Anthony Kiedis (22,802 views)

[Gilad]

Anthony Kiedis
Associated Acts: Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983-present)
Vocal Range: A1 - C♯6

Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("Torture Me")
C6 ("What Is Soul" live in Paris 9/7/2022)
B5 ("I Wanna Be Your Dog" live Beverly Hills 2020, "Long Jam" live in Melbourne 2002, "Nothing to Lose", "So Much I")
B♭5 ("C'mon Girl", "Strip My Mind", "Torture Me" live in Copenhaguen 2006, "Victorian Machinery")
A5 ("Around the World", "Sir Psycho Sexy" live in Argentina 2001, "What Is Soul" live Off the Map)
G♯5 ("Back In Black" live at Chelsea Studios 1990, "Black Cross" live in Hyde Park 2004, "Give It Away" live on the Howard Stern Show 2022, "Readymade" live in Poland 2007, "Subway to Venus", "Under the Bridge" live at Slane Castle, "Your Eyes Girl")
G5 ("Around the World", "Backwoods", "Even You Brutus?", "Heemi Leemy" on Carpool Karaoke, "Hollywood (Africa)", "Stone Cold Bush", "Turn It Again", "Your Eyes Girl")
F♯5 ("Goodbye Hooray", "Nobody Weird Like Me", "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band", "Out In L.A." Demo version, "Police Helicopter" Demo Version, "Storm in a Teacup", "Taste the Pain")
F5 ("Fat Dance", "Hump De Bump", "Police Helicopter", "Special Secret Song Inside", "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes", "We Believe")
E5 ("Battle Ship", "Can't Stop" live at Slane Castle, "Even You Brutus?", "Get Up And Jump" Demo version, "If You Want Me to Stay", "Police Helicopter", "Warlocks")
E♭5 ("Sir Psycho Sexy" Unused take from Funky Monks documentary, "Sex Rap")
D5 ("Sir Psycho Sexy")
C♯5 ("Nothing to Lose", "She's Only 18")
C5 ("Aeroplane", "Blackeyed Blonde", "Nobody Weird Like Me", "Parallel Universe")
B4 ("Animal Bar", "Dani California", "Deep Kick", "Let's Make Evil", "Look Around", "Love Rollercoaster", "My Friends", "Nevermind", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Transcending", "Whatever We Want")
B♭4 ("Aeroplane", "Animal Bar", "Apache Rose Peacock", "I'll Be Your Domino", "One Big Mob", "Police Helicopter", "Punk Rock Classic", "Shallow Be Thy Game", "Snow ((Hey Oh))", "These Are the Ways" various live performances, "Transcending", "Turn It Again")
A4 ("21st Century", "American Ghost Dance", "Around the World" live Off the Map, "Backwoods", "Battle Ship", "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", "Brendan's Death Song", "Buckle Down", "C'mon Girl", "Eskimo", "Especially in Michigan", "Freaky Styley", "Funny Face", "Get Up And Jump" Demo version, "Give It Away", "Good Time Boys", "Goodbye Hooray", "Higher Ground", "How Strong", "Knock Me Down", "Let's Make Evil", "Love Rollercoaster", "Mellowship Slinky in B Major", "Millionaires Against Hunger", "My Lovely Man", "One Big Mob", "The Power of Equality", "Readymade", "Save the Population", "Scar Tissue", "Sex Rap", "Shallow Be Thy Game", "Skinny Sweaty Man", "So Much I", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Suck My Kiss", "These Are the Ways", "Tuesday Night in Berlin", "Veronica", "Victorian Machinery", "We Believe")
