History LargeHam / Music

* Bizet. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDkxQBjgFU OH BIZET.]]

--> From the same song, the growled "WAKE ME UP!", "CANT' WAKE UP!", and of course "SAAAAAAAAAYVEEE MEEEE!" backup vocals.

* WebAnimation/{{Harry Partridge}}'s songs can be this (especially the Skyrim songs):

* Stjepan Hauser of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGHlMdU4TvY 2CELLOS]]. He's the one on the left [[CaptainObvious if you couldn't tell]].

* Tom Lonardo, of the early MTV hit Dog Police, is slightly hammy in the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE "Dog Police"]] (where he never overcomes [[SurrealMusicVideo the weirdness of his surroundings]]), but a thick slice of phone-purchased ham in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zjHCbHVA0 "1-800"]].

* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers has quite a passionate singer in Anthony Kiedis ("GIVE IT AWAY, GIVE IT AWAY, GIVE IT AWAY NOW!")... but the biggest ham in the band is LeadBassist [[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHjb4SfQDh0 Michael "Flea" Balzary]].

* Matthew Bellamy of Music/{{Muse}}. His sky-scraping tenor vocals and equally theatrical delivery of guitar and piano solos are coupled with a fittingly [[Main/Keet hyperactive and eccentric stage presence]] that further accentuates the drama.

* Matthew Bellamy of Music/{{Muse}}. His lyrics are made of flamboyant falsetto and awe-inspiring quantities of ham. ESPECIALLY in the album Origin Of Symmetry. The other albums aren't much further behind.
** ''Why split these states when there CAN BE ONLY '''OOOOONE?!!!'''''

* [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] is usually subdued. But when the song requires passion, he'll get over-the-top impressively.

* MileyCyrus is capable of great subtlety, but with her GenkiGirl tendencies definitely can turn up the ham, at least in full-scale arena tours (like her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozlCbdXhfhE&frags=pl%2Cwn Wonder World Tour]] of 2009 and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCi6scgzGe4&frags=pl%2Cwn Bangerz Tour]] of 2013). Often pairs this up with RefugeInAudacity and/or CrazyAwesome moments.

* Niccolo Paganini, the legendary Italian violinist, was a rock star for his age, and reportedly ''made of ham''. He also went pretty far in making a rather interesting stage persona (deal with the devil, [[{{Goth}} deadly pale]] and so on...). Some of the people that copied his shtick, like Norwegian superstar ''Ole Bull'' also counts.

* Music/ElvisPresley could occasionally evoke this trope in particular the song "If I Can Dream" from the 68 Comeback special which could be considered CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* Music/{{Nightwish}} is completely over-the-top, with HeavyMithril lyrics, EpicRocking, and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ truly passionate]] opera-trained female vocalist. And it is ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome totally awesome]]''.

* Atilla Csihar of Music/{{Mayhem}} is perhaps the most notorious example of this among BlackMetal vocalists, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome not that anyone is complaining]]. His [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible unorthodox]] [[ManOfAThousandVoices amalgamation]] of [[GutturalGrowler guttural growls]] and operatic wailing is known for its theatrical qualities as well as being, well, [[{{Understatement}} highly emphatic]]. Csihar's works for other bands like Aborym and Music/SunnO can, if anything, get even ''hammier''. Maniac, another of Mayhem's vocalists, can also get spectacularly hammy, particularly on ''Grand Declaration of War''. "WATCH THE TWILIGHT OF YOUR GOD AS YOUR SYSTEM CRACKS, AND ALL YOUR LIFE IS DEAD, PRIEST!"

* Creator/NobuoUematsu is ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]]''.

* The lead singer of Music/DogPolice, particularly in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5isUmVx63E this video]].

*** And if you are Creator/ChristopherLee and somebody else is narrating your album, it's still one of the hammiest albums ever recorded, with plenty of EarWorm ("shed the blood of the Saxon men...") and AwesomeMusic.

"THUN-DAH!! FEEL THE THUN-DAH! ''(BLAM BLAM BLAM)'' LIGHT-NEENG AND THE THUN-DAH!"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAo_fTiZ2hY Hojotoho!]] They don't call it [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagnerian]] for nothing.

** Music/CelineDion too, a fierce competitor for the "who does the biggest IncrediblyLongNote" category.[[note]]though the late WhitneyHouston probably beats both[[/note]] "[[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} You're heeeeeeere, there's nooooooothiiiiing I feeeeeeeaaaaar]]..." As a bonus, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDHryC6Vwg her appearance doing musical impressions]], where eventually she's forced to stand up to perform with full bombast.

* [[LilJon LIL JOOOOON!]]

* Tom Lonardo, of the early MTV hit Dog Police, is slightly hammy in the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE "Dog Police"]] (where he never overcomes [[SurrealMusicVideo the weirdness of his surroundings]]), but a thick slice of phone-purchased ham in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zjHCbHVA0 "1-800"]].

* Pretty much every member of JAMProject. Masaaki Endoh and Hironobu Kageyama not only have lots of fun onstage, but pretty much compete with Ricardo Cruz to see who is the hammiest.

* ACapella singing. Depending on the music and the song, a garnish of Ham can make the difference between a SoOkayItsAverage performance and an awesome show.

** ''I'm really not so with you anymore, I'm just a ghost, so I can't hurt you anymore, SO I CAN'T HURT YOU '''[[IncrediblyLongNote ANYMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!]]'''''

* Music/MyChemicalRomance in general and lead singer Gerard Way in particular. One of the best examples is the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bbTtPL1jRs "Famous Last Words"]], which is deliciously campy, but also slides right into horror territory--especially if you've seen the leaked version of the video. Another good example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSNKCfxcYvE "Helena"]], which is probably the campiest funeral you'll ever see.
** ''I'm really not so with you anymore, I'm just a ghost, so I can't hurt you anymore, SO I CAN'T HURT YOU '''ANYMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!'''''
** ''LET ME GO, '''FUCK!'''''

* Matthew Bellamy of Music/{{Muse}}. His lyrics are made of falsetto and awe-inspiring quantities of ham. ESPECIALLY in the album Origin Of Symmetry.

** ''YOU WILL NEVER OWN ME '''AGAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIAAAAAAAAYAAAAAHHHH!!!'''''

* Music/{{Venom}}'s Cronos, at least when it comes to stage banter. Enough so that a bootleg consisting ''entirely'' of [[http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/youre_fuckin_pr.html his banter during one somewhat unlikely set opening for]] BlackFlag became something of a cult phenomenon for it's quotability and sheer over the top {{narm}} ("You know what this is? This comes from where Music/{{Venom}} come from, it's called Newcastle Brown Ale! IT KNOCKS YOU ON YOUR FUCKIN' BACK, ''LET ME TELL YOU!!!''").

* EltonJohn has had his moments, especially (and most appropriately as befitting the character in the song) in the promo clip for the 1978 single "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7xtcD40Dg Ego]]".