Album Rating: 3.0

But yes, for longevity's sake, I'd be willing to deal with more subdued performances. At least we have guys who have great technique and emotionally engaging vocals.

Album Rating: 3.5

Mike Patton being the shining example.

Album Rating: 3.0

I still need to get further into Faith No More. I was thinking more Spencer Sotelo, but that's my own bullshit hot take.

Album Rating: 3.5

Spencer has great range, just personally not a fan of his style.



Patton is a chameleon though man, definitely give FNM a spin. One of my fave bands easily, as are Mr. Bungle.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, his style's something I fuck with mega-ahrd bro.

But yeah, I plan to run through FNM's work.

Album Rating: 3.5

Just start with the Real Thing.



First 2 album don't have Patton and aren't great.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, I've heard a few songs off The Real Thing and really liked Angel Dust.

Album Rating: 3.5

FWIW I also prefer Awake to Scenes. Awake is DT at their darkest and moodiest. I actually think they do moody/atmosphere really well when they want to, but for some reason they rarely do. I mean, Space Dye-Vest is one of the most haunting songs ever written, and there's nothing else really like it in their discography (Disappear probably comes closest).

Album Rating: 4.0

Out of Reach is probably one of their best ballads in a while. "Love it's been a while" always gets me

ok this is fun, vocals will forever be the weak point of this band thou. but progmetlul in genral was never famous for its amazing vocalists anyway.

links pleased

Album Rating: 4.0

"Yeah, the only contention I've had is I worry that the technique the coach implements would fuck with their emotional potential."



Lolwut? I thought we disabused you of this silly notion already. Learning technique doesn't hinder "emotional potential" any more than learning theory hinders "feel". It's just something n00bs like to say because they don't want to put in the effort to learn how to actually use their instruments properly, or because they associate crappy singing and playing with "emotion" and "feel".

Album Rating: 4.0

^ This a thousand times



James is mostly singing clean, but his grit on Awake was highly destructive, even without the food poisoning. That incident alone is nit gonna kill your voice and James has a slow detoriation over the years.

His breathy soft parts are destructive, too. He uses too much air all the time. If it was just a stylistic choice and he did it every now and then, it would be okay. But is seems like a habit idk.

Btw, harsh vocals are always destructive to the vocal mechanism. The guys who do this for decades either avoided doing them all the time or have very resilient voices that can take more abuse than others. But the damage is still there

Album Rating: 4.0

"but his grit on Awake was highly destructive"



He sounded pretty comfortable doing it though. Plus there was a genuine snarl to some of his vocal lines which is what makes it stand out as far as I'm concerned.

Album Rating: 4.0

Being comfortable with it doesn't mean it's not destructive tbh. Also James used cortisone injections several times to get through some tours without feeling the pain, so he definitely had some struggles.

It's a shame, really. I think his clean singing on IAW was his best. The dude had a killer voice.

Album Rating: 4.0

Damn, if he was using cortisone to get through the day then he was definitely doing something wrong.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Even though I'm a James defender, I would say this:



Ruptured vocal recovery done wrong: James LaBrie.



Ruptured vocal recovery done right: Jonas Renske.

Album Rating: 3.0

To be fair, Adam Lazzara (for an example) got gradually less emotive as time went on, but yeah I get what you mean.

Album Rating: 3.5

Ruptured vocal recovery done right [2]: Kyo.

Album Rating: 4.0

"To be fair, Adam Lazzara (for an example) got gradually less emotive as time went on"



You mean he got less whiny? I'm not a fan of Taking Back Sunday so I just picked a random song from early and later in their career and he's definitely not singing with that silly whiny nasal tone that everyone was singing with in the early '00s, but he seems more expressive because of the increased control he has over his voice. I honestly don't know what you're equating emotive with right now.

Album Rating: 3.0

I ran through Happiness Is and I didn't quite feel it the same way I felt their prior work, so yeah. I guess he just sounds a bit more "plain" to me now?