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Captain Capricorn 
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 Topic: Top 5 Favorite Progressive Vocalists
Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:16 |
There are so many fantastic vocalists throughout the prog sub-genres...what are your top 5 favorites?
1) Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle)
2) Christian Vander (Magma)
3) Demetrio Statos (Area)
4) Maynard James Keenen (Tool)
5) Brian Ferry (Roxy Music)
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:18 |
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This is tough. Not sure I could rank them either...
Dagmar Krause
James Labrie
Geddy Lee
Christian Vander
Adrian Belew
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The Hemulen
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:35 |
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Off the top of my head:
1. Robert Wyatt
2. Captain Beefheart
3. Mike Patton
4. Demetrio Stratos
5. Peter Hammill/Richard Sinclair (tie)
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Negoba
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:46 |
1) Peter Gabriel - the master
2) Mike Patton - Mr. Bungle et al
3) Geoff Tate - Queensryche
4) Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
5) Kris Rygg (Garm) - Ulver
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The Pessimist
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:16 |
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Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Devin Townsend
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Peter Hamill (VDGG)
That guy out of Disillusion with three voices.
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Arnold Schoenberg
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:25 |
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1) Peter Hammill
2) Inga Rumpf / Anna Meek (tie)
4) Dagmar Krause
5) Robert Calvert
Honourable mentioning of Chris Karrer and Christian Vander for weirdness and Peter Blegvad.
Edited by BaldFriede - March 03 2009 at 14:03
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:36 |
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1. Peter Hammill... yeah, you all saw that one coming
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Kate Bush (well, if she counts... hell of a voice, regardless)
4. Demetrio Stratos
5. Francesco Di Giacomo
Honourable mentions: Annie Haslam, Greg Lake, Robert Wyatt
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Pekka
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 13:44 |
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Off the top of my head:
1. Mark Hollis (Talk Talk)
2. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
3. Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
4. Mike Patton
5. Peter Hammill (VdGG)
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lazland
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:21 |
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1. Jon Anderson - Total genius
2. Peter Gabriel - Utter genius
3. Steve Hogarth - Utter underrated genius
4. John Wetton - Crimson genius
5. Geddy Lee - Genius
Waters, Heather Findlay, Janet Anderson not far behind.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:43 |
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I won't give my typical list....(without counting Prog-Related stuff):
#1 Wetton
#2 Ray White
#3 Fish
#4 Roine Stolt
#5 Derek Shulman
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Logan
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:45 |
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Nary impossible to come up with a definitive top 5.
Topi Lehtipuu
Klaus Blasquiz
Lisa Herman
Robert Wyatt
Dagmar Krause
Also since I can't really limit it so much:
Yamamoto Kyoko
Francesco DiGiacomo
Stella Vander
Demetro Stratos
Paule Kleynnaert & Amara Tahir
Hako
Caroline Prieto
Maria Popkiewicz
Koyko Okumura
Edited by Logan - March 03 2009 at 14:46
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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Padraic
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:50 |
 Logan wrote:
Nary impossible to come up with a definitive top 5.
Topi Lehtipuu
Klaus Blasquiz
Lisa Herman
Robert Wyatt
Dagmar Krause
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This list looks so good I'm going to steal it.
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manofmystery
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 15:39 |
don't know that I can rank them but these are my favorites:
Dave Cousins (Strawbs) - so underappreciated
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Tony Hill (High Tide)
Greg Lake (King Crimson, ELP)
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Jozef
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 15:52 |
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I'm not going to rank mine...
Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator)
Jon Anderson (Yes)
John Wetton (King Crimson)
Fish (Marillion)
Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle)
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crimson87
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 17:46 |
Hammill
R.Sinclair
R.Wyatt
J Anderson
P Gabriel
Honorable mention ( Gianni Leone and Annie Haslam)
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micky
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:32 |
Richard Sinclair 
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TheCaptain
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:40 |
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1. Peter Hamill (VdGG)
2. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings)
3. Gordon Haskell (King Crimson)
4. Aldo Tagliapietra (Le Orme)
5. Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Evolutionary Sleeper
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:46 |
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1. Maynard James Keenan
2. Mikael Åkerfeldt
3. Mike Patton
4. Daniel Gildenlöw
5. Devon "Buddy Lackey" Graves
Edited by Evolutionary_Sleeper - March 03 2009 at 18:59
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:57 |
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I'll split the list into male and female singers, since I think they deserve to be rated separately.
Male:
1) Richard Sinclair
2) Greg Lake
3) Peter Gabriel
4) Ian Anderson
5) Roger Waters
Female:
1) Kate Bush
2) Lisa Gerrard
3) Grace Slick
4) Jacqui McShee
5) Sandy Denny
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markosherrera
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Posted: March 03 2009 at 21:11 |
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Peter Gabriel
Fish
Steve Walsh
John Wetton
Greg Lake
Anne Haslam
Kate Bush
Anneke Van Giesbergen
Sally Oldfield
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