Favourite Lyricists

[reimdaheim]

gavin hayes from dredg. sometimes i think he can read my mind...
and i like this german rapper jan delay (eißfeldt) on "searching for the jan soul rebels"

[MyRibItsBroke]

brandon boyd
jeff moreira
jonah
bleu

[one weak]

chino
keith from Every Time I Die

[Jizzlobber]

Jim Morrison, Chino Moreno, Serj Tankian, Byork...im sure i have more too.

[Vlad Drac]

Jim Morrison, Chino Moreno, Serj Tankian, Byork...im sure i have more too.

yes jim morrison.

[manic_bastard]

too many to name.

but off the top of my head.. bob dylan

[justaphase]

DUDE ARE U GUYS FUCKIN SERIOUS ONLY ONE PERSON SAID

GAVIN FROM DREDG

WTF HE'S AMAZING OMG

CHINO FROM DEFTONES

ZACH DE LA ROCHA-RAGE=RYHMES

CEDRIC= FROM MARS VOLTA ONLY TMV THOUGH

[Fireal1222]

redman

eminem

maynard

thom yorke

[BigDave]

jacob bannon

[deftonekid]

Chino
Brandon Boyd
Zack de la Rocha
Ruben Albarran
Sonny Sandoval
John Lennon

*complex stuff:

Maynard
Kobain

[Fireal1222]

maynard is 150 billion times more complex than kobain

[deftonekid]

yeah agreed but also Kobain had a lot of complex lyrics

[thirty nights of violence]

These are the three that come to mind right now (in no order, they all have different styles):

Chino Moreno - Deftones

I have no idea, but it sure as hell ain't Chino

Not saying he's the best lyricist in the world, but come on man! Chino writes some awesome lyrics. Better than most bands today. But again, your opinion is your opinion...

Aaron Weiss - mewithoutYou
I'm not a practising Christian nor am I crazy religious, but this guy's lyrics are seriously some of the most poetic, passionate, and just beautiful lyrics I have ever heard/read.

Johnny Whitney and Jordan Billie - Blood Brothers
Crazy satirical lyrics about everything around us. The stories and metaphors they come up with are freakin' brilliant.

That's it for now.

[wheresmysnare]

i don't understand why everyone jumps in with maynard, i seriously think tool just live off their own self induced hype, i don't think their lyrics or image are half as clever, cryptic or out of the norm as they would have you believe.

As cliched as they have become I like kobains lyrics, not sure why and i like that, grew up with it i suppose, can;t understand what he's saying most of the time. Just look up the penny royal tea lyrics.

Chino, Don Mclean, PearlJam, The Libertines (that will go down well here), Late Radiohead

[vida_mae]

1.billy corgan, 2. frank black/ black francis...3...still thinking about that.

[Breach Unborn]

Chino, Maynard, Trent, Stephen Richards, Chad Gray (esp. on LD50), MCUD, Marilyn Manson, Zack del la Rocha, Rob Zombie (with White Zombie), Billy Corgan, Lynn Strait, Beck, Johnny Cash

[Sam]

Maynard James Keenan

Chino Moreno

Tupac Amaru Shakur (2PAC)

Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace (Notorious B.I.G.)

[KingCrimson]

hard question..

John Frusciante is my favourite lyricist ever, listen to Niandra LaDes & Usually Just a T-shirt and  u might see why.
others...
Jim Morrison
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Roger Waters
Thom Yorke
Chino
Maynard James Keenan
Josh Homme
anything Sonic Youth
i could go on... but i wont.

oh and Dead Prez lyrics are awesome. not sure who writes them tho im guessing its all of them.

[wharf rat]

Robert Hunter, Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger, and Karl Engelmann.

[lithium royalty]

DUDE ARE U GUYS FUCKIN SERIOUS ONLY ONE PERSON SAID

GAVIN FROM DREDG

WTF HE'S AMAZING OMG

CHINO FROM DEFTONES

ZACH DE LA ROCHA-RAGE=RYHMES

CEDRIC= FROM MARS VOLTA ONLY TMV THOUGH

OMFGWTFBBQ??!?!!11/1!!1//