Favorite scream in rock?

"Didacts & Narpets" - Geddy Lee

F. DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star": Machine Head - 72

I'm pretty sure that this was the song that I drove my parents crazy with while I was in high school; and, that makes perfect sense when you consider that it's a song about sex and fast cars. And, to top it off, the song features screaming guitar, bass, and keyboard solos; plus, one of the ultimate screaming lead singers in Ian Gillian. He is well known for causing parents burst into their child's bedroom and demanding to know "what is all of that screaming about?"

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@thecarpathian 

I love the Beatles.😁

Sammy Hagar

Todd Rundgren on The Death of Rock and Roll.

Another vote for Roger Daltrey - Won’t Get Fooled Again.  Yeah!  

Heads and shoulders above any and all of the above is Suicide's 1977 classic song Frankie Teardrop.

Play at maximum volume

And to reassure those who feel disoriented outside the genre boundaries of boomer rock, Bruce Springsteen did cite Frankie Teardrop as an inspiration on his album Nebraska. Enjoy!!

There's ten and a half minutes I'll never get back...

Screamin' Jay Hawkins has to be one of the best. John Lennon on Plastic Ono Band, Well, Well, Well, John was going through scream therapy at the time.

Donna Summer in "Love to Love You."

Roger Daltrey in "Won't Get Fooled."

Rob Halford would be my choice as mentioned above. Who can possibly scream any better?  

"What's your favorite scream, shout, or yell? Other than Roger Daltrey's, of course."

Reading comprehension, people.

Reading comprehension.

Any of Iggy Pops screams on Fun House especially L.A.Blues

Lindsey Buckingham, Tusk is competitive.

"Stand Up And Shout", Steel Dragon from the film Rock Star - Miljenko Matijevic supplied most all of the vocals. Big voice for sure. 

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) Child in Time

gotta be Zeppelin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFnfbBawAE

Spouse.

Nothing else really matters....right?

jerry wins!

How about Johnny Winter on Muddy Water’s Hard Again Album? Mannish Boy cut & others. Turn that up loud on a good, powerful system & you’ve got some real blues fun! 

So many good ones!

Meadowman hit what I first thought of, Rob Halford. Victim of Changes on Unleashed in the East! 

Merry Clayton in Gimme Shelter around the 2:40 mark is another great one.  

@forestg 

On a related note, I would have to include Edgar's screams on "You Were My Light" on the first White Trash album.

If I must say, one of the most underrated albums ever.

Shocking Blue - Venus has a pretty good one.

Robin Zander...Cheap Trick...."Gonna Raise Hell"

Rob Halford (Judas Priest) -- The Sentinel

Dude has an insane quasar grade metal voice.  

Awesome thread. So many great screams/screamers listed here. I need to add one from my youth. Ted Nugent. He was a consummate screamer back in the day - check out Double Live Gonzo. Great example is the track Motor City Madman. If you ever saw him back in the mid 70’s, his shows were a skull-splitting loud, "energetic" relentless assault on the crowd to say the least... 

He lets out quite a few screams in this 10+ minute ditty, (3:10 mark, 5:08, 5:45 for example), but the crazy one lead-up starts around the 7:36 mark. If you don’t want to play the whole song, play it from there and let it ride. 8:10 mark or so is the one.

So, with that context, turn this one up and let ’er rip!

Honorable mention for Bon Scott's scream at the very end of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".

Fun thread!  Geez too many favs to name just one.  

Robert Plant/Zep

-How many more times

-Since I've been loving you

-etc

Geoff Tate/Queensryche

-Queen of the reich

-Take hold of the flame

-etc.

Ian Gillan/Deep Purple

-Strange kind of woman

-Child in time

-etc.

But I concur with a few others that Halford takes the cake for me.  No other like him!

-Dreamer deceiver

-Victim of changes

-Exciter

-etc, etc, etc, etc!

Geddy Lee was a great call too.  He's got a few, Didacts is short but a fine scream none the less!

Lots of good choices here; I might have to check a few of these out. I’m still going with Halford (just my opinion), but I’m also wondering if Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden should be mentioned again with Hallowed Be Thy Name? Just a thought --

Wilson Picket!

John Fogarty!

Janis!

John Lennon!

Linda!

Joan Jett . I Love Rock and Roll .

The day that Don Henley and Glenn Fry told Don Felder: "Sorry dude, but you’re no longer an Eagle."

Charles Thompson / Black Francis / Frank Black on every other Pixies song.

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter, Rolling Stones Gives me goose bumps every time I hear her sing and scream.

Eddie Vedder in "Blood".

And +1 to John Lennon's 2/11/1964 studio version of "Twist and Shout". And Geddy.

Chris Cornell "Wooden Jesus"

Geoff Tate

@ meadowman +1 for Halford!

How about the screams in "Vctim of Changes"

Anything Kurt,

++Halford

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Chris Cornell was the best screamer among all rock royalty. Perhaps the most unique as well. 

"Black Licorice" Grand Funk Railroad 

Bob Weir - Not Fade Away; Estimated Prophet; St. Stephen

Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart; Ball & Chain 

Another vote for Merry Clayton

Bobby Blue Bland, They Call It Stormy Monday. 

My favorite is Ian Gillan. But Donnie Iris is a close second.

And the winner iiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssss.............

Roger Daltrey, "Won’t Get Fooled Again".

There is only one answer to this for me

Ian Gillan, Child in Time on Made in Japan