Favourite/best lead singer

[Arginald Valleywater]

Bryan Ferry? Seriously Steve?

[jbomz3]

Good one , a band with a massive following abroad but not so at home .

Another with a good voice , great stage presence and sex appeal by the skip load and he's only been dead 15 years Michael Hutchence .

Cheers JJ .

[Taffoski]

Robert Plant
Rob Halford
Danny Vaughan
Geoff Tate
Bruce Dickinson
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Tobias Sammet
Till Lindemann
Tony Harnell
Biff Byford
Steve Grimmett
David Coverdale
Ian Gillan
Udo Dirkschneider
Klaus Meine
Don Dokken
Jon Deverill
Michael Kiske
Burke Shelley
Geddy Lee
Dave Meniketti
Ronnie James Dio
David Byron
Bob Catley
Chris Cornell
Phil Lynott
Jiggs Lee
Steve Winwood
Steve Marriott
Roger Daltrey

& many many others. May look into the guitarist thread and give my thoughts on that.

[fatmick]

Joey Ramone
Shane MacGowan
Dave Vanian
Joe Strummer

[Sam Slater]

Some great proposals here. How many of you have picked a singer, for instance, yet don't care much for the music? Just wondering if it's the singing that makes you like the music sung, or the music sung that colours your view of the singer.

Anyway, apart from Bob Singleton, I don't think any of us mentioned a female singer. Partly due to, of course, me asking specifically for lead singers of bands, rather than solo artists. There just haven't been as many female lead singers of bands than male.

Which leads me to a query from you all: why do you think there have been a smaller percentage of female bands compared to male bands, yet the numbers are far more equal when looking at solo artists. Is it because all-girl bands aren't seen as 'cool'?

Anyway......while not a contest, it seems Freddie would have won by some margin!

[fatmick]

Female singers for me would be
Debbie Harry
Karen O
Siouxsie Sioux

[thecocker]

Surprised no-one has mentioned Axl Rose.

[Taffoski]

Females would be

Kate Bush
Laura Nyro
Suze DeMarche
Tori Amos
Anna Calvi
Birdy
Duffy
Bobbie Gentry
Janis Joplin
Doro Pesch
Beth Orton
Bjork
Stevie Nicks
Suzanne Vega

[lloyd42]

All female bands "not cool"? Au contraire.....