Flaneur wrote:And then there are those, like Laurie Anderson, whose songs became less compelling once she studied voice and started to sing properly.

Right. Don't fix what's (not) working.

Though in her case, I wouldn't go for either...

coach wrote:I'll take Yow with a side order of Tom Verlaine. Richard Hell for dessert.

Richard Hell would eat YOU for dessert, sir, before that ever happened.

crap your pants and say blah dude
Mineral/Gloria Record dude
Kim Gordon
Billy "oh god please kill him" Corgon
Al from US Maple/Shorty
Phantom 309 singer
all stoner rock/druid metal singers
brian jonestown meth head
rob from 90 day men (so good though)
andy from 90 day men (no comment)
Dead Meadow singer
Witch singer

jesus...the list could go on. 90% of all the bands i like have vocalists that would likely be shot by real singers.

Dude, Axl Rose and Tom Waits are both excellent singers. You might not like what they sing but they fucking can.

Thurston Moore is only a half decent singer when compared to his wife but he has his own style and it works.

I think I remember reading in a Dylan biography years ago where Woody Guthrie said something along the lines of:

"That boy can really sing. But his song writing is terrible."

eerie

rotten tanx...read my ?'s and what i was told...singers who would get kicked out of voice lessons...that means to me singers who have shitty voices but can sing.

axl rose's voice is terrible, but goddamn he can sing.

tom waits can "sing." i love me some tom waits, but he definitely does not have a beautiful voice in any traditional sense. hmmm...no, even though i love him, i'm still gonna argue that he's not a singer. a vocalist, yes. a singer...i beg to differ.

Shaun Ryder ex of Happy Mondays - has got that total "I took far far too many drugs and can now barely talk" thing, as has Mark E. Smith now (mentioned earlier) which is a shame, because he was a great vocalist.
Also Wayne Coyne has a similar sound where its like they're really really straining to even get any sound out, and it makes my skin crawl sometimes.

abcgroupdocumentation wrote:

whats her face from Bardo Pond...

Isobel, she's from N.Jersey, what do you expect.

I'll add Eric Bachman from the archers of loaf. He can't sing but then he's my inspiration for getting up on stage

tipcat wrote:

coach wrote:I'll take Yow with a side order of Tom Verlaine. Richard Hell for dessert.

Richard Hell would eat YOU for dessert, sir, before that ever happened.

Point taken. I love the man, but still, he warbles like a turkey.

I see you, and raise you one Ian MacKaye.

Dean Wareham of Luna and Galaxie 500 fame. Terrible and great singer.