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Oh... Halford from Judas Priest. Well, I got a compilation album from Judas Priest a little while ago, but don't really know them very well and didn't recognize the name. But indeed he's quiet a singer, I guess I should check out again the songs that I liked to remember how gritty and agressive his singing is. I believe he was agressive, but still as far as I remember, not as agressive as Sleepwalkers, and the songs you posted sort of confirm it. Actually, for me Victim of Changes isn't quiet as heavy as those two VDGG songs I have mentioned, either for the vocals or the music. The second song you put, already in the 80's, is indeed heavier, no point discussing that, but still the singing doesn't go quiet as grunty as the Generator songs... though they may go more into shouting, if I explain myself correctly.

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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Ian Gillan - Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) ApproveHeartThumbs Up

My God, yes! 

In his prime, Ian Gillan had the best pipes in all of rock, bar none!  
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Your picks sound a little too mousy to lead the pack. I'm personally in favor of Gabriel, Collins, or Hammill, depending on the moment.
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In my opinion, it would be:
1) Christian Vander
2) Peter Gabriel
3) Daevid Allen
4) Peter Hamill
5) Ian Anderson
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I've found this thread just now and I've seen that Raff has mentioned Demetrio Stratos

Unfortunately it's in Italian, but this documentary is very well done. It's a pity that nobody has put subtitles on it
I hope you can appreciate it regardless the language.
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And this is the full area debut album
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This is John De Leo with Quintorigo



And this is Claudio Milano 



John de Leo was replaced in Quintorigo by Luisa Cottifogli listen to what she does at minute 2:44
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In terms of Hammil I cannot deny especially this track touched me, it is outstanding brilliant inc. vocals, seriously awww and oh my oh wow! HeartClap
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I don't understand Polish but aww wow Czeslaw Niemen vocals are stunning beautiful instrumentals to me. HeartApproveHug
 
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Prog has been blessed with a profusion of great, male and female, multilingual voices. But when it comes to the absolute best, I guess the answer depends. Ermm


It depends on whether you consider Queen prog or not. Wink
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Joe Cocker and Roger Chapman - fantastic - but by a million miles the best singer of this and every generation is
Paul Rodgers - love you koss
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Are we speaking of male singers only?

Otherwise some Annie Haslam, Kate Bush and Heather Findlay come to my mind
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Cant be sexist - includes all - best female for me - Maggie Bell Stone the crows followed very closely
by Julie Driscoll
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Now if you ask the best female song writer - Kate Bush has got to be up there - also PJ Harvey - great songwriters
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I also include Jinx Dawson, another female vocalist.
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Prog related ladies:
Sandy Denny and Grace Slick.
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^Over Annie Haslam? Forgettaboutit!
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Points: 12732 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2015 at 21:45
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:


In terms of Hammil I cannot deny especially this track touched me, it is outstanding brilliant inc. vocals, seriously awww and oh my oh wow! HeartClap



Wonderful song indeed. Here he shows he can sing really beautifully... as well as very noisily (but that's only in a few bits).
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Oh... Halford from Judas Priest. Well, I got a compilation album from Judas Priest a little while ago, but don't really know them very well and didn't recognize the name. But indeed he's quiet a singer, I guess I should check out again the songs that I liked to remember how gritty and agressive his singing is. I believe he was agressive, but still as far as I remember, not as agressive as Sleepwalkers, and the songs you posted sort of confirm it. Actually, for me Victim of Changes isn't quiet as heavy as those two VDGG songs I have mentioned, either for the vocals or the music. The second song you put, already in the 80's, is indeed heavier, no point discussing that, but still the singing doesn't go quiet as grunty as the Generator songs... though they may go more into shouting, if I explain myself correctly.
 
It doesn't sound as grunty because Halford is singing in the high tenor range, almost alto at times and still generates a lot of grit/distortion. You are focusing on the mood while I am looking at the technique as it was the technique that influenced metal vocalists. Within the prog I have heard authentic growls in a Univers Zero track, I forget which. It was from 1980. I don't know again whether they influenced death metal vocalists because they would have had to have heard of them.
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Points: 841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2015 at 09:42
Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

^Over Annie Haslam? Forgettaboutit!


I don't think I graded them but since you mention it, yes, I do like their voices better than Haslam's. Wink
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