G♯4 ("Afterlife", "Bastards of Light", "Bob", "Fat Dance", "Funky Crime", "Good Time Boys", "The Greeting Song", "Happiness Loves Company", "The Hunter", "Knock Me Down", "Love Trilogy", "Nerve Flip", "Nevermind", "No Chump Love Sucker", "Nothing to Lose", "One Way Traffic", "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band", "Pink as Floyd", "The Power of Equality", "Punk Rock Classic", "Reach Out", "Right On Time" , "Search and Destroy", "Sikamikanico", "So Much I", "Storm in a Teacup", "Suck My Kiss", "Torture Me", "Tuesday Night in Berlin", "Wet Sand", "Whatever We Want")
G4 ("Afterlife", "Bag of Grins", "Bella", "Blackeyed Blonde", "Brendan's Death Song", "The Brothers Cup", "Catch My Breath", "Catholic School Girls Rule", "Charlie", "C'mon Girl", "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Dark Necessities", "Death of a Martian", "Deep Kick", "Did I Let You Know", "Don't Forget Me", "The Drummer", "Ethiopia", "Even You Brutus?", "Fake as Fu@k", "Falling Into Grace", "Fight Like a Brave", "Funky Crime", "Funny Face", "Get On Top", "Good Time Boys", "Goodbye Angels", "Goodbye Hooray", "The Great Apes", "The Greeting Song", "Hanalei", "Hey", "Higher Ground", "Hollywood (Africa)", "How Strong", "Hump De Bump", "If You Want Me to Stay", "In Love Dying", "Long Progression", "Look Around", "Love of Your Life", "Love Rollercoaster", "Magic Johnson", "Make You Feel Better", "Mercy Mercy", "Million Miles of Water", "Nerve Flip", "Never Is a Long Time", "No Chump Love Sucker", "One Hot Minute", "One Way Traffic", "Open/Close", "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band", "Otherside", "Out In L.A.", "Parallel Universe", "Peace and Love", "Police Station", "Punk Rock Classic", "Readymade", "Save the Population", "Sex Rap", "Shallow Be Thy Game", "The Shape I'm Takin'", "She's a Lover", "She's Only 18", "Sikamikanico", "Sir Psycho Sexy", "Skinny Sweaty Man", "Stone Cold Bush", "Storm in a Teacup", "Stretch", "Strip My Mind", "Subway to Venus", "Taste the Pain", "Tearjerker", "Tell Me Baby", "This Is the Place", "This Ticonderoga", "Tippa My Tongue", "Transcending", "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes", "Turn It Again", "Warped", "Why Don't You Love Me", "Yertle the Turtle", "Your Eyes Girl")
F♯4 ("Afterlife", "Apache Rose Peacock", "Animal Bar", "Baby Appeal", "Backwoods", "Bastards of Light", "Black Summer", "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", "Brave from Afar", "Breaking the Girl", "Brendan's Death Song", "Bunker Hill", "Can't Stop", "Carry Me Home", "Catholic School Girls Rule", "Coffee Shop", "Desecration Smile", "Detroit", "Especially in Michigan", "Factory of Faith", "Fake as Fu@k", "Fat Dance", "Get On Top", "Give It Away", "I Could Die For You", "Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky", "Jungle Man", "Let's Make Evil", "Love Trilogy", "Minor Thing", "Never Is a Long Time", "Nevermind", "On Mercury", "One Hot Minute", "Over Funk", "Quixoticelixer", "Reach Out", "The Righteous & the Wicked", "Slow Cheetah", "So Much I", "Special Secret Song Inside", "Stadium Arcadium", "Suck My Kiss", "Torture Me", "Transcending", "Universally Speaking", "Veronica", "Victorian Machinery", "Warlocks", "Wet Sand", "The Zephyr Song")
