If DT's singer wasn't James Labrie...

[Slain]

Who would you want to sing?

I'd personally have to say Geoff Tate.

[black_biff_stadler]

No Tate please.

Mikael Åkerfeldt, Russell Allen, and Daniel Gildenlow in exactly that order.

[Sigz]

No one. I can't imagine DT with anyone else singing at this point.

[black_biff_stadler]

No one. I can't imagine DT with anyone else singing at this point.

Bah! Just play along. If something happened to JLB where he suddenly had to leave would you support DT quitting altogether?

[Sigz]

Yes I would.

[Slain]

No one. I can't imagine DT with anyone else singing at this point.

Yeah, I'm not saying I'd ever want him replaced, but I was thinking in the instance that it did happen.

Imagine Akerfeldt singing take the time

[black_biff_stadler]

Yes I would.

Damn

[bosk1]

Tate would not be a good fit for several reasons:  (1) he has completely lost his range and developed horrible, horrible singing habits; (2) even if we could go back in time to when he could still sing properly, his voice doesn't fit DT's sound; (3) his ego would clash with other strong personalities in the band and would ruin the band's chemistry.

I would have to go with Russell Allen and Daniel Gildenlow, in that order.

[black_biff_stadler]

No one. I can't imagine DT with anyone else singing at this point.

Yeah, I'm not saying I'd ever want him replaced, but I was thinking in the instance that it did happen.

Imagine Akerfeldt singing take the time

Buuuut, imagine the potential the metal tracks could have.

[Sigz]

Imagine Akerfeldt singing take the time

I can't imagine that at all.

I'll be honest, I'd love to hear DT style music with death vocals, but it wouldn't be Dream Theater.

[Adami]

Aldos Snow.

[contest_sanity]

Matt Smith from Theocracy would be an interesting choice.

[Dublagent66]

Ray Alder wouldn't be a bad fit.  Neither would Russell Allen, but I don't know really.  LaBrie is quintessential.

[xeper]

Nils K. Rue from Pagan's Mind

[Perpetual Change]

Ray Alder would have to be the guy.  Hopefully he'd take complete control of lyric writing duties, too.

I can't imagine the guys in DT getting along with a dictator like Daniel Gildenlow.

[GuineaPig]

Gildenlöw, Allen, or Alder would all work well from a pure vocals stand-point, but I think Alder would mesh the best.

[TheVoxyn]

I'd rather have that DT disband then that Gildenlöw joins DT and PoS disbands.

[Perpetual Change]

I'd rather have that DT disband then that Gildenlöw joins DT and PoS disbands.

It doesn't matter who Daniel sings for.  As long as he gets his way, the album will sound as he wants.  That's why I'm so frustrated with PoS lately.  Such wasted potential from all the other members of the band.

[Phantasmatron]

Of all the names that have been thrown around so far, the only one that sounds like it might work is Ray Alder.

[Quadrochosis]

The guy from Circus Maximus.

[kirbywelch92]

then the world would implode.

[tnphelps]

The guy from Circus Maximus.

ditto this!

[BlobVanDam]

If DT lose JLB, I'd rather them just finish up. DT have had the same line-up the entire time I've been a fan, and I can't imagine any other line-up being DT.

Just to be different though, I'll say Michael Matijevic. He's a bit of a weirdo on stage, but he's got the vocal range, and the emotional range.

[austin]

If we lost JLB now I'd say break dt up
but if I had to choose someone else I'd say Russel Allen 
He's pretty great

[Arcaeus]

Yeah, if LaBrie was gone, I would rather Dream Theater call it quits and the members go do other projects.

Ray Alder might fit, though, and while Russel Allen or Daniel Gildenlow sound fun in theory, they wouldn't fit.

[pogoowner]

Tate would not be a good fit for several reasons:  (1) he has completely lost his range and developed horrible, horrible singing habits; (2) even if we could go back in time to when he could still sing properly, his voice doesn't fit DT's sound; (3) his ego would clash with other strong personalities in the band and would ruin the band's chemistry.

I would have to go with Russell Allen and Daniel Gildenlow, in that order.

I believe Gildenlow's ego would be just as big a problem, if not more.

[tri.ad]

Noone. JLB fits DT best, and no other singer would be a very good fit. The conclusion would be DT disbanding.

[Mladen]

I would certainly support DT if any band member left, actually. You should still give your favorite band a chance for trying out something new. However, I can't imagine any other singer in place of James. Maybe Russell Allen, but then we wouldn't have Symphony X. I dunno, really...

[TAC]

Matt Smith from Theocracy would be an interesting choice.

Yes I agree. I also think that Michel Luppe, formerly of Vision Divine would be good too.
Geoff tate would be fine, as long as we are talking about late 80's Tate. He could NOT do it now. Same for Ray Alder. If we're talking Paralells era, fine, but now, he can't even sing Redemption's vocal lines, how the hell is he going to do DT's.

Michael kiske would be great, IMO.
But Russ Allen,..he does not have a DT voice, nor does he convey the same emotion that JLB does. I'm not familiar with Gildenow, but Ackerfeldt?? Please, give me a break.

[Progmetty]

When I first got into DT I wished the singer would be anyone other than James but now I wouldn't like/can't think of anyone other than him.

[TAC]

I always thought James was perfect. His performance on I&W is incredible.

[bosk1]

Tate would not be a good fit for several reasons:  (1) he has completely lost his range and developed horrible, horrible singing habits; (2) even if we could go back in time to when he could still sing properly, his voice doesn't fit DT's sound; (3) his ego would clash with other strong personalities in the band and would ruin the band's chemistry.

I would have to go with Russell Allen and Daniel Gildenlow, in that order.

I believe Gildenlow's ego would be just as big a problem, if not more.

You could be right.  I don't really know him very well and was just going off of how he very willingly stepped into Transatlantic and was able to take a backseat and let the actual bandmembers dictate what he should play/sing and did not try to hog the spotlight one bit.

[Mebert78]

Mike Portnoy.  You know, like when Phil Collins stepped up in Genesis or Nick D. in Spock's Beard.  Portnoy could do it.  No doubt.








Just kidding.

[Mladen]

Mike Portnoy.  You know, like when Phil Collins stepped up in Genesis or Nick D. in Spock's Beard.  Portnoy could do it.  No doubt.

It's still an interesting choice, though. Ringo could replace him on drums. 

[pogoowner]

Tate would not be a good fit for several reasons:  (1) he has completely lost his range and developed horrible, horrible singing habits; (2) even if we could go back in time to when he could still sing properly, his voice doesn't fit DT's sound; (3) his ego would clash with other strong personalities in the band and would ruin the band's chemistry.

I would have to go with Russell Allen and Daniel Gildenlow, in that order.

I believe Gildenlow's ego would be just as big a problem, if not more.

You could be right.  I don't really know him very well and was just going off of how he very willingly stepped into Transatlantic and was able to take a backseat and let the actual bandmembers dictate what he should play/sing and did not try to hog the spotlight one bit.

If he was viewing himself more as a "hired gun" type, along those lines, then you're right, he'd probably be fine. If he was considering himself a legitimate member of the band, however, I don't know if he could restrain himself.