British regional accents and rock vocals.

Most of the time they mask their real accents well. Look at Brian Johnson of AC/DC. Speaks Geordie (like me after a few drinks when I forget I'm in America) but you would never know it from his vocals. Actually I can hear hints of it in his vocals but I have a highly trained Geordie radar. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78VdvjpB1Vs

It's quite funny hearing 'Jon Anderson from outer space' slip into pure English midlands from time to time.

Jonbouy


It's quite funny hearing 'Jon Anderson from outer space' slip into pure English midlands from time to time.

Yep - the line "Stand and fight, we do consider" from Gates of Delirium springs to mind, but surly its Lancashire? Jon is from Accrington (or maybe Zog). I always liked the Rick Wakeman quote "Jon spent most of the 70's trying to save this planet while living on a completly different one"
 
Edit - Slow on the draw! Bristol responded while I was typing.

Bristol_Jonesey


Not bad for someone from Acrington, Lancs

 
Exactly!

Hi,

I was thinking about albums where the accents are pronounced and then some ... and the one that came up was ...

Small Faces -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flakes.

The guy from XTC is also strong. And I always thought a box of paints was more fun than a box of chocolates, but I'm sure a few ladies will disagree!
 
I was running over my head some of the Welsh stuff and even though they have an accent, when it came to music ... I can't say that I ever noticed it, other than the Sospach Pan singing club ... but I thought that was a joke though they could give Mickey a run for his yodeling and lala's.

Moshkiae

The guy from XTC is also strong. .

Yes - of course, Gloucester or Wiltshire??

As for Welsh, Cerys Mathhews (Catatonia) sang with a strong Welsh accent, remember "Road Rage"

David Coverdale - pure cockney speaking voice, mid-atlantic singing voice.

Rob Halford - pure Brummy off stage, pure American on it.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Paul Weller - pure Woking, talking and singing.

jamesg1213


Coverdale must be putting it on then, he's from Redcar..

Join the club Strummy that's two of us down already...

Mark Knopfler lets a bit of the Northumberland through occasionally;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btGPtK3EMo0

and Sting's not adverse to a bit of Wallsend when he's not being a posh git;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu8H5rA9HuA

John Martyn  was born in Glasgow, but spent a lot of time in Surrey, so he bounced quite naturally from one to the other;

Bit of Surrey here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beh7g6Iz4Vg

SteveStrummerUK


Liam Gallagher - annoying nasal whiny Manc accent speaking voice; annoying nasal whiny Manc accent singing voice

Harsh, but entirely fair. 

bitflipper


Interesting how many musicians and actors from Scotland manage to shed that stigmata and find success despite it. I'd never have guessed Ian Anderson was a Scot. There must be some special school up there, like the ones here in the U.S. that teach up-and-coming broadcasters how not to talk like a southerner. 

Anderson didn't live in Scotland that long, you can hear more of a Blackpool twang in his singing, especially on words like 'morning'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPwVGGIJgtE

I see Yes have a new, new Jon, called..Jon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4NU0ed5bDY

Glyn Barnes

 
I'm from the South West 

Whereabouts Glyn? Cirencester boy, meself.