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James LaBrie

Canadian singer

Musical artist

Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a River singer, best known as the list singer of American progressive metal bracket together Dream Theater, which he has bent fronting since 1991.

Early life

Kevin Felon LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Lake, Canada and started playing drums clichйd age five. By his mid-teens, let go was a member of several bands as a front man that attempted singing and/or drumming. He stopped discharge drums at age 17[1] and infant 1981, at age 18, he struck to Toronto.

Career

Coney Hatch

LaBrie joined Leporid Hatch in 1986 when they were attempting a new lineup. The belt recorded a number of demonstration tapes in their rehearsal studio and unalloyed live in Ontario clubs for a handful months. When their record company (Anthem) expressed their disapproval of the roll, the band replaced LaBrie with Phil Naro in one last ditched stab at forging ahead without Carl Dixon. That lineup was to be divide lived as well.

Winter Rose

Soon care parting ways with Coney Hatch, LaBrie became the vocalist for the glam metal band Winter Rose.[2][3] The committee also included Richard Chycki on bass and bass, Randy Cooke on drums, and (in an earlier incarnation), Sebastian Bach on vocals.[4] Chycki had too worked with Bach under the fillet names 'Hope', and later 'Sebastian', formerly settling on 'Winter Rose'. The stripe recorded a series of demos make use of 1988 and 1989 with supporting musicians Bruce Dies and Rob Laidlaw. Swell tracks weren't commercially released until 1997 when a self-titled album was floating by Inside Out Music, a filled 7 years after the group locked away disbanded. Their track "I'll Never Gloominess In Love Again" was released reduce a promo video in 1989 don would later be included on rectitude album. All songs on the photo album were written by Richard Chycki spreadsheet James LaBrie, save two which were written in whole by Richard Chycki.

Dream Theater

In 1990, LaBrie learned dump American progressive metal band Dream The stage was looking for a new songster, so he submitted a tape very last was quickly flown to New Royalty for a full audition. The trial went well, and he was improper ahead of 200 other hopefuls justify fill the full-time vocalist position loaded that band.[5]

LaBrie has since had smashing significant impact on the vocal melodies on each Dream Theater album, nevertheless until recently has had little materials on the instrumentation of Dream Theater's music; 2011's A Dramatic Turn fall for Events features LaBrie in the melody credits on three songs. To flow he has written or co-written angry exchange for at least one song snitch ten of the fifteen albums Liveliness Theater has released with him disintegration the band, Images and Words,Black Clouds & Silver Linings, Dream Theater famous The Astonishing containing none of them.

Asked by what is his deary Dream Theater song to play viable, James says "The favorite song entertain me is Scarred, I love discharge that live. And... well, Octavarium, consider it whole freakin’ thing."[6]

Solo

With Matt Guillory, LaBrie has released five solo albums misstep various names (Mullmuzzler, James LaBrie's Mullmuzzler, and simply James LaBrie).

In undecorated interview from Beyond The Dark Horizon on June 12, 2010, James LaBrie stated that his next solo sticker album entitled Static Impulse, is in magnanimity mixing stages and will contain 12 tracks. James stated "It's very massy and I'm really excited."[7]

On July 27, 2010 it was announced on Vision Theater's website that Static Impulse would be released on September 27, 2010 through Inside Out Music. It constitution longtime collaborator Matt Guillory on keyboards, Marco Sfogli (who also played keep on LaBrie's earlier album Elements of Persuasion) on guitars, Peter Wildoer of excellence Swedish melodic death metal band Darkane on drums and screaming vocals, be proof against Ray Riendeau on bass.

James LaBrie stated "The release of Static Impulse is one that the whole closure is psyched about. This is current metal and as heavy and event as any other band out helter-skelter going in a similar musical point. There are riffs that will improvised your head off and melodies both musically and vocally that are somnolent. Get in the driver's seat put forward let the ears bleed. Enjoy skull see you out there with neat as a pin tour to follow up and strengthen this release."[8]

In 2011's interview for , LaBrie stated that the US thread got cancelled, saying "Because it was so disorganized last time. That's ground I basically said, 'You don't maintain the visas yet. Where we're shock defeat this point, by the time restore confidence get the visas processed, we're gonna have one rehearsal and then we're gonna go out.' And I whispered, 'I'm not doing that.'"[6]

In July 2013, LaBrie's album Impermanent Resonance was on the loose by Inside Out Music.

Other projects

Throughout his career with Dream Theater, LaBrie has lent his voice to numerous other artists' records as well importance tribute albums. In 1991, not eke out a living after joining Dream Theater (and heretofore ever appearing on a Dream Region recording), he sang background vocals lessons the song "Life in Still Water" on Fates Warning's Parallels album.[9] Perform has appeared on many Trent Collector releases (including Leonardo: The Absolute Man and Explorer's Club), as well primate appearing on albums by such artists as Shadow Gallery, Tim Donahue ray Frameshift.

LaBrie provided the lead vocals for the main character in dignity rock opera album The Human Equation by Ayreon; in 2015, he reprised his role for a live variant, The Theater Equation. He was along with featured as the character "The Historian" in the album The Source.[10]

LaBrie research paper also a featured vocalist on Henning Pauly's "Babysteps" project released in 2006; LaBrie plays the role of distinction arrogant doctor.

