Axl is number 11 on this list. Does he deserve it and who else should and shouldn't be here?

[Huge fan]

http://www.hearya.com/2006/12/04/hit-paraders-top-100-metal-vocalists-of-all-time/comment-page-1/

Full list from Hit Parader:

01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio
11. Axl Rose
12. Sammy Hagar
13. Geddy Lee
14. Geoff Tate
15. Mick Jagger
16. Jonathan Davis
17. Roger Daltrey
18. Paul Stanley
19. David Lee Roth
20. Kurt Cobain
21. Maynard James Keenan
22. Klaus Meine
23. Eddie Vedder
24. James Hetfield
25. Trent Reznor
26. Serj Tankian
27. Layne Staley
28. Steve Perry
29. Gene Simmons
30. Joe Elliott
31. Jon Bon Jovi
32. Alice Cooper
33. Vince Neil
34. Steve Marriott
35. Lajon Witherspoon
36. Sebastian Bach
37. Philip Anselmo
38. Zack De La Rocha
39. Brian Johnson
40. Bret Michaels
41. Udo Dirkschneider
42. David Draiman
43. Ian Gillian
44. Marilyn Manson
45. Jeff Keith
46. Chester Bennington
47. Sully Erna
48. Lemmy Kilmister
49. Aaron Lewis
50. Brett Scallions
51. Chino Moreno
52. Rob Zombie
53. Anthony Kiedis
54. David Coverdale
55. Gary Cherone
56. Andrew Wood
57. Scott Weiland
58. Tom Araya
59. Phil Lynnot
60. Rod Stewart
61. Scooter Ward
62. Ray Davies
63. Sonny Sandoval
64. David Bowie
65. Joan Jett
66. Josey Scott
67. Perry Farrell
68. Scott Stapp
69. Amy Lee
70. Don Dokken
71. Fred Durst
72. Mike Shinoda
73. Pepper Keenan
74. Dez Fafara
75. Gavin Rossdale
76. Blackie Lawless
77. Dave Wyndorf
78. Ann Wilson
79. Jimi Hendrix
80. Ville Valo
81. Peter Steele
82. Dave Williams
83. Dee Snider
84. Joe Lynn Turner
85. King Diamond
86. Corey Taylor
87. Jamey Jasta
88. Justin Hawkins
89. Dave Mustaine
90. Ian Astbury
91. Stephen Pearcy
92. Phil Mogg
93. Biff Byford
94. Cristina Scabbia
95. Dani Filth
96. Wes Scantlin
97. Tim “Ripper” Owens
98. Joshua Todd
99. Kevin Dubrow
100. Ray Gillen

[Damn_Smooth]

Shit list imho.

[Apollo]

Sounds about right.

With a couple more albums he could have made the top 3!

[sweetness]

of course Axl deserves to be up there, unlike 95% of the names on that list who aren't even close to being "metal" vocalists. Zach De La Rocha? What?

[LightningBolt]

That seems like a very very loose definition of metal.

[Gordon Comstock]

Who the fuck puts Freddie Mercury on a "metal vocalist" list? Enough said.

[AndreCC]

To me it will always be:

1. Steven Tyler

2. Axl Rose

3. Freddy Mercury

4. Robert Plant

5. David Lee Roth

And the rest is history! In terms of singing.

In terms of showmanship then i would have to put David Lee Roth in the first place as he's the real deal and Tyler at 2nd place.

Edited September 25, 2013 by AndreCC

[Johnny Drama]

I think it's stupid that its called a greatest metal vocalists list but it's full of rock vocalists at the expense of guys like Baz and Phil Anselmo.

[Amish]

Umm, the Rage Against the Machine vocalist is a monster, not to mention the real deal in terms of what he was doing with his band. Did you know he took part in violent protests? He wasn't just some asshole musician talking about changing the world. He was living his songs.

But yeah, metal? Freddie Mercury? Axl could have existed as a metal singer, but he's sooooooooo much more than that. He literally has the best range out of anyone I've heard. And Robert Plant? Robert has a range, I can't say he ever really explored it though. He's just a monster in the highs and can pull of Elvis decently

Robert wasn't even a singer in that sense...he was just up there doing what he did and had a band that did what they did and it fit together magically somehow. Robert would have been shit in most other bands, trying to sing the way he was singing, I mean.

When your natural singing voice is a baritone and you're successfully pulling off Jungle and Sweet Child, not to mention Prostitute and Twat, then you can claim range.

