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Poll Question: Who is your favorite King Crimson vocalist?
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I've always felt Lake was "the" voice for Crimson. That aside, I wish Boz had stuck around a little longer. I love Islands, and feel his voice best suited Crimsons sound.
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It was really hard to pick, but I think Adrian Belew is a great singer.

I mean Greg Lake has the more mellow/psychadelic type sound, I don't even know what Gordon Hashell was on (feel free to tell me,) I don't really like Islands so that kinda rules out Boz, and John Wetton is a damned close second.
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Greg Lake but John Wetton sings Starless so well it makes the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up ! 
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But I love Wetton too
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Wetton gets my vote as I enjoy the albums he signs on more. Lake overall is the best.
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No contest at all - Greg Lake rules!  Wetton is very good on "Red", but sings rather poorly on LTIA. Belew is also quite good, though his style of singing is not my favourite. As to the others, I feel Boz Burrell does quite a good job on "Islands", while Haskell is IMHO just plain awful.

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LAKE and Wetton
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Tie between Lake and Wetton!
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Belew - without him the band sounds maybe too dark and...evil(?) imo.
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Greg Lake!
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  1. Boz Burrell
  2. Greg Lake
  3. John Wetton
  4. Gordon Haskell
  5. Adrian Belew

they are all great though.
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I'll go with Wetton, but Belew and Lake arnt to bad, Haskell is awfull IMO and I cant remember what Burrel sounds like, as Islands is a bit forgetable IMO.
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Wetton the best for me. Haskell is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really awful !! Confused
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While the Wetton era is my favorite Crimson, Wetton's voice had too little range, and always sounded strained.

Belew is pretty good, but his voice often sounds thin.

I voted for Lake.
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I gotta go with Belew. Those sustained notes in Frame By Frame and Matte Kudasai are pleasing to my ears. 
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Oh man this is tough because I love them all, but my vote has to go to John Wetton.

There is just something I dig about his voice overall for the KC sound.
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Originally posted by Witchwoodhermit Witchwoodhermit wrote:

I wish Boz had stuck around a little longer. I love Islands, and feel his voice best suited Crimsons sound.

The best Crim is always when they shut up and play, but I must echo the sentiment expressed by Witchwoodhermit above.  Boz, when he wasn't scatting idiotically, had the voice most suited to the early KC material.  I love the Zoom Club tapes where he is singing Lady of the Dancing Water, In the Court..., Cadence and Cascade and, best of all, Cirkus.  And his is, IMO, the most terrifying version of 21st Century Schizoid Man, ably assisted by the VCS3 on Earthbound.  Although his contributions to Islands are often fantastic (Formentera Lady, Ladies of the Road, and especially the title track), he really shouldn't be judged solely on the basis of the one studio LP he made with them, especially since there is so much good live stuff of that band around to establish his merits.

I also love Gordon Haskell to death, but his solo records are better (especially the awesome It Is and It Isn't).  On Lizard he is singing material he clearly didn't like or feel close to, even though he did a great job with it.
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For some reason I felt that Gordan Haskell  had the best voice for Crimson's sound. So insane and paranoid sounding. Lizards is my second favorite KC album due to his vocals (and of course how could you not like having Jon Anderson's guest vocals on the last song of an already amazing album?)

But for talent, Lake wins hands down. Epitaph is my favorite song just because his voice is so great on that song. Its so beautiful. His best work ever was In the Court of the Crimson King
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John Wetton!!! Lake was a better singer, but Wetton's voice fits Fripp's music perfectly.
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