BEST BAND EVER: Results!

[The Flash]

Freddie Mercury, obviously.

 

[Brigantium]

Freddie Mercury for the combination of vocal excellence and stellar frontman credentials.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Yeah, Freddie wins this.

 

[The Dissident]

Freddie

 

[Mosh]

Patton is just as talented and versatile as Mercury, both should really be going far. This round is a bummer for Gilmour and Tony Martin.

*braces for @Forostar‘s Martin defense.

 

[Diesel 11]

Tin ear or not, Gilmour is the only vocalist here I love.

 

[The Flash]

Patton is just as talented and versatile as Mercury, both should really be going far.

Mike Patton is immensely talented, but his voice just doesn't do it for me.

 

[Night Prowler]

Gilmour is a good vocalist, but far from top tier, he is out of his depth in this group. Freddie Mercury will probably win the whole game, and rightfully. As much as I like Patton, and his versatility, he just can't beat him. Tony Martin is above Gilmour, but far beneath Mercury and Patton; he's very inconsistent and not particularly good live (avoided high notes all the time).

 

[Night Prowler]

Eliminated after Round 65:
David Gilmour
Mike Patton
Tony Martin

Promoted after Round 65:
Freddie Mercury

Eric Adams (MANOWAR)

Layne Staley (ALICE IN CHAINS, MAD SEASON)

Phil Mogg (UFO)

Roy Khan (CONCEPTION, KAMELOT)

 

[LooseCannon]

The quality of this group is much lower than the previous. Eric Adams isn't a particularly good singer, you know. He has the voice for the band, but he doesn't have one that goes beyond Manowar's limited appeal. Phil Mogg has a pretty good voice, too, but again, within his range. I've never been a fan of the sound of AIC vocally, so I am going with Roy Khan. I might be the only one, though.

 

[Lampwick 43]

Well I was gonna vote for Mike Patton but you updated it too quickly.

This round is a no-brainer. Layne all the way.

 

[The Flash]

Layne Staley. Very easy choice.

 

[Brigantium]

I like the styles of Phil Mogg and Eric Adams (the latter has quite nice range too, I think). Khan doesn't appear to have the vocal power of the others, but Layne Staley is very, very good in this performance, in terms of power, range, and agility. I'm surprised because I'm not an Alice in Chains fan, but I've got to go with Staley ahead of Adams.

 

[Mosh]

Going for the Steve Harris vote

 

[The Dissident]

Voted for Mogg, but Layne is equally worthy

 

[Brigantium]

Going for the Steve Harris vote

The legendary vocalist himself!

 

[Ariana]

Layne, even though @Perun would hate me for not voting for Eric Adams.

 

[The Flash]

One of the things I'm most curious about regarding this game is whether Layne Staley will make the Top 10 or not. I don't think he was there the last time we did a vocalists game - that was almost a decade ago to be fair. Even I myself wasn't into Alice in Chains back then.

 

[Black Wizard]

Weak group. I voted for Roy Khan because I like some of his stiff with Kamelot, although that 'Night of Arabia' song isn't great.

 

[Lampwick 43]

One of the things I'm most curious about regarding this game is whether Layne Staley will make the Top 10 or not. I don't think he was there the last time we did a vocalists game - that was almost a decade ago to be fair. Even I myself wasn't into Alice in Chains back then.

I think it's definitely possible. We seem to have a decent chunk of AIC fans here and I know I myself will be continuing to vote for him deep into the game.