Vocalists whose voices have changed & become unregognizable

[Roman]

Some vocalists' voices have changed during their musical careers / lifes and become almost completely unrecognizable.

Like in this case for instance:

Dillinger, 1976: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcak15k8Etg
Dillinger, 2001: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZMUJL9kOZI

Russian reggae singer

Oldy, 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlcTXivLr9M
Oldy, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cA_kSnEeyk

Please post more examples without any negative additional comments. I don't want any bad vibes, rumours, discussions about people's health, their personal lifes etc here. Remember that change isn't necessarily a negative thing.

I am also totally uninterested in facts - only in exapmles such as in the one above. Let's keep it simple & respectful

[underated]

Clever Question,

I can't think of any names off hand, guess some people like to reinvent themselves though, some of the old style of vocal phrasing & lyrics can sound dated in this time, perhaps some people just want to sound new, yeah if it works change can be good.

[Vinnie]

sylford walker

old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fCHjx_BUA
recent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgoxrBiOYQ

[ice]

Gregory Isaacs, with and without teeth

[edgar]

That 2005 link from Dillinger sounds heavily edited in the studio and there is another artist on vocal as well (ranking Joe?).

Dillinger live in 1979:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMixZ55gKRk

[guillaumebougard]

Michael Rose's voice has changed for the worse. It's no longer nasal, and very throaty. I found it very hard to listen to when he performed with the TAXI Gang in Garance and Paris last Summer.

[edgar]

junior byles.

[Living Bate]

Sizzla

[Roman]

I would like to add Jacob Miller & Dennis Brown - both artists stated to sing @ a very early age when their voices were still sounding childlike

+ Michael Jackson

[Roman]

That 2005 link from Dillinger sounds heavily edited in the studio

I know what you mean but the vox still sound natural.

and there is another artist on vocal as well (ranking Joe?).

Only Steve Jah Warrior knows - it's his productions from the early 2000s.

To be honest I don't hear Ranking Joe in that one at all - I hear the same person (Dillinger) deejaying all the way through.

[Roman]

guillaumebougard: I slightly disagree with you - the current condition of his voice is great:

2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R5CB8fZ4A

1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh97BUZDvDg

Here's a wicked tune by M.R. from 2005 - slightly different style I must say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEdQ-nEtQE

[Roman]

Even non-reggae singers are welcome to this thread.

Like this man:

1980: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDFeZb2f9wg
1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9pR0Ot00Q0
1991: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNiKFoiTpW0
1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwbpO0pmAKk

This guy could sound like 4 different people. At least 4. Really

[Roman]

Tom Waits, 1973: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXunos4IXDU
Tom Waits, 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAVl3PjTwbk
Tom Waits, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8

[Reggaemusicstore]

There's nobody else but Dillinger on the track I produced and no editing of the vocal either. For me the reason singers usually change with the passing of time is the same as why a sportsman at the end of their career aren't as good as when they were younger - just like a sportsmans muscles/energy/fitness levels etc deteriorate, so does a singers vocal chords. The way they can sing when they're 21 is hard to maintain when they're 53, with very few exceptions...

[Ranking Glasses]

The huge quantities of herbs some of them smoke might have something to do with it as well!