The Wost Vocalist in Prog.!!!

Robert Wyatt?

Geddy Lee's voice grows on people....

but James Labrie's voice is absolutely intolerable, almost as intolerable as the rest of Dream Theater's music. Like the crap cherry on top of a feces sundae

Ixtlan wrote: It's got to be Neal Morse. Listen to Richard Marx. then listen to Neal Morse. I rest my case.

Amen.

Also, Roine Stolt. He has the same forced raspy quality as Morse, but doesn't even pull it off.

And that girl from Magenta. The wife - who is a singer and big fan of Annie Haslam  (whom people compare the Magenta singer to) - came in when I was trying to ascertain if Seven really was proggier than Home as had been claimed by some friends and she made a face and said "Sounds like Dolly Parton fronting Spock's Beard". Yeah. Kinda. Not good.

There are plenty of lower-tier Prog bands that I've checked out and dropped because of the vocals, though.

I'd say James LaBrie if he'd ever sung anything that slunded even vaguely Prog.

Although why people bash late-period Anderson and Plant, I do not know. Anderson's skill is in phrasing and timing and he's still spot-on there, and Plant's voice is better than it ever has been. Ever.

Passionist wrote: Got to say, I love Yes, but Jon Andersons lyrics have caused me to take a long pause from listening to them. I just can't, it gives me a headache.

And that's coming from someone who has Björk as an avatar. Compared to most other Prog lyricists, Jon Anderson stands pretty tall, mostly because he didn't much go for clear narratives. On the few occasions when he did, it tended to get really awful.