21 Facts About James LaBrie

Kevin James LaBrie was born on May 5,1963 and is a Canadian singer.

Kevin James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada and started playing drums at age five.

James LaBrie stopped playing drums at age 17 and in 1981, at age 18, he moved to Toronto.

James LaBrie joined Coney Hatch in 1986 when they were attempting a new lineup.

All songs on the album were written by Richard Chycki and James LaBrie, save two which were written in whole by Richard Chycki.

In 1990, James LaBrie learned that American progressive metal band Dream Theater was looking for a new singer, so he submitted a tape and was quickly flown to New York for a full audition.

James LaBrie has since had a significant impact on the vocal melodies on each Dream Theater album, but until recently has had little input on the instrumentation of Dream Theater's music; 2011's A Dramatic Turn of Events features James LaBrie in the music credits on three songs.

James LaBrie has appeared on many Trent Gardner releases, as well as appearing on albums by such artists as Shadow Gallery, Tim Donahue and Frameshift.

James LaBrie provided the lead vocals for the main character in the rock opera album The Human Equation by Ayreon; in 2015, he reprised his role for a live version, The Theater Equation.

James LaBrie was featured as the character "The Historian" in the album The Source.

James LaBrie is a featured vocalist on Henning Pauly's "Babysteps" project released in 2006; James LaBrie plays the role of the arrogant doctor.

Since 2004, James LaBrie has been working with the True Symphonic Rockestra project, along with Thomas Dewald, Vladimir Grishko, Dirk Ulrich, Christoph Wansleben, Sandro Martinez, Paul Mayland, Marvin Philippi, and Igor Marin.

In 2016, James LaBrie was the special guest on the Last Union debut album firstly meant to be named "Most Beautiful Day".

James LaBrie had said in many older interviews that he was Christian, and actively practiced the religion.

On December 30,1994, while vacationing in Cuba, James LaBrie was stricken with a severe case of food poisoning from contaminated pork and while vomiting, he ruptured his vocal cords.

James LaBrie saw three throat specialists who all said there was nothing they could do except have him rest his voice as much as possible.

James LaBrie has said he did not feel vocally "normal" until at least 2002.

James LaBrie has said that this era was a very hard time for him as a singer, and depression as a result caused him to consider departing from the band, although his bandmates supported him and urged him to stay.

James LaBrie said that his voice was fully healed by time and training.

However, while speaking to Greg Prato of Songfacts in 2019, James LaBrie explained how the incident affected his vocal range.

James LaBrie addressed the controversy onstage during the band's performance in Houston, Texas, on March 18,2022, denying the allegations and claiming he has never lip synced in his entire life.