F4 ("21st Century", "Aquatic Mouth Dance", "Bag of Grins", "Bella", "Body of Water", "Copperbelly", "Dark Necessities", "Easily", "Eddie", "Emit Remmus", "Ethiopia", "Factory of Faith", "Freaky Styley", "Funny Face", "The Great Apes", "Hanalei", "Here Ever After", "Hometown Gypsy", "Hump De Bump", "The Hunter", "If You Have to Ask", "Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky", "La La La La La La La La", "Lately", "Look Around", "Magpies on Fire", "Meet Me at the Corner", "My Friends", "Naked in the Rain", "Nobody Weird Like Me", "Open/Close", "Out of Range", "Peace and Love", "Police Station", "Poster Child", "Rolling Sly Stone", "Runaway", "Save This Lady", "Savior", "The Shape I'm Takin'", "She Looks to Me", "She's a Lover", "Shoot Me a Smile", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live Silverlake Conservatory 2022, "Soul to Squeeze", "Stone Cold Bush", "Stretch", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Tell Me Baby", "This Is the Kitt", "This Ticonderoga", "Throw Away Your Television", "Whatchu Thinkin'", "Your Eyes Girl")
E4 ("American Ghost Dance", "Around the World", "Behind the Sun", "Bicycle Song", "Brave from Afar", "By the Way", "Californication", "Can't Stop", "Carry Me Home", "Catch My Breath", "C'mon Girl", "Dani California", "Deep Kick", "Desecration Smile", "Detroit", "Don't Forget Me", "Dosed", "The Drummer", "Easily", "Eddie", "Eskimo", "Ethiopia", "Fake as Fu@k", "Falling Into Grace", "Feasting on the Flowers", "Fight Like a Brave", "The Getaway", "Goodbye Angels", "Goodbye Hooray", "Handful", "Happiness Loves Company", "Havana Affair", "The Heavy Wing", "Hometown Gypsy", "How It Ends", "I Could Die For You", "I Could Have Lied", "I Found Out", "I Get Around", "If", "In Love Dying", "In the Snow", "Joe", "Let 'Em Cry", "Long Progression", "Make You Feel Better", "Me and My Friends", "Million Miles of Water", "Millionaires Against Hunger", "Minor Thing", "Monarchy of Roses", "My Friends", "My Lovely Man", "One Way Traffic", "Otherside", "Police Station", "Porcelain", "Readymade", "Right On Time", "The Righteous & the Wicked", "Rivers of Avalon", "Rolling Sly Stone", "Roulette", "Runaway", "Savior", "Scar Tissue", "Search and Destroy", "She Looks to Me", "Sick Love", "Someone", "Stadium Arcadium", "Strange Man", "Strip My Mind", "Subway to Venus", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Taste the Pain", "Tear", "Tearjerker", "This Is the Place", "Throw Away Your Television", "Under the Bridge", "Venice Queen", "Veronica", "Warlocks", "Warped", "We Believe", "Wet Sand", "Whatchu Thinkin'", "The Zephyr Song")

Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie", "Animal Bar", "Apache Rose Peacock", "Aquatic Mouth Dance", "Bastards of Light", "Bicycle Song", "Brendan's Death Song", "Coffee Shop", "C'mon Girl", "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Detroit", "Dreams of a Samurai", "Fight Like a Brave", "I Could Have Lied", "Knock Me Down", "La La La La La La La La", "Let 'Em Cry", "Magpies on Fire", "Meet Me at the Corner", "Monarchy of Roses", "My Cigarette", "My Lovely Man", "Nobody Weird Like Me", "Not the One", "Over Funk", "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band", "Out In L.A.", "Police Station", "Purple Stain", "Shoot Me a Smile", "Stretch", "Runaway", "She's a Lover", "She's Only 18", "Soul to Squeeze", "Taste the Pain", "Tear", "Tearjerker", "This Is the Place", "Tuesday Night in Berlin", "Turn It Again", "Universally Speaking", "Victorian Machinery", "Wet Sand")
C♯3 ("Baby Appeal", "Black Summer", "Copperbelly", "Melancholy Mechanics", "Nerve Flip", "Not the One", "The Power of Equality", "Shallow Be Thy Game", "Snow ((Hey Oh))", "Special Secret Song Inside", "These Are the Ways", "This Is the Kitt", "Torture Me", "Under the Bridge", "Universally Speaking")
C3 ("American Ghost Dance", "Apache Rose Peacock", "Backwoods", "A Certain Someone", "Death of a Martian", "Emit Remmus", "Factory of Faith", "The Heavy Wing", "Hometown Gypsy", "How Strong", "Hump De Bump", "If", "If You Have to Ask", "I'll Be Your Domino", "Let 'Em Cry", "Love Rollercoaster", "Stretch", "This Is the Kitt", "This Ticonderoga", "The Zephyr Song")
B2 ("Bob", "Buckle Down", "Fat Dance", "Knock Me Down", "Lovin' and Touchin'", "Mellowship Slinky in B Major", "One Way Traffic", "The Righteous & the Wicked", "Someone", "These Are the Ways", "Why Don't You Love Me")
B♭2 ("After Hours" live in Amsterdam 1991, "A Certain Someone", "Death of a Martian", "Poster Child", "Slow Cheetah", "Tangelo", "Tippa My Tongue")
A2 ("Don't Forget Me", "Give It Away", "I Could Have Lied", "I Get Around", "Love Trilogy", "Mellowship Slinky in B Major", "Millionaires Against Hunger", "Mommy Where's Daddy", "Nevermind", "One Way Traffic", "The Righteous & the Wicked", "Sex Rap", "Show Me Your Soul", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Tangelo", "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes", "Walkin' On Down the Road", "Whatchu Thinkin'")
G♯2 ("Green Heaven", "In the Snow", "Jungle Man", "Special Secret Song Inside", "They're Red Hot")
G2 ("Funky Crime", "Hard to Concentrate", "Higher Ground", "Hollywood (Africa)", "I Could Have Lied", "I Get Around", "If You Have to Ask", "If You Want Me to Stay", "Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky", "Love Trilogy", "Shoot Me a Smile", "Show Me Your Soul", "Sir Psycho Sexy", "Storm in a Teacup", "Walkin' On Down the Road")
F♯2 ("The Greeting Song", "Hard to Concentrate", "If You Have to Ask", "Jungle Man", "Transcending", "Under the Bridge", "White Braids & Pillow Chair")
F2 ("The Brothers Cup", "Charlie", "If You Want Me to Stay", "Love Rollercoaster", "The Power of Equality", "Yertle the Turtle")
E2 ("Behind the Sun", "Freaky Styley", "Get On Top", "In the Snow", "Melancholy Mechanics", "Sir Psycho Sexy", "Walkabout", "Warped")
E♭2 ("Charlie", "Deep Kick", "Sir Psycho Sexy" Rehearsal from Funky Monks documentary, "Yertle the Turtle")
D2 ("Blackeyed Blonde", "The Brothers Cup")
C♯2 ("Deep Kick")
B1 ("Blood Sugar Sex Magik")
B♭1 ("The Power of Equality")
A1 ("Blood Sugar Sex Magik")
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Italics mark non-melodic and/or non-rapped notes.
Underlines mark notes found in the background vocals or notes obscured in the song mix.
Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
Bold marks notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Green marks harsh distorted notes.

