15 Best Hard Rock Singers Of All Time

15. Robin Zander - Cheap Trick

As rock reached the tail end of the 70's, disco started to rear its head in pop culture. Though there was nothing wrong with the funky beats and slick production of this new genre, many rock artists were hopping on the bandwagon and creating some of the most listless rock music ever produced. Out of the manufactured haze came Cheap Trick, with a singer with just the right amount of grit.

From the moment you heard him sing, Robin Zander's voice was the ideal blend of melodic and heavy. On every Cheap Trick tune, there was always a good amount of melody to latch onto, but then Zander's off-kilter screams would send the entire song into overdrive. There was power and bombastness in his delivery, but there's also a raucous vibe that Zander gives off that almost verges on the side of punk.

Though the sounds were different for the time, the mannerisms of Zander were later adopted by bands as diverse as Green Day and Motley Crue. In Zander, Cheap Trick had the ideal foil to their poppier songwriting. It was as tuneful as the Beatles, but with the grit of the Sex Pistols creeping out from beneath the surface.