I have to agree with Urban on Rob Halford. Runner up goes to Dani of Cradle of Filth

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BTBAM ftw.

1. Maynard James Keenan
2. Corey Taylor
3. Phil Anselmo
4. Layne Staley

Pretty much what stone magnent said.

None of those guys are in Metal bands though

Maynard James Keenan = Progressive Metal
Corey Taylor = Nu-Metal
Phil Anselmo = Thrash/Stoner Metal
Layne Staley = Alternative Metal

:-\

Maynard James Keenan = Tool = maybe. A few songs are so-so. On the whole calling them anything other than alt. rock is misleading

Corey Taylor = Slipknot = Nu-"metal" isn't metal

Phile Anselmo = Pantera = again arguable. Thrash at times, southern groove rock other times.

Layne Staley = Alice In Chains = the only Grunge band worth a damn. Not metal.


so my statement is true enough.

Thanks for clearing that up, Stone Magnent.
Alot of people are forgetting the way metal used to be, and seldom thought of now, thanks to having to jump on the "death/black metal" train. There are only a few bands in that genre that I would consider good. My opinion of most metal now adays.

Garbage.

I like all kinds. I even like some Alice In Chains.

but calling something Metal cause it sounds "heavy" or different than radio rock is misleading and wrong.

by the by, Bruce Dickinson is one of my favorite vocalist of all time.

Power Metal vocals > all

No, it isn't. You can't listen to Ænima/Lateralus/10,000 Days and not call them a progressive metal band.

Whether or not you like it, yes it is.

You're a complete idiot if you don't think Pantera was a thrash metal band. Sorry, but come on...

"Grunge" is hardly an actual genre. It was a label slapped on any rock/metal band that came out of Seattle at the time. The 'Big 4' Grunge bands sound nothing alike. Alice In Chains were a metal band. You don't have to sound like Cannibal Corpse to be a metal band. It's one of the more diverse genres out there.

This isn't completely relevant but just something that I've thought for a long time. In my mind there is grunge-punk and grunge-metal. Grunge punk would be Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Melvins, stuff like that. Grunge metal would be Soundgarden, AIC, Pearl Jam and stuff like that.