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UncleKG wrote:They're not underrated in their home country (Australia), but two amazing vocalists (very different styles) that never got much recognition in America are Jon Farnham & Jimmy Barnes.
I also think Eric Martin is underrated.
SF-Dano wrote:Always loved Dave Meneketti's voice back in the 80s and 90s. Very powerful voice. Then again, I think the Y&T was entirely underated as a band.
jestor92 wrote:I've always felt former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin was underrated. Martin was able to sing all era's of the Sabbath catelog and sing them quite well.
kgdjpubs wrote:Bob Catley of Magnum.
Behshad wrote:Ehwmatt wrote:How about David Pack? Great soul and great power to his voice, and not much of a mainstream name. I'd LOVE to hear him collaborate with Daryl Hall or Bill Champlin. Those are some white boys with soul!
Plus, he still sounds great today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDPa49FNCF0
No downtuning. Some live warts here and there. But plenty of power and soul.
How about Joey Tempest !?
Ehwmatt wrote:Dennis Deyoung. He's the best singer from the 80s based on the totality of the circumstances, i.e., based on talent, range, and longevity (a couple guys might have a slight edge on him in the former 2 categories, but like a great consistent athlete, I'd rather have many years of greatness instead of a few years of sublime perfection).
The guy's voice is literally ageless. He has always conducted himself like a pro (his spates with Styx are he-said/he-said type events). In doing so, he's taken fantastic physical care of himself, and it has paid off as he performs in his later years. But you never really hear him mentioned among the 80s vocal greats, even among fans of this genre (that the mainstream music press likes to malign).
Anyway, if I were picking a singer's team, DDY would be my first pick by a landslide. Perry, Gramm, and all those guys would be distant alternate choices for me. And I'm definitely a bigger Journey fan overall, so it really has everything to do with my admiration and respect for what DDY has been able to accomplish.
verslibre wrote:SF-Dano wrote:jestor92 wrote:I've always felt former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin was underrated. Martin was able to sing all era's of the Sabbath catelog and sing them quite well.
My favorite Sabbath singer after Dio, actually. The Martin-Sabbath albums are unfairly overshadowed by the Ozz years.
Not to knock Ray Gillen (R.I.P.), whose performance on the original version of Eternal Idol was stunning in its own right.
UncleKG wrote:They're not underrated in their home country (Australia), but two amazing vocalists (very different styles) that never got much recognition in America are Jon Farnham & Jimmy Barnes.
I also think Eric Martin is underrated.
JRNYMAN wrote:If you've never heard Esmerelda it's beautiful! The way he delivers the last few lines of the song in his high tenor voice just screams "Oh Danny Boy".![]()
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Esmerelda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqkBAxQx ... ature=plcp
conversationpc wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:If you've never heard Esmerelda it's beautiful! The way he delivers the last few lines of the song in his high tenor voice just screams "Oh Danny Boy".![]()
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Esmerelda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqkBAxQx ... ature=plcp
Wow...Good stuff.
JRNYMAN wrote:Michael Sweet (Stryper) probably never was given the credit he was due and didn't receive the exposure he might have gotten had the band not targeted a very particular demographic. And, I'm sure there were many who never gave the band the time of day simply because they were "christian rock" which got them ignored by more people than not.
verslibre wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:Michael Sweet (Stryper) probably never was given the credit he was due and didn't receive the exposure he might have gotten had the band not targeted a very particular demographic. And, I'm sure there were many who never gave the band the time of day simply because they were "christian rock" which got them ignored by more people than not.
And on that note...Greg Volz and John Schlitt (formerly of Head East). Petra had two of the best singers in the rock biz, period.
JRNYMAN wrote:verslibre wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:Michael Sweet (Stryper) probably never was given the credit he was due and didn't receive the exposure he might have gotten had the band not targeted a very particular demographic. And, I'm sure there were many who never gave the band the time of day simply because they were "christian rock" which got them ignored by more people than not.
And on that note...Greg Volz and John Schlitt (formerly of Head East). Petra had two of the best singers in the rock biz, period.
Absolutely blew me away when I learned the relationship between Head East and Petra - had no idea. Petra's version of "Awesome God" is IMHO the best! My daughters learned that song in sign language at church camp a few years ago and when the kids got back, they hosted a dinner for all the parents to do a "show and tell" basically, of what they did/learned at camp and finished with Awesome God in sign. It was stellar!
conversationpc wrote:verslibre wrote:SF-Dano wrote:jestor92 wrote:I've always felt former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin was underrated. Martin was able to sing all era's of the Sabbath catelog and sing them quite well.
