The_Noble_Cause wrote:FamilyMan wrote:I have to disagree with you TNC (welcome back, BTW). I don't think he sounds good in these clips at all. He struggles to hold notes; has no vibrato; and is pitchy even in the lower register. While it's true Augeri was always a more soulful singer, he was better on Arrival's rockers than he was/is on Perry's classic ballads.
Thanks FM. I think many of the issues u mentioned, like pitch, have always been present with SA. All thing considered, I think he sounds good here.
Agreed, if you scour YT enough you can see enough vids where he sounds good and where he's struggling some. But, certainly due to the vocal damage and age, he's not what he was early on in J, but doing his bet. Not to mention that there aren't all the canned background vocals and such that J and other groups use to beef up their live sound. He puts on a good show, it's always a fun evening... and in the moment, you don't really notice if he's having an off night or struggling with a song on a certain evening.