Singers Who've Lost Their Voice

Phil Ochs!

"One night, Ochs was attacked and strangled by robbers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which damaged his vocal cords, causing a loss of the top three notes in his vocal range."

I ran across the final Demis Roussos album the other day, and by 2009 there was absolutely nothing left of his former semi-operatic voice, it's reduced to a sub-Joe Cocker rasp.

Also, it's quite something to bookend your 40-year career of sappy baroque balladry with a 9+ minute epic called "Who Gives A Fuck" (last track on his last album).

Wow.

Hoo boy @ Sebastian Bach