Bob Dylan, great songwriter but truly painful to hear him sing in the past 20+ years.
Bands with lousy lead singers
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Surprised no one has said Dave Mustaine
Since shortly after I first signed up (Blocker computer lab, early Spring 1999), I have consistently demonstrated a very high competency of Bob Dylan knowledge, including detailed album reviews, career retrospectives, and proposed alternative track listings (including very little known songs, some not yet released in the Bootleg Series).
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Wilco/Jeff Tweedy is an acquired taste for sure.
Kris Kristofferson
And somehow you know the least about him.
He sucks.
He sucks.
His voice is perfectly fitting for his song Not Dark YetJasomania said:
Bob Dylan, great songwriter but truly painful to hear him sing in the past 20+ years.
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Oh man. I can't think of another band with that much success with that bad of a lead singer. If he would have stuck with the guitar and hired a singer, I might actually like Megadeth.digging tunnels said:
Surprised no one has said Dave Mustaine
I like Johnny Cash and he sounds great on the stuff from his hey day. But he sounded horrible on the entire American Series. I know people love his cover of Hurt but it is unlistenable to me.
I love this song, but the lead singers voice is just awful
Slow down. He was still Cash on the first two of those albums. After that is when he really started getting sick and Rick Rubin squeezed as many more albums out of Johnny as he could while his voice was quickly declining.Jasomania said:
I like Johnny Cash and he sounds great on the stuff from his hey day. But he sounded horrible on the entire American Series. I know people love his cover of Hurt but it is unlistenable to me.
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I know people love his cover of Hurt but it is unlistenable to me.
This thread pains me - so many of my favorite bands and their singers have been hit!
I like Midnight Oil and always wondered how much better they could be if Peter Garrett had a better voice. He's a great front man but his voice pretty much blows.
For some bizarre reason, they played a frat party I went to when I was at UF. They actually put on a decent show. You see a lot more close up, pretty good band, and I don't recall hating the singer.
Corporal Punishment said:
I like Midnight Oil and always wondered how much better they could be if Peter Garrett had a better voice. He's a great front man but his voice pretty much blows.
His dancing alone makes him great.
Midnight Oil is not what I think of when I think "frat party gig".
GoAgs92 said:
There are plenty of bands I like but the lead singers are pretty terrible...
REM
Counting Crows
Cake, is he really singing or just talking.
KISS
all those whisper bands EMF, Jesus Jones, Wallflowers, Post Malone etc.
I like them, not sure why though.
Who am I missing?
Lol. Those voices are what make them unique. Minus kiss.
No question, Big Audio Dynamite.
You mean the same guy that sang Train in Vain?
Every good band will come into this thread eventually
I'm not very familiar with Big Audio Dynamite, but Mick Jones has a pretty bad voice. I still love The Clash though.Aust Ag said:
You mean the same guy that sang Train in Vain?
You have to separate a "bad voice" with a voice that actually made the band's sound unique.
Does Michael Stipe or Billy Corgan or even Adam Duritz have what would normally be considered a great singing voice? No -- but some perfectly toned voice singing those band's songs probably wouldn't have made them as popular.
It's like judging the quality of a pitcher on his fastball alone.
Does Michael Stipe or Billy Corgan or even Adam Duritz have what would normally be considered a great singing voice? No -- but some perfectly toned voice singing those band's songs probably wouldn't have made them as popular.
It's like judging the quality of a pitcher on his fastball alone.
Proposition Joe said:
You have to separate a "bad voice" with a voice that actually made the band's sound unique.
Does Michael Stipe or Billy Corgan or even Adam Duritz have what would normally be considered a great singing voice? No -- but some perfectly toned voice singing those band's songs probably wouldn't have made them as popular.
It's like judging the quality of a pitcher on his fastball alone.
And now to the stage "Steve Winwood and his Smashing Pumpkins".
Would love to here Steve's voice to "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
For example:
Guns and Roses (at least live)
Terrible live singer but John Frusciante made up for it.
The world is full of great singers and grest musicians we have never heard of.
Having a unique sound like Stipe, Corgan, Vedder, Duritz, etc., is what made them take that next step from a band in a bar to a band in arenas and stadiums.
I usually prefer singers with a non tradiational singing voice.
Having a unique sound like Stipe, Corgan, Vedder, Duritz, etc., is what made them take that next step from a band in a bar to a band in arenas and stadiums.
I usually prefer singers with a non tradiational singing voice.
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JB!98 said:
Van Halen with David Lee Roth. Even when he was young that guy sucked. That is why I actually liked Van Halen with Sammy. At least Sammy can carry a tune. DLR makes me cringe.
True, and that DLR fronted VH didn't really produce very many good songs either.
Well, wait. Turns out I was wrong. According to Wiki.... Van Halen is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US.
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VH wrote and made some great music with DLR. He's just not a good singer.Aust Ag said:
True, and that DLR fronted VH didn't really produce very many good songs either.
Username checks out. Ragoo is one of my favorite KOL songs behind Talihina Sky and Trani. There early shows were so much fun.
I cannot pick a favorite anymore. I chose this as my handle back in 2009 because it is a good song but also a simple title.
Off the top of my head my early favorites
Red morning light
Trani
California waiting
Molly's chambers
Taper Jean girl
Milk
The bucket
Razz
On call
mcfearless
Fans
Ragoo
Arizona
Off the top of my head my early favorites
Red morning light
Trani
California waiting
Molly's chambers
Taper Jean girl
Milk
The bucket
Razz
On call
mcfearless
Fans
Ragoo
Arizona
JB!98 said:
Van Halen with David Lee Roth. Even when he was young that guy sucked. That is why I actually liked Van Halen with Sammy. At least Sammy can carry a tune. DLR makes me cringe.
DLR era Van Halen was helped tremendously by the bass player's (whose name escapes me at the moment) harmonizing vocals. Helped create a unique sound for the band without DLR having a great voice of his own.
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