Your favourite non-prog singer
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Topic: Your favourite non-prog singer
Posted By: Raff
Subject: Your favourite non-prog singer
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:35
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This is not meant to be a poll, but rather a discussion on your favourite singer(s) outside the realms of prog. This means preferably discussing people whose bands are not included here - though there are many borderline cases, such as all Deep Purple vocalists, whose careers cover areas quite different from prog. However, please - no Andersons, Gabriels or Hammills here, as we have the Prog Lounges to discuss people like them. As to why I got this brilliant idea.... Earlier this evening I was listening to Pearl Jam's "Ten", which I hadn't put on for some time, and started thinking of how great a vocalist Eddie Vedder is. Besides, I recently acquired Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger", and was surprised at Chris Cornell's almighty set of pipes. Any singer of any genre outside prog will do... from extreme metal to country rock, anything goes, as long as it floats your musical boat!  |
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:38
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Ia Curtis of Joy Division
followed by Paul Rogers of Free
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:42
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Hmmm besides Ian Gillan (proto prog)
Ronnie James Dio (can´t believe he is in his sixties!)
Rob Halford
The vocalist for Live (Ed someone)
Klaus Meine-Scorpions
There are lots of others, these are all I can think of at the moment
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 15:20
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Female: Joni Mitchell Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) Josephine Foster Nina Simone Joanna Newsom Male: Tim Buckley Scott Walker David Eugene Edwards (Sixteen Horsepower, Woven Hand) Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music) Mark Lanegan Metal: Ozzy Osborne Layne Stayley (Alice in Chains) Chris Cornell Glenn Danzig Tom Araya (Slayer) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:14
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I love Sarah Brightman´s voice....
Edti: oh, and Jim Morrison voice  ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:17
If you like Jim Morrison's voice, you would definitely appreciate Ian Curtis' voice. He might be better than than Jim Morrison.
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memowakeman wrote:Posted By: willy
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:20
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Roger Daltrey! espacially in Love, Reign O'er Me ------------- 
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:36
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Dead from Mayhem.
Sting.
Lord Worm from Cryptopsy.
Ian Curtis, obviously.
King Diamond from Mercyful Fate.
Alan Vega from Suicide.
Michael Gira from Swans.
Aaron Stainthorpe from My Dying Bride(hopefully P-R soon)
****ed Up Mad Max from Worship.
Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips.
Jamie Stewart from Xiu Xiu.
...and the new Amorphis singer. ------------- sig |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:42
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Among others ... Ray davies - Kinks John Fogerty - Creedence Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks -Fleetwood mac Tori Amos Sheryl Crow Ian Gillan - Deep purple Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin Roger Daltrey -Who Annie Lennox - Eurithmics Ian Brown - Stone Roses Maddy Prior - Steeley span Dolores O'Riordan - Cranberries Paul Rogers - Bad company apart from the vocals i don't like this band very much. Agneta and Annafrid - Abba Nena Kerner - Nena |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:46
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Fabrizio De Andre' ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:01
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David Crosby Jeff Buckley Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:09
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Nick Drake Tom Waits Björk Maggie Bell Robert Plant etc etc... ------------- 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:10
Great ones. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:34
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Bruce dickinson
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:40
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Engelbert Humperdink ------------- 
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:50
Good call, here, Fabrizio de André was a great vocalist, and even prog-related as he released his first record with wahat later became PFM, a band he joined once again some years later on stage. You really should check out Georges Brassens if you like Fabrizio, as he is his main influence.
Apart from prog vocalists, I like the following ones :
The ABBA vocalists
Youssou N'Dour
Richard Bona
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Krzysztof Cugowski (Budka Suflera)
Janusz Panasewicz (Lady Pank)
Zygmunt "Muniek" Staszczyk (T-Love)
Anita Lipnicka (Varius Manx)
Artur Gadowski (IRA)
Janusz Radek
Grzegorz Turnau
Czeslaw Niemen
Marek Grechuta
Pedro Aznar
Randy Crawford
Bruce Dickinson
Robert Plant
David Coverdale
Muddy Waters
Bob Marley
Mimi Maura
Eva Cassidu
Joni Mitchell
Mark Knopfler
Emmylou Harris
Tori Amos
Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie (F Mac)
Bobby Kimball & Joseph Williams (TOTO)
Milton Nascimento
Bono
Sting
Janis Joplin
Régis Gizavo
Maire Brennan
Dawn Upshaw
Bonnie Tyler
Björk
Deborah Harry (Blondie)
Hugh Cornwell (The stranglers)
Wayne Hussey (The Mission)
Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
and many others
------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 18:19
Thanks, lucas. I know Fabrizio recorded, with his own Italian lyrics, some songs by Brassens.
