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Topic: Most Extreme Vocalist You've Heard...? Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:40 |
Guys and Gals,
I would like some recommendations on "extreme" singers I should check out. I am fascinated by the instrument of the human voice and its myriad abilities/timbres/functions in music. By "extreme" I don't mean screaming (dubbed "extreme" vocals by some) alone, but that could certainly qualify. Who is just out there (in a good or bad way) in term of vocal technique. Tibetan vocal cord stretching, screaming, insanely fast rapping, amazing diction, unique execution, etc. Stuff outside the realm of virtuosity interests me as well.
Whaddayagot?
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:46 |
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:51 |
Me on my four-CD box set called "Road Rage". Almost 5 hours of me screaming obscenities at other cars, pedestrians, cyclists, bikers, red lights, the city planners, construction workers and small furry animals. With such great sing-a-long tunes like "Die you piece of , die!" or "You've got to be at least a thousand years old, shouldn't you be dead already?" "Whoever timed this light should be beaten to death with it." "If you didn't want to get run over, you shouldn't have been crossing the street." Fun for the whole family.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:53 |
^Two thumbs up. Highly recommended.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:54 |
I feel like my question is being interpreted as a joke...?
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:59 |
^Right now I'm listening to the late Sufi singer Nusrut Ali Khan. I have no idea what he's singing about but his vocal range is astounding and his voice is trance inducing. Is that what you mean by extreme?
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:59 |
The Doctor wrote:
Me on my four-CD box set called "Road Rage". Almost 5 hours of me screaming obscenities at other cars, pedestrians, cyclists, bikers, red lights, the city planners, construction workers and small furry animals. |
For the win!!!!
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:17 |
The guy who sings for a group called Oxbow is pretty out there, he sounds like David Thomas (of Pere Ubu) being attacked by a bear.
Christian Vander's falsetto (in Magma) never fails to raise my eyebrows, but I'm sure you already know him.
I was quite impressed by the African vocal stylings in the band Ukandanz (look em up on Bandcamp). His power and control while jumping wildly around the scales is not often heard in prog rock music (Demetrios Stratos of Area is in that league too).
Lightning Bolt, if I'm not mistaken, often places the microphone inside their mouths while they play, resulting in some gut-wrenching sounds.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:21 |
You gotta check out the Zheul band Magma. If you are talking quality too. Also Peter Hamill's band Van Der Graff Generator. I don't consider cookie monster growls quality.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:33 |
Mike Patton in The Moonchild Trio is on the verge of unlistenable.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:42 |
Hammill and Dagmar
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:58 |
Meat Loaf? Pat Moran from Spring is pretty out there IMHO. Maybe Jose from Mago de Oz. Efrim Menuck.
Edited by ClemofNazareth - July 28 2014 at 15:59
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:06 |
Extreme vocalist was Gary Cherone the last time I checked
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:08 |
Area's Demetrio Stratos is quite pyrotechnic. Check Queen's Stone Cold Crazy (Sheer Heart Attack album) for one of the fastest vocalisations by Freddy Mercury.
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:11 |
Gerinski wrote:
Extreme vocalist was Gary Cherone the last time I checked |
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:00 |
Jay Munly.
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Nick Dilley
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:48 |
SteveG wrote:
^Right now I'm listening to the late Sufi singer Nusrut Ali Khan. I have no idea what he's singing about but his vocal range is astounding and his voice is trance inducing. Is that what you mean by extreme? |
By extreme I just mean out of the norm to a considerable extent. I will check Khan out!!
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:50 |
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Nick Dilley
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:50 |
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Keep them coming if you've got more. I am compiling a list and will spend quality time listening to each one.
...except, perhaps, the "road rage" suggestion, haha.
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