My favorite Sabbath singer after Dio, actually. The Martin-Sabbath albums are unfairly overshadowed by the Ozz years.
Not to knock Ray Gillen (R.I.P.), whose performance on the original version of Eternal Idol was stunning in its own right.
"Eternal Idol" is a vastly underrated album, in my opinion, and Martin is great on that album. "Glory Ride" is actually my favorite Sabbath tune.
verslibre wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:verslibre wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:Michael Sweet (Stryper) probably never was given the credit he was due and didn't receive the exposure he might have gotten had the band not targeted a very particular demographic. And, I'm sure there were many who never gave the band the time of day simply because they were "christian rock" which got them ignored by more people than not.
And on that note...Greg Volz and John Schlitt (formerly of Head East). Petra had two of the best singers in the rock biz, period.
Absolutely blew me away when I learned the relationship between Head East and Petra - had no idea. Petra's version of "Awesome God" is IMHO the best! My daughters learned that song in sign language at church camp a few years ago and when the kids got back, they hosted a dinner for all the parents to do a "show and tell" basically, of what they did/learned at camp and finished with Awesome God in sign. It was stellar!
JRNYMAN wrote:Michael Sweet (Stryper) probably never was given the credit he was due and didn't receive the exposure he might have gotten had the band not targeted a very particular demographic. And, I'm sure there were many who never gave the band the time of day simply because they were "christian rock" which got them ignored by more people than not. The boy's got range that's for damn sure. One of my favorite vocal performances of his is during the song "Always There For You" at about 3:23 he delivers a line that's pretty freakin' high in the register to begin with but finishes the line by taking the last word a full octave higher - granted it's falsetto but still...... Holy Shit!
Always There For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYKQwuSuKBI
JRNYMAN wrote:And I KNOW I'm gonna catch all kinds of shit for even suggesting this one, buuuuuuttt...... Rex Smith had a voice very similar in quality and clarity to DeYoung's. Seriously! His work on stage taught him how to project while staying clean and not getting pitchy. He seriously had a fantastic voice but he was just so....... feminine and pretty-boy from a guy's perspective...? Though he was sort of a flash in the pan on the pop charts, he went on to star in Broadway shows for a long time. His biggest hit from back then:
You Take My Breath Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYgVnfi ... re=related
JRNYMAN wrote:Undoubtedly a seriously underrated guitarist but also a very underrated singer as well, was Rik Emmet. Triumph never seemed to climb out from under the shadow RUSH cast on any band - especially a trio no less - that emerged from Canada. They found their success by touring mainly the US and only hitting a few stops in Canada. Rik Emmet's voice was crisp, clean, and he was able to cross in and out of a falsetto pretty damned convincingly too. Too bad his ego and his awareness of how superior he was as a musician and how much more seriously he took his craft ended up being the bomb that imploded the band. It's really too bad because we'll always wonder what else could have been had they been able to work through their problems. But, what they did release is still regularly rotated in my various playlists. Rik is the only person ever to state, " I will somehow be somebody's someone, someday!"![]()
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Lay It On The Line Live in Halifax from "A Night of Triumph"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkx47Zsyicc
UncleKG wrote:They're not underrated in their home country (Australia), but two amazing vocalists (very different styles) that never got much recognition in America are Jon Farnham & Jimmy Barnes.
I also think Eric Martin is underrated.
JRNYMAN wrote:Undoubtedly a seriously underrated guitarist but also a very underrated singer as well, was Rik Emmet. Triumph never seemed to climb out from under the shadow RUSH cast on any band - especially a trio no less - that emerged from Canada.
JRNYMAN wrote:They found their success by touring mainly the US and only hitting a few stops in Canada. Rik Emmet's voice was crisp, clean, and he was able to cross in and out of a falsetto pretty damned convincingly too. Too bad his ego and his awareness of how superior he was as a musician and how much more seriously he took his craft ended up being the bomb that imploded the band.
verslibre wrote:AR wrote:G.G. Allin and El Duce from The Mentors have never been given enough credit.
G.G. dared to exercise his vocal cords and sphincter simultaneously.
verslibre wrote:That Halifax concert has some "meh" moments (not counting Rik's candy-caned spandex). Much better is Live at The US Festival and the (unreleased on DVD) concert in Baltimore from the Allied Forces tour.
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