Greatest rock male singers
of all time


TM, ®, Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi
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(For the 21st century see this page)
  1. Tim Buckley (Tim Buckley)
  2. David Thomas (Pere Ubu)
  3. Captain Beefheart (Captain Beefheart)
  4. Mark Stewart (Pop Group)
  5. Jim Morrison (Doors)
  6. Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
  7. Tom Waits (Tom Waits)
  8. Nick Cave (Nick Cave)
  9. Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
  10. John Brannon (Laughing Hyenas)
  11. Henry Rollins
  12. Dennes Boon (Minutemen)
  13. Michael Stipe (REM)
  14. Roger Chapman (Family)
  15. Guy Picciotto (Fugazi)
  16. Joey Ramone (Ramones)
  17. Eric Burdon (Animals)
  18. Axl Rose (Guns And Roses)
  19. Lux Interior (Cramps)
  20. Shannon Selberg (Cows)
  21. Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
  22. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
  23. Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club)
  24. Van Morrison
  25. Mike Patton (Faith No More)
  26. Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
  27. Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)
  28. Bob Dylan
(The last three only because they are very famous: there are hundreds of less famous singers who should be listed if we list those three)