JDB's melisma

[CaerphillyCheese]

This may have been discussed before but I've yet to hear/read anyone mention it.

For about 25 years I've always wondered why James Dean Bradfield uses the same vocal motif/vocal bend (today I discovered it's called a melisma!) on everything he sings. I love it and in fact I loved Winds of Change by Scorpions as a kid purely because the vocal sounded a bit "manicsy" - the vocal features the same melisma on the verses.

Does anyone know if there is any significance to this? Is it just the fact he prefers it to the sound of a sustained note?

I know he tends to talk more about his guitar playing that his vocals but it must have come up at some point over the last 30 years? I've heard him say that he thinks his voice sounds better when its loud but that's about it.