Burton's live vocals
I know a lot has been mentioned in the past about how bad Burton's clean vocals sound live, that he may have damaged his voice. And I know age affects the voice over time. But I remember when I saw FF live 20-25 years ago, his clean vocals always sounded off compared to the recorded albums. I wonder if it has less to do with damage to his voice and more to do with Burton not using an in ear monitor and him not getting a good idea of how his voice actually sounds. I know seeing them live the few times I saw them around 2000, he never used them, and when seeing Linkin Park live, I'd see Chester use them and his vocals sounded identical to his recroded vocals. I wonder if he used one, if his vocals would sound more faithful to what they recorded. Not entirely faithful because I know FF used to record the vocals in segments.
Just a thought