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Greatest voice in rock?
No doubt Cornell has got an awesome voice. Personally, I think it may be the best in rock; but not necesarily. What do you think? Who has a better voice than Chris?
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| nah he was voted 3rd best sorry | SussJockey |
Where did this voteing get taken done, and
where can i see the Results?
Personaly, i think Maynard James Keenan has
the best voice, chino moreno is good too, My
Favorite is Serj Tankian, but Maynard is
amazeing | Mr_Krift |
You ask who has a better voice than Chris?
Nobody.
Chris is amazing.
I get goosesbumps anytime I hear him.
He's been good at what he does since the DAY
Soundgarden started, and probably when he was
in his little high school band, the Jones
Street Band...
He will be good at what he does 'till the
day he dies (hopefully that wont be anytime
soon) | rancidropkick12cents |
Nobody sounds like Chris. But, his vocals
sound better in Soundgarden. But, it still
sounds great now. But, i bet there are gonna
be some people who are gonna copy his style. | riff_master |
His voice was better is sg. Its alot
scratchier now, but its still great and fits
morello's guitaring amazingly. | big-k |
Yeah chris' voice is amazing. It kinda
reminds me of an angst-ridden robert plant.
Some other great voices would have to be
layne staley and maynard from tool. | zero18 |
it reaminds me of plant somewhat too because
of all the energy he puts into singing but
plant was def better without a doubt | konkomania |
yeah. plant was better. but chris has a nice
voice too. | zeppelinfan89 |
If Layne Staley was alive, he could give
Cornell a run for his money.
| Hells_Angel |
They are equals. Different styles, but
equals. | big-k |
| I love cornell.. but layne kills him | hells_angel |
Actually, you may be right, for cornells
early days at least. Back during Screaming
Life/Fopp, Ultramega OK, Louder Than Love,
and Badmotorfinger days, he mostly screamed.
During Temple Of The Dog he sometimes
screamed, and sometimes used his 'serene
voice'. Sort've a counter to his
trademark screaming vocals(which are great by
the way) so that the ears can calm down a
bit. He used the serene voice on most of the
tracks on Audioslave(except Cochise, Show Me
How to Live, and some others). Superunknown
and DOTU were mostly serene too as I
remember. I think most of the competition is
laynes mellow voice(nutshell, down in a hole,
God Am, etc.) and cornells serene voice(Like
A Stone, 4th of July, Call Me A Dog, Black
Hole Sun, Getaway Car, etc.). | big-k |
I don't think mellow describes layne's
voice, I think "mysteriously
creaky" fits better. Layne's voice
seems to have more texture than Cornell's.
Cornell's voice sounds flatter than
layne's, and layne's voice is naturally
sharper than his too, cornell's voice only
sounds sharp when he does his little scream
thing like in cochise and show me how to live
but with the "serene" voice in
like a stone and i am the highway his serene
voice is flatter than layne's. I also
think Layne's voice rages with all sorts
of mixed emotions on almost everysong, which
makes him more powerful. Cornell does some,
but not as much as layne did. Cornell
problaby has one of the best if not the best
voice in present day rock...a million times
better than these cheap immitators of today. | hells_angel |
The last of a dying breed is how i've seen
him described. Its true, notice that he's
the only one of his genre left who really is
getting recognition. Mark Lanegan is still
recording, but he never really was anything
big in the first place. Eddie Vedder lost his
fame years ago. Layne and Kurt both kicked
it. Mark Arm is still going with
Mudhoney(last album was in 2001 I believe,
but same thing as Lanegan. Scott Weiland and
the others that came after are mostly faded
away(except weiland of course), and dont
count in that breed anyway. I'm surprised
he's been able to stay so popular.
I still say they're equal. If cornell is
flat, layne is almost as, if not as equally,
flat.
| big-k |
The last of a dying breed is how i've seen
him described. Its true, notice that he's
the only one of his genre left who really is
getting recognition. Mark Lanegan is still
recording, but he never really was anything
big in the first place. Eddie Vedder lost his
fame years ago. Layne and Kurt both kicked
it. Mark Arm is still going with
Mudhoney(last album was in 2001 I believe,
but same thing as Lanegan. Scott Weiland and
the others that came after are mostly faded
away(except weiland of course), and dont
count in that breed anyway. I'm surprised
he's been able to stay so popular.
I still say they're equal. If cornell is
flat, layne is almost as, if not as equally,
flat.
| big-k |
I didn't mean he was flat in any bad way,
I'm comparing the vocal styles, I mean
literally the tone of his voice sounds like a
flat music note on a guitar or something,
layne's voice is not flat at all. But I
understand what you're saying how they are
equally as good and they are, but I just
prefer Layne, to me his voice stands out
more, not that Cornell's doesnt.
| hells_angel |
sorry im kinda late in commenting..heh. chris
cornell has an amazing fuckin voice, i think
the only other guy that can compete with him
would be eddie vedder of pearl jam. | rockmehard |
sorry buddy .. the only one who could've
competed with cornell is Layne fucken Staley.
