favorite male/female vocals

[Wrench]

Sorry about making a "favorite" thread, but who are your favorite vocals from both genders?

Male:
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Runner Up: Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Female:
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Runner Up: Avril Lavigne

Remember: Not necessarily your favorite band, just the vocals.

[Samus Aran]

Males:
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin/solo career)
John Lennon, Paul McCartney (The Beatles/solo careers)
Roger Waters, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd/solo careers)

Females:
Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)

Does Beth have a solo career? Hmm...also, never tried any of Stevie's solo work other than some cheesy new wave hit she had in the 80s and because of that terrible song I don't want to try any more of it.

[sans culottes]

Male: Chris Cornell
Female: Janis Joplin

[LCK]

Male: Chris Cornell

i prefer his soundgarden days

[russell]

I like quite a few male vocalists, but Thom Yorke and and Damon Albarn would be up there... I also like Andrew Bird's voice a lot; Zack Condon of Beirut too.

Haley Bonar probably tops my female vocalist preferences.

[Skylark]

Male:
Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Michael Runion (Solo, Jamz)
Paul Baribeau (Solo)
Theo Zumm (Solo, Nana Grizol)

Female:
Morgan Nagler (Whispertown2000)
Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
Jenny Lewis (Solo, Rilo Kiley)
Madeline Adams (Solo, Nana Grizol)

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Male:
David Byrne (Talking Heads/Solo)
Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode/Solo)
Roger Daltry (The Who)

Female:
That chick from The Cardigans
Sinead O'Connor

[Houdini]

Male:
Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Tom Waits
Captain Beefheart
Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Fantomas, Peeping Tom, a gazillion other bands)


Female:
Kim Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies)
Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof)

Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls)

Since when did you like the Dresden Dolls?

[sans culottes]

i prefer his soundgarden days

Me too. Temple of the Dog was great, Audioslave was pretty good, and his solo career is just okay. All of the Soundgarden albums have amazing vocal performances.

[C.Mongler]

Dudes:
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
Ian Curtis (Joy Division)

Ladies
Neko Case (Solo and The New Pornographers)
Lovefoxxx (CSS)

[Andrew1911]

Male: David Bowie, David Byrne, Tom Waits, Carl Wilson, Iggy Pop

Female: everyone said all of the good ones already >

[Dullahan]

Male: Eddie Vedder
Female: Debbie Harry

[Commander Fuckass]

Male:
Tie between Frank Sinatra and Maynard James Keenan

Female:
Idk so I'll just say Haley Williams I guess

[don't let's]

Kevin Max

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

also Michael Stipe