10 Perfect Rock Bands With Two Lead Singers
3. The Who
In the early days of rock and roll, Roger Daltrey began to come up the ranks as the ideal version of the rock frontman. Long before someone like Robert Plant got his golden god persona behind the mic, Roger was paving the way alongside people like Mick Jagger to get that raspy tone that's synonymous with rock and roll nowadays. Roger may have been the mouth of the band most of the time, but you've still got the man who's written it all taking a few stabs behind the mic.
On most of the deep cuts in the Who catalog, you can normally hear Pete Townshend taking vocal duties away from Daltrey for a little bit, either acting as a different character in the song like on Baba O'Riley or leading entire songs like I'm One or Going Mobile. Though both voices are suited to their respective genres, you can tell where each of their strengths lie the more you listen to them.
Compared to Daltrey, Townshend's voice is a lot more rooted in the singer songwriter category, with his voice knowing when to get delicate in places. You might want to stand the hell back with Daltrey though, since his scream is among some of the greatest that rock and roll has to offer. Considering albums like Tommy and Quadrophenia were all about expanding the limits of rock and roll, Townshend and Daltrey's vocal partnership is the best example of rock and roll being more than the sum of its parts.