Favorite scream in rock?


Robert Palmer lets rip a tremendous, rolling scream near the end of "Sneakin' Sally." "The fact is ... rrrooOOAAAHHHHH .... JUST BEEN CAUGHT." 

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

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

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!

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Rob Halford (Judas Priest) -- The Sentinel

Dude has an insane quasar grade metal voice.  

@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.

So many good ones!

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

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! 

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

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

Reading comprehension, people.

Reading comprehension.

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

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.

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!!

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My throat is feeling harsh and scratchy all of a sudden.  Going to sip on some nice, soothing mint tea.

Be right back ...

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?"

Man, these are great!

I have to mention Edgar Winter from the live Roadwork album, Tobacco Road.

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - Coconut and Jump into the Fire

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a Spell On You and many others

One of my favorite screams which hasn't been mentioned is in "Going All the Way" by The Squires:

https://youtu.be/HoBB0e-dVhc?si=maKR-1Uda24hTS60

This is one of my all-time favorites; I truly, truly love this song, and the fact that it never became a worn-out hit was a tremendous oversight.

@curiousjim ,

I stand corrected!

Always thought it was John because to me that's who it sounded like.

Thanks for learning me that...

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

Bzzzzt! Disqualified, but thanks for playing!

Roger Daltrey for the win. “Won’t get fooled again “ for pure scream. “Love reign over me “ for screamed word/lyric.

Bruce Dickinson . AKA "The Human Air Raid Siren"  The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.

No one has a better talent for controlled screaming than JJ of Kaleo.

That is some top shelf melodic screaming in ’No Good’, not all that possessed banshee nonsense as prefaced here. Heathens.