ITT: Artists whose voices are clearly shot

ITT: Artists whose voices are clearly shot

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Paul Stanley. Dear god, Paul Stanley. He sounds like a squirrel being thrown into a wood chipper now.

Paul McCartney and Elton John sound a lot worse these days.

Ian Anderson started to go downhill in the mid-80s, this was before he'd even reached 40. I'm not sure exactly what his problem is though. His singing voice is clearly toast, but he can still play flute just fine (meaning it's not a lung capacity issue) and his normal speaking voice doesn't give any indication either that there's anything wrong.

Jethro Tull's catalog is pretty huge, he has plenty of material that would be easier on his voice but he insists on doing really demanding stuff from the 70s that he can't pull off anymore.

Dylan from Oh Mercy on, but in a good way. Also Dylan Modern Times on, but in a bad way.

Serj Tankian for sure. Dear god I'll always love System but his voice now just doesn't hold up. He sounds like an old man (which he kinda is). I really hope they don't make another album.

Hard rock/metal isn't kind to anyone's voice desu. I'd struggle to think of many of the heavy rock vocalists from the 70s-80s who don't sound like shit now.

Bowie literally sounded like a ghost before he died

He had cancer, shock. Dio also died of cancer and his voice was clearly fading on his last tour.