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Kashmir75 
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 Posted: September 14 2011 at 07:04 |
I think he's good. There are moments when his voice can't hack it live, but usually in studio he's incredible. Watch the Score 20th anniversary concert. He's unbelievable there. He does a very fine job on the new album, too.
Bash him if you like, but there are not many guys that can sing with that kind of range.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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King Manuel
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Posted: May 13 2011 at 07:41 |
 Triceratopsoil wrote:
andyman1125 wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
Remember them in the eighties? Guess what wasn't there. That's right: Labrie. |
Wally has a point. Not only was WDaDU their best album, Dominici (sp?) was a far better vocalist.
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100% serious, I've often said that it's their best album and I truly believe that.
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YES! And I agree absolutely with you! WDaDU is just soooooo amazing!  Never ever did they manage to do a better album than that. The Live Bootleg with James singing is horrible! Charlie Dominici was by far the better vocalist!
PS: I am also not trollin! I am dead serious!
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Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
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Program
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Posted: May 10 2011 at 15:09 |
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Cheese LaBrie was an amusing term I once heard haha. Personally I don't dislike him at all, I'm not a great Dream Theater fan but I hope he keeps doing what he does because I know lots of other people who like him and the band!
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Art as expression, not as market campaigns!
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rogerthat
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Posted: May 05 2011 at 09:53 |
His scream was super impressive, especially considered I haven't heard where Bruce nailed it live. But his singing on the verse was off putting, to put it mildly.
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The T
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 23:13 |
jampa17 wrote:
andyman1125 wrote:
jampa17 wrote:
I love his voice and his vocal ability. As already mentioned on this surprisingly no-bashin-Labrie-thread, He has a great original metal side, a very good soft music vocals and a great taste on melodies. For me, Labrie is essential for DT, 'cause he never end up sounding like anyone else but him. His cover version of Queen in the last album was just impressive, no one can sing like that.
His solo albums are great also. |
I agree with all this, especially his cover of Queen. One contrast of that is his rather painful cover of To Tame a Land - not his best moment IMO  |
yeah... that song started great but he complicated the stuff in the middle and totally scrw*d up at the end... well, no one is perfect right? |
If you have ever heard DT's cover of "The Number of the Beast", you know Labrie can have very bad moments when they put too much of a challenge in front of him
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jampa17
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 22:00 |
andyman1125 wrote:
jampa17 wrote:
I love his voice and his vocal ability. As already mentioned on this surprisingly no-bashin-Labrie-thread, He has a great original metal side, a very good soft music vocals and a great taste on melodies. For me, Labrie is essential for DT, 'cause he never end up sounding like anyone else but him. His cover version of Queen in the last album was just impressive, no one can sing like that.
His solo albums are great also. |
I agree with all this, especially his cover of Queen. One contrast of that is his rather painful cover of To Tame a Land - not his best moment IMO |
yeah... that song started great but he complicated the stuff in the middle and totally scrw*d up at the end... well, no one is perfect right?
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Alitare
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:39 |
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I am not a DT fan, but I will say that he isn't as pitiful as folks tend to claim. No, he doesn't ever win any emotion awards from me, but he's leagues ahead of...somegeddyleesingers I could mention. :P
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Andy Webb
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:24 |
jampa17 wrote:
I love his voice and his vocal ability. As already mentioned on this surprisingly no-bashin-Labrie-thread, He has a great original metal side, a very good soft music vocals and a great taste on melodies. For me, Labrie is essential for DT, 'cause he never end up sounding like anyone else but him. His cover version of Queen in the last album was just impressive, no one can sing like that.
His solo albums are great also. |
I agree with all this, especially his cover of Queen. One contrast of that is his rather painful cover of To Tame a Land - not his best moment IMO
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jampa17
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Posted: May 04 2011 at 20:01 |
I love his voice and his vocal ability. As already mentioned on this surprisingly no-bashin-Labrie-thread, He has a great original metal side, a very good soft music vocals and a great taste on melodies. For me, Labrie is essential for DT, 'cause he never end up sounding like anyone else but him. His cover version of Queen in the last album was just impressive, no one can sing like that.
His solo albums are great also.
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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darkshade
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Posted: May 03 2011 at 22:34 |
peart_lee_lifeson wrote:
I really like Labrie's vocals. He has had some rough moments live, but watch the Live Score Concert DVD. He belts it out flawlessly on that one. Amazing! |
It should be mentioned that there were no vocal overdubs on Score 
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peart_lee_lifeson
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Posted: May 03 2011 at 21:48 |
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I really like Labrie's vocals. He has had some rough moments live, but watch the Live Score Concert DVD. He belts it out flawlessly on that one. Amazing!
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PROG ON!!!
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 03 2011 at 21:42 |
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I do find LaBrie's high notes very annoying, but apart from that I guess he's done a very good job in the band. When he sings soft he can do it beautifully (I like his singing pretty much on the Dark Side cover album, I think his soft voice, though different from the original vocals, fits the music pretty well). When he tries so sing in a mean metal way, he's OK with me. And I actually liked his singing very much on Black Clouds... I guess it may even be my favourite album vocal-wise. I wouldn't mind too much if DT changed him, I might actually like to hear how they would sound with a different (and arguably better) singer (and see how old songs would sound). On the other hand, without Portnoy, we may hear a pretty different side of LaBrie's singing.
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jmatos
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Posted: May 03 2011 at 00:28 |
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I think James is fine, but it was Portnoy's amateurish growling that brought the band's sound down the most. Definitely one of the things I won't miss. |
< ="utf-8"> I'm not a big fan of LaBrie but I don't mind him, no band is perfect. +1 to Portnoys "growling" (and backing vocals)... they we're pretty weak in the last few albums. But I have to admit that there's a certain cheesiness to DT that always gets me...  < ="utf-8">
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: May 02 2011 at 14:38 |
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I think James is fine, but it was Portnoy's amateurish growling that brought the band's sound down the most. Definitely one of the things I won't miss.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 02 2011 at 14:37 |
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lol, no. That would be Phil Collins.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: May 02 2011 at 12:48 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
Remember them in the eighties? Guess what wasn't there. That's right: Labrie. |
Wally has a point. Not only was WDaDU their best album, Dominici (sp?) was a far better vocalist.
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Too bad he's the worst vocalist ever to appear on a prog album.
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Catcher10
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Posted: May 02 2011 at 09:47 |
The T wrote:
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Dude needs to grow his hair back out.
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I can't imagine him fronting a bad Alabama country bar band, much less the most popular progressive metal band. |
At least he has all his front teeth........
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Catcher10
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Posted: May 02 2011 at 09:39 |
Mr ProgFreak wrote:
^ That's my main complaint with LaBrie - he's much better in the studio than live, not just as far as range is concerned, but also hitting notes (pitch) - he's usually a bit flat, which is something that will annoy some people, while others don't even notice. |
Agree...this last tour with Iron Maiden was not good for him, it sounded like Chaos In Motion CD........very bad! The band itself was very good......vocals not so much.
For me the highlights are SDoIT, Scenes and Train of Thought......Title track Octavarium is excellent.
As far as Static Impulse...not impressed at all. I much prefer his work in Mullmuzzler and Framshift.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 01 2011 at 13:17 |
andyman1125 wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
Remember them in the eighties? Guess what wasn't there. That's right: Labrie.
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Wally has a point. Not only was WDaDU their best album, Dominici (sp?) was a far better vocalist.
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100% serious, I've often said that it's their best album and I truly believe that.
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Prog Geo
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Posted: May 01 2011 at 12:28 |
He becomes older and his hair falls. No one can stop that.
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