Most unique progressive rock group singers....

[Halmyre]

Geddy Lee

Bjork

I like those two but I now present...

Dave Cousins, Strawbs were great musically but I just can't listen to him sing.

[flowerking]

No mention of David Surkamp (Pavlov's Dog)?

Pavlov's Dog was listed by the OP, just not Surkamp by name.

[Digital_Man]

Pavlov's Dog was listed by the OP, just not Surkamp by name.

Yep. David is probably the first one I thought of. Demitrio Stratos from Area wasn't mentioned by name either although Area was.

[Pragmatic]

Not sure if someone mentioned these

Arthur Brown
Klaus Blasquiz (Magma)

And some of my favorite (other genres?!) singers

Klaus Nomi
Serj Tarkian


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[Rarebird]

Geddy Lee

I was thinking of him, but you were ahead of me.

How about Thijs van Leer?

And I would like to add Max Werner (Kayak)

[terryturtle]

SAGA - Michael Sadler
Flower Kings - Roine Stolt
Asia - John Wetton
Big Big Train - David Longdon
Pendragon - Nick Barrett
Crack The Sky - John Palumbo
Circa - Billy Sherwood

[Digital_Man]

SAGA - Michael Sadler
Flower Kings - Roine Stolt
Asia - John Wetton
Big Big Train - David Longdon
Pendragon - Nick Barrett
Crack The Sky - John Palumbo
Circa - Billy Sherwood

If your focus is on symph / neo here then I would definitely add Peter Nichols of IQ to the list also.

[Zeuhlmate]

I was thinking of him, but you were ahead of me.

How about Thijs van Leer?

And I would like to add Max Werner (Kayak)

Thijs van Leer was something! + one of the few that could use yodling in prog! (Demetrio Stratos is the other I can think of)

[JKL2000]

If your focus is on symph / neo here then I would definitely add Peter Nichols of IQ to the list also.

And if you're going to include Nick Barrett, then you should probably also include Les Dougan from Aragon.

Another I'd put on any list of unique voices is:

Happy Rhodes

[JKL2000]

Not sure if someone mentioned these

Arthur Brown
Klaus Blasquiz (Magma)

And some of my favorite (other genres?!) singers

Klaus Nomi
Serj Tarkian


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About Klaus Blasquiz, does he use some kind of crazy effects on his voice? What's the deal with him and his vocals?

[Digital_Man]

And if you're going to include Nick Barrett, then you should probably also include Les Dougan from Aragon.

Another I'd put on any list of unique voices is:

Happy Rhodes

Les Dougan. Good one.

And if you are going to mention Happy Rhodes then you also have to mention Kate Bush.

[flowerking]

If your focus is on symph / neo here then I would definitely add Peter Nichols of IQ to the list also.

Yeah, I can see that. I like his voice but when I first started listening to them, my then-girlfriend called them ick because she thought he was an awful singer. To be fair, the only album I had was that early live album and his voice was not nearly as strong or confident as it later became.

[Zeuhlmate]

Annisettte ?

[Dana5140]

And if you are going to mention Happy Rhodes then you also have to mention Kate Bush.

And if you are going to mention Happy Rhodes and Kate Bush, then you also have to mention Jane Siberry.

[Progbear]

Good call on Annisette. I know some who absolutely hate her voice, but I think she's cool, and a defining feature of Savage Rose's sound that set them apart.

[David_D]

I find so many Prog vocalists great, so I don't know where to start and where to end, but not least Italian, and when you're saying "most unique", that makes me think of Magma and Area.

[Scrotum Scissor]

The best vocal performance of unique quality during the 70s.:

[interbellum]

I know many here don't like her voice, but I still love Annette Peacock's singing on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me!

[Zeuhlmate]

I know many here don't like her voice, but I still love Annette Peacock's singing on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me!

Or the more accessible 'The Perfect Release' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUuuIqqxXo

[Mr.Krautman]

I know many here don't like her voice, but I still love Annette Peacock's singing on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me!

I'm among the few who like her voice on that BB record, it feels good to me too...

And her solo records are worth checking too.

[Scrotum Scissor]

I know many here don't like her voice, but I still love Annette Peacock's singing on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me!

What's truly strange about that performance is that it's probably her single finest appearance in a rock-related setting -at all-, and very few would object.

[Scrotum Scissor]

If your focus is on symph / neo here then I would definitely add Peter Nichols of IQ to the list also.

Sympho is the best test. And olympho.

Peter Nichols is unique and never tried to sound anything like Keeper Rabial or anyone or like. The very definition of a creatively up-front singer of fierce singularity; doesn't try to sound like anyone else at all.

[JKL2000]

^ "Keeper Rabial"

[David_D]

Another very unique Prog vocalist has definitely been the Polish Czeslaw Niemen.

[Batchman]

I know many here don't like her voice, but I still love Annette Peacock's singing on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me!

I also liked her singing on that album. Based on that, and on her various jazz compositions as performed by Paul Bley among others, I decided to explore her solo work with her first couple of solo releases. Frankly I find most of it all but unlistenable. Maybe it's just me, but I have a low tolerance for straight blues-rock sung in a harsh, overly loud and untuneful voice. Not what I was hoping for. I wanted more stuff like "Seems like a Lifetime Ago" but I guess I have to give Bruford the credit for the brilliance of that material.

(And I'm a big fan of Dagmar and Björk, so I'm no stranger to odd female voices.)