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Old 06-19-2009, 09:00 AM   #6789
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Re: General Tool tour questions / discussion (merged)
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Originally Posted by 200L View Post
Its too bad that Maynard blew his voice out.

I have a lot of Tool bootlegs and unfortunately his voice hasn't been the same since 1998.

It is painfully obvious that even during the Lateralus tours his voice was going (see any versions of H, Reflection, 46 & 2 etc) He couldn't hit any of the high notes, although I have a version of Third Eye from Oklahoma which is ridiculous (he used a loudspeaker for the yelling parts, which was very effective; he should definitely bring that back)

I believe its all his own fault; APC, in my opinion, shouldn't have happened (I think deep down, the rest of the band agrees), although I love the music, the excessive touring definitely killed his voice and on top of that he did far too many shows with Tool as it was.

His screaming did him in, but it was amazing while it lasted.

No complaints here though, they're still my favorite band.

I think way too many people confuse "blowing your voice out" with the natural changes that a person's voice goes through by use over time and with age. Of course he isn't going to sound the same as he did over 10 years ago. Nobody does. Who cares though? Do people think that the sound of a voice on an album is totally natural and recorded in one attempt? I was watching a Led Zeppelin concert on tv yesterday and Robert Plant was not hitting all of the high notes as recorded on their albums, yet it still sounded great.

My point is that nobody should expect any singer to be able to hit all of the notes that were recorded on an album from years and years ago.
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