Originally Posted by efpg0708 (Post 1196009)

Who's talking about understanding the band ? That's one thing. Another thing completely diferent is analyzing singing techniques by watching a singer sing.

If you know NOTHING about singing, you can follow a band for one million years and you won't notice the mistakes that the singer makes when it comes to the right techniques.

Of course Jon had some coaching when he started. But he didn't put too much effortinto it, hence his voice blewing off on the Slippery Tour. When you watch the videos from that era (and for the consecutive tours), it's pretty clear that Jon shouts the notes, even on his signature scream. He doesn't reach the notes with the right techniques. He was lucky that he had a fantastic voice back then, but the lack of training and techniques blew off his vocal chords.

If he was a trained singer with a crafted voice, why did he blow off his voice in the 80's and completely lost it when he got older ?

I'm not going to discuss this any further. Your signature "the world's most Knowledgeable..." is a hint that you think you know it all and you refuse to accept that there are things you're not familiar with. You've shown that on a lot of discussions here on this board, and for me, that's arrogance. Following a band for 30 years doesn't give you knowledge and expertise at every aspect of how everything about music works.