Post by BassSquared on Sept 27, 2019 1:52:55 GMT
Eric Sean Nally (26 April 1986 - present)
Years Active: 2004-present
Associated Acts: Foxy Shazam (2004-2014, 2020-present)
Vocal Range: A2 - B6
{Bio/Vocal Summary}Though best known among many for his prominent vocal feature in Macklemore's "Downtown", Eric Nally spent the previous ten years as the famously eccentric and wild frontman of Cincinnati rock group Foxy Shazam, where his theatrics- both vocal and otherwise- tended to steal the show. Through Foxy's musical evolution from avant-garde post-hardcore to Queen-influenced glam rock, as well as in his subsequent solo and guest work, he consistently has become an absolute tsunami of rockstar energy on stage, with signature moves including chewing and swallowing lit cigarettes, riding upon bandmates' heads, and rapidly whipping the mic stand in every direction. Combined with his soft-spoken and kind (if still somewhat odd) persona off-stage, it has generated an undeniable Jekyll-and-Hyde sort of mystique.
So far as his voice goes, Nally is a clearly high-placed tenor, with strength and ease throughout the upper fourth octave and practically no lows to speak of; most of his songs bottom out at around A3, and even his speaking voice is unusually light and high-pitched. In his early material, he favored a mixed vocal approach, with comparably modest clean singing contrasting with manic, unhinged screams and howls. However, by the 2010 release of Foxy's self-titled album, these harsh vocals had entirely vanished in favor of a soaring, powerful clean classic rock tone that has drawn numerous comparisons to Freddie Mercury, not just for its evident similarities in timbre but for Nally's growing penchant for layering in numerous Queen-esque backing choirs. Eventually, though, his no-holds-barred vocal approach and flagrantly reckless touring behavior caught up with him, resulting in a notably weaker, softer, more falsetto-heavy approach on their last album before hiatus, Gonzo. Nonetheless, he has seemed to be on the mend since then, with his voice far closer to peak form on solo singles and guest appearances, and some strong vocals on Foxy Shazam's recent comeback albums. With his old band returning and a full solo album on the horizon, Nally's role as one of the most unique frontmen in modern rock is one that is far from over.
Written by BassSquared.
So far as his voice goes, Nally is a clearly high-placed tenor, with strength and ease throughout the upper fourth octave and practically no lows to speak of; most of his songs bottom out at around A3, and even his speaking voice is unusually light and high-pitched. In his early material, he favored a mixed vocal approach, with comparably modest clean singing contrasting with manic, unhinged screams and howls. However, by the 2010 release of Foxy's self-titled album, these harsh vocals had entirely vanished in favor of a soaring, powerful clean classic rock tone that has drawn numerous comparisons to Freddie Mercury, not just for its evident similarities in timbre but for Nally's growing penchant for layering in numerous Queen-esque backing choirs. Eventually, though, his no-holds-barred vocal approach and flagrantly reckless touring behavior caught up with him, resulting in a notably weaker, softer, more falsetto-heavy approach on their last album before hiatus, Gonzo. Nonetheless, he has seemed to be on the mend since then, with his voice far closer to peak form on solo singles and guest appearances, and some strong vocals on Foxy Shazam's recent comeback albums. With his old band returning and a full solo album on the horizon, Nally's role as one of the most unique frontmen in modern rock is one that is far from over.
Written by BassSquared.
Significant High Notes:
B6 ("Holy Touch")
E6 ("I Can Change For You")
E♭6 ("The French Passion of Animality Opera")
D6 ("Believe")
C6 ("(It's) Too Late Baby")
B5 ("Introducing Foxy", "Love Like This")
B♭5 ("The Song with Five Names, a.k.a. Soapbox Tao, a.k.a. Checkmate, Atheists!, a.k.a. Neospace Government, a.k.a. You Can Never Know")
A5 ("Across the Golden Field", "Believe", "Enter the Void", "Ghost Animals", "Full Moon", "Its Hair Smelled Like Bonfire", "Man in Bloom", "One Day", "The Streets", "Unstoppable" "Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll")
G♯5 ("A Dangerous Man", "Cloud Rider", "Dancing With My Demons[/u]", "Heart", "Holy Touch", "Perfume", "The Rocketeer")
G5 ("Brains of Vegas", "Ghost Animals", "I Like It", "I'll Be Home Soon Mother Earth", "Intro / Bombs Away", "Introducing Foxy", "Killin' It", "NO, Don't Shoot!", "The Only Way to My Heart...", "Red Cape Diver", "The Science of Love", "Thrasher With Jim Carrey", "Yes! Yes! Yes!")
