Robert Plant voted 'greatest voice in rock'

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Led Zeppelin vocalist beats Freddie Mercury and Paul Rodgers to top

Jan 3, 2009
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Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has been voted the greatest voice in rock by music fans.

The singer beat Queen's Freddie Mercury, Free's Paul Rodgers and Deep Purple's Ian Gillan to the top spot in the poll, organised by Planet Rock.

The Who's Roger Daltrey, Whitesnake's David Coverdale and Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose also featured in the lower reaches of the top ten.

The full top 20 is:

1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company)
4. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
5. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
6. David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
7. Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
8. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
9. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
10. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
11. David Bowie
12. Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
13. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
14. Jon Anderson (Yes)
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Joe Cocker
17. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
18. Bono (U2)
19. Peter Gabriel
20. James Hetfield (Metallica)

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RealMode

Jan 4, 2009

this list sucks

Before and After

Jan 4, 2009

Looks like "Planet Rock" voters have a penchant for 70s and 80s metal; there's now way in any of hell's forms that Bruce Dickinson, Axl Rose, David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, or Paul Rodgers are better than Bono, Springsteen, Bowie, and Mick Jagger.Actually, they're not even in the same dimension.

usoban

Jan 4, 2009

Yeah, 'by music fans' tells everything. This is shit list, how could Axl Rose, Jon Bon Jovi and Bono made it to the list, even thought I like the last one?Where are Jim Morrison, Ian Curtis and many others?!

smeggie14

Jan 4, 2009

Where is Jim Morrison????!!!!!!

never_stop_shaving

Jan 4, 2009

omg heathens! where is teh_kurdt?

tohellandbach

Jan 4, 2009

Mick Jagger at 9????? Songs for the deaf me thinks.

gazza212

Jan 4, 2009

Surely some mistake - Robert Plant was bloody awful at the Freddie Mercury Tribute ironically..!

Hatts

Jan 4, 2009

Thom Yorke?

nickh90

Jan 4, 2009

9. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)discuss? think someones got something wrong there like

the enforcer

Jan 4, 2009

What, no Liam Gallagher?

ed2005

Jan 4, 2009

I've just checked the list over at Planet Rock. Once upon a time it would have been considered 'rockist' (for people who don't know music history pre-1991, that means predominantly white boy guitar music). Now judging on their remit, this is exactly what Planet Rock covers, meaning no pop, soul or r'n'b or reggae, but no women? No Siouxsie Sioux, Jennifer Herrema, Courtney Love, Kat Bjelland, Skin, Shirley Manson, Grace Slick? Wtf?

okcomputeristhebest

Jan 4, 2009

Was Thom Yorke not eligible for this or something?

Lewis1

Jan 4, 2009

"greatest voice in rock" hint, fucking hint, get on tour with the rest of the 'Zep...

gr33nw00d

Jan 4, 2009

typical rock survey i suppose, no billy corgan or thom yorke...ian curtis....julian casablancas *shakes head*

joereidy

Jan 4, 2009

freddie mercury should have been number 1. his voice had the most octaves or something and live performances were amazing (from dvds ive seen LOL)

daveyboysykes

Jan 4, 2009

How many of these top 20 are from the tiny little island of Britain? We are the fu#king KINGS of rock!!!

mellow

Jan 5, 2009

liam gallagher, richard ashcroft prob 2 of the best bristish front men ever!

chrispaz

Jan 5, 2009

People who are complaining about the absence of people like Richard Ashcroft etc, you need to be a bit more observant. The vote is for the greatest voice in ROCK, voted for by listeners of Planet ROCK. Robert Plant's is the greatest voice in rock, and he was the blueprint for rock vocalists thereafter. If you think Richard Ashcroft is a rock singer then you need your head examined.

SKALPA

Jan 5, 2009

What about Janis Joplin ?She's the female equivalent to Robert Plant !!By the way, did the voters all die before 1991 and the results are only being published now ?Evenif that's true, where are the old timers, like Elvis or Chuck Berry ???

omnistry

Jan 6, 2009

Where the hell is Iggy Pop?! The man is in his 60s, and he still kicks ass!

IDTonks

Jan 15, 2009

It is more than right Robert Plant is at the top, if you ever watched the lost performance on dvd or u tube - you will see why. At the age of 21 and to sound like that, no one not even Freddie sounded any think like that!! good choice every one.