[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Exactly, Death and the Maiden.

I should have called it "good bad, shitty VOCALIST".

Ok, so only Ringo fits

[batreleaser]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Deerhoof's vocals are beautiful.

Batreleaser, I'm not a huge fan of Glassjaw or Blood Brothers, but musically they are both actually pretty interesting bands. I have to admit it even though it's embarassing. The vocals just ruin any chance of them ever being taken seriously though.

SlipKnot actually have a lot of interesting musical ideas too, especially on their self-titled album but the "RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Cory Taylor growl pretty much always ruins it for me.

i like slipknot's first album. its totally unpretentious straight up metal. and loud. and heavy. and the last song borders on tribal psychedelic noise, all those yelps and screams and percussion.

[Trasher02]

Die! Die! Die! has a very irritating singer.

[batreleaser]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

Neil Young. He kinda has a duck voice but that doesn't prevent it from being moving on his best songs.

surely you must be kidding. ian curtis and neil young!!! ian has one of the most sound appropriate voices of all time, somber, low, atmospheric, and totally beautiful! and neil young, that whiny falsetto that is capable of leading the saddest ballads as well as the most fist pumping excellent hard rock songs! two of the best male vocalists of all time.

i got one; yoko ono. the music is usually pretty interesting, but i HATE her voice. i know some find it creative of different or appropriate to the music, but i just find it deliberate, annoying, and cringe inducing.

[SuperCreep]

Originally Posted by batreleaser

i got one; yoko ono. the music is usually pretty interesting, but i HATE her voice. i know some find it creative of different or appropriate to the music, but i just find it deliberate, annoying, and cringe inducing.

Agreed. I actually found her debut to be surprisingly quite good, but I doubt I'll listen to it any more since I just can't stand her voice.

[chairman of the bored]

did anyone else see gang gang dance at summerstage yesterday?...there you go...

[Savage Clone]

I love Kyuss musically, but the vocals have always been a problem for me.

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by batreleaser

surely you must be kidding. ian curtis and neil young!!! ian has one of the most sound appropriate voices of all time, somber, low, atmospheric, and totally beautiful! and neil young, that whiny falsetto that is capable of leading the saddest ballads as well as the most fist pumping excellent hard rock songs! two of the best male vocalists of all time.

I love their voices but that doesn't prevent me from noticing their strong technical limitations. I mean good voice doesn't equal good singing. But off course then technique is not what matters most in order to appreciate music.

[Torn Curtain]

And as was already said I misundertood what the thread was about so my references to Curtis and Young were off topic anyway.

[atsonicpark]

I was kinda thinking Kyuss too.

Usually the vocals are fine but sometimes they can be distracting...

[SuperCreep]

I find Kyuss' vocals to be bland and extremely off-putting.

[Derek]

I don't mind 'em.

[demonrail666]

I don't mind them either. I think Kyuss are one of those few bands where that kind of vocals really works.

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by xxlouiisxx

Smashing Pumpkins are very good, Billy Corgan sucks.

He actually sounded very good when I saw them. And the new band members did too. It was a pleasant surprise.

In my view, the "good band, bad singer" phenom pervades most music today. Most are incredibly bad lyricists to boot.

[MellySingsDoom]

atari2600 - I hate the studio/live "autotune" thing for vocalists - if you can't sing in the first place, any amount of technology isn't going to save your hide.

[atsonicpark]

The Sick Lipstick.

Awesome music; kinda no wave meets new wave or something... actually, it reminds me of the sound Wire had on "Send".. that really overprocessed sound... but with a no wave kind of sound...

But with the brattiest, cattiest, riot grrlish, loudest, most annoying vocals ever that dominate every song and automatically makes the whole band seem shitty.

[atari 2600]

An aside, but a guy at dime trades with the tour manager for Smashing Pumpkins and Billy ended up requesting some Booker T & the MGs. Some was used for the pre-show music.

[fugazifan]

this is probably an unpopular opinion but when i heard the new Suishou No Fune i couldnt get past how amazing the music would be without their singer...

[atsonicpark]

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by fugazifan

this is probably an unpopular opinion but when i heard the new Suishou No Fune i couldnt get past how amazing the music would be without their singer...

I think Pirako is great!