Best female rock vocalist

[Pyrrho Epoche]

In my opinion, Johnette Napolitano has the best voice in rock AND, she is a bassist.

You can add who you think is thee best, but I am not budging. Siouxsie might be my #2 and Hayley Williams(Paramore) has some lungs too!


She had a cold here and she still nailed it.

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[tb-player]

Nice. Thanks for sharing those. She's great.

Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore is not a bassist. But she's definitely my favorite singer out there today. We saw her live in concert last year and we were blown away at her range, energy and performance. I consider her the best frontman in the biz, right now.

 

[SpyderX]

That's a hard one - so many deserving artists. My immediate response to this question was always Karen Lawrence, and still is 40 years later,



Of course, these days, she's much older now and concentrates her talents on blues but still belts it out with the best of them

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

Karen Peris is in my top 5 also. I keep remembering more:

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

That's a hard one - so many deserving artists. My immediate response to this question was always Karen Lawrence, and still is 40 years later,



Of course, these days, she's much older now and concentrates her talents on blues but still belts it out with the best of them

Reminds me of Lynn Carey:

 

[MIMike]

Ann Wilson has always been one of, if not my fave.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

Ann Wilson has always been one of, if not my fave.

Definately, I was just thinking of Ann Wilson also.

Dana Gillespie kills some blues too. I think this thread is going to have alot of great vocalists.

 

[MCF]

In my opinion, Johnette Napolitano has the best voice in rock AND, she is a bassist.

You can add who you think is thee best, but I am not budging. Siouxsie might be my #2 and Hayley Williams(Paramore) has some lungs too!


She had a cold here and she still nailed it.

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Love her bass tone.

 

[Killing Floor]

Erika Wennerstrom gets a vote

 

[6-3-2]

I don't know if I'd say best, Hayley Williams really is special, but Ellie Roswell of Wolf Alice has a great voice. As the song builds you can tell she has some serious power. Huge voice at 4mins. IMO a great song too.

 

[osv]

Lizzy Hale has some pipes.
And Leather Leone on Chastains Mystery of Illusion album.

 

[tb-player]

I don't know if I'd say best, Hayley Williams really is special, but Ellie Roswell of Wolf Alice has a great voice. As the song builds you can tell she has some serious power. Huge voice at 4mins. IMO a great song too.

Yeah, I take nothing away from Ellie. She's got serious pipes. But for me, Hayley is not just a top vocalist but literally the best frontman for any relevant band out there today. When we saw Paramore last year, she danced non-stop and still delivered on vocals. Check out this video my wife took of her singing Decode. It gave me chills.


And that was AFTER she spend the whole night dancing around like this...

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

I listen to ALOT of new hardcore stuff and it is very evident, that Brody Dalle, really inspired alot of womens vocal styles, in newer bands. I am always like, "whoaa, SHE sounds like B.D.!".

Definately in my top 10.

 

[Datsgor]

Inga Rumpf is one of my favorites.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

Ok, I am done---kind of turning into a top ten---this pretty much finishes MY list.
Carry on though....

And for mellow, folk-ish rock, Lesley Duncan gets my vote:

 

[ryco]

Annie Lennox

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

8....Grace Slick
9.....Natalie Merchant
10....Harriet Wheeler(The Sundays)

Ok, ok..that's 10!


Everytime I went to the grocery store, this was on the musac stream---drove me nuts(for months), until I figured it out--- Lovely voice:

 

[JMacBass65]

How can we be this far along and nobody has mentioned Chrissie Hynde? Saw The Pretenders a couple of weeks ago. Her voice is still fantastic, and she's a badass!

 

[KohanMike]

Having been a teenager in the late sixties, the one and only I will list is Gracie Slick.

 

[pklima]

Saw the title of this thread, came in all ready to argue why it's obviously Johnette Napolitano... I'm working on a new covers project with a really great singer and briefly thought about doing a few Concrete Blonde songs but then realized that the singer can't pul them off because she just sounds way too gentle.

So, instead, a honorable mention for Katherlne Parlour. A bit like a bluesier Johnette...