The Wost Vocalist in Prog.!!!

 James Labrie live is absolutely dreadful.

Nick D'virgilo (sp?)--Neal Morse's replacment in Spock's Beard. His voice is lackluster to say the least. Spock's Beard should try and recruit a new vocalist.

I have to agree with Garion81 here.  Lumping Lake, I. Anderson and Plant in here isn't right.  They may or may not be "good" now, but at one point, they were.  I would agree that they're not as good as they once were, though, but they're not the worst by any stretch.

As far as Neal Morse goes, the guy can sing, but I too have always felt there was a bit of a boybandish quality to his vocals, which bothers me when I'm listening to V.  I don't think he's awful, but his vocal quality isn't exactly my favorite.

Now Steve Howe . . .  I haven't had the pleasure of really hearing him sing by himself, but I can tell just by the way the Yes backup vocals are that he would not be my cup of tea by any stretch.  I have all the respect in the world for the guy as a guitarist and a songwriter, and I would even go as far as to say he's probably my absolute favorite rock guitarist, but as a vocalist . . .    Fortunately, he blends alright with Squire and J. Anderson surprisingly well. 

Latimer from Camel is okay as far as I'm concerned.  Of course, you don't really hear him that often, so it's hard to tell.  The best vocalist out of that group in my opinion was actually the late Pete Bardens.  Listen to "Spirit of the Water" off of Moonmadness if you don't know what I'm talking about.

-Topographic


Edited by Topographic - April 14 2007 at 04:01

That dude from Eloy. I don't own any Eloy of course, but whenever I hear the samples at the place thing, I'm always struck by the cool music...then start giggling when I hear the German Dude.

HA! You thought I was gonna say Johnny Boy Anderson, didn't you? Nope. I'm not gonna mention his ear splitting robo-voice. Or the fact that I'm listening to Starship Trooper right now.

i dont know about rich, i really love his distinct style, but its not goign to be everyone's taste for sure,
his live singing is not as good i admit, but overall its his personality that shine for me,
eitan

yes robert wyatt is amazing to me, from rock bottom to old rotton hat, he is unique and touces the soul in a very deep way, not everything has to do with technique you know...
eitan

Huh????? Robert Wyatt a "bad singer"???????????????????????????????????????????????

endlessepic wrote: Definitely Chris Squire, Amazing bass player but bad vocals.

Squire has a great voice: Just Listen to the best Yes Solo record: Fish out of Water and his harmonies in Yes is what carried them.....

What does it mean "wost"?

About James LaBrie... He's really one of my favourite vocalists, but some times... some times, it's just a bit too much for me. For a good example, anywhere on the Score DVD where he sticks his tongue out of his mouth sounds somewhat bad to me. Most of the time, though, I adore his voice and his singing.