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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Oh! I hadn't thought you said "was" in bad humour; I just thought it meant Lou Gramm was dead! I haven't yet listened to how his voice sounds now, although I'm curious and probably will.
While trying to decide whose male AOR voice I like best, I refreshed my memory by listening of the vocals of Bobby Kimball, Jimi Jamison, Steve Perry, and Brad Delp of Toto, Survivor, Journey, and Boston, respectively. I also listened again to some Robert Plant. I feel Steve Perry's and Brad Delp's voices sound sweeter, more refined (more vibrato), and less edgy, and so I definitely prefer Lou Gramm's rougher voice to theirs.
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I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan and Robert Plant's voice was great on those albums and fitted the music perfectly. Listening to his solo discography though, shows all the flaws and faults with his voice and shows his limitations.
Steve Perry was probably the most diverse of the vocalists I've mentioned, his voice excelled at both the powerful stuff and the slower more sensitive stuff equally. Brad Delp as you say is refined and Jimi Jameson has real power and clarity but Bobby Kimball will always be my favourite of the bunch (just) his voice had a unique funky feel that lent itself perfectly to the Toto sound. BTW are you sure you actually listened to Bobby Kimball, as the band 4 vocalists in total
He would sing on about 50% of the tracks with Steve Lukather, David Paich and Steve Pocaro singing on the rest.