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dwill123

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Posted: November 02 2007 at 13:21

Wow not one vote for Alex Ligertwood.

Jecht

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Posted: November 02 2007 at 13:55

Daniel Gildenlow (Pain Of Salvation) - nothing to say, just ideal to me
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band, etc.) - well he is much more than a musician anyway)
Mariusz Duda (Riverside) - vocals make at least a half of riverside atmosphere
Mikael Akerfaldt (Opeth) - emm, it's Akkerfaldt, that's alredy enough)
Warrel Dane (Nevermoe) - they are much more progressive than a a lot o bands registred on site, so go to hell))
I also like Dane's vocal twin - Oddleif Stensland from Communic, eventhough music is different
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) - once again nothing new could be said about such a person)
Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) - very emotional and sometimes desperate... when someone says that progressive is just about techincs i turn on Evergrey)
Stu Block (Into Eternity) - just a lot of variety

well, that is all a i could remember at the time
sorry for my terrible english))

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Posted: November 02 2007 at 18:00

P.Gabriel, Fish & gildenlow are among the best i believe listen to gabriel on "Up" his voice seems to get better with time

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Posted: November 02 2007 at 22:48

Peter Hammill stands out in my opinion. Peter Gabriel, Greg Lake and Roger Daltrey will also figure toward the top of my list.

A few names that haven't (I think) been mentioned yet and would surely be top 20 are:

Brian Ferry - Roxy Music's first 3 (maybe 4) albums are magnificent prog rock and Ferry's vocal contribution is all class.

Christian Descamps - up there with Hammill and Gabriel for theatrical expression

Sonja Kristina - Curved Air deserve far more attention than they get. Even the best Female vocalists often sound forced in a hard rock context but Kristina was perfection from first to last.

Chris Farlowe - Its a great shame than he didn't do the vocals on Colosseum's first two albums and he demonstrated this by his vocal performance on their come-back tour.

Edgar Broughton - Menacing, moody and magnificent. BTW why is the EBB not in the archive? they were one of the earliest and among the very best prog rock bands.

Edited by ten years after - November 02 2007 at 22:49

sean

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Posted: November 04 2007 at 14:04

Mike Patton is my favourite, after that it gets harder, but i like Russel Allen, Greg Lake, Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Jon Anderson, James Labrie, Tony Kakko, syriaK and Leilindel from Unexpect, Hansi Kursch are just a few that come immediately to mind.

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 14:19

My favorits are Peter Hammil, Peter Gabriel and Ian Anderson

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Posted: November 06 2007 at 14:37

Jon Anderson, Greg Lake... after that it's tough

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 15:24

Gabriel, Anderson, YORKE...

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 18:11

hmmm

can't think of order but I'ma just gonna throw down a few

Peter Gabriel (most likely number one)
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Daniel Gildenlow
Devin Townsend
Steve Wilson
Thom Yorke
Maynard James Keenan
Mike Patton
Mikael Akerfeldt

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 18:13

This is an area where I FOR SURE feel newer prog has its advantages. I mean- all the classic bands like YES, Genesis, and KIng Crimson- the vocals ARE the weakness.

(ducks)

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 18:27

In no particular order:

Francesco Di Giacomo (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso)
Gianni Leone (Il Balletto Di Bronzo)
Czesław Niemen
Marek Grechuta
Józef Skrzek (SBB)
János Kóbor "Mecky" (OMEGA)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Geddy Lee (Rush, why hasn't he been mentioned before?)
Damo Suzuki (Can)
Richard Sinclair & Pye Hastings (Caravan)

EDIT: how could I have forgotten Peter Hammill?!! Shocked

Edited by Tuzvihar - November 07 2007 at 18:30

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Posted: November 07 2007 at 21:00

1. Jon Anderson (Yes)

2. Annie Haslam (Renaissance)

3. Steve Hogarth (Marillion)

The rest in no particular order:

- Peter Gabriel

- Fish

- Mariusz Duda (Riverside)

- Alan Reed (Pallas)

- Robert Amirian (Collage, Satellite)

- Tarja Turunen (Nightwish)

- Francesco Di Giacomo (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso)

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Posted: November 08 2007 at 08:03

In no order..

Peter Gabriel
Justin Hayward
Annie Haslam
Kate Bush
Jon Anderson
Phil Collins
Steve Wilson
Peter Hammill

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Posted: November 08 2007 at 08:12

Ray Alder (Fates Warning/Redemption) and Geoff Tate (Queensryche)...

and of course Keenan...

Edited by toolis - November 08 2007 at 08:13

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Posted: November 09 2007 at 22:57

Tuzvihar wrote:

In no particular order:

Francesco Di Giacomo (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso)
Gianni Leone (Il Balletto Di Bronzo)
Czesław Niemen
Marek Grechuta
Józef Skrzek (SBB)
János Kóbor "Mecky" (OMEGA)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Geddy Lee (Rush, why hasn't he been mentioned before?)
Damo Suzuki (Can)
Richard Sinclair & Pye Hastings (Caravan)

I have always thought Caravan's vocals to be a bit on the weak side. IMO, that soft (deliberately feeble) singing style was the downfall of a number of otherwise fine bands: Cressida, Blonde on Blonde and Marsupilami are three that come to mind.

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Posted: November 13 2007 at 10:45

I first heard this singer on Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports LP, then on his version of Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding. Working backwards, I discovered his solo albums and his work with Matching Mole and Soft Machine.

He is, of course, Robert Wyatt. I could happily listen to him sing the phone book.

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