Edited September 25, 2013 by Amish

[MrSoftie]

*rock

Not metal. Freddie and Axl should be top 5, definitely.

[The Linguini Occurrence]

Sammy Hagar right behind Axl?

Axl should be Numero Uno, best of all time.

[Black Sabbath]

Do you even listen to metal, Hit Parader?

[The Linguini Occurrence]

With a couple more albums he could have made the top 3!

Quality defines greatness, not quantity.

[Apollo]

With a couple more albums he could have made the top 3!

Quality defines greatness, not quantity.

Does it though?

So if Axl only released one song in his career, whatever song you think his is best overall work..........would you put in on the list as the best singer of all time?

I get what you are saying, I really do. But at the end of a career, if one band has 10 great albums of work and one band has 4 great albums....don't you give the nod to the guy with more quality work?

You know I'm a huge Axl fan. There is no doubt in my mind that if Axl had wanted/chosen to put in the work/effort, GnR would have went down as the greatest rock band of all time. In every poll. He would have always been voted the number one singer of all time, and GnR would dominate the greatest band of all time polls.

Currently Led Zep usually finishes on top of the polls/charts that people make. I have no doubt that if GnR had put out albums in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and this year, people would not just mention GnR with the greats, but they would put them way ahead of Zep, Stones, Aerosmith, Queen, etc.

But instead, Axl chose to go a different route - not releasing music for his fans - and you have a band that has put out one album of original material in the past 20 years.

[T.wa.T]

Steven Tyler, Bon Scott and Paul Rodgers should not be ahead of Axl. The others, in the top ten, can be mixed and matched.

[Gia]

Fred Durst?

[T.wa.T]

To me it will always be:

1. Steven Tyler

2. Axl Rose

3. Freddy Mercury

4. Robert Plant

5. David Lee Roth

And the rest is history! In terms of singing.

In terms of showmanship then i would have to put David Lee Roth in the first place as he's the real deal and Tyler at 2nd place.

David Lee Roth is a performer not a singer. He's a horrible singer.

Umm, the Rage Against the Machine vocalist is a monster, not to mention the real deal in terms of what he was doing with his band. Did you know he took part in violent protests? He wasn't just some asshole musician talking about changing the world. He was living his songs.

But yeah, metal? Freddie Mercury? Axl could have existed as a metal singer, but he's sooooooooo much more than that. He literally has the best range out of anyone I've heard. And Robert Plant? Robert has a range, I can't say he ever really explored it though. He's just a monster in the highs and can pull of Elvis decently

Robert wasn't even a singer in that sense...he was just up there doing what he did and had a band that did what they did and it fit together magically somehow. Robert would have been shit in most other bands, trying to sing the way he was singing, I mean.

When your natural singing voice is a baritone and you're successfully pulling off Jungle and Sweet Child, not to mention Prostitute and Twat, then you can claim range.

Zach is a rapper. Or a street poet, not a metal singer or a rock singer.

Doesn't mean he sucks. Hes great for what RAtM does.

[Amish]

That's a fair point, but he has some of the most wicked ass vocals I've ever heard

[luciusfunk]

To people questioning Freddie Mercury, early Queen was considered metal.

[username]

The link said "100 best metal vocalists".

Which means Axl shouldn't even be on it. Guns n' Roses was never metal.

The same can be said for a few other artists on there. I mean Freddie Mercury? Steven Tyler? Mick Jagger? How in the world are any of them "mnetal vocalists"?

Edited September 26, 2013 by username

[wasted]

With a couple more albums he could have made the top 3!

Quality defines greatness, not quantity.

I would guess that GNR have put out as many songs as Led Zeppelin anyway?

[DR DOOM]

There is so much wrong with that list I don't know where to start, or if its worth starting.

[wasted]

Freddie Mercury

Plant

Cornel

Axl

Tyler

vocal wise

DLR

Patton

Ozzy

Jagger

are great showmen

[DR DOOM]

Dio and Rob Halford are the best "heavy metal" singers, that's a no brainer.

I don't think its fair to judge Korn and NIN against Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin...its just dumb.

Ozzy would have to be one of the greatest hard rock frontmen, but not a technically great singer (though he did have his moments back in the day)

Edited September 26, 2013 by DR DOOM

[pe_teko]

Worst list I have ever seen.

David Bowie nº64

Lennon (probably the best), Elvis and Springsteen aren't on the list

most of them heavy metal singers...