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    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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:18
This is tough. Not sure I could rank them either...

Dagmar Krause
James Labrie
Geddy Lee
Christian Vander
Adrian Belew
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 09:35
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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:16
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Devin Townsend
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Peter Hamill (VDGG)
That guy out of Disillusion with three voices.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:25
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.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:36
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 13:44
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:21
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:43
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:45
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




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 14:50
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Nary impossible to come up with a definitive top 5.

Topi Lehtipuu
Klaus Blasquiz
Lisa Herman
Robert Wyatt
Dagmar Krause



This list looks so good I'm going to steal it.
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 15:52
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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:32
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:40
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:46
1. Maynard James Keenan
2. Mikael Åkerfeldt
3. Mike Patton
4. Daniel Gildenlöw
5. Devon "Buddy Lackey" Graves


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 18:57
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2009 at 21:11
Peter Gabriel
Fish
Steve Walsh
John Wetton
Greg Lake

Anne Haslam
Kate Bush
Anneke Van Giesbergen
Sally Oldfield

Hi progmaniacs of all the world
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