Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Macy Gray, Scott Stapp, James Blunt anyone?

Scott Stapp??! WTF

[Stumbleweed]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

LOLOLOLOL

He had a distinctive voice... if Eddie Vedder never existed... and every crappy faux-hard rock band that came after them didn't sound exactly like Scott Stapp. Hilarious.

Macy Gray definitely fits... can't mistake her for anyone else.

[Blzer]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Scott Stapp??! WTF

Yes. You hear a song from Creed and you know that it's them because of his singing. This isn't a discussion about positive or negative distinction (I don't like the voices for any of the three singers I mentioned), but it's distinctive nonetheless.

I was going to say Eddie Vedder as well, who Stapp has a similar voice as... but they're both very distinguishable from one another.


EDIT: No one else sounds like Stapp. Most people have a different kind of 'voice,' it's more like people that sound like Tyler Connolly.

Glad to see you guys could pick me out of a crowd, though. I never figured this was a thread to point out the great singers of history, but rather the ones that when you hear their voice for three seconds you know who the singer/band is, regardless of the song. These three fit the profile.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Yes. You hear a song from Creed and you know that it's them because of his singing. This isn't a discussion about positive or negative distinction (I don't like the voices for any of the three singers I mentioned), but it's distinctive nonetheless.

I was going to say Eddie Vedder as well, who Stapp has a similar voice as... but they're both very distinguishable from one another.

No, I hear a song from Creed and I wish I was deaf. I know it's instantly them by the suck coming out of the speakers

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

I'll do my homer pick. Raine Maida, especially from Naveed, Clumsy, Spiritual Machines era.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

T-Pain
Lil' Wayne
John Mayer
Fred Durst
Brian Johnson
The Dream

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Layne Staley - often imitated, never duplicated.

[Happy29]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn

Trace Adkins

George Strait

[JBH3]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Michael Bolton ... I celebrate his entire catalog. (well, my wife does...).

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Chris Martin. No one is more melodic than Chris Martin, and the guy has amazing range. You might not like Coldplay, but you at least got to respect the voice.

Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon has a pretty distinctive/soulful voice.

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden is another.

...But probably the most distinctive voice ever is Marvin Gaye.

[Adam Dayton]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

All time?- Brian Johnson, Ozzie, Freddy Mercury, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Robert Plant, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jackson etc.

[dossier]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

forgot about Adam Levine of Maroon 5

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Scott Stapp is distinctive because he sounds like he is trying to rip off Eddie Vedder's voice, but Blzer is right that when Stapp opens his douche-bag mouth and sings you know its him.

[deaduck]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

James Brown

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

I think that Scott Stapp is trying to rip off the Vedder voice but he does sound slighty different. Not very much though.

[roadman]

Re: Who has the most distinctive voice in music?

Here are some of mine that haven't been mentioned.

Brad Delp- Boston
Steven Tyler- Aerosmith
Dennis DeYoung/Tommy Shaw- Styx
Kevin Cronin- REO
Steve Perry- Journey
Claudis Meine- Scorpians
Rob Halford- Judas Priest
David Lee Roth- Van Halen