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Nuke 
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Joined: October 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 271 |
 Posted: July 15 2009 at 19:03 |
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Hmm, I don't know whether to name my top singers or my top prog bands with female singers, so this list is sort of a hybrid... 1. Lisa Gerrard...Dead Can Dance - Honest opinion, best band on my list, pretty good vocals too. 2. Floor Jansen...After Forever - Pretty much the only clean female singer who really knows what it means to be metal. First time I heard them, I was blown away by how her vocals easily overpowered the growls, as if rob halford had joined in a death metal band. Not to mention they are my all time favorite symphonic metal band. 3. Kate Bush - Of course. I love great pop singers, and if kate bush has qualified as proto-prog, than I'm shooing her in this list. 4. Simone Simons...Epica - I include this for the band, not the singing. Epica somehow went from complete rubbish to one of my favorite bands. It probably has something to do with their fascination with classical music. Listening to and writing that stuff can only help you as a musician. Simone is much better these days than when she started, but still isn't worthy of being considered a great singer.At her rate of improvement, she'll be worthy of the title "great" within the next 3 albums. 5. Anneke van Giersbergen...The Gathering - Another one I include more for the band than the singer. It's interesting that my list sways so heavily towards modern metal. I guess I somehow missed all of the old bands with female singers... |
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American Khatru
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Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 18:49 |
 Best lesbian lyrics ever. |
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 Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
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Kazuhiro
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: January 14 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Offline Points: 1336 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 18:47 |
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Renaissance
Curved Air
Cos
All About Eve
Affinity
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:58 |
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No...they're not.
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Dean
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:56 |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:56 |
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Who are THe Utah Saints?
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Dean
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:55 |
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^ are the Utah Saints prog?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:40 |
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1. Magenta
2 Renaissance 3. Touichstone And which Prog band does Kate Bush sing for? Edited by Snow Dog - July 15 2009 at 17:43 |
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Tarcisio Moura
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Joined: April 26 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 198 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:30 |
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My top five prog female singers of all time:
1) Annie Haslam (Renaissance) 2) Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish) 3) Emila Derkowska (ex Quidam) 4) Katarzyna Subkowiez-Malec (Albion) 5) Tânia Braz (Arion) |
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Garion81
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 16:40 |
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Lots of good singers listed. There is a band that played Rosfest and is playing Calprog this year form England who has a female lead called Touchstone. Will let you know after I see them . Of course my all time favorite is Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
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Epignosis
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 16:22 |
Yes sir! Three great ladies in that group! Susie's a doll. |
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:31 |
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How about top 20?
1- Heather Findlay- Mostly Autumn 2- Rachel Jones- Karnataka, the Reasoning 3- Christina Booth- Magenta 4- Silvia Erichsen- White 5- Anna Jenssen- Shine Dion 6- Candice Night- Blackmores Night 7- Astrid Van der Veen- Ambeon 8- Mae McKenna- Bainbridge, Camel 9- Joanne Hogg- Iona 10- Simona Rigano- Conqueror 11- Sonja Kristina- Curved Air 12- Annie Haslam- Renaissance, Haslam 13- Lisa Gerrard- Dead Can Dance 14- Margriet Boosma- Flamborough Head 15- Jane Relf- Illusion, Renaissance 16- Emilia Derkowska- Quidam 17- Maggie Reilly- Oldfield, Reilly 18- Barbara Gaskin- Stewart/Gaskin 19- Robin -Strawberry Fields 20- Karolina Struzycka - Nemezis |
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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natewait
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Joined: July 08 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 218 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:27 |
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These are the only bands I could think of that I listen to regularly that have female vocals:
IZZ
Phideaux
Magenta
Kaipa
Ayreon
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Dean
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Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:23 |
Me too
 (and with Slapp Happy/Henry Cow)Aside fron the #1, My list would probably include many bands already mentioned, but here a few more:
1. Hilary Palmer - Secret Green
2. Becki Clark - Season's End
3. Sandra Schleret & Martina Hornbacher - Dreams Of Sanity
4. Evelyn Downing - Mermaid Kiss
5. Renate Knaup - Amon Düül II
/edit - 0. Jane Relf - Renaissance  Edited by Dean - July 15 2009 at 15:25 |
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BaldFriede
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Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10266 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 14:28 |
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1) Frumpy with Inga Rumpf. Incredible voice, but not for those who like female vocals to be sweet and innocent. Inga shouts and really rocks.
2) Art Bears with Dagmar Krause. Many don't like Dagmar Krause; I do. 3) Curved Air with Sonja Kristina. 4) Catapilla with Anna Meek. Another shouter! 5) The Red Masque with Lynette Shelley. Yeah, you guessed it, a shouter. |
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Negoba
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Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5210 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 14:05 |
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Bacamarte
Dead Can Dance
Pentangle
Aghora
IZZ
just a few that came to mind
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 13:56 |
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Off the top of my head:
The Reasoning - Rachel Jones Pure Reason Revolution - Chloe Alper Curved Air - Sonja Kristina Renaissance - Annie Haslam Kate Bush - Kate Bush (yeah, prog related isn't prog, sue me  ) |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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lazland
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13883 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 13:29 |
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[QUOTE=AtomicCrimsonRush]Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
There were not many in the 70s except perhaps Curved Air, Renaissance and Mostly Autumn. Blimey, I know Findlay and Josh look a bit under the weather sometimes, but a 70's band?  Mine definitely include the brand new Mostly Autumn, Magenta, Curved Air, The Reasoning, and a non prog band Fleetwood Mac, because I have always adored Christine McVie's voice.  |
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martinprog77
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Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2538 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 01:39 |
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1 .Mostly Autumn - Heather Findlay
 2 Kate Bush
 3 Magenta - Christina
 4 Mastermind -Lisa Bouchelle
 5 Kaipa - Aleena
 Edited by martinprog77 - July 15 2009 at 02:02 |
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progrules
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Joined: September 14 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 958 |
Posted: July 15 2009 at 00:47 |
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1. Susie Bogdanowicz-Glass Hammer 2. Moïka-Arrakeen
3. Anna Batko-Albion
4. Christina Murphy-Booth-Magenta
5. Agnieszka Swita-Caamora
5. Anneke van Giersbergen-(former) The Gathering
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progrules wrote:
My favorite female vox in prog.