[jacksonplayer]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

Chris Cornell i think is one of the best and worst singers of all time. His singing in Soundgarden was so good. I love the song "4th of July". But, his solo album and his work with (vomit rising...) Audioslave, is just so bad. Just awful. He went from being a 1st class singer, to someone in the realm of Zakk Wylde-like futility.

He sounds to me like he blew out a lot of his voice with bad technique. His Soundgarden screaming sounded painful to me

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by jacksonplayer

I guess I could technically say that we're related, since there are Oberst geneological records that indicate that we'd be 7th or 8th cousins or something like that, but I don't consider that to be "related"--and apart from the hot young lady factor, why would I want to claim relation to such a warbling no-talent?

You need another reason?

Originally Posted by jacksonplayer

He sounds to me like he blew out a lot of his voice with bad technique. His Soundgarden screaming sounded painful to me

That's *exactly* what he seems to have done. On "Badmotorfinger", he was god-like. By "Superunknown", he was warbling and croaking his way through stuff. By his solo album - which has some pretty good writing on it - he can't sing AT ALL. It seems pretty obvious that's what happened, to me, anyway.

[noodles]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

That's *exactly* what he seems to have done. On "Badmotorfinger", he was god-like. By "Superunknown", he was warbling and croaking his way through stuff. By his solo album - which has some pretty good writing on it - he can't sing AT ALL. It seems pretty obvious that's what happened, to me, anyway.

Not seems, it's what he did. I read an interview with him where he talked about the surgery he had to remove the pollups on his vocal chords. He just burned himself out by singing wrong.

"Jesus Christ Pose" sounds absolutely insane. That piercing scream he does that ends about three or four octaves lower with the gutteral moan is one of the most impressive vocal moments in the history of rock music. As cool as it sounds, you can hear that his tone came completely from his throat, which is a sure fire way to blow your voice out. He will never sing that song again.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by noodles

Not seems, it's what he did. I read an interview with him where he talked about the surgery he had to remove the pollups on his vocal chords. He just burned himself out by singing wrong.

"Jesus Christ Pose" sounds absolutely insane. That piercing scream he does that ends about three or four octaves lower with the gutteral moan is one of the most impressive vocal moments in the history of rock music. As cool as it sounds, you can hear that his tone came completely from his throat, which is a sure fire way to blow your voice out. He will never sing that song again.

Which kind of begs the question, is it worth destroying your voice at an early age to record one of the most impressive vocal moments in the history of rock. I'm not sure, but I wouldn't rule it out right off the bat.

[Oogadee Boogadee]

Originally Posted by Drew

Which kind of begs the question, is it worth destroying your voice at an early age to record one of the most impressive vocal moments in the history of rock. I'm not sure, but I wouldn't rule it out right off the bat.

tough question. How would the law of diminishing returns apply here?

[totaluntruth]

best- dude from all that remains

worst- dude from circus maximus

[Mastodon]

I'm currently really digging on Baroness' vocals.

[lucasreis]

Originally Posted by noodles

Not seems, it's what he did. I read an interview with him where he talked about the surgery he had to remove the pollups on his vocal chords. He just burned himself out by singing wrong.

"Jesus Christ Pose" sounds absolutely insane. That piercing scream he does that ends about three or four octaves lower with the gutteral moan is one of the most impressive vocal moments in the history of rock music. As cool as it sounds, you can hear that his tone came completely from his throat, which is a sure fire way to blow your voice out. He will never sing that song again.

Actually, he is singing this song in some of his concerts of the latest tour. And he is sounding quite impressive, not that he is the same Cornell, but pretty impressive anyway.

[Espaul]

I sorta just get angry when I read this post :S don't like it at all...

wll anywho,
best:
Geoff Tate
James Hetfield
Jørn Lande (from Jorn, beyond twillight etc.)

Worst:
Vocalist in Sikth... man! he sucks.
And chuck schuldiner from death (don't know if that was right spelling, but who cares)

[Stitch]

Hernan Hermida:



First 12 seconds of the video...listen to that range. He can go from guttural low to piercing highs and squeal all at the same time.

The fascinating thing about him is that he actually has three different 'styles'.

There are two ways to hit those low notes - my method is using a lot of chest and a touch of throat, but it is also possible to do it using predominantly throat (like Ryan or the guy from Job For A Cowboy does), but Hernan uses both to great effect. His highs are piercing (check the intro to "There Is No Business To Be Done on a Dead Planet") and his overall intensity is incredible.

He's one of the few people that has an incredibly thick natural voice - the majority of The Price of Existence doesn't actually have any double tracked vocals - an incredible feat.

Some of the lows do, doubled with highs, and his squeals at the end of "Promises" were, but other than that, his voice is naturally so wet and thick.

An incredible vocallist.

I also really like the dude from the Faceless (his name escapes me), namely because he sounds exactly like I do.

"There Is No Business To Be Done On A Dead Planet":