ron ive been listening to your old stuff (keel).
man your saying you learnt to sing lately
shit ron your lacking the voice you used to have
you still have a wonderfull voice but ron wheres the old skool keel voice
no disrepect!
can you still get the notes up
or are you singing an octave down


[Edited on 6-3-2005 by depp]

[Edited on 6-3-2005 by depp]

[Edited on 6-9-2005 by depp]

Man I think that Ronnie has an awesome voice and think that he has kicking sound .I my be to predjudice but I sure think that Iron Horse is going to go far . Ronnie you can sing for me any time xxoo Tracey

I so have to agree with what you have said Pinktiger27. Ronnie has an even better voice now then he ever has had in his career. Yes, Ronnie you definitely can sing for me anytime u want (LOL!!)

Depp take a deeper listen to "Three Sheets to the Wind" and "American Thunder" Ron still has it, He's just saving it up for the KEEL reunion tour

Been listening to some Keel lately myself, and I think the thing is, they're two different bands that require two different singing styles. Only Ron can say if he can still hit those high notes or not, but he's got a maturity to his voice that he didn't have back then. It's literally like night and day, IMO. I love both bands though. He's still the damn man!

[Edited on 6-2-2005 by AceZappa]

Yes I definitely have to agree with you Ace!!!

What's weird is, it's bee na gradual progression to the voice of today. Maybe it is age, who knows, but going from Steeler to Keel to Fair Game/Saber Tiger to Ironhorse you definitely hear a growth going on. I purposely left out any mention of the country period mostly because it's pretty obvious the voice is different there, lol.

Anyone who really knows anything about music knows that voices change... not just that, they mature. I feel sorry for you that you haven't had the pleasure of hearing Ron today and the GREAT band that he makes music with... you are really missing out on an AWESOME talent!!!!!!

YES IT WAS COOL TO HEAR ALL THE METAL STUFF .. BUT HAVE YOU LISTIONED TO HIM FOR REAL AS OF LATELY ?

HIS VOICE IS STRONG AND FAT AND THE BEST YET RON KEEL KICKS ASS ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW .. HE SINGS HIS BUT OFF NIGHT AFTER NIGHT WITH OUT GIVING OUT AT ALL !
TAKE A GOOD LISTION AND YOU WILL SEE TOO !

i know and understand all what you guys have said and i fully agree with you all
rons voice now and before is amazing, personally id say he has the best voice in the world .
he is my favorite singer with the best voice in the world, keel were my favorite band now ironhorse are i was just getting into rons screaming from his keel albums the other night and thought hmmmm he dosent do that anymore the way he used to do that and mix it with guitar is wicked!!!
eg. raised on rock......

"RK IS THE MAN"....<<PERIOD

HEY MY BROTHER I MISS YOU !!
HELL YEA RONNIE'S THE MAN.....

HOW YOU DOING BRO?

VISIT US SOON!

Ronnies' voice changes with each era of his life. Anybody that was at the PromoWest show in Columbus, Ohio knows that Ron CAN stil hit 'em HIGH, LOUD and STRONG! I can't remember which song it was but, he was singing a note and it was like he turned it up a couple of notches on the very same note. The crowd went nuts. NUFF SAID!!!!
Peace,
Troy

Yes I so agree with you Troy!!! Ronnie's voice is awesome and there is no doubt about it!!

Thanx, Kathy
What ya been up too?

im surre ronnies producer tells him what to sing and (how to sing)

im just pointing out the obvious if you lot dont agree [Censored] you ronnie is still the best singer n my world
my world is coming to see ya.......

I don't know if he's THE BEST singer...Justin Timberlake rocks!

lmfao

we do what we can to sing the best we can...and rons voice as well as mine comes from the soul and when you hear ron keel you can hear that thats the truth ! hey depp hows the uk these days

hey charlie hows it going
the uk is raining and depressing for a change

Hey Mr Troy what's been going on?? Nothing much here lately. I've just been very busy with work and school. Just waiting for the guys to come back to town (hopefully it will be real soon) LOL Oh by the way, how is the wife doing??
By the way, it seems that Ronnie is finally back and ready to rock and roll with his buddies!!!!!! Talk to ya soon!!!

[Edited on 6-7-2005 by Kathy291975]

A man's voice is a very interesting thing. Depp, you're not wrong--the voice you hear coming out of Ron Keel today is not the voice you heard twenty years ago. The question you have to ask yourself is--is the voice I hear now the voice I'd prefer to hear over what I heard in 1985?, and I think the answer to that is most clearly a resounding "YES". Like Charlie said, Ron's voice NOW is fat, full of tone, and most importantly, never misses. He's like Thor in concert. Unstoppable.

The bottom line is that a male voice is just not physically built to continually absorb the stress that that kind of screaming and all-out belting puts on the vocal chords--especially when it was done night after night back before the days of in-ear monitors. Look at any of the main men--****inson, Tate, Dio, even Halford--they've all still got great pipes (to varying degrees), but even they themselves will readily admit that they don't have the same voice they had twenty years ago. It's just physically impossible. Halford is a true freak of nature to even be able to come close. There's no way to reverse the clock when it comes to wear and tear on the vocal chords. Ron's heard me belt like he did back in the day plenty of times---for about two minutes. Then the gas tank goes empty. It's hard work. Few can do it for long. Try it sometime. And I don't mean homo falsetto like that guy in The Darkness--I mean really pushing air to get the note.

Meanwhile, there are three things a singer needs to excel: Pitch, Timing, and Tone. Some great singers have gotten by on Tone alone (Bon Scott), but they are rare. Ron has all three in spades. I'm sure even he would admit that there's two or three times a night that he wouldn't mind having access to a couple of the insane highs he made his bones with but whatever he may have lost most people never had to begin with. Back in the Keel days, he was a powerful metal vocalist. Now, he a great SINGER. Big difference.

Also, as time goes by I think what is important to us musically changes and as a result so does the kind of music we produce. I'm not the same player I was when I was younger for a variety of reasons but the main one is desire--my priorities lay in different areas than they once did so I concentrate less on some areas (how fast my fingers move) and more on others (intensity and sounding good). I'm sure the changes in Ron's approach to what he's trying to accomplish vocally and musically have plenty to do with this.

I think that this (among other reasons) is why the Saber Tiger album is my favorite of Ron's work: You can hear him trying to come to grips with the evolution of his voice in a brutally uncompromising setting, and in true willful Ron Keel fashion, he comes thru with flying colors. He no longer had his old tricks or flash to hide behind--he had to attack the notes and really sing every one in full voice, with great tone and attitude. As far as I'm concerned, it was his finest hour.

[Edited on 6-8-2005 by JR]

Now that is what I am talking about JR. Everything you have just said about Ron's voice is ever so true!!

Right on Jay!! with 1 exception..... ST may be Ronnies finest hour to date......I think we are all still in for a big surprise when everything cames together and Ronnie belts it out like never before and IH knocks the music industry on its ass!! THAT will be the finest hour