Talk:James LaBrie

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Is MullMuzzler a band? Why not let us know about it before suddenly revealing that he's working on a CD with them? -- ~~

MullMuzzler's not a band. It's LaBrie's solo project. Ra1nMaker 11:50, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

LaBrie released solo albums under the names MullMuzzler, The James LaBrie Band, and James LaBrie.

Contents 1 Vocal range 2 LaBrie in Maiden? 3 Citation needed for Octavarium influence? 4 Training? 5 Vandalism 6 :rolleyes:

[edit] Vocal range

Does anyone know his vocal range? 165.123.140.215 08:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I am fairly sure he can reach over four octaves. Listen to the song Another Day. --Ifrit 01:51, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LaBrie in Maiden?

LaBrie was the first choice to replace Bruce Dickinson? UGH! I never heard of that before. I remember the final three were Andre Matos (Angra), Doogie White (Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen), and Blaze Bayley (Wolfsbane). Well, the Blaze era wasn't exactly successful for Maiden (not to say TXF and VXI weren't good albums), but it's sure a lot better than having LaBrie as the singer. Good thing he declined (if that's really true). Malmsteen Maiden 06:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

• • LaBrie is one of the best vocalists in the world.....yet I agree he wouldn't have been a great choice to replace Bruce. However, I do believe he would have been better than Bayley.<<Coburn_Pharr>> 11:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The source cited on here for this doesn't seem all that reliable and nowhere on that even does it say he was offered the spot and declined it. "James LaBrie was one of the candidates to replace Bruce Dickinson when he left Iron Maiden in 1993. (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England)" is all that it says.

As far as I remember, Steve Harris personally phoned JLB to invite him to Iron Maiden, but he declined, because he didn't want to part with Theater. Unfortunately, I don't remember the source of theat information... Wildead 15:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This was revealed exclusively in M.E.A.T. magazine, Issue #48 (March/April 1994), which I have right in from of me. Quote: "I was first in line to get the Iron Maiden gig. Steve Harris and the management would be at our gigs - in New York, in England - and it was pretty wild. The guys in my band are going, 'You know why these guys are out here? They're checking you out to be the new guy.' and I'm like 'right... sure!' Then our manager and our tour manager went out to dinner with Steve Harris and Merck Mercuriadis (Maiden management), and they suggested they wanted me." Long story short, James told them "I'm with the band I want to be with." End of story. "Then after that, a couple of the guys from Judas Priest showed up at some of our gigs in Europe. It's wild! Especially when you grew up listening to these band's music, and then you're meeting them, and suddenly you're under consideration for their singing jobs." Wolf2112 21:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation needed for Octavarium influence?

For some reason, JLB's inspiration is labeled as needing a quote - without an audio sample it's hard to prove, yet Octavarium as a whole track is an homage to progressive rock and metal up to date, and anyone who has listened to the track closely can see the influence. Should the tag be removed? Stealth 23:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about any audio sample, but the french web site www.metal-immortel.com interviewed JL and asked him about his favorites singers and his influence. Here's the link http://www.metal-immortel.com/dream_theater_interview.htm to the article (the fifth question). He named Freddie Mercury (Queen), Steve Perry (Journey), Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Matthew (Muse), Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath), Rob Halford (Judas Priest) and even the young Steven Tyler (Aerosmith). Zoury 21:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Training?

I have heard that LaBrie had been classically trained, that is, operatically. Is this true and if so, can we get a sourced add to the article? ThuranX 03:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

It seems that someone finds it funny to call LaBrie "Lord" Kevin James LaBrie. I've removed these edits. Petska 20:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I see they just struck again. LaBrie's a good vocalist, but I don't think he's quite worthy of a title... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.229.225.137 (talk) 15:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC).

He is the chosen one!

[edit]  :rolleyes:

Dream theater is NOT a christian band, therefore LaBrie is not a "Category:Performers of Christian music."

so i got rid of that faggotry24.139.30.154 22:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)