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Kurt Donald Cobain (20 February, 1967 - April 5, 1994)
Associated Acts: Nirvana
Vocal Range: C2 - C♯6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("Spank Thru" Numerous Live Versions (1987-1989) & Sub-Pop 200 version)
A5 ("Do You Love Me?", "Drain You" Live at the BBC 1991)
G♯5 ("Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip", "Scentless Apprentice")
G5 ("School", "Scoff", "Tourette's" Live at Reading 1992)
F♯5 ("E-Coli", "The Number of The Beast" Cassette Tape 1988)
F5 ("Blew", "Do You Love Me?", "If You Must" Reciprocal Recording demo tape, "Mr. Moustache", "Negative Creep", "Scentless Apprentice")
E5 ("Ain't It A Shame", "Boatakk", "E-Coli", "If You Must" Demo, "Ivy League", "Paper Cuts", "Scoff", "Stay Away", "Tourette's")
E♭5 ("Blandest", "Drain You", "Rehash")
D5 ("Dream On" live Arizone State Fair 1993, "Hairspray Queen", "Mr. Moustache" Demo, "What More Can I Say")
C♯5 ("Accusations", "Beeswax", "E-Coli", "Help Me, I'm Hungry" Live Radio Session 1987, "Sound of Dentage")
C5 ("Blandest", "Even In His Youth", "Lounge Act", "Mr. Moustache" Demo, "Son Of A Gun" Live Seattle 1990, "Rape Me" Live at The Paramount 1991, "Tourette's")
B4 ("Ain't It A Shame", "Aneurysm", "Boatakk", "Downer" Illiteracy Will Prevail vesion, "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Immigrant Song" Live Olympia 1988, "Lake Of Fire" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Love My Family", "Rape Me", "School", "Sifting", "Sound of Dentage", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" Live Belgium 1991)
B♭4 ("Aero Zeppelin", "Bambi Slaughter", "Beeswax", "Blew", "Burn My Britches", "Curmudgeon", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", "Heartbreaker" Live Washington 1987, "Milk It", "I Hate Myself And Want To Die", "Immigrant Song" Live Olympia 1988, "Paper Cuts", "Scentless Apprentice" Rehearsal Demo, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Spank Thru" Illiteracy Will Prevail version, "Swap Meet", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" Live MTV Unplugged 1993)
A4 ("About A Girl", "Big Cheese", "Big Long Now", "Blew", "Buffy's Pregnant", "Class of '86 (Punk Rocker)", "Desire", "Dive", "E-Coli", "Here She Comes Now", "Ivy League", "Lake Of Fire" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Lounge Act", "Pennyroyal Tea", "Plateau" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Scoff", "Sifting", "Sliver", "Stay Away", "Tourette's", "Turnaround" Live BBC Session 1990)
G♯4 ("About A Girl", "Big Long Now", "Blandest", "Blathers Log", "Come As You Are" Boombox Rehearsals, "Dive", "Do Re Mi", "Do You Love Me?", "Drain You" Live at the BBC 1991/Demo, "Even In His Youth", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Ivy League", "Laminated Effect", "Love Buzz", "Love My Family", "Mexican Seafood", "Milk It", "Moist Vagina", "My Sharona" Live 1994, "Oh The Guilt", "The Other Improv", "Pen Cap Chew", "Scoff", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Spank Thru" Sub-Pop 200 Version, "Stain", "Talk to Me" Live in Mezzago, Italy 17/11/91, "Token Eastern Song", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "White Lace And Strange" Live, "The Yodel Song", "You Know You're Right")
G4 ("Alcohol" Live 1988, "Aneurysm", "Blew", "Boatakk", "Curmudgeon", "D-7", "Do Re Mi","Endless, Nameless", "Even In His Youth", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", "Here She Comes Now", "If You Must", "Immigrant Song" Live Olympia 1988, "In Bloom", "Lithium" Smart Sessions, "Molly's Lips", "The Money Will Roll Right In" Live at Reading 1992, "Mr. Moustache", "On A Plain", "Sappy" Smart Sessions, "School", "Sifting", "Sliver", "Swap Meet", "Token Eastern Song", "Very Ape" Acoustic Demo, "You Know You're Right")
F♯4 ("Accusations", "Aneurysm", "Bad Moon Rising" Live 1988, "Been A Son", "Big Cheese", "Blandest", "Breed", "Bright Smile", "Come As You Are", "Do You Love Me?", "Downer", "Drain You", "Dive", "Floyd The Barber", "I Hate Myself And Want To Die", "Lake Of Fire" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Lithium", "Mrs. Butterworth", "Negative Creep", "On A Plain", "Opinion", "The Other Improv", "Pen Cap Chew", "Pennyroyal Tea", "Spank Thru" Sub-Pop 200 Version, "Stain", "Territorial Pissings", "Very Ape")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Ain't It A Shame", "Beeswax", "Blew", "Buffy's Pregnant", "Burn My Britches", "Clean Up Before She Comes", "Dumb", "Help Me, I'm Hungry" Live Radio Session 1987, "If You Must", "Love My Family", "The Man Who Sold The World" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "On A Plain" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Paper Cuts", "Serve The Servants", "Rehash", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "You Know You're Right")
