Your favourite prog voice?

Tapfret wrote: Gildenlow from the list, but <span style="color: rgb51, 51, 51; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Francesco DiGiacomo ....and Annie Haslam since you totally failed to bring in any women.</span>

Indeed, I really love both singers you mentioned that are missing.

Gildenlow from the list, but Francesco DiGiacomo ....and Annie Haslam since you totally failed to bring in any women.

Where's Nick Barret.....

oh wait :P in all seriousness his voice fits the band well, although understandably he wasn't included.

Looks like LaBrie is gonna take it.

No singer is more expressive and emotional, convincing and diverse as Maestro Hammill. He will always be my favourite.
Great list to choose from - Beardfish singer Rikard S is impressing me a lot recently too.

I didn't give him credit for creating it, just singing it better!

Nice to see some love for Phil Collins. He really is a much better singer than Peter Gabriel. IMO, he was much better singing the Gabriel era stuff live; he had the theatricality and he didn't sound forced and rough like PG.

Peter Gabriel is my favorite vocalist in general.

Edited by Horizons - June 29 2013 at 16:57

Fox On The Rocks wrote: My favourite Hammill moment has got to be the Sleepwalkers. He maintains such a great dynamic throughout that whole entire tune, some really powerful moments too. Incredible.

Indeed that song is remarkable. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened to be influential for extreme metal bands. It would be great to hear a metal cover from it, actually. And I could imagine Hamill being great as a metal singer too.

progbethyname wrote: Dellinger wrote: Fox On The Rocks wrote: Dellinger wrote: Rando wrote: Neelus wrote: Could have been more extensive, but there you go... Peter Gabriel, but Phil Collins still should have been included in the list despite all the Collins-haters out there. Trick Of The Tail,  Wind & Wuthering, and then covering the rest of the repertoire on stage wasn't too shabby. I'd say. I really like Collins as a singer much better than Gabriel. Collins could actually sing, rather than sounding like an old goat. Nice to find someone that agrees with me about Gabriel. I still love Gabrel led Genesis though, much better than Collins led Genesis, but that's because of the quality of the songs, not the quality of the vocals. You can count me in as well on this. Phil Collins has one of the very best voices in prog, period.

Collins just had a nice, smooth voice, perfect for the music they were making later on. I think where Peter has the advantage is definitely in that context, the music they were making with him was much more complimentary to his vocal style and approach - a bit darker, a little rougher. Collins is a little easier on the ears, I think we can all agree on that. I like his stage presence more as well, on contrary to popular opinion.