Blender Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Toss up between Layne and KurtI feel the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moop Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I just want to understand something. Is the question meant to be "Best singer that's been in a grunge band?" or "Singer with the best voice suited for grunge?"If it's the latter, those of you voting Vedder are retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estranged 16 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 ^ i think its the first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuffy78 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Can't decide between Layne and Vedder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opax Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Layne Staley, easily the best vocalist with an impressive range.Cornell is good too but he's kinda just a studio musician, his vocals live are poor.Eddie Vedder is allright but has a tendancy to drone on a bit.Kurt Cobain is average at best. His skill was not in singing but in writing.Honorable mentions to Mark Lanegan who is amazing, Mark Arm's singing is pretty atrocious but he kinda defined grunge so got to be mentioned.To the guy who said Andrew Wood, get out of hear, I mean I love a little bit of Mother Love Bone but hell theirs no way that can be considered grunge, at best its classic rock but it's really glam! In saying that check out " ", amazingly moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn_It_Up Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Staley/CornellVedder Cobain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Power Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Why does people actually for Cornell? He's rubbish. Kurt EOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest knerken Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) Layne Staley, easily the best vocalist with an impressive range.Cornell is good too but he's kinda just a studio musician, his vocals live are poor.Eddie Vedder is allright but has a tendancy to drone on a bit.Kurt Cobain is average at best. His skill was not in singing but in writing.Honorable mentions to Mark Lanegan who is amazing, Mark Arm's singing is pretty atrocious but he kinda defined grunge so got to be mentioned.To the guy who said Andrew Wood, get out of hear, I mean I love a little bit of Mother Love Bone but hell theirs no way that can be considered grunge, at best its classic rock but it's really glam! In saying that check out " ", amazingly moving.They're not glam, they're LOVE ROCK I clearly see your point, but as I mentioned in my other post, alternative rock from Seattle around '88-93 is concidered grunge, at least by media and such. I guess that goes for LOVE ROCK as well. Andrew really was a good singer. Edited August 5, 2008 by knerken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Why does people actually for Cornell? He's rubbish. Kurt EOD.Stop posting, as seen here the discussion was ended. Layne, I voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 very hard to choose between eddie/layne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Cornell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feconroses Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Kurt. Not because of his technique, but because of his ability to show his emotions through his voice.Its the same as it is with Slash. Slash isnt the best "technically", but for me, he is my favourite guitar player because of his feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCGNR Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Vocalist = Great Singer - Cobain was NOT that - he was great at a lot of things, but as a vocalist? No shotVedder's always had a great voice and Cornell is pretty impressive, but .....................................................The creepiest, coolest fucking voice to come out of Seattle was without a doubt - Layne Staley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketslash Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) Chris CornellBetween Temple of the Dog, Audioslave's Revelations, Badmotorfinger, (and anybody who's heard the scream before the solo in "Let Me Drown") And anyone who says Cornell can't pull it live hasn't heard the msn music concert. He pulls the high notes out during "Jesus Christ Pose". Don't get me wrong, I love layne stayley, but Jerry Cantrell provides sooooooo much backing for him that at times I wonder just how he would sound without him.....(though my two favorite moments are "Rooser" unplugged and "I stay Away")The only problem i have with vedder is that, for better or worse, in his lower register he wounds like lower register cornell. (see hungerstrike)cobain and vedder vocally are superb, but one notch under stayley, who is one notch under cornell Edited August 6, 2008 by Bucketslash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagofala Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 1.Eddie Vedder (Personal favourite)2.Chris Cornell 3.Layne Stayley (Impressive vocalist, the Unplugged concert )4.Kurt Cobain (Yeah, he had his moments, Unplugged concert for example) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Cornell or Cobain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Why does people actually for Cornell? He's rubbish. Kurt EOD.probably because your opinion isnt the only one that exists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 So bleed your heart out, theres no more rides for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR lives on Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) to whoever mentioned hungerstrike above..yea i thought about that song when i did my vote cuz cornell does sing a bit better... i think i heard though that cornell wanted to do a lower part and since they were with pearl jam members vedder was around and sang the part and cornell liked it so much he let vedder record it....I think for me what did it more is that vedder's emotion live is so intense...see the mtv unplugged version of black and other songs and i like pearl jam the most of any of these bands..EDIT: I wonder what would happen if i added guys like thom yorke..... and just made it best 90's vocalists...for me yorke would prolly beat all of these guys listed.... Edited August 6, 2008 by GnR lives on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Tad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMorrison73 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Where the fuck is Scott Weiland?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Where the fuck is Scott Weiland?!?!Isn't really grunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian 1200 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Staley gets my vote, pure raw emotion in his voice, its fucking awesome.Vedder would come a close second, I loved Ten, have been meaning to get more of there stuff...but haven't really had the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrslash Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Kurt for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Mix between Layne and Cornell, I recognize that Vedder is excellent, just not my taste.Cobain is a fucking joke. I'm glad he's pretty much last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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