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I'm late to the party but I really like La Bries vocals and am of the opinion that DT is not DT today if it was not for La Brie. In 92 he had a modern edge to his voice (or should I say it was not 80's prog) that complemented the music well. It was dark and edgy and sounded new. His vocal work on Awake blows me away and is one of the reasons I think that album is DT's darkest. The vocals are so growly yet work with every song. Now I do not analyze vocals like I do guitar and so for me if the vocals seem to capture the mood of the song and compliment it I like it regardless of how "technically" proficient the notes or tone is. For DT La Brie is the guy who makes up in part their unique sound. Sure there are other "technically" proficient singers who have a more pure tone but La Bire is DT just as much as the other 4 guys. I was at the same concert as Bob in LA with DT and QR and hands down DT blew them off stage. I have seen QR twice now since Q2K and both times I walked away disappointed with the lack of energy in their show and the guitar tones. On the other hand I have seen DT 4 times and each time La Brie sounded great. I think he sounds great in the Budokan DVD as well and though 5YIALT is rougher they are still DT and La Brie is still that guy that I want singing those songs.

Oh...and I like James Labrie quite a bit as well:thu:

Originally posted by andyhumb Geddy Lee - yes - I would be surprised if we found one guy on this forum that would disagree on that one - {censored} - that voice is so {censored}ing irritating:mad: Disagree!