Best Sabbath singer

I voted for OZZY. When I think about Black Sabbath I instantly think about him

Dio for vocals.

I say Ozzy. The origanal mad man of rock-n-roll.   

    

   this is the most unfair post ever...how could you possibly compair these 4 Voices.. (i don't mean that Martin is not a good singer, but there can be no serious competition for him). i mean, Ozzy has the most eloquent voice i've ever heard and with the rest of the Sabs defined hard music as we know it today..without these albums nothing would be the same today..

who can tell anything bad for Dio? his voice is perfect. so are Sabbath albums with him (Dehumanizer aside..)

Gillan? seriously? the voice of Deep Purple.. if Sabbath were influential, then what Deep Purple were? ask Michael Kiske, Geoff Tate, Ray Alder and so many others about Ian..

Hughes has the most technical voice of all the above and also it's not fair for him because Seventh Star was supposed to be a Iommi/Hughes project LP but the record company insisted on a... new 'Sabbath' album..

Personally, i voted for Dio because whenever i listen to 'Neon Knights' 'Heaven And Hell' 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World' and so on i get feelings that can only be compared to the touch of a woman.. if you know what i mean... Ozzy excites me too but it's more of a.. bite of a woman vampire... ha ha..

Technically, all singers after Ozz are better. Ozz, however, just has THE characteristic Black Sabb voice.

Minkia wrote: What the hell are you all talking about? Ronnie Dio brought a breath of fresh air to Sabbath whose best thing for them was dithering Ozzy's departure. As with Rainbow, Dio was the catalyst who brought epic length songs to both bands. Don't get me wrong, Ozzy did his fair share of calssics with Sabbath, but Dio completely brought the band to new musical realms. I mean, Ozzy couldn't have sang 'Children of the Sea', 'Mob Rules', 'Die Young' and the like, could he?

That must be Ozzy.

Cygnus X-1 wrote: I've only included those who have sung on albums with Sabbath I think Dio is a better singer but Ozzy was the best singer for Sabbath.

I agree.

I like the albums with Dio, and he is a technically better singer, but the true classic Sabbath sound was made whole by Ozzy's vocals IMO.

I voted for Dio because the first BS album I've heard was "Heaven And Hell".

Each singer made great contribution in BS music, I like them all.

As a singer (vocalist) Ozzy is the worst, but he is the one and only true voice of BLACK SABBATH.

I'm not a great fan of "Born Again" album with Ian Gillan. But '83 live recording "King Bisquit Flower Hour Presents. Black Sabbath Live In Worcester" shows how good Gillan was on stage with BS. He not only sang the song "Black Sabbath", he even played it as an actor. The album has lots of great moments, even the performance of "Smoke On The Water".

well if you find the video of Heaven and Hell on you tube with Dio you'll see what I mean