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{Questionable Notes}C♯6 ("Nothing to Lose"[5])
B♭5 ("This Ticonderoga"[1])
A5 ("One Way Traffic"[1], "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band"[2])
G♯5 ("The Greeting Song"[1], "Readymade"[1])
G5 ("Look Around"[1])
F5 ("21st Century"[1])
C5 ("Deep Kick"[2])
B4 ("Apache Rose Peacock"[5])
G4 ("Savior"[5])

B2 ("Falling Into Grace"[2])
B♭2 ("Aquatic Mouth Dance"[1], "Hey"[1], "Let 'Em Cry"[1])
G2 ("La La La La La La La La"[1])
E2 ("Love Trilogy"[3])
C2 ("I Could Have Lied"[3])
B1 ("C'mon Girl"[3])
G1 ("Blood Sugar Sex Magik"[1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Album Ranges}Red Hot Chili Peppers:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984): G♯2 - F5
Freaky Styley (1985): D2 - G5
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987): E2 - G5
Mother's Milk (1989): G2 - G♯5
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991): A1 - D5
One Hot Minute (1995): C♯2 - C5
Californiaction (1999): E2 - A5
By The Way (Deluxe Version) (2002): A2 - G4
Stadium Arcadium (2006): E♭2 - C♯6
I'm With You (2011): C3 - G5
I'm With You Sessions/I'm Beside You (2013): A2 - B♭5
The Getaway (2016): C3 - G♯4
Unlimited Love (2022): F♯2 - A4
Return of the Dream Canteen (2022): E2 - G♯4

[falsetokaiba]

Thread's looking good, and that's a mighty range. Only thing I was wondering about is, is there any way to fix the change in text format from about the Bb4 section downwards? It seems to have become smaller/a slightly different font.

[glo]

No bold on "Aeroplane"?

[Gilad]

It is a standout performance for sure, but no particular phrase meets the bold standard imo

[glycerine]

Wow, I really didn't know that Kiedis has such a big range

[avi]

Tippa My Tongue range:

Bb2 (on the "ahhs" in the chorus")
G4 (on "animal" in the first verse)

[Macca]

When is "Return of the Dream Canteen" going to be notewatched?

[Gilad]

Soon, chimmy, very soon

[Gilad]

Thread updated with Dream Canteen!
Also, don't mind Anthony just casually sustaining a C6 at the age of 59.

[senatorsenpai]

Wow that was a surprisingly solid scream! I agree that it's a C6 but it's very close to C♯6. I wonder if he did any similar screams on this tour.

[damesoumbi]

Feb 8, 2023 7:33:31 GMT Gilad said:

Thread updated with Dream Canteen!
Also, don't mind Anthony just casually sustaining a C6 at the age of 59.

these 5th+ octave scream things he always does have always just sounded like falsetto to me, are they really in full voice?

[Macca]

May 30, 2023 20:54:32 GMT damesoumbi said:

Feb 8, 2023 7:33:31 GMT Gilad said:

Thread updated with Dream Canteen!
Also, don't mind Anthony just casually sustaining a C6 at the age of 59.

these 5th+ octave scream things he always does have always just sounded like falsetto to me, are they really in full voice?

They’re in Mixed Voice

[Henny Macc]

Feb 8, 2023 7:33:31 GMT Gilad said:

Thread updated with Dream Canteen!
Also, don't mind Anthony just casually sustaining a C6 at the age of 59.

I think that touches on C♯6 actually :O

[goblonaut]

May 30, 2023 21:07:44 GMT Macca said:

May 30, 2023 20:54:32 GMT damesoumbi said:

these 5th+ octave scream things he always does have always just sounded like falsetto to me, are they really in full voice?

They’re in Mixed Voice

They are really not. Considering his trouble singing anything above G4 it's really a stretch that he could have a mix way up there. The voice is really shrill and the end is really revealing as it gets really airy when he let's go of that tension. Just imagine him singing in that voice - would it sound more like the Bee Gees or Michael Kiske?

I also have problems with this thread with the highs. Where is the A5 from around the world? I really can't hear it if it's buried in the the harmonies (which I can't hear either) and the sustained note here is A4.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I am also up for the opposite argument here.

[senatorsenpai]

May 31, 2023 9:10:59 GMT goblonaut said:

May 30, 2023 21:07:44 GMT Macca said:

They’re in Mixed Voice

They are really not. Considering his trouble singing anything above G4 it's really a stretch that he could have a mix way up there. The voice is really shrill and the end is really revealing as it gets really airy when he let's go of that tension. Just imagine him singing in that voice - would it sound more like the Bee Gees or Michael Kiske?

