Anyone else want dominici back?

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It'd be cool if he were a guest vocalist on the next album. At the time, I'd say James was the superior vocalist, but after the food poisoning incident, well, we all know.

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Yeah, this was terrible.

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The food poisoning surely isn't the sole reason his voice went down the drain. It seems like he doesn't care anymore and he certainly isn't critical of himself and his performance in the least.

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Not saying it's the only factor, but it was certainly either the catalyst or a huge part of it.

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wait what food poisoning incident?

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He had eaten some contaminated shrimp in '94 and it had affected his vocal cords.

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oof

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“...but it was certainly either the catalyst or a huge part of it.“



Won't argue on that, it surely had a huge impact on his development as vocalist in general, but it's sad it affected him in such a long-lasting way... He recovered pretty well, even if it took quite some time, but now he just seems to be ignorant and even lazy to some degree. I can't help feeling that with more motivation and discipline he would be capable of so much more than what he delivers nowadays.

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I'll agree with you there. Only problem is I think it would take a couple albums of that motivation and discipline for him to even begin reaching a commendable level.

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Well, it doesn't help that the music is just as uninspired as his singing

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oof

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:-]

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Yeah, I think if James just took some singing lessons he would actually be tolerable on tours, but now he's just outright awful. Guest vocalists or even musicians would be cool, but I don't see DT do that.

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Even some professional singers have lessons on regular basis to stay in shape

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There's even a video on YouTube called the Downward Spiral of James LaBrie that shows how his live performance has deteriorated over time (the guy took the "watch the sparrow falling" section from "Pull Me Under") every year, most notably from the late 90's onward.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqI_9a7vpE



Shit like this would make Dream Theater enjoyable again I think, just let Petrucci and Rudess do some backing vocals, or even lead vocals in songs again, I always liked it when they did that with Portnoy (except of course the awful metal vox).

When I see fat faced Labrie I'm going to punch his bitch ass back to Canada.

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One of my favourite trolls

"Even some professional singers have lessons on regular basis to stay in shape"

Exactly. I don't buy that the food poisoning incident led him to his current shitty state and i can't believe people are still buying it. I just think he was just lazy and never tried too hard to recover and didn't practice to get his voice back.