D3 ("Alcohol" Live 1988, "D-7", "Do Re Mi", "Lounge Act", "Mrs. Butterworth", "Polly", "School", "Sliver", "Turnaround" Live BBC Session 1990, "What More Can I Say")
C♯3 ("Ain't It A Shame", "All Apologies", "Clean Up Before She Comes", "Drain You", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Oh Me" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "The Other Improv", "Polly" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Season In The Sun", "Son of a Gun" Live BBC Session 1990, "Sound of Dentage", "Verse Chorus Verse")
C3 ("Blew", "D-7", "Here She Comes Now", "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Poison's Gone", "Serve The Servants", "She Only Lies", "Something In The Way", "Sliver", "Verse Chorus Verse")
B2 ("Ain't It A Shame", "All Apologies", "Burn The Rain", "Don't Want It All", "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Help Me, I'm Hungry" Live Radio Session 1987, "They Hung Him On A Cross", "The Other Improv", "Plateau" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Retreat", "Sliver" Acoustic Demo / Live at Reading 1992, "Spank Thru" Illiteracy Will Prevail version)
B♭2 ("And I Love Her", "Asking For It" Demo, "Desire", "Don't Want It All", "Downer", "Hairspray Queen", "In Bloom", "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" Live MTV Unplugged 1993, "Misery Loves Company (Seed)" Home demo, "Moist Vagina", "Paper Cuts", "Poison's Gone", "Season In The Sun", "She Only Lies", "Underground Celebritism", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" Live MTV Unplugged 1993)
A2 ("All Apologies" Acoustic Demo, "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip", "Plateau" Live MTV Unplugged 1993)
G♯2 ("And I Love Her", "Asking For It" Demo, "Downer" Illiteracy Will Prevail version, "I Hate Myself And Want To Die", "Love Buzz", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Live Top Of The Pops 1991, "Spank Thru" 1988 Demo)
G2 ("Desire", "Pennyroyal Tea" Acoustic Demo, "Sappy" Early Demo, "She Only Lies")
F♯2 ("Accusations", "Sappy" Early Demo)
F2 ("Smells Like Teen Spirit" Live Top Of The Pops 1991, "Underground Celebritism")
E2 ("Spank Thru" Sub-Pop 200 Version)
E♭2 ("Low Rider")
C♯2 ("And I Love Her")
C2 (1993 MTV interview with Kurt Loder)
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Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes found in backing harmony or general backing vocal.
Italics mark non-sung notes.
Boldface marks particularly notable examples of this singer's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}
E♭6 "Lithium" live Michigan State Fair 1993 [5] what the actual fuck is this
B5 "Beeswax" [1]
B♭5 "Hairspray Queen" [1], "Scentless Apprentice" [1]
A5 "Paper Cuts" [1], "Spank Thru" Illiteracy Will Prevail version [3], "Territorial Pissings" [1],
G♯5 "Hairspray Queen" [5]
F♯5 "Big Cheese" [5], "Floyd The Barber" [5]
F5 "Lithium" 2
E5 "Blathers Log" [1], "Love My Family" [3]
E♭5 "Oh The Guilt" [1]
D5 "Immigrant Song" Live Olympia 1988 [5], "Mrs. Butterworth" [3]
G♯2 "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" Live MTV Unplugged 1993 [1]
E2 "Plateau" Live MTV Unplugged 1993 [5]
E♭2 "Moist Vagina" [3], "Pennyroyal Tea" [3]
D2 "Lounge Act" [5]
C2 "Big Cheese" [3]
B♭1 "Low Rider" [1]
[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.
E♭6 "Lithium" live Michigan State Fair 1993 [5] what the actual fuck is this
B5 "Beeswax" [1]
B♭5 "Hairspray Queen" [1], "Scentless Apprentice" [1]
A5 "Paper Cuts" [1], "Spank Thru" Illiteracy Will Prevail version [3], "Territorial Pissings" [1],
G♯5 "Hairspray Queen" [5]
F♯5 "Big Cheese" [5], "Floyd The Barber" [5]
F5 "Lithium" 2
E5 "Blathers Log" [1], "Love My Family" [3]
E♭5 "Oh The Guilt" [1]
D5 "Immigrant Song" Live Olympia 1988 [5], "Mrs. Butterworth" [3]
G♯2 "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" Live MTV Unplugged 1993 [1]
E2 "Plateau" Live MTV Unplugged 1993 [5]
E♭2 "Moist Vagina" [3], "Pennyroyal Tea" [3]
D2 "Lounge Act" [5]
C2 "Big Cheese" [3]
B♭1 "Low Rider" [1]
[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}
(1986) Illiteracy Will Prevail (as Fecal Matter) IhateMana
(1989) Bleach rebaru (G♯2 - G5)
(1991) Nevermind rebaru (B♭2 - C5 - E♭5)
(1992) Incesticide rebaru (B♭2 - C3 - C♯5 - D5)
(1993) In Utero rebaru (A2 - B4 - G♯5)
(1994) MTV Unplugged in New York rebaru (A2 - B4)
(????) Outcesticide I: In Memory of Kurt Cobain IhateMana
(2004) With The Lights Out [Box Set] rebaru
(2009) Live at Reading rebaru
(2015) Montage of Heck rebaru
(1986) Illiteracy Will Prevail (as Fecal Matter) IhateMana
(1989) Bleach rebaru (G♯2 - G5)
(1991) Nevermind rebaru (B♭2 - C5 - E♭5)
(1992) Incesticide rebaru (B♭2 - C3 - C♯5 - D5)
(1993) In Utero rebaru (A2 - B4 - G♯5)
(1994) MTV Unplugged in New York rebaru (A2 - B4)
(????) Outcesticide I: In Memory of Kurt Cobain IhateMana
(2004) With The Lights Out [Box Set] rebaru
(2009) Live at Reading rebaru
(2015) Montage of Heck rebaru