'Weird' prog voices

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   Pat Moran (Spring) should be here, he had the oddest voice I know of in Prog music.  Roger Hodgson is another one.  And I'm surprised to see Czeslaw Niemen here, IMHO he had a very mature and distinguished music voice.

Of these I'll say Geddy Lee.

Poll Question: Who's your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Peter Hammill	23	[39.66%]
Geddy Lee	14	[24.14%]
Roger Chapman	4	[6.90%]
Francesco di Giacomo	5	[8.62%]
Demetrio Stratos	3	[5.17%]
Colin Goldring	0	[0.00%]
David Surkamp	1	[1.72%]
Dagmar Krause	5	[8.62%]
Damo Suzuki	2	[3.45%]
Czeslaw Niemen	1	[1.72%]
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ClemofNazareth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659	Posted: July 24 2016 at 02:44
	Pat Moran (Spring) should be here, he had the oddest voice I know of in Prog music. Roger Hodgson is another one. And I'm surprised to see Czeslaw Niemen here, IMHO he had a very mature and distinguished music voice. Of these I'll say Geddy Lee.
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Saperlipopette! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 11621	Posted: July 24 2016 at 01:16
	Francesco di Giacomo - weird voice? How? (this got me to locate Io Sono Nato Libero and listen to it for the first time in years, so I can't complain. Still brilliant although I prefer their two first) My favorite among the ones with a naturally weird singing voice is probably Damo. My two other favorites in the poll: Peter Hammill and Demetrio Stratos got fantastic singing voices that they occasionally use in a "weird" way. Btw: Something strange happened to me regarding Dagmar Krause's voice. I fell for Art Bears and Dagmar immediately and I much preferred them to Henry Cow (not anymore). But at some point her nasal, Weimar-era cabaret way of performing got on my nerves. Now I can only listen to her on Slapp Happy's beautiful "pop-album" Casablanca Moon. There's a quite lovely and relaxed singing voice there when shoulders are lowered. Well I'm exaggerating a bit - and its my fault not Dagmars, but on any other album my ears grow tired after about four-five minutes of her. Edited by Saperlipopette! - July 24 2016 at 01:16

BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: July 24 2016 at 01:07
	I don't consider the voices of Peter Hammill, Roger Chapman, Dagmar Krause or Damo Suzuki (I am not familiar with the others) to be weird, but then I live with Friede, and she really does weird things with her voice
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Barbu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30850	Posted: July 23 2016 at 23:53
	Damo

Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12732	Posted: July 23 2016 at 21:58
	I don't know many of them, but Francesco di Giacomo is one of my very favourite singers. One of a kind, indeed. Peter Hamill is wonderful too, of course... in his own special way. And I wouldn't put him in the same level, but Geddy Lee can be awsome too.

twosteves Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 4091	Posted: July 23 2016 at 21:42
	Not a fan of weird voices ---like good voices. Getty is ok.

Pastmaster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 23 2015 Location: Spiderwood Farm Status: Offline Points: 1774	Posted: July 23 2016 at 19:23
	Geddy Lee easily.

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: July 23 2016 at 19:18
	I don't know of Coleslaw Niemen, but from the rest, Demetrio Stratos.

DeadSouls Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 28 2016 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4255	Posted: July 23 2016 at 18:54
	Francesco di Giacomo, Peter Hammill and Dagmar Krause.

HosiannaMantra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 14 2016 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 206	Posted: July 23 2016 at 17:50
	All of those specific vocalists annoyed some of the listeners to the point they can't stand their bands, but also intrigued others enough to gain cult following or even a large fan base. Who is your favorite?