Most Extreme Vocalist You've Heard...?
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Topic: Most Extreme Vocalist You've Heard...?
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Subject: Most Extreme Vocalist You've Heard...?
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:40
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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? ------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:46
David Surkamp of Pavlov's Dog   ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date 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. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:53
^Two thumbs up.  Highly recommended.
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Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:54
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I feel like my question is being interpreted as a joke...?
------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
Posted By: SteveG
Date 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? |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:59
For the win!!!! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
The Doctor wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:17
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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. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date 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 By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:33
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Mike Patton in The Moonchild Trio is on the verge of unlistenable.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:42
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Hammill and Dagmar ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:46
you need help!  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:58
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Meat Loaf? Pat Moran from Spring is pretty out there IMHO. Maybe Jose from Mago de Oz. Efrim Menuck.
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:06
Extreme vocalist was Gary Cherone the last time I checked 
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:08
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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. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:11
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:00
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Jay Munly. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:48
By extreme I just mean out of the norm to a considerable extent. I will check Khan out!! ------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:50
| Tim Buckley......Greetings from L.A. |
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:50
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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. ------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:53
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:59
All done with voices.......no instruments
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:12
Make sure to get the Live version. Way more energy that the studio release.  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:18
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Moved to recommendations. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:18
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How about: Dollie De Luxe - I can't get no satisfaction ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:21
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Roger Wootten of Comus. Damo Sazuki of Can gets pretty weird on Tago
Mago (Augmn/Peking O). Peking O, I think, is based on Peking Opera,
which includes some weird vocal styles, along with Japanese Kabuki and
Korean P'ansori. There are several traditions of "overtone" singing from
Inuit to Tibetan. All this can be found on Youtube or in various
anthologies. I've gone on and on about the Nonesuch Explorer Series
which likely has all of these (though not all of the series is still in
print). I am a bass voice, so I've always been interested in other bass voices. There have been artists who hide it well like Ariel Pink and David Bowie, but others flaunt it. Of these, perhaps the most famous is gospel singer J. D. Sumner. He was once the lowest singer (now passed by 12-octave singing Tim Storms), but his recordings are older which make his voice sound more haunting than many of the modern basses who have surpassed him in range. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7su7d76LhWg" rel="nofollow - Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk comes to mind.  |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:25
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Demetrio Stratos from AREA but also for his solo albums. The man was in a league of his own. The only one up there in terms of craziness would be Diamanda Galas, the woman who can shatter granite with her vocal chords. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:27
Michael Jackson  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:31
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Sheila Chandra has a gorgeous singing voice, but she also does some pretty interesting "percussive" vocal things, such as her "Speaking In Tongues" tunes. Diamanda Galas is an obvious one. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:35
Which reminds me of another one - Aria by Alan Sorrenti. Nice prog folk that veers suddenly into weirdness without warning. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:38
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Tasha. Three exclusive and unique performances. I had a front row seat for all of them. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:59
Totally forgot clips.. ^This song blows my mind. Colossal. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:05
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Mike Patton. Yamatsuka Eye is pretty extreme. While on the subject of Mr. Eye, just about everyone in his band Boredoms is worth a mention. Yoshimi P-we of Boredoms, Ooioo, and a good many other bands. ------------- 
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:09
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Not prog, but this thread wouldn't be complete without mentioning Tom Waits ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:32
Aw man, beaten to the punch...and my youtube clip isn't really a proper representation of her sheer wildness...I should change it when I get the chance. I'd have to hit extreme metal levels to find female singers as loony...and they wouldn't be as skillful. I like former Opera IX singer Cadaveria's voice, screaming but clearly feminine, like some unhinged witch. Epic but not really prog though. |
Posted By: Garlop
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 20:00
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Daniel Gildenlow from POS. Listen Used from the perfect element for instance. Raping, high pitched notes and really low notes. He is one of the few vocalists that has a big range of octaves, i dont remember the number. ------------- Time has no name and regret has no meaning |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 20:29
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 20:36
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Captain Beefheart, just for "Debra Kadabra" alone. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 21:06
haha ------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 21:08
| Nick Mason on "scream Thy Last Scream" |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:15
On the subject of Pink Floyd. -------------
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:18
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:26
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^ Nope. Nick Mason sang the lead vocals on "Scream Thy Last Scream" He also sang co-lead vocals with Gilmour on "Corporal Clegg".
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 22:32
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^ How did I miss that? ... That's important information for a Floyd fan.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 00:41
| The Mars Volta lead vocalist for sure. I should look up his name but he makes sounds that are pretty inhuman at times. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 01:11
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Most of the ones I would have said have been said...Mike Patton, Diamanda Galas, Yamatsuka Eye, and Demetrio Stratos. The one I didn't see was Claudio Milano (of Nichelodeon and InSonar amongst other projects). Definitely taking the spirit of Sir Stratos into the 21st century. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 04:02
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and my personal favourite: Paska was once voted Finland's third best singer, and he was the first western rock act to play a gig in Siberia. HIs live sets only last ten minutes, due to exhaustion. This information comes direct from Paska himself, who exchanged letters with a friend of mine many years ago. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 04:12
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Dan Swano from Edge of Sanity. He can growl but also he can sing.
------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 06:16
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 09:45
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Hi,
I always thought that Iggy in the early days was one of the worst.
Janita Haan from Babe Ruth blew them out of the water and Whisky A Go Go, when I saw them ... and walked out 20 minutes into it! Not to mention that Janita was far better looking and the music was way better instead of the over rated NY metal/crap that people think is better because it sells more. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: TTD100423
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 10:00
A fantastic piece.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 10:48
and it's true!
