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giantenemycrab 
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 Topic: Top prog vocalists?
Posted: October 27 2007 at 21:36 |
I know there was once a topic about this, but now I think it has been deleted so I decided to make a new one :) Who's, in your opinion, the top prog vocalists? Jon Anderson and Peter Hammill are two that stand out in my mind. I've been listening to a lot of Zachary Stevens from Savatage recently. I think he is quite good. And for that added dash of controversy, James LaBrie also tops my list.  What says you?
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SgtPepper67
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 22:57 |
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My favourites are David Gilmour, Greg Lake and Peter Gabriel.
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ProgBagel
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 23:00 |
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Greg Lake, Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson, James LaBrie, Daniel Gildenlow and Adrian Belew.
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Genesister
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 00:10 |
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Daniel Gildenlöw also tops my favorites.
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Flucktrot
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 01:16 |
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Daltrey tops my list....though in prog Russell Allen absolutely dominates...he is incredible
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 01:36 |
Gabriel, Lake and De Giacomo.
Iván
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 01:58 |
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Hammill, Belew and Gabriel for me.
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Teh_Slippermenz
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 02:07 |
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Peter Gabriel
Ian Anderson
David Gilmour
Jon Anderson
John Wetton
Annie Haslam
John Ford
Derek Shulman
Greg Lake
There.
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Harry Hood
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 02:41 |
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Fish (not the young Marillion-era Fish, but the old angry drunk Fish that we know and love today)
Dio
King Diamond
Gene Ween
And the greatest prog vocalist to ever prog...
Perry Como!
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Ahmadbarqawi
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 02:48 |
without a doubt: Geoff Tate & Vincent Cavanagh of “Anathema”
& there is this guy: Jeff Martin of the Canadian band “The Tea Party”; he’s one of my favorite vocalists of all time, they’re not considered “prog” but I think his voice should not be unnoticed…
& oh Jorn Lande… he’s a monster
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 03:27 |
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what about Dagmar Krause? of Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, I only discovered her amazing voice recently - crazy and over the top and very german, I think she may of influenced Kate Bush.
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mrcozdude
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 04:02 |
David Gilmour,Robert Plant & Mike Patton ftw!
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Zargus
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 06:15 |
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Peter Hammill, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hestings, Jon & Ian Anderson, Maynard James Keenan, Eric Bloom and Albert Bouchard.
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 06:25 |
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Peter Hammill, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hestings, Jon & Ian Anderson, Maynard James Keenan, Eric Bloom and Albert Bouchard. |
BOC is not prog! How dare you mention them in the same breath as real prog vocalists!   (I hope it was clear it was intended as a joke....  ) At last someone mentioned Richard Sinclair, one of the greatest vocalists ever - prog or not. He's one of my personal favourites together with Greg Lake, Ian Anderson and Geddy Lee.
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Dean
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 06:53 |
absolute top: Peter Gabriel
runner up: Jon Oliva - Zac Stevens is good (one of the best in fact) but Jon blasts him out of the water
followed closely by: David Gilmour, Peter Hammill, Mike Åkerfeldt , Kevin Ayers, Jane Relf, Mariusz Duda, Heather Findlay, Rod Evans, Ian Gillan, Maynard Keenan, David Sylvian, Kate Bush and Diamanda Galás
Non Prog: Nick Holmes, Aaron Stainthorpe, Fernando Ribeiro, Pete Steele, David Bowie, Becki Clark, Tori Amos, Filippa Giordano, Enya and Yma Sumac...
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Philéas
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 10:09 |
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1. Peter Hammill
2. Cedric Bixler Zavala
...and then it gets harder to decide on who to list.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 13:55 |
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Clear top: Greg Lake.
Even if he sometimes manages to screech rather than sing on the Tarkus album, he's still by miles the best vocalist I've ever heard.
Peter Gabriel and John Wetton are other favourites. I'm quite fond of Boz(?)'s vocals on Islands, but I haven't heard enough from him to make a decent judgment.
I don't particularly like Jon Anderson's style, since it comes off as pretentious and incredibly random at times. He's got an exceptional voice, but he doesn't use it that well.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 15:16 |
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Peter Gabriel, early Fish and Daniel Gildenlow are always at the top of my list.
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King of Loss
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 16:56 |
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Daniel Gildenlow, Peter Gabriel, Roine Stolt, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Hasse Froberg.
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cynthiasmallet
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Posted: October 28 2007 at 17:00 |
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Peter Gabriel, Fish, Pye Hastings, Ian Anderson, Captain Beefheart etc.
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