F♯5 ("Cloud Rider", "Drain You", "The Forbidden Kind", "In This Life", "Last Chance at Love", "No Bravado", "October Surf Suitcase Fish", "Seagulls Over Rhinosouras Bay Part I", "Wasted Feelings")
F5 ("Across the Golden Field", "Cool", "A Dangerous Man", "Freedom", "The French Passion of Animality Opera", "Never Ever", "Nothing to Lose", "Rest Assured", "Savage Beauty", "Teenage Demon Baby", "Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll")
E5 ("Aroma of You", "Best Days", "Bittersweet Cherries", "Brains of Vegas", "Connect", "Count Me Out", "Dancing With My Demons", "Doomed", "Fall Into the Night", "Fireworks", "Freedom", "Full Moon", "I Can Change For You", "I'm in Love", "In This Life", "I Wanna Be Yours", "Lavish Life", "Love Rush Ecstacy", "Man in Bloom", "My Wife's Juice and Water Tower Wine", "NO, Don't Shoot!", "Oh Lord", "Rest Assured", "The Rocketeer", "The Suffering", "Wanna-be Angel", "Yesterday Today Tomorrow")
E♭5 ("Cloud Rider", "Evil Thoughts", "Fall Into the Night", "Into the Wild", "October Surf Suitcase Fish", "Red Cape Diver", "Wasted Feelings", "Yes! Yes! Yes!")
D5 ("Ain't Gonna Die Tonight", "Believe", "Bittersweet Cherries", "Black", "Brutal Truth", "Burn", "Count Me Out", "Dreamscape 2020", "Doomed", "Enter the Void", "The Forbidden Kind", "The French Passion of Animality Opera", "Full Moon", "Ghost Animals", "Gonzo", "Have the Fun", "Heaven on Their Minds", "I'm in Love with a Boy" live NYC 2010, "In My Mind", "I Wanna Be Yours", "Last Chance at Love", "Oh Lord", "One Day", "Only Love", "The Only Way to My Heart...", "Poem Pathetic", "Raised and Erased", "Red Cape Diver", "The Rose", "Ruby", "The Science of Love", "Second Floor", "Shoe Box", "Some Kind of Love", "Story Told", "The Streets", "S.Y.A.A.F", "Teenage Demon Baby", "Unstoppable", "Walking in the Air", "Wanna-be Angel", "Waves", "Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll", "Yesterday Today Tomorrow", "Ziggy")
C♯5 ("Connect", "Dreamer", "Don't Give In", "Downtown", "Drain You", "Evil Thoughts", "Holy Touch", "I Like It", "In This Life", "Its Hair Smelled Like Bonfire", "Last Chance at Love", "Man in Bloom", "No Bravado", "Sangfroid 1800", "Second Floor", "Some Kind of Love", "Spirits", "Unstoppable", "Wanna-be Angel", "Wasted Feelings", "Yesterday Today Tomorrow")
C5 ("Ain't Gonna Die Tonight", "Burn", "Bye Bye Symphony", "Cool", "Dancing With My Demons", "A Dangerous Man", "Dreamer", "Dreamscape 2020", "Enter the Void", "Fall Into the Night", "Freedom", "Gonzo", "Heart", "I'll Be Home Soon Mother Earth", "I'm in Love with a Boy" live NYC 2010, "Intro / Bombs Away", "(It's) Too Late Baby", "Killin' It", "Love Like This", "NO, Don't Shoot!", "Oh Lord", "The Rocketeer", "Rich Life", "Ruby", "The Science of Love", "Shoe Box", "The Streets", "S.Y.A.A.F", "Teenage Demon Baby", "The Temple", "Waves", "Yes! Yes! Yes!")
