Freddy Mercury vs David Byron

if you know of other operatic, dramatic singers with a voice as strong and cleen as them, dont be shy tell me who they are

I love Queen and Heep...but I think Freddie is a better singer, hands down.  His range and versatility are unequaled.  The man sang with an opera singer and pulled it off convincingly!!!!  There is no other like him.  Byron is also amazing, don't get me wrong, but not up against Fred.

Mercury's voice is incomparable.

aginor wrote: if you know of other operatic, dramatic singers with a voice as strong and cleen as them, dont be shy tell me who they are but this is for two legends only to shine and to be remembered, therefor i did not include others, two singers.   two icons of rock vocals

DeKay wrote: Mercury's voice is incomparable.

Freddie !

Freddie easy.  I find Byron's vibrato positively annoying and his style extremely affected.  In many ways, he sounds like the precursor to LaBrie to me, minus the liking for AOR/glam vocals.

For me, it's ફ્રારુક બુલ્સારા easily.

Other operatic voices :

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Edited by lucas - October 04 2010 at 16:13

lucas, thank you so much for putting up Join by Ice Age!  Easily my absolute favorite modern-ish prog band.

As for the vote, Freddie without a moment's hesitation.  Byron's falsetto wailing can make me wince like nobody's business, whereas Freddie's voice was never irritating.  Not once.


Edited by Lozlan - October 05 2010 at 21:09

rogerthat wrote: Freddie easy.  I find Byron's vibrato positively annoying and his style extremely affected.  In many ways, he sounds like the precursor to LaBrie to me

But Byron could hold a note on stage