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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2009 at 18:35

Russell Allen (Symphony X)

Steve Walsh (In his prime)
Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
Ian Gillan
David Surkamp
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2009 at 18:44
Greg! What are you saying? Ian Gillan is not progWinkLOL!

BTW, you know I added the Ian Gillan Band to Jazz-Rock/Fusion - which also hosts none other than Cozy Powell?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2009 at 18:59
Speaking of Cozy Powell, I finally got the DVD of Rainbow in Munich, incredible drum solo by Cozy!
 
Also forgot to mention David Byron (Uriah Heep) , he would also be in my top 5
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2009 at 20:29
Very tough, will just name the first five favourites that come to mind:

Derek Dicks
Annie Haslam
Peter Gabriel
Peter Hammil
Ian Anderson

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2009 at 18:16
These guys stand out.

Greg Lake
Ian Anderson
Neal Morse
Jim Pembroke
Peter Hammill
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 11:45
1. Geddy Lee
2. Mikael Akerfeldt
3. Jon Anderson (his performances on TFTO and 90125...stunning!)
4. Peter Gabriel
5. Steven Wilson
6. James LaBrie
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2009 at 06:55
Male:
Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation)
Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
Peter Hammill (VdGG)
Nikko Knappe (Dark Suns)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

Female:
Simone Simons (Epica)
Trude Eidtang (White Willow)
Sylvia Erichsen (ex- White Willow, The Opium Cartel)
Jenny Lewis (Sensitive to Light)
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2009 at 14:51
Huh, Sleepers´ list (above) is very close to my own:
 
P. Hammil
P. Gabriel
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Daniel Gildenlöw
MJ Keenan
 
well, minus the ladies anyway ...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2009 at 13:15
1. Fish
2. Peter Hammill
3. Steve Hogarth
4. John Wetton
5. Ian Anderson
Hey Stan, come see what your old man made
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2009 at 18:25
Peter Gabriel
Greg Lake
David Gilmour
Phil Collins
Roger Waters

If prog-related counts I could have included also Paul McCartney and David Bowie.

In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2009 at 19:04
Peter Gabriel
John Wetton
Neal Morse
Maynard James Keenan
Peter Hammil
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2009 at 06:45
Russell Allen - Symphony X
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
Jon Anderson - Yes
James Labrie - Dream Theater
Tommy Rogers - Between the buried and me (fits the music perfectly, and he writes incredible lyrics in terms of meaning etc)
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1. Peter Hammill
2. David Sylvian
3. Christian Vander
4. Richard Sinclair
5. Robert Wyatt
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 06:13
1. Jon Anderson (Yes)
2. Chris Squire (Yes) (I know hes not a lead vocalist, i still love his work)
3. Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
4. Derek "Fish" Dick (Marillion)
5. Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 07:07
In no particular order:

Arthur Brown
Syd Barrett
Peter Hamill
Francesco Di Giacomo
John Wetton

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 09:04
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

In no particular order:

Arthur Brown
Syd Barrett
Peter Hamill
Francesco Di Giacomo
John Wetton

 
Jeez, I was nearly as brave as you... but for some reason couldn't go thru with itWink
It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 11:07
Peter Hammill
Peter Gabriel
Ian Gillan
Bruce Dickinson
David Gilmour/Richard Wright
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2009 at 12:52
Peter Hammill
Peter Gabriel
Geddy Lee
Greg Lake
John Wetton
Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2009 at 09:02
1. Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
2. Mariusz Duda (Riverside)
3. Frank Bornemann (Eloy)
4. Nico Knappe (Dark Suns)
5. Robert Amirian (Collage)
i nearly die of all the beauty..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2009 at 09:19
Kate Bush
Greg Lake
Jon Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Steven Wilson

lolwut?
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