Honestly, I prefer Faber's own songs - both from early period ("La canzone di Marinella", "Via del campo", "Amore che viene, amore che vai", the entire "Tutti morimmo a stento" album) and from his swan song, the album "Anima salve".
Anyway, you're right, Georges Brassens is a great singer and a great person. Many Russian bards and singers say of their admiration for him.
My other favourite non-prog singers are:
Joe Dassin
Jim Morrison
Seweryn Krajewski (ex- CZERWONE GITARY, Poland)
Augusto Daolio and Danilo Sacco(past and present I NOMADI singers)
Dieter Birr (PUHDYS, Germany)
Dio
Anna German (Poland)
Antonella Ruggiero (especially her later works)
and several Russian bards (Vladimir Vysotsky, Galina Khomchik etc.).
------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 21:07
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Don't wanna repeat those said ten times already so I'll add Neil Diamond and The Chairman to the list ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 21:08
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Don't wanna repeat those said ten times already so I'll add Neil Diamond and The Chairman to the list ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 21:40
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Here are some that might not be on everyone's list.
Dean Martin Tom Jones Roland Orzabal Dave Wakeling Bon Scott Brian Setzer Ella Fitzgerald Ian Astbury David Gahan Debbie Harry Iggy Pop That's enough ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 22:42
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 01:04
The already mentioned Czeslaw Niemen is Prog since he's listed in this site (Prog or not, he's great singer  ).
The already mentioned Jim Morrison and Maddy Prior -- I (personally) consider The Doors and Steeleye Span Prog.
I like the voice of George Brassens, and that of Salvatore Adamo, and that of Demis Roussos too (outside The Aphrodite's Child).
Now, I don't know how many of you are acquainted with the following names: Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Sayan Bapa, Anatoly Kuular, Alexey Sariglar, Mergen Mongush, Andrey Mongush..? They are Tuvan (throat-)singers (the group Huun-Huur-Tu
). Incredible singers, Kaigal-ool Khovalyg especially. |
Posted By: peppino
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 01:57
Andrea Bocelli.......love it. ------------- (insert insightful statement here) |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 02:08
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Chris Cornell
Plant Jim Morrison Tori Amos Bruce Dickonson |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 08:09
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I love female vocalists like Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, or Fiona
Apple. I wish there were more female singers in prog bands. Some more: Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, David Draiman of Disturbed. I could go on and on - there's a ton of great vocalists outside of prog. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 08:11
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Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Sarah McLachlan, Enya, Loreena McKennit, Connie Dover, Maire Brennan..
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Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:30
Chris Cornell is maybe the best singer ever... I don't know...  Soundgarden was very good, but you can forget about Audioslave...  ------------- Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:37
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There are so many... Chris Cornell is one, Robert Plant,
Female : i discovered Mary Fahl lately, and man does she have a wonderful voice... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 17:37
Quite a lot of vocalists... . For instance:
David Coverdale
Robert Plant
Jim Morrison
Paul Rodgers
Joey Tempest
Phil Lynnot
Michael Kiske (of Helloween up to 1993)
Eric Clapton
Bruce Dickinson
Tracy Chapman
B.B. King
Doro Pesch
Annie Lennox
Morten Harcket (of Norwegian band A-ha)
James Hetfield (excluding St.Anger
) I'm sure I've forgotten many others, I'll write them later...
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 01:07
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: mukster
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 01:40
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Tom Waits
The dude from Pavlov's Dog
Vusi Mahlasela
 ------------- "Johnny calls the chemist, but the chemist doesn't come" |
Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 17:53
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David Bowie; he reminds me of Peter Hammill sometimes. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 18:10
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Jeff Buckley. ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 18:39
| I agree with Cristi, Doro Pesch!! How could I forget her.. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 18:56
He was. Unfortunately, he died in 2004...  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 19:00
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Well, all singers I wanted to post had been already mentioned. Almost. One's missing - Michael Kiske (ex Helloween). ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 19:37
Oh, and I like Marilyn Manson's voice also.  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 20:47
Yes...
But everytime I'm hearing him singing on my discs (or even just remembering his voice), he IS for me...
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Posted By: Giorgi U.
