80s Glam/Metal Vocal Showdown #14: Belladonna vs Lawless

[jingle.boy]

Another one I'm gonna have to sit out, as neither Anthrax or WASP were in my listening portfolio, and I have no desire to rectify that.

What say you, DTF?

[wolfking]

Blackie Lawless by a million miles.  One of my all time fav artists.  Check out The Crimson Idol if you haven't already, it's perfection.  Everything else WASP have done is quality too.

[Lowdz]

This is a tough one.
I love WASP but wouldn't call Blackie a great singer. He's just perfect for WASP though.
Belladonna is a great singer but most of his Anthrax stuff isn't suited to his voice and really the only album of theirs I like is Spreading The Disease where Joey's voice is fine. Just listen to him singing Journey songs live on Youtube- he's got a great melodic rock voice, just no-one's heard it.

Going to choose Blackie as he suits the material he sings. If I was putting a band together I'd choose Joey though.

And I agree with Wolfie, TCI is a great album.

[wolfking]

Another one I'm gonna have to sit out, as neither Anthrax or WASP were in my listening portfolio, and I have no desire to rectify that.

What say you, DTF?

I say you are missing out on a lot of amazing music.  What have you heard from WASP?

[jingle.boy]

I say you are missing out on a lot of amazing music.  What have you heard from WASP?

I honestly couldn't tell you what - if anything.

[King Postwhore]

Blackie Lawless.  A more diverse voice.

[jjrock88]

Very close for me. I'll give Blackie a slight edge. The debut from WASP is one of the best heavy metal albums of all time IMO. Joeys performance on spreading the disease  is amazing too.

[TAC]

This is a tough one.
I love WASP but wouldn't call Blackie a great singer. He's just perfect for WASP though.
Belladonna is a great singer but most of his Anthrax stuff isn't suited to his voice and really the only album of theirs I like is Spreading The Disease where Joey's voice is fine. Just listen to him singing Journey songs live on Youtube- he's got a great melodic rock voice, just no-one's heard it.

Going to choose Blackie as he suits the material he sings. If I was putting a band together I'd choose Joey though.

And I agree with Wolfie, TCI is a great album.

I always thought Blackie was underrated. I loved his voice. I haven't followed them since TCI.

I just ran through most of the Anthrax discog on my trip home, and Joey really seemed out of place with them, except as you say, STD.