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I find most of them reprehensible.
To clarify for you gen-Y-Z-fgtz, buttrock being shit that you'd see on Headbangers Ball in the 80s or whatever (close enough of a definition for the purposes here)

****Cool thrash bands don't count*** I'm down with that.

But as far as assrock

I dig

Ozzy is the man. If he counts.
Paul Dianno (if he counts)
John Bush (if he counts)
Lemmy (if he counts)
Dubrow. Dug that dude for some reason, and Carlos Cavaso
Dio. Kind of.


Fuck who am I missing? I know there's some good ones. I guess I like Vince Neil ok, but I Liked the Crue more for Mick and Tommy.

Yeah I guess everyone else blows.

Not much to add, but that's a pretty dam good list of vocalists, in my book

Yeah Grimes I guess because I started playing guitar in 1983 because of punk rock, my buttrock vocalist appreciation is not so great.

Walt wrote:****Cool thrash bands don't count*** I'm down with that.

In fairness, even among the cool thrash bands, there were a lot of awful vocalists who might as well have been doing butt rock. Here, cued up to the good part for you:

[video]https://youtu.be/NVvvdM8sjkM?t=4m35s[/video]

Joey Belladonna nearly ruined so many great Anthrax songs with his store brand Helloween delivery.

What, no Sebastian Bach?

Sebastian is a typical assrock yowler, but dem guitar tones


And Ben, yeah I get it. I dig Joey's vocals for some reason, though. Could be because I roadied for AiC for 5 shows on the Clash of the Titans tour, and Joey and Jeff Hanneman were my favorite dudes (besides AiC of course)

Don't be dissin' the Belladonna. Dude helped make a huge impact on early thrash - brought on an entirely different sound and energy, and really kept things interesting.

Walt wrote:Sebastian is a typical assrock yowler, but dem guitar tones


And Ben, yeah I get it. I dig Joey's vocals for some reason, though. Could be because I roadied for AiC for 5 shows on the Clash of the Titans tour, and Joey and Jeff Hanneman were my favorite dudes (besides AiC of course)

I was at that show in Seattle. AiC looked so damn tired!

I love Belladonna. Those early Anthrax albums are still in constant rotation.

Yarbicus wrote:

Walt wrote:Sebastian is a typical assrock yowler, but dem guitar tones


And Ben, yeah I get it. I dig Joey's vocals for some reason, though. Could be because I roadied for AiC for 5 shows on the Clash of the Titans tour, and Joey and Jeff Hanneman were my favorite dudes (besides AiC of course)

I was at that show in Seattle. AiC looked so damn tired!

I love Belladonna. Those early Anthrax albums are still in constant rotation.

Beginning of the end for Layne. Though I and many others saw it coming, surprised he held up for another 12 years, actually. So sad.

I know it's the beginning of his career, but Spreading the Disease is Joey's peak, IMO. I dig Among the Living as well. I didn't listen to them as much after that.
The Bush era has a few gems, and I like him better as a pure singer, but to me Anthrax didn't sound right without Joey.

I'm a huge fan of both Joey and Bush. Both eras (3, if you count Joey's successful return) have plenty of kick ass tracks, but I agree that Spreading the Disease and Among the Living are the pinnacle of their first era (and yes, Turbin is intentionally forgotten).

Stomp and Vol 8, along with Worship Music still get plenty of love, too

itchyfingers wrote:What, no Sebastian Bach?

I Bach.

Wait just one darn second! Lemmy? Lemmy is NOT assrock!!!

Paul Shortino would be up there for me

A lot of the voices in the "Stars" video would be good fits I think

ajaxlepinski wrote:Wait just one darn second! Lemmy? Lemmy is NOT assrock!!!

Hahahahaha ajax!
Yeah I guess we can't count Lemmy as an assrock singer.
Assrock lifestyle, though.

MacaroniSalad wrote:Paul Shortino would be up there for me

A lot of the voices in the "Stars" video would be good fits I think

Oh yeah..... Rough Cutt that band was cool.

trying to remember who was on Stars

Dave Meniketti. he should have played guitar on there too.

Eric Bloom

Geoff Tate. Not my cup of tea, so

Dio. Yeah

Dokken.

Halford.

Dubrow.

Sebastian Bach is one of the greatest hard rock/metal vocalists evar!!!

^Don Dokken was so friggin' outsang on that song it wasn't even funny. I think everyone else held their own.

JiveTurkey wrote:^Don Dokken was so friggin' outsang on that song it wasn't even funny. I think everyone else held their own.

I feel Don's singing Is quite reprehensible in general.

Walt wrote:

JiveTurkey wrote:^Don Dokken was so friggin' outsang on that song it wasn't even funny. I think everyone else held their own.

I feel Don's singing Is quite reprehensible in general.

+1

Just can't do it. Like I can't do the Scorpions

Yeah no Scorps here either.

Im with you on this. For the most part I wretch my guts out the second I hear most 80s metal.
The whiney pouty vox, the cheesy lyrics, the cheese grater sounding guitars, the "epic" drum sounds. All typical of the crotch-rock 80s era metal.
Sure, there was good stuff, but not a hell of a lot of it, & it always made you pick up your guitar.
I admit I listened to some shit that makes me hang my head in shame. But nobody's perfect....

RIFF wrote:Im with you on this. For the most part I wretch my guts out the second I hear most 80s metal.
The whiney pouty vox, the cheesy lyrics, the cheese grater sounding guitars, the "epic" drum sounds. All typical of the crotch-rock 80s era metal.
Sure, there was good stuff, but not a hell of a lot of it, & it always made you pick up your guitar.
I admit I listened to some shit that makes me hang my head in shame. But nobody's perfect....

That whole scene could not end fast enough. Thankfully there was still good metal going on inspite of the manufactured hair metal.

Stars was fucking awesome

Love watching the video.

Klaus Meine is a f**king boss. You guys are nuts You get a pass if the first Scorpions song you heard was the one with the g-d whistling or that pile of dung known as Tease Me Please Me. Beyond that; the Scorpions are absolutely legendary.

JiveTurkey wrote:Klaus Meine is a f**king boss. You guys are nuts You get a pass if the first Scorpions song you heard was the one with the g-d whistling or that pile of dung known as Tease Me Please Me. Beyond that; the Scorpions are absolutely legendary.

dude, Winds of Change is awesome. As an 80's baby, it hits close to home. I remember gorky park and the cold war.

BroSlinger wrote:

JiveTurkey wrote:Klaus Meine is a f**king boss. You guys are nuts You get a pass if the first Scorpions song you heard was the one with the g-d whistling or that pile of dung known as Tease Me Please Me. Beyond that; the Scorpions are absolutely legendary.

dude, Winds of Change is awesome. As an 80's baby, it hits close to home. I remember gorky park and the cold war.

Not a fan of that one Gene. I was full on speed metal dude at that point. My love for flying Vs sprung almost exclusively from the Schenker family but I was more of a Blackout/LAFS type of guy when it came to commercial Scorps.