20 Greatest Rock Singers Of All Time

3. Kurt Cobain

Rating: Nirvana

Talk about anguish, talk about emotion and vulnerability and anger and charming rough edges, and you'll soon talk find yourself talking about the Nirvana lead singer.

An ingenious writer, Cobain's voice wasn't so much an instrument as a weapon, and an incredibly versatile one at that. And few voices have ever been so raw and so enveloping.