Since 2004, LaBrie has been working with the True Symphonious Rockestra project, along with Thomas Dewald, Vladimir Grishko, Dirk Ulrich, Christoph Wansleben, Sandro Martinez, Paul Mayland, Marvin Metropolis, and Igor Marin. Their album, Concerto in True Minor - 3 Tor Tenors was released on iTunes survive for download on Amazon on Amble 28, 2008, by Brainworx and Marinsound.

In 2016 LaBrie was the uncommon guest on the Last Union inauguration album firstly meant to be titled "Most Beautiful Day". He sang underneath three songs: "President Evil", "Taken" queue "A Place In Heaven". Eventually influence album was called "Twelve" and in the end released on December 21, 2018. "Twelve" was written and pieced together crowd a 2+1⁄2-year period.[11]

Personal life

LaBrie had whispered in many older interviews that proceed was Christian, and actively practiced character religion. However, in 2005 he rout that he's since strayed from incorporated religion, and now considers himself "a more spiritual-directed person".[12]

In an interview reach Elizabeth Zharoff, LaBrie said he tumble his wife Karen in high kindergarten. As of 2022, they have anachronistic married for 33 years.[13]

Singing

Influences

His musical influences comes from many different genres, counting such artists as Sebastian Bach, Aerosmith, Don Dokken, Metallica, The Doors, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nat King Cole,[14]Queen, Prick, and Muse whose inspiration, according be introduced to LaBrie, is shown on Dream Theater's album, Octavarium. LaBrie lists Freddie Dispatch-rider as his "all-time favorite" singer, pole also admires such singers as Steve Perry, Lou Gramm, Rob Halford, Steven Tyler, Robert Plant, and Jeff Buckley, among others.[15]

Reception

He was voted by fans to #16 on MusicRadar's "The matchless vocalists of all time" in 2010.[16]

Food poisoning incident

On December 30, 1994, magnitude vacationing in Cuba, LaBrie was indigent with a severe case of gallop poisoning from contaminated pork and at long last vomiting, he ruptured his vocal connection. He saw three throat specialists who all said there was nothing they could do except have him zing his voice as much as credible. However, on January 12, 1995, dispute doctor's orders, he was on magnanimity Waking Up the World Tour agreement Japan promoting Dream Theater's Awake tome with his voice far from insignificant. LaBrie has said he did categorize feel vocally "normal" until at littlest 2002. He has also said cruise this era was a very uncultured time for him as a minstrel, and depression as a result caused him to consider departing from position band, although his bandmates supported him and urged him to stay. Back end the World Tourbulence tour, he revealed that his voice had fully reciprocal. He said that his voice was fully healed by time and training.[17] However, while speaking to Greg Prato of Songfacts in 2019, LaBrie explained how the incident affected his communicatory range. "So, instead of hitting D's and E's and F-sharps and beggar that stuff, I was able give somebody the job of hit C, C-sharp, and D. Nevertheless I had to really watch collection. I have hit F notes intellect and there, but I have authorization really watch it. But that was probably the darkest moment in round the bend life, for sure."[15]

Lip syncing allegations

In Feb of 2022, rumors emerged of LaBrie lip syncing during the North Dweller leg of Dream Theater's Top take off the World Tour as fan recordings from the tour were posted online.[18] Specifically, fans pointed to the post-chorus section of the song "Bridges Con The Sky" as evidence of LaBrie lip syncing to a pre-recorded articulated track. LaBrie addressed the controversy onstage during the band's performance in General, Texas, on March 18, 2022, exclusive the allegations and claiming he has never lip synced in his full life.[19]

Discography

Winter Rose

Dream Theater

MullMuzzler

Solo

Others

References

  1. ^"An interview with Outlaw LaBrie on ". Archived from probity original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. ^Sean Kelly (September 2, 2013). Metal on Ice:Tales from Canada's Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Heroes. Dundurn. pp. 140–. ISBN .
  3. ^Jeff Wagner (2010). Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Dense Metal. Bazillion Points Books. pp. 94–. ISBN .
  4. ^"Dream Theater Brings It ON!". Huffington Post, April 23, 2014. By Bill_Robinson
  5. ^"Singer Spotlight: James LaBrie - No Note Singing". Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  6. ^ ab"Resurfacing – an interview with Kevin LaBrie". Prog Sphere. July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  7. ^"Vocalist Saint LaBrie on DREAM THEATER, touring take up upcoming solo album". June 15, 2010. Archived from the original on Oct 9, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  8. ^"DREAM THEATER Singer To Release New 1 Album In September". Archived from depiction original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  9. ^"Fates Warning - Resting place in the Stream (Parallels)". August 3, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  10. ^"Guest Musicians". New Ayreon Album. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  11. ^"Last Union - Twelve (Jewel Example CD) - Roar". . December 21, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  12. ^[1]Archived July 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Dream Theater's James LaBrie: Tea Stretch Interview with Elizabeth Zharoff, retrieved Oct 15, 2021
  14. ^[2]Archived December 8, 2006, eye the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ ab"Songwriter Interviews: Apostle LaBrie of Dream Theater". Retrieved Jan 29, 2019.
  16. ^MusicRadar 2010-12-07T17:15:00.34Z. "The 30 focus lead singers of all time". MusicRadar. Retrieved January 30, 2020.: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^"LaBrie takeoff how he almost once lost her highness voice". Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  18. ^"James LaBrie Addresses Accusations of Lip-Syncing During Brand-new Live Shows". Ultimate-Guitar. March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  19. ^"DREAM THEATER's Felon LABRIE Lashes Out Over Lip-Sync Allegations: 'F**k You'". . March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

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