Rock Singers I Can't Stand Listening To

This is a list of of voices in rock and popular music that I just cannot stand - from nasal whines to tubercular death rattles. I've divded them into two sections: One: odd voices I really like. Two: voices I can't stand

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[nyrocks]

Ian Anderson's voice issues break my heart. He was such a great vocalist back in the day.

[toybarons]

I was just about to drink my coffee when you said Axl Rose's voice sounded like he was buggering a cat. I narrowly missed having drank my coffee and laughing out loud at the same time. The comment was spot on.

[NitroModelsAndComics]

I am pleased you said Axl Rose.

Grates my nerves since day one

[kylewoolsey]

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong would improve immensely if only he had some nasal decongestants and a box of tissues. Never been a fan.

[jeffreymcfadden]

Bruce Springsteen is a graduate student from the Bob Dylan school of singing.

[hound]

Compared to Yoko Ono, cat buggering is the sweetest music.

[Lexcoaster]

Interesting you didn't mention Brian Johnson of AC/DC. I find he kinda sounds like Donald Duck on cocaine, and I have a similar issue with Axl Rose. Also a very distinctive voice woulbe be Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins. Great songwriter, and not a bad singer, but I can't listen to more than one album at a time.

[michaelwilson]

I don't mind Michael Stipe's voice at all. And I do enjoy the mumbling early era. Later in the IRS years I think 'Fall On Me' really showed a powerful vocal performance from Stipe. I always enjoy the backing vocals of Mills and Berry.

[kevinbossick]

I never could stand to listen to Bruce Springsteen.

[tennoklark]

To be honest. Brian Johnson sounds like the muppet Gonzo trying to sing 🎤 😂

[chop]

Chris Martin is nails on the chalkboard.

[andrewgeraci]

One singer I love, whose primarily known for his guirar, is Joe Walsh.

[lancep]

Is it even fair to mention Yoko and singer in the same sentence ?

[bbaritone]

I will start a war on is one person. One voice I cant stand is Bruce Springsteen. Even when I seen him live in the mid 80's in Los Angeles, This guy is terrible. To this day every time I hear him on the radio, I have to turn him off or change the station.

[timothymarkin]

Two artists I’ve loved for years who don’t have the greatest vocals are Elvis Costello and Donald Fagen.
Costello is a top shelf songwriter but in the Dylan mode as a vocalist. However, his voice was perfectly suited to the angry young man persona in his new wave period; in the 90s, he collaborated with Burt Bacharach and proved his vocals were certainly unsuited for songs written for Dionne Warwick and the like.
And Donald Fagen was perfectly suited for the idiosyncratic songs of Steely Dan (and his solo career). A quirky vocal style but I love it on those classic Dan albums.

[davidstoyanoff]

Joe Cocker is my favorite quirky voice.
Stevie Nicks I really could not stand even from the beginning.

[idreamofgenie]

I love Rush's music dearly, but I've heard somebody describe Geddy Lee's voice in the early years of the band as a "mosquito-like whine." I don't mind it, but I can understand why some people might dislike it. :)

[andrewmize]

I think "buggering a cat" might be the most apt description of Axl Rose's upper range I've ever heard. I've given similar descriptions of Yoko Ono--although what I specifically said was that she sounds like "two cats f*cking in a blender."

[doomhippie]

Axl Rose.... one of these voices that make me brake out in cold sweat. What a godawful screeching noise.

[LaserRanger]

Neil Young is hard for me to listen to, at times, but he's an amazing writer and crafter of songs...so I live with it. I totally agree with Dylan.