B4 ("Best Days", "Black", "A Black Man's Breakfast", "Brutal Truth", "Connect", "Drain You", "Don't Give In", "Fireworks", "The Forbidden Kind", "Have the Fun", "I Can Change For You", "I'll Be Home Soon Mother Earth", "I'm in Love", "I'm in Love with a Boy" live NYC 2010, "Intro / Bombs Away", "Introducing Foxy", "Its Hair Smelled Like Bonfire", "(It's) Too Late Baby", "I Wanna Be Yours", "Killin' It", "Lavish Life", "My Wife's Juice and Water Tower Wine", "One Day", "Poem Pathetic", "Raised and Erased", "The Rose", "Seagulls Over Rhinosouras Bay Part I", "Second Floor", "Some Kind of Love", "Suffering", "Thrasher With Jim Carrey", "Tragic Thrill", "You and Me")
B♭4 ("Aroma of You", "Brains of Vegas", "Dreamscape 2020", "Downtown", "Evil Thoughts", "Heaven on Their Minds", "I Like It", "Only Love", "The Only Way to My Heart...", "Rest Assured", "Sailors Over Rhinosouras Bay", "Savage Beauty", "Shoe Box", "Story Told", "Teenage Demon Baby", "Walking in the Air", "Ziggy")
Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("Bye Bye Symphony", "Dancing With My Demons", "Gonzo", "Intro / Bombs Away", "Love Rush Ecstacy", "My Wife's Juice and Water Tower Wine", "Nothing to Lose", "One Day", "The Rocketeer", "The Science of Love", "Second Floor", "Shoe Box", "The Streets", "The Temple")
F♯3 ("Count Me Out", "In This Life", "Killin' It", "Kingdom Come", "October Surf Suitcase Fish", "Only Love", "Sangfroid 1800", "Tragic Thrill")
F3 ("Believe", "Burn", "Cool", "A Dangerous Man", "Dreamscape 2020", "Freedom", "Ghost Animals", "Heaven on Their Minds", "Rest Assured", "Savage Beauty", "The Streets")
E3 ("Count Me Out", "Doomed", "Fall Into the Night", "I'm in Love", "In This Life", "Introducing Foxy", "Love Rush Ecstacy", "My Wife's Juice and Water Tower Wine", "Not Dark Yet", "Nothing to Lose", "One Day", "Spirits", "Story Told", "Thrasher With Jim Carrey", "Wanna-be Angel")
E♭3 ("Cloud Rider", "Killin' It")
D3 ("Across the Golden Field", "Ain't Gonna Die Tonight", "Believe", "Black", "Dreamscape 2020", "Fall Into the Night", "Forever Together", "Freedom", "Heaven on Their Minds", "Red Cape Diver", "The Rose", "The Science of Love", "The Temple", "Walking in the Air", "Wanna-be Angel")
C♯3 ("Cloud Rider", "The Forbidden Kind", "Only Love", "Red Cape Diver", "Sangfroid 1800", "Spirits")
C3 ("Ain't Gonna Die Tonight", "Forever Together", "Rest Assured", "The Rocketeer", "Sailors Over Rhinosouras Bay")
B2 ("Not Dark Yet", "The Rose")
A2 ("Believe")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks distorted or screamed notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}
E7 "The Streets" [5]
F6 "Wasted Feelings" [5]
E6 "Brains of Vegas" [5]
D6 "Waves" [4]
C6 "Across the Golden Field" [5]
B5 "Connect" [2], "Seagulls Over Rhinosouras Bay Part I" [4]
B♭5 "Ghost Animals" [1]
A5 "A Black Man's Breakfast" [1], "Don't Give In" [1] [3], "Ruby" [1],
G♯5 "Count Me Out" [2]
F5 "Lavish Life" [2]
C3 "Ziggy" [2]
B2 "Black" [4], "Fall Into the Night" [2], "Spirits" [1]
G2 "Bittersweet Cherries" [2], "(It's) Too Late Baby" [2]
D2 "Waves" [2]
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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.
E7 "The Streets" [5]
F6 "Wasted Feelings" [5]
E6 "Brains of Vegas" [5]
D6 "Waves" [4]
C6 "Across the Golden Field" [5]
B5 "Connect" [2], "Seagulls Over Rhinosouras Bay Part I" [4]
B♭5 "Ghost Animals" [1]
A5 "A Black Man's Breakfast" [1], "Don't Give In" [1] [3], "Ruby" [1],
G♯5 "Count Me Out" [2]
F5 "Lavish Life" [2]
C3 "Ziggy" [2]
B2 "Black" [4], "Fall Into the Night" [2], "Spirits" [1]
G2 "Bittersweet Cherries" [2], "(It's) Too Late Baby" [2]
D2 "Waves" [2]
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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.
{Album Ranges}The Flamingo Trigger (2005): C3 - E♭6
Introducing (2008): C3-B5
Foxy Shazam (2010): D3-G5
The Church of Rock and Roll (2012): C3-B6
Gonzo (2014): E3-F♯5
Burn (2020): B2 - F5
The Heart Behead You (2022): C♯3 - B5
Dark Blue Night (2023): C3 - E6
Introducing (2008): C3-B5
Foxy Shazam (2010): D3-G5
The Church of Rock and Roll (2012): C3-B6
Gonzo (2014): E3-F♯5
Burn (2020): B2 - F5
The Heart Behead You (2022): C♯3 - B5
Dark Blue Night (2023): C3 - E6