I also have problems with this thread with the highs. Where is the A5 from around the world? I really can't hear it if it's buried in the the harmonies (which I can't hear either) and the sustained note here is A4.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I am also up for the opposite argument here.

Not to kick off another Matt Bellamy-style debate, but I do agree with you that barely anything past C5 here could be considered mixed voice, or even "black" by this forum's own definition. The sustained note in "Around the World" is indeed an A5 though!

[goblonaut]

May 31, 2023 9:18:50 GMT senatorsenpai said:

May 31, 2023 9:10:59 GMT goblonaut said:

They are really not. Considering his trouble singing anything above G4 it's really a stretch that he could have a mix way up there. The voice is really shrill and the end is really revealing as it gets really airy when he let's go of that tension. Just imagine him singing in that voice - would it sound more like the Bee Gees or Michael Kiske?

I also have problems with this thread with the highs. Where is the A5 from around the world? I really can't hear it if it's buried in the the harmonies (which I can't hear either) and the sustained note here is A4.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I am also up for the opposite argument here.

Not to kick off another Matt Bellamy-style debate, but I do agree with you that barely anything past C5 here could be considered mixed voice, or even "black" by this forum's own definition. The sustained note in "Around the World" is indeed an A5 though!

How? Just try it on the keyboard, or try to sing it yourself. For example:
youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?t=75

Is the pitch in Around the World closer to the A4 at the end of the vocal line (word: deSPAIR) or to the scream afterwards?

Or another example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIU5vgfop8g&t=3sB4 - dip to F#4 and up to sustained F#5 - second line is B4 - dip to F#4 and up to sustained A5. It sounds nowhere close to the octave in neither of these.

Even if you you would argue that Anthony is more chesty, lets have an example from an very chest-based singer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVAAeot6TD4&t=18s
The note is a G#5 though, but even so, if you play the notes after one another, you can clearly see that Around the World note is nowhere near higher octave pitches.

PS. Though the end of the note in Around the World in a bit sus, I might be conviced that the opening has a A4 with a falsetto A5 sung on the background, but I coudn't find any vocals only versions to confirm this.

[avi]

Just realized the BSSM B-sides aren't on this thread, there's some pretty cool stuff there. Great G#4s on Little Miss Lover and a C3, and I think you can count a C#3, A2 and an F#2 from Castles Made of Sand. He goes lower, to what I hear as a C#2, but it's spoken without musical context

[Osmosis]

May 31, 2023 9:49:54 GMT goblonaut said:

May 31, 2023 9:18:50 GMT senatorsenpai said:

Not to kick off another Matt Bellamy-style debate, but I do agree with you that barely anything past C5 here could be considered mixed voice, or even "black" by this forum's own definition. The sustained note in "Around the World" is indeed an A5 though!

How? Just try it on the keyboard, or try to sing it yourself. For example:
youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?t=75

Is the pitch in Around the World closer to the A4 at the end of the vocal line (word: deSPAIR) or to the scream afterwards?

Or another example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIU5vgfop8g&t=3sB4 - dip to F#4 and up to sustained F#5 - second line is B4 - dip to F#4 and up to sustained A5. It sounds nowhere close to the octave in neither of these.

Even if you you would argue that Anthony is more chesty, lets have an example from an very chest-based singer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVAAeot6TD4&t=18s
The note is a G#5 though, but even so, if you play the notes after one another, you can clearly see that Around the World note is nowhere near higher octave pitches.

PS. Though the end of the note in Around the World in a bit sus, I might be conviced that the opening has a A4 with a falsetto A5 sung on the background, but I coudn't find any vocals only versions to confirm this.

I did just that and I'm afraid it is as clear as day a 5th octave note. And if you sing an A4 it is nowhere close to the same sound. The irony here is that all of the links you've shared support that it is an A5, particiuarly that third link - there is very little tonal difference separating the two. I'm actually suprised they made you more sceptical of the note, rather than less.