynnnnnnnnn…
Good thing your handlers make sure you don’t stare into said rain and drown. :rolleyes:
I can’t remember who said it but my favorite Mariah comment (about that “glitter” movie) was “they don’t make shirts low cut enough”, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
unclviny
Axl Rose
Kurt Cobain
Shaggy
Kid Rock
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Janice Joplin
Courtney Love
Beyonce Knowles
Kelly Osbourne
Bjork
Madonna
How do/did these people get record deals/bands put together.
Sheryl Crow. Her singing stinks.
In their defence, the yodellers (Mariah, Whitney, Céline, etc.) have amazing singing abilities that they piss away with shitty songs and excessive vocal gymnastics–it’s not a competition to see how many notes you can cram into one syllable.
The worst, IMO, are Bob Dylan and (I can not believe no one else mentioned this clown) Leonard Cohen. They should never have been permitted to come within a city block of a microphone. Being a good songwriter DOES NOT make you a good singer.
Err…yeah…
Another one in the bad-singer-but-it-works category is Exene from X…She’s one of my favorite singers, but sometimes it seems like she’s tone deaf. Someone said Wendy O…She could actually sing great, but, 'C’mon, the Plasmatics didn’t exactly call for sensitive and introspective vocal stylings. Could you imagine Liz Phair singing something Butcher Baby :eek:
Jon
Macy Gray
That John Mayer guy. It looks like killer bees attacked his lips, and he sounds like it, too.