- Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, "The Osbournes". As a solo artist, Osbourne has sold over 30 million albums in the US, and 75 million albums worldwide. Two albums, "Blizzard of Ozz" (1980) and "No More Tears" (1991), are certified quadruple platinum, … - Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the Seattle-based rock band Nirvana. Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington and grew up with a troubled childhood, which he frequently addressed in his songs and interviews. Known for his abrasive and often disturbing songwriting as well as his distinctive vocal style, Cobain is often cited among the most influential musicians of his time. Cobain formed Nirvana in 1986 with Krist Novoselic. - Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke, born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Radiohead. He has also recorded as a solo artist; he released his debut album, "The Eraser", in July 2006. Yorke mainly plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the "Kid A" and "Amnesiac" Radiohead sessions). - Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California), is an American pop musician, best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and lead singer of the American rock band The Beach Boys. Wilson was also the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. Early influences included The Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry, among others. Wilson admired Phil Spector, considering him both a mentor and rival. - Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and later Audioslave (2001-2007). He was also the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to Andrew Wood, Cornell's former roommate. He began his musical career as a drummer, … - Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964) is the lead singer and one of three guitar players for the rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his deep and influential baritone vocal style, and along with his instantly-recognizable and often-imitated voice he remains a cultural icon of his era, the grunge rock scene he was a part of, and alternative rock as a whole. - Boy George
George Alan O'Dowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham) is a pop singer-songwriter. George grew up in a large, working-class Irish family, which originated in Thurles, in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. O'Dowd gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, since he was heavily influenced by Rhythm and Blues and reggae. - Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer, airline pilot, radio show host, fencer and songwriter, best-known as the lead singer in the iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden. According to All Music Guide, Dickinson "was the most acclaimed and instantly recognizable vocalist to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early-'80s". - Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was a Scottish born Australian rock musician. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and immigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six. Scott is most well-known for being the lead singer and co-lyricist of hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. AC/DC's most successful album with Bon Scott is "Highway to Hell" released in 1979. After his death, AC/DC and their new lead singer, … - Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born), better known as Meat Loaf, is an American rock singer and actor of stage and screen. He is noted for his albums "Bat Out Of Hell I, II, and III" and several famous songs from movies. The Neverland Express is the name of the band he fronts, as its lead singer. In 2001, he changed his first name to Michael. Despite setbacks (including bankruptcy, on more than one occasion), … - Amy Lee
Amy Hartzler is an American singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist. She is a founding member and lead singer of the Grammy Award winning rock band Evanescence. Her influences range from classical musicians such as Mozart to modern artists like Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and Plumb. - Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. He has since become a successful solo artist and has played a founding role in several environmental and political causes. - Ben Gibbard
Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American musician who has formed several indie bands. He is most notable as the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. - Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970), is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer. - Wayne Coyne
Wayne Michael Coyne (born January 13, 1961) is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips. - Adam Ant
Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard) is an English pop star, lead singer of 1980s New Wave/post-punk group Adam & the Ants and later a solo artist. He is also a film actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999. - Les Claypool
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, USA) is a singer/bassist, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. Claypool's mastery of the electric bass has brought him into the spotlight with his funky, creative playing style. Claypool mixes finger-tapping, flamenco-like strumming, a similar double-thumb technique used by Victor Wooten and others, … - Zack de la Rocha
Zacarías Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha is a rapper, musician, poet and activist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine - Patrick Stump
Patrick Stump (born Patrick Martin Stumph on April 27, 1984) in Glenview, Illinois, is an American musician, composer and producer. Most notably, he is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and occasional pianist of the band Fall Out Boy. - Joe Elliott
Joseph Thomas Elliott (born 1 August, 1959, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and educated at King Edward VII School) is the lead singer of the English rock band Def Leppard. - Benji Madden
Benjamin Levi Madden (born March 11, 1979) is the guitarist and backup vocalist of the band Good Charlotte. He has been engaged to Australian actress/singer Sophie Monk since December '06. - Jon Foreman
Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is the lead singer, guitarist, and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot, which he co-founded in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim on bass. He writes or cowrites the music for all of Switchfoot's songs. One of his favorite pastimes, along with the rest of the band, is surfing. Foreman was born in San Bernardino County, California, … - Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and sole consistent member of The Fall, a renowned and idiosyncratic offshoot from the UK post-punk popular music scene. - Matthew Bellamy
Matthew James Bellamy (born June 9, 1978 in Cambridge, England) is the lead singer, guitarist and pianist of rock group Muse, known for his falsetto voice and guitar playing ability - Marty Casey
Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey (born September 26, 1973) is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of the band Lovehammers. After years of building a strong local following in Chicago, Illinois and the Midwest, Casey achieved international fame on the first season of the hit reality show "Rock Star: INXS". Casey made it to the final two of the competition, finishing as the runner-up to winner J.D. Fortune. - Eddie Levert
Eddie Levert (born) is an American singer, and is the lead vocalist of the soul/funk band, The O'Jays. Levert was born in Bessemer, Alabama, but was raised in Canton, Ohio. While attending high school, he met buddies Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, and William Powell. They were motivated to sing after seeing a performance from Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. They formed in 1958. The O'Jays were originally known as The Triumphs and The Mascots. - Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Alexander Cook, 29 May 1963, Birmingham, England) is the lead singer for the heavy metal band, Blaze. He is, however, best known for his role as the lead singer of Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999. - Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos is a British Greek musician who is currently the guitarist and singer of the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand - Mick Hucknall
Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960 in, Manchester, England) is a British singer. Hucknall (also known as "Mick 'Red' Hucknall") is the lead singer of British band Simply Red. - Mark McGrath
Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is the lead singer of rock band Sugar Ray. He currently hosts the television tabloid "Extra". He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but grew up in California. He graduated from Corona del Mar High School and then majored in Business Communication at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He worked as a truck driver before making his success in music. - Paul Banks
Paul Julian Banks (born May 3, 1978 in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England) is the lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of the New York City based band Interpol. Banks joined the band in 1998 when he ran into Daniel Kessler, whom he had met on a study abroad program in Paris. Banks's voice has been compared to that of Patrick Fitzgerald of Kitchens of Distinction and, most notably, Ian Curtis, the deceased lead singer of the band Joy Division, … - Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October, 1951), universally known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the rock band The Police. - Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as the frontman of Thin Lizzy. - Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known as Bono, is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono was raised in Dublin and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2. Since that time he has been referred to as Bono, his stage and nickname, by his family and fellow band members. Almost all U2 songs are written by Bono and he often writes lyrics using political, … - Johnny Borrell
Johnny Borrell (born Jonatan Edward Borrell, 4 April 1980, in Muswell Hill, London, England) is an English singer and guitarist, and the frontman of the band Razorlight. - Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson (born Charles Richard Wilson, 17 January 1978) is the lead singer of English band Kaiser Chiefs. Noted for his over the top fashion and intense "pogo" on stage while playing the cowbell and tambourne, Wilson will often jump into the crowd during a performance. Wilson, who was originally in a Rolling Stones tribute band has made a variety of television appearances including the BBC show "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" - Bert McCracken
Robert Edward McCracken (born February 25, 1982 in Orem, Utah), professionally known as Bert McCracken, is the lead singer of the American rock band The Used. - James Mercer
James Russell Mercer (born December 26 1970 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American guitarist and rock musician. He attended high school in both England and Germany. He is currently the lead singer/songwriter for The Shins, an indie rock group that formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1997. In 2002, the band relocated to Portland, Oregon, the given location stated on the band's official MySpace page. Before the Shins, Mercer fronted the group Flake, … - Tom Smith
Tom Smith (born 1981) is an English musician. He is lead singer, lyricist, keyboardist and guitarist for Birmingham-based indie rock band Editors. His vocal style has been compared to that of 80s post-punk singers such as Ian Curtis of Joy Division, and Robert Smith of The Cure. His guitar of choice is a Fender Telecaster Custom. When Smith lost his voice during the 2006 SXSW, the band had to cancel the last song of their first gig. - Stephan Jenkins
Stephan Douglas Jenkins (born on September 27, 1964 in Oakland, California, USA), attended Henry M. Gunn Senior High School, is best known as the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist for Third Eye Blind. Under Jenkins' leadership, Third Eye Blind has sold over eight million copies of their three albums "Third Eye Blind" (1997), "Blue" (1999), and "Out of the Vein" (2003). Jenkins wrote or co-wrote many of the band's most notable hits, …
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