Recent content by Stoo

Ronnie James Dio has got arguably the best operatic-voice metal style. Forgive the lyrics.<P>Give an ear to James Labrie of Dream Theater.<P>Steve Perry anyone?

Moving Pictures - Rush<BR>Awake - Dream Theater<BR>Tones - Eric Johnson<BR>Are We Not Men? - DEVO<BR>Empire - Queensryche<P>Yup, I'm a bit wacky, but hey...

Hey Kinman, givin' some love here...got to know yer hair-metal history. Try Warren De Martini and Robbin Crosby in Ratt (Crosby died of AIDS from too much groupie gropin' in 2004)as co-leads. George Lynch was lead and all else in Dokken, then solo when they jettisonned Don Dokken. BTW, Jeff...

Interesting that no one has mentioned Eric Johnson. King of tone and big-time goose-bump factor. And above all a Texas boy. <P>Have to agree that most of the technical talent lies in the shred genre category, I read names such as Petrucci (Dream Theater) and Stevie Vai....King Edward re-wrote...