Author Topic: IGN's 10 Great Punk Rock Singers (Read 576 times)

mattmattmatt · « **on:** February 04, 2012, 02:11:12 PM »

http://music.ign.com/articles/928/928450p1.html

Pretty generic list for the most part. I didn't expect to see Chad Price or Ari Katz on there.

doctoracula · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:13:55 PM »

ari katz was definitely influential, but i really can't take his voice anymore
it'd be weird if danzig wasn't #1

NoahFex · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:15:27 PM »

Quote from: mattmattmatt on February 04, 2012, 02:11:12 PM

http://music.ign.com/articles/928/928450p1.html

Pretty generic list for the most part. I didn't expect to see Chad Price or Ari Katz on there.

Well, IGN isn't really a likely candidate for authority on punk rock. Video games, maybe. Punk rock, no.

mattmattmatt · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:18:20 PM »

Quote from: NoahFex on February 04, 2012, 02:15:27 PM

Well, IGN isn't really a likely candidate for authority on punk rock. Video games, maybe. Punk rock, no.

That's true, but it's almost like 'why bother?'

Elliott · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:27:45 PM »

It's weird Chad Price made it and Milo didn't.

bitethecurb · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2012, 02:35:51 PM »

IGN just loves making dumb lists.

Sifl · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:09:20 PM »

That's an old article.

DrBug · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:47:56 PM »

Keith Morris, Rick Froberg, Sam McPheeters, Chris Bickel, Jeff Burke, Penelope Houston > This list.

DrBug · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:56:32 PM »

also Why does Ari's head look like a pumped up dick in that pic? Weird.

doctoracula · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:57:56 PM »

the only person i really think it's missing is ian mackaye

Marc · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:20:06 PM »

At least it says "great singers" and not "greatest" - so there is room for debate.

Marshall · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:58:15 PM »

i find it odd that mike kirsch, the dude from pegboy, chuck ragan/chris wollard aren't on anywhere on there. the gruff punk thing has been the biggest punk thing in, what, the last 10 years or so.

doctoracula · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:00:00 PM »

i think they tried to cover the gruff stuff with blake

Marshall · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:06:04 PM »

Quote from: doctoracula on February 04, 2012, 05:00:00 PM

i think they tried to cover the gruff stuff with blake

but kirsch in fuel/colbom/pinheadgunpowder influenced so many of current band's vocal stylings; not in the same way as blake i'd say. similar, but not nearly as gruff. chuck ragan in the same way, to a degree.

llivermore · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:06:44 PM »

Joey Ramone was good. I never had heard of Ari Katz before. The Bad Brains dude was "punk" for about 10 minutes back before a lot of you were born, and as for most of those other guys, meh.

Ok, Johnny Rotten belongs on any list like this, and maybe the guy from the Damned, but what about Joe Strummer, one of the most instantly recognizable voices in music.

And compared with Jesse Michaels, guys like Rollins and that dude from All (any dude from All, actually) are annoying fratboys.

Quote from: Marc on February 04, 2012, 04:20:06 PM

At least it says "great singers" and not "greatest" - so there is room for debate.

At the beginning of the article it says "best."

Quote from: doctoracula on February 04, 2012, 05:00:00 PM

i think they tried to cover the gruff stuff with blake

Blake's a nice guy and a fine singer, but Jawbreaker is nowhere near important enough a band for him to have a shot at this list. And although they've sold a shit ton more records, neither is All.

Puddn · « **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:07:46 PM »

I'm surprised to see Blake and Chad on that list.

Puddn · « **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:09:09 PM »

Lifetime is one of those bands I tried getting into, but i could not. I'd probably like it more if I listened to it in Middle School.

doctoracula · « **Reply #17 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:10:58 PM »

Quote from: Puddn on February 04, 2012, 05:09:09 PM

Lifetime is one of those bands I tried getting into, but i could not. I'd probably like it more if I listened to it in Middle School.

i liked them a lot in HS, and they were always playing around here. they haven't aged well. when they reunited, i realized i didn't actually like them anymore

llivermore · « **Reply #18 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:11:38 PM »

Quote from: Puddn on February 04, 2012, 05:09:09 PM

Lifetime is one of those bands I tried getting into, but i could not. I'd probably like it more if I listened to it in Middle School.

I think they're more of a regional thing. I never knew anyone in California or England that listened to them. In fact I never even heard of them till I moved to New York.

doctoracula · « **Reply #19 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:14:07 PM »

when i was a teenager, lifetime was the poppy band it was OK for hardcore kids to like. the same kids that made fun of mid-90s fat wreck bands. i guess they never noticed that lifetime sounded just like one.

mattmattmatt · « **Reply #20 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:14:45 PM »

I like Lifetime, but they are one of the most overrated bands around. KD is way better. But that's a different argument.

Freddie Fireworks · « **Reply #21 on:** February 05, 2012, 02:36:26 AM »

They cite "Recipe For Hate" for Graffin?!

And Rollins? Terrible singer. Isn't Lifetime's singer the weak link?

Yes to H.R. and Lydon and Danzig and Joey. Jake Burns is a glaring omission. And not a single female? Bunk list.

Noah WK · « **Reply #22 on:** February 05, 2012, 05:48:38 PM »

HR sucks.

KingCross · « **Reply #23 on:** February 05, 2012, 05:52:40 PM »

I had never heard of lifetime before, doesn't seem like I was missing much.

Halloween_House · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2012, 01:21:25 AM »

How is Jello Biafra nowhere on this?
I feel like that's a gimme even for people not in the know.