20 Greatest Rock Singers Of All Time

18. David Bowie

Axl Rose of Guns n' Roses on stage during the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley. *23/08/02 Axl Rose of Guns 'n' Roses on stage during the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley.: The band, who haven't played live in the UK
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Like Buckley, David Bowie's voice was all about performance, but rather than the vocal acrobatics of the former, the former Ziggy Stardust impressively inhabited characters in song.

He was a puppet master, backed up by incredible technical ability whose impressive range and impossible tone makes imitation entirely redundant.

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