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 09:14
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Robert Plant
Ian Gillan
David Byron
David Coverdale
Mark Farner
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Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 12:54
Some of my favorites:
Buzz Osborne (Melvins) Billy Corgan
Bruce Dickinson
Marilyn Manson
Elijah Blue/P. Exeter Blue I (Deadsy)
David Bowie
Mark Mothersbaugh
Jello Biafra
Brian Wilson
David Thomas (Pere Ubu)
Tom Waits
Rahzel
James Hetfield
Freddie Mercury
Marc Bolan
Tim Buckley
Kurt Cobain ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 13:13
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Anne Wilson - Heart Freddie Mercury (although Queen is a but proggy I suppose) Chris Cornell - Soundgarden/Audioslave ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 15:00
| David Bowie |
Posted By: acheron
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 15:07
| Robert Plant, Ozzy, Dio, Roy Orbison, Buddy Guy |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:21
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John Lennon
Robert Smith ------------- 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 20:59
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all mentioned
BRUCE DICKINSON RONNIE JAMES DIO |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 09:39
| Magnus Ekwall of the little known (but wonderful!) Swedish Hard Rock/Stoner Rock band The Quill. A fantastic voice. You can hear him as Pride on Ayreon's The Human Equation. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 10:53
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Some of them but I'll go with the unique MILTON NASCIMENTO! ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 11:37
BTW, he will be on the new Angra album once again!
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Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 12:51
| Roger Daltrey |
Posted By: Xanaduian
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 13:35
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Chris Cornell definitely, although i like his voice better when he was with Soundgarden. With Audioslave he is a little raspy (even tho i still love the band).
New audioslave album Revelations out Sep. 5th in US. BUY IT ------------- Follow men's eyes as they look to the skies, The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams. |
Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 14:47
By the way, some songs of Vladimir Vysotsky have been translated in Italian too and released in an album called "Il volo di Volodja" in 1993... Among the musicians involved in the project Juan Carlos "Flaco" Biondini, Ellade Bandini, Lucio Fabbri (PFM), Ares Tavolazzi (Area), Eugenio Finardi, Francesco Guccini, Angelo Branduardi, Roberto Vecchioni, Ligabue and many others... Not bad at all!
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Posted By: acheron
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 16:40
yea he really does have a fantastic voice, however i downloaded some of their music and it was pretty lame, it was like a slightly better version of nickleback or puddle of mudd
also Bruce Dickenson, David Coverdale, Michael Jackson, the guy from RATT, Russell Alan, David Gilmour
Ted Neeley from Jesus Christ superstar has a really badass voice too
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 21:53
Thanks, andrea. I was surprised when I saw the album "Il volo di Volodja" in Moscow, I couldn't imagine that Vysotsky is known in Italy. No need to say, I grabbed it.
It is very interesting release, delicate arrangements with mostly acoustic instruments. Singers don't try to imitate Vysotsky's singing style (what is almost impossible), but everyone sings in his personal manner. And, as far as I can tell, Italian translations were made carefully (I'm not a great Italian speaker, but I can understand that the same stories are told).
Partly this album was to me a bridge to the works of Francesco Guccini (though I knew of him due to wonderful I Nomadi album "I Nomadi interpretano Guccini") and Angelo Branduardi. Damn, I feel Guccini's poetry is excellent, but my poor Italian... ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Nanook
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 22:01
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Female:
Annie Lennox Alison Krause Amy Lee from Evanescence Ann Wilson Male: Paul Rodgers Jim Morrison Chris Isaak Donald Fagan If I had to pick one of each gender, Annie Lennox and Donald Fagan. It's a hard pick, it depends on my mood. ------------- Bring me my broadsword, and clear understanding. |
Posted By: zFrogs
Date Posted: September 04 2006 at 23:59
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Dio
Ben Harper Lenine Eddie Vedder Shannon Hoon Dave Matthews ------------- https://www.instagram.com/erifrog/ |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 07:40
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Right off of the top of my head....
Robert Plant Bruce Dickinson Freddie Mercury Marvin Gaye Chris Cornell Otis Redding Ronnie James Dio Billie Holliday Aretha Franklin John Lennon -------------  |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: September 05 2006 at 07:53
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Screamin Jay Hawkins
Meredith Monk
Klaus Nomi
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: October 12 2006 at 21:13
| the singer of VISIONS DIVINE,DIO,ROBERT PLANT,GLENN HUGHES,JOE COCKER,BENNY MARDONES,STEVE PERRY,BLACKIE LAWLESS,DAVE LEE ROTH,PAUL STANLEY,ALANIS MORRISETTE,ANN WILSON,,PAT BENATAR ETC,BUNBURY.,MARTA SANCHEZ,ANDREA BOCCELLI,PLACIDO DOMINGO,LUCIANO PAVAROTTI.MILTON NASCIMENTO,GAL COSTA,MARIA BETANIA,IVAN LINS,RAIMUNDO FAGNER,DJAVAN,RITA LEE,PACO IBAÑEZ,SILVIO RODRIGUEZ,PABLO MILANES,ETC ETC......... |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 12 2006 at 21:29
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Bruce Dickinson's my favorite, Plant and Gillan are up there too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: gong
Date Posted: October 13 2006 at 02:00
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Jackson Browne |