Cornell kills eddie vedder. there is no
competition there. | hells_angel |
Vedder just tries too hard. Jeremy is a great
song, and they make some good music, but he
wasnt among the best of the grunge singers.
Top 3 singers of the era had to be Cornell,
Staley, and Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees.
Listen to Mad Season's song Long Gone
Day(featuring Layne and Lanegan both on
vocals), and tell me that vedder even comes
CLOSE. And close 4th would have been Andrew
Wood, but only in Mother Love Bone(I recently
bought Return To Olympus by Malfunkshun,
terrible I have to say). The great thing
about Chris was not only his ability in
vocalism, but also his superb lyrics.
To compare cornell and vedder, listen to the
Temple Of The Dog album, specifically Hunger
Strike. | big-k |
hes got a great voice but ozzy osbourne has
the best voice in rock n roll. some other
great voices are david lee roth, dee snider,
axl rose, bon scott, bruce dickenson, robert
plant, and alice cooper. those are some more
top vocalists, but ozzy devinatley has the
best voice. | crazyGNRfan |
Oh, man a stupid question to be asked
ofcourse nobody gets close to the voice of
Chris. Men his totally amazing nobody else.
But I think Myles Kennedy is following
him.... | hoax |
well i guess you guys have never heard of
layne staley( Alice in chains vocalist)
then.. his voice range was amazing- listen to
Love, Hate, Love, Man in the Box, or Nutshell
which are some of his vocal masterpieces if
you don't believe me.although the
different styles, cornell and staley are
equally as good . I maintain that staley is
the only cornell contemporary that was his
equal if not better. | hells_angel |
CrazyGNRFan, I notice that most of them were
either hair metal or other 80's vocalists.
Yes ozzy was a great singer, but he really
was nowhere close to the others in my
opinion. He had an amazing range, but was
sometimes too high pitched, and he also did
the whole hair metal thing in the eighties,
which turns me off him. Bon Scott was good at
making rough, raw, dirty rock music, but it
was nothing pretty, so I can't call him a
great vocalist. Axl Rose had great range, but
his lyrics were mostly crap. Dee Snider and
Alice Cooper? Nah. Bruce Dickenson I can
agree with. Robert Plant I disagree with too.
He was quite good, and definatly fit the
music, but his voice wasn't that amazing
to me. Just because the band is considered to
be great, doesnt mean the singer was. Thats
what MTV and VH1 need to learn.
Another, but much less known, vocalist I
think can compete with Cornell is Damon
Johnson of Brother Cane. Just listening to
Seeds, I am amazed with him. | big-k |
| bruce dickinson is awesome | Hells_Angel |
I'm biased cuz Alice In Chains is my
favorite band. As amazing as Layne Staley was
and as awesome as Chris Cornell still is, I
couldn't picture either singing with the
other's group (a notable exception being
AIC's Sap EP with Alice Mudgarden's
song). All I know is, for me, they demolish
any other modern rock singer I can think of
other than Maynard James Keenan. | NoiseOrdinance |
I take that back. 2 other singers on the same
level (in my opinion) are Burton C. Bell from
Fear Factory and Greg Gaffin from Bad
Religion. The other thing all these great
vocalists seem to have in common is that they
are all amazing lyricists, too | NoiseOrdinance |
personally i like Layne Staley better, but
Cornell is great too. | bloodfire_sangrereis |
cornell has an amazing voice, it's up
there with the best of them, perfect for rock
and also very original, no one else sounds
like him.
Personally, I can only think of a one who is
better, and one is the lead singer of
shinedown, that guy seriously gives me
goosebumps. | gotahemmi |
yeah, brent smith of shinedown is awesome! i
like him..hes cool | bloodfire_sangrereis |
Yeah its One of the Best But Anothny from
Rhcp and Maybe Axl Rose have Better | moose17 |
Cornell is better then Axl Rose and Anthony
Kiedis. | hardrocker23 |
singer from trivium's voice is ace, best
at the moment, sej from soad, alter
bridge's singer fuckin rules n all! | fatally_yours |
| No your wrong. Fall in a hole and die. | hardrocker23 |
The singer for Alterbridge sucks. Serj is
good. I'd put him up there. | BLASTT |
heafy from trivium has an amazing voice. but
hes not one of the best | Letstartawar |
axl rose sucks , hes not worthy of being
compared to cornell or staley
| Hells_Angel |
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