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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:09

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:09

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:14

I consider Hammill the greatest prog vocalist ever. His style evolved exponentially between '69's Aerosol Gray Machine and '75's Godbluff and could run the gamut from smooth falsetto to gut-wrenching scream in an instant. I was lucky enough to be 10 ft from the stage during his 1990 "Room Temperature Live" tour and I'd never experienced a concert like it. The crowd was on the edge of their seats, stunned, spellbound, anticipating his every syllable Bowdown

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:16

progbethyname wrote:

I think if I had to choose right now, I'd have to go with

PETER NICHOLS of IQ.

Even though NEO Prog is not my favourite prog genre, although i do absolutely love it, I feel
Nichols is should get my vote. Master lyricist as well. I adored his voice on THE SEVENTH HOUSE album and SUBTERRANEA. I don't think their is too much better for me at this point, vocally and lyrically speaking.

But to fair to the poll suggestions I will go with James LaBrie. AWAKE is still his best vocal performance with Dream Theater in my opinion and one of the very best of all time in prog.
Actually, James rocked so hard on AWAKE that he busted one of his vocal chords!

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:43

Hammill. Prog or not.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 17:58

Akerfeldt for me.

Not from the list would be Mariusz Duda.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 18:08

The.Crimson.King wrote:

I consider Hammill the greatest prog vocalist ever. His style evolved exponentially between '69's Aerosol Gray Machine and '75's Godbluff and could run the gamut from smooth falsetto to gut-wrenching scream in an instant. I was lucky enough to be 10 ft from the stage during his 1990 "Room Temperature Live" tour and I'd never experienced a concert like it. The crowd was on the edge of their seats, stunned, spellbound, anticipating his every syllable Bowdown

Ok thats it. I'm gonna buy GoldBluff tomorrow. I gotta hear him on that album. I hear the track ARROW is so full of emotion.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 18:43

Greg Lake.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 19:19

Needs more Damo.

I voted Ian Anderson

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 19:59

Ian Anderson in his heyday, followed by Peter Gabriel.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 20:31

Peter Hammill, followed by Lake, the Andersons, Gildenlow and Morse.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 21:29

I'm glad Peter Hamill is winning this one, he's just such a special vocalist. However, I must vote Jon Anderson... I just love his voice. From this list, I also like Greg Lake a lot, and David Gilmour, of course. Not on the list, I can think of Annie Haslam, Francesco Di Giancomo, and Jimmy Spitalleri.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 21:44

Hammil. So hot right now.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 23:04

Hammill. It's close between him and Gabriel, and I'm a lot more familiar with Gabriel's work. But Hammill is just so good...

I like all of these, actually (at least the ones I've heard). My faves are the two mentioned above, along with Geddy, Cedric, and Joann Hogg (not listed here but deserves to be).

Also, where's Annie Haslam?

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 23:25

Tough choice.....I like Lake, Gabriel, Ian and Jon Anderson all about the same. Gilmour is also nice.....but Knobby mentioned Hayward and he is one of my all time favorite voices.

I suppose as Progmatic said you couldn't beat Lake in the early days wit KC and ELP.

Not to start another argument but I simply don't get the thing about Hammil's voice....it's just not pleasant to listen to imho. Some of his quiet moments especially solo lp songs are not bad but when he goes into his emotional 'yelling' I cringe everytime. Sorry but I gotta be honest about it.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 23:27

progbethyname wrote:

Ok thats it. I'm gonna buy GoldBluff tomorrow. I gotta hear him on that album. I hear the track ARROW is so full of emotion.

Dude, you will not be sorry. It's literally the second-best album I've ever heard, only behind Red. I'm so crazy for it; one of few albums I regard as absolutely perfect. Arrow is, in fact, such a raw, emotional track. The scream he lets out to deliver the final word is blood-chilling. It's my favorite VDGG track. The rest of the album is just as good too. It never has a low moment, and each time you listen, a different song is the hero. Never a loss for discovery or freshness with that going for it Thumbs Up

As for the poll, Hammill gets it hands-down for me. Gotta give a shout-out to Mikael Akerfeldt and Mariusz Duda too.

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Posted: June 24 2013 at 23:50

Neo-Romantic wrote:

progbethyname wrote:

Ok thats it. I'm gonna buy GoldBluff tomorrow. I gotta hear him on that album. I hear the track ARROW is so full of emotion.

As for the poll, Hammill gets it hands-down for me. Gotta give a shout-out to Mikael Akerfeldt and Mariusz Duda too.

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Posted: June 25 2013 at 00:07

Lake

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Posted: June 25 2013 at 00:08

From the list, Jon Anderson.

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Posted: June 25 2013 at 01:32

Ian Anderson , Geddy Lee, and many more, hard to choose though

Poll Question: Choose your favourite prog voice from this list.
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Greg Lake	9	[7.63%]
Peter Hammill	22	[18.64%]
Jon Anderson	20	[16.95%]
Ian Anderson	9	[7.63%]
Peter Gabriel	21	[17.80%]
David Gilmour	7	[5.93%]
Geddy Lee	4	[3.39%]
Derek Shulman	1	[0.85%]
Neal Morse	2	[1.69%]
Daniel Gildenlöw	4	[3.39%]
Roine Stolt	1	[0.85%]
Mikael Åkerfeldt	7	[5.93%]
Steven Wilson	5	[4.24%]
James LaBrie	1	[0.85%]
Maynard James Keenan	1	[0.85%]
Cedric Bixler-Zavala	2	[1.69%]
Rikard Sjöblom	2	[1.69%]
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