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 10:55
Turn in your Floyd fanboy card on the way out. As to the picture above me of Yoko, that IS extreme. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 12:21
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Michael Dafferner of Car Bomb. His energy and versatility are actually terrifying, not to mention being the frontman to one of the tightest and intelligent metal bands out there. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 12:52
Iggy Pop? I thought he sounded fine on Fun House and Raw Power. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 19:25
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Haven't notice anyone mention Robert Wyatt. -------------
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 19:30
| ^Or Tom Waits. Thank the gods. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 19:45
Cedric Bixler Zavala My favorite vocalist, and a great pick too. Just figured it would be too predictable coming from me. PS: Someone did mention Tom Waits.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 21:55
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Does good ole Hank Rollins get a nod?
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Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 22:12
How true! Despite his unusual voice, I actually like some of their stuff. Go figure, eh? ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 02:12
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Mr Doctor, Devil Doll
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 02:18
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Extreme Daltrey! |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 02:46
| Heavy Devy does it all. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 02:47
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The most extreme vocalist I have ever heard is Aretha Franklin ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 02:48
David surkamp for me too. Also vocalist of family. Bleating vocals.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 04:27
Another David Surkamp Really into "Pampered Menial" (and their later stuff) at the moment. My most listened album this year according to my iPod 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 04:48
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I love Late November and Julia by Pavlovs Dog. Awesome style -------------
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 05:48
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I don’t know if I would call her extreme, but the Sami singer Mari Boine definitely has her own style where she mixes rock/jazz with traditional yoik. Her album Gula Gula (1990) was released on Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld label. Here live in Oslo Opera House in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 12:08
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For the more conventional answer, I would say Mike Patton. Otherwise look up Tenku. Yikes.
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Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 12:14
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^Mike Patton is definitely up there. However, Luc Lemay and Steeve Hurdle take the cake (for me) on Gorguts' 1998 game-changing record "Obscura".
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Posted By: Stereolab
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 19:54
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Can't believe Kate Bush hasn't been mentioned. Also, the vocalist from Ween... not really prog, but not really anything else either.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 20:07
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 20:16
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Milić Vukašinović was sreaming well with his band Vatreni Poljubac (engl. "Kiss Of Fire") at the first Yugoslavian Heavy Metal album Oh, Što Te Volim, Joj! (engl. "Oh, I love you, Oh!") released in 1978. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 20:51
 There are some very mundane examples of extreme here.Diamanda Galas has already been mentioned and she is undoubtedly the queen of extreme, Yma Sumac had an incredible range but you'd not call her singing style extreme, I would say Jarboe as she has been described thusly: "To say she has the most amazing vocal range just doesn't encompass her ability to go from fragility and delicacy to raw screaming power. Half-siren, half-steamroller, a little like Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" in how she alternates from innocent little girl to roaring demon; 0 to 666 in under two seconds." (Guardian Unlimited, UK). However I think that is a bit of journalistic exaggeration, she is more the menacing demon than a roaring one, anyway as the trend of flooding posts with pointless video's continues unabated, here's an example that fails to illustrate anything: ------------- What? |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 21:50
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Ex-Yugoslavia female rock star and Croatian singer Josipa Lisac (already in the Prog Archives as a prog-related act) did do an amazing ("extreme") perfomance at Gubec Beg rock-opera by Ivica Krajac, Karlo Metikoš and Miljenko Prohaska, 1975. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 22:16
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Love you Janis (RIP) |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 22:24
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Janis is far from extreme..? ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 13:00
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I said Tenku when I meant to say Tenko. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 13:25
Scream your last scream you old woman with a basket, was a Syd Barrett line that appeared in many bootlegs, btw, and was a part of the original "Greatest Gig in the Sky" before it became a vocal powerhouse. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 13:28
Nahhhhh ... the early albums that she did with John, like 2 Virgins and a couple of others, were FARRRRRR AND AWAYYYYY weirder, and even going so far as them having sex (very obviously) and her not able to control her feelings and instincts (so it seems) ... and well, it was entertaining, but was it art? ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 13:31
Nahhhh ... that live version of "Ball and Chain" is far and away one of the best things ever done, and one of the top rock albums of all time ... CHEAP THRILLS.
Not only is that singing insane, maybe you can see where Dave Gilmour, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page learned to play the guitar loud and louder! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Cygnus2II2
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 16:06
| Joe Yamanaka of the Flower Travellin' Band |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 17:25
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Damo Suzuki from Can is pretty 'out there'. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 18:34
| Nathan Jon Tillett from http://napiersbones.bandcamp.com/album/the-wistman-tales" rel="nofollow - Napier's Bones ought to be mentioned in this thread. |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 12:34
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For really extreme vocals in conjunction with intense music look no further than Christian Vander’s offering. Just received the box set and viewed the DVD over the weekend and it’s amazing. A must have for any Magma fan. Very passionate and intense; John Coltrane intense… A love supreme, a love supreme. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concert-Triton-2013-2CD-DVD/dp/B00JFBCDK0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403811154&sr=8-1&keywords=Concert+Triton%2C+2013+%282CD+%2B+DVD%29+Box+set" rel="nofollow - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concert-Triton-2013-2CD-DVD/dp/B00JFBCDK0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403811154&sr=8-1&keywords=Concert+Triton%2C+2013+%282CD+%2B+DVD%29+Box+set |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 12:56
| Dimanda Galas |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 15:20
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 15:36
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"I wish to know the meaning of life, Father?" "Well, my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 07 2014 at 12:04
| That's too easy-Peter Hammill of VDGG ("Stand straight!"). |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 07 2014 at 12:09
Yoko Ono? Er, ah, what? |