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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 |
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 |
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 |
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) Devin Townsend Maynard James Keenan (Tool) Peter Hamill (VDGG) That guy out of Disillusion with three voices.
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BaldFriede
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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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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
Edited by Evolutionary_Sleeper - March 03 2009 at 18:59
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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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markosherrera
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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
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