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BaldJean 
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 Posted: March 07 2006 at 14:39 |
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Howe indeed has a voice like a goose-fart on a warm summer evening. Everytime he starts singing on his first solo album it makes me cringe. Even Steve Hackett has a better voice.
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Ounamahl
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Location: Finland
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 13:52 |
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someone else: don't know yet! :D
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This is an electrified fairytale
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Ounamahl
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 13:51 |
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I don't know why people complain about Geddy's voice, I mean the climaxes in 2112 are _mindblowing_
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
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This is an electrified fairytale
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rockandrail
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Joined: September 22 2005
Location: France
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 10:02 |
The two who for me completely ruin the music of the bands they "sing" in and made me stop following the bands:
Adrian Belew. I wish I could get the master tapes of KC's post Wetton albums and switch off the voice.
Steve Hogarth. The same apply.
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Pierre R, the man who lost his signature
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BiGi
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Location: Italy
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 09:54 |
My choices:
- Geddy Lee (up to Permanent Waves)
- Peter Hammill
- David Surkamp
- Les Claypool
- Billy Corgan (what a pity...he's so gifted a writer!)
- Lee Jackson (though I can bear him more than the others I mentioned)
Annie Haslam of Renaissance has a great voice, but I always get an "ABBA" feeling when listening to her...and that doesn't fit at all with prog rock!
And, by the way, James LaBrie and Peter Gabriel are OUTSTANDING singers (at least in the studio)
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A flower?
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MajesterX
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 09:39 |
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For some reason I have yet to find a prog vocalist that I don't like. I find absolutely nothing wrong with Geddy lee, or james labrie who are my absolute favorite singers. I don't see how people can possibly find these fantastic singers a weak link in the band or annoying. Some others I have heard some people mention here and in other threads are Jon anderson and the singer for coheed and cambria. I think both of these aregreat singers whose voices do not annoy me the least bit. I am even not annoyed by 1994-1999 era James Labrie singing with his vocal problems. The only one I can possible think of is the singer for Opeth. Don't get me wrong, I think he's fine ringing regularly but I HATE growling vocals and death metal.
It seems vocalists get it VERY hard here where as musicianship gets little critique.
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Raff
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 05:15 |
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I hate to think about what LaBrie would sound like if singing a capella - which is a very difficult thing to do, by the way. When you sing without any musical accompaniment, your voice has to be really good to pull it off. I also have my doubts about Fish, who is a great vocalist when backed by a band.
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zbida
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Location: Poland
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 03:12 |
Peter Nicholls. He's not a bad vocalist at all, but his voice is not adjusted to IQ music. 
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Trotsky
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 02:21 |
It's obvious that not too many people listen to either The Nice and/or Refugee ...
Lee Jackson is a good bass player ... but hands down the worst "pitch" singer whom I regularly listen to ... his performance on The Nice's cover of My Back Pages is unintentionally hilarious!
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
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Blacksword
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Location: England
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 02:15 |
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Andy Latimer of Camel and Nick Barret of Pendragon are the worst singers I've heard in prog. Both happen to be excellent guitarists, though.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 02:06 |
Steve Howe is one of the greatest guitar players, but for God's sake, this guy shouldn't be allowed to sing in the shower, his voice is simply horrendous.
Iván
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RaphaelT
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 01:50 |
 Flying Dutchman wrote:
James LaBrie, no question. When DT aren't playing something heavy, he turns it into emo. Reasonably good when singing metal, awful when singing anything else.
Also, if anyone votes Gabriel, they should be ostrisized from the prog community. Just kidding, but not really.
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 Great I'll show that post to a friend of mine who dislikes Gabriel (and paradoxically he taught me to listen to prog)
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yet you still have time!
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Emiaj
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Location: Peru
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 22:21 |
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LaBrie..
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Progshrike
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 21:45 |
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Not a fan of Cedric Bixler from Mars Volta. The music's great but he makes it less enjoyable for me, IMHO.
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Did you ever think for yourself? Just once,did you ever think? That's all I want to know>
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John Gargo
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 21:33 |
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That lady who sings for Renaissance... the higher range vocals just turn me off, like the "La La La"s on Ashes are Burning, for example...
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kebjourman
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Location: United States
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 21:05 |
i dont really care for the vocallists from coheed and cambira or mars volta. same with geddy lee. i really dont like high pitched voices.
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i think i would LOVE comus if the guys voice wasnt as high pitched
Edited by kebjourman
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 19:55 |
Flying Dutchman wrote:
James LaBrie, no question. When DT aren't playing something heavy, he turns it into emo. Reasonably good when singing metal, awful when singing anything else.
Also, if anyone votes Gabriel, they should be ostrisized from the prog community. Just kidding, but not really.
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I couldn't disagree more. I would say James LaBrie is an excellent vocalist. Maybe he isn't the greatest live, but on studio album he does an excellent job. Listen to Images and Words or Awake as proof. I would have to say that Voices and Learning to Live are some of the best vocal parts in progressive metal. I don't think his singing is anything close to an emo style, if an Prog vocalist sounds emo it would be Jon Anderson.
I don't necessarily agree with Gabriel. Yeah, he is an ok singer, but I really don't like his singing style. The theatrics are nice, but once again the accent that creeps into his voices is somewhat displeasing. Gabriel isn't bad, but he's far from the status you're trying to give him.
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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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Bern
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 19:44 |
micky wrote:
Flying Dutchman wrote:
James LaBrie, no question. When DT
aren't playing something heavy, he turns it into emo. Reasonably
good when singing metal, awful when singing anything else.
Also, if anyone votes Gabriel, they should be ostrisized from the prog community. Just kidding, but not really. |
(on both points)
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same thing here (I haven't vote for that poll until you made me think about James Labrie) 
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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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micky
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 19:40 |
Flying Dutchman wrote:
James LaBrie, no question. When DT
aren't playing something heavy, he turns it into emo. Reasonably
good when singing metal, awful when singing anything else.
Also, if anyone votes Gabriel, they should be ostrisized from the prog community. Just kidding, but not really. |
(on both points)
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Flying Dutchman
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 18:56 |
James LaBrie, no question. When DT aren't playing something heavy, he turns it into emo. Reasonably good when singing metal, awful when singing anything else.
Also, if anyone votes Gabriel, they should be ostrisized from the prog community. Just kidding, but not really.
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