Post by Platypus on Apr 29, 2020 21:07:00 GMT
Ian Fraiser Kilmaster (24.12.1945 - 28.12.2015)
Years Active: 1965 - 2015
Associated Acts: Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Head Cat, Sam Gopal & The Rockin' Vickers
Vocal Range: F♯2 - F♯5
{Vocal Summary}Legendary vocalist/bassist for Motorhead, as well as Hawkwind and one time vocalist/guitarist for Sam Gopal. No doubt one of the most notorious yet iconic figures from the heavy rock and metal world (although Lemmy himself preferred to just all call it "rock 'n' roll"), Lemmy's cigarettes & whiskey laden husky voice along with his grimey bass guitar tone are two of the main hallmarks of the Motorhead sound. Never generally one to perform any show off-y range workouts, most of his recorded output consists of him usually staying within a certain "pocket" of his range (usually between E♭4-G♯4), with a few lines here and there trailing up to around the upper fourth octave. However, some of his most intense performances (which mostly took place throughout the 80s), called for him singing nearly entire lines in the B♭4/B4 area, even going into the fifth octave, a testament to his often underrated stamina and ability. His lower range is a bit of an enigma, he rarely fully utilized it and for the most part was quite growly, often to the point where it can become rather ambiguous what octave he's actually singing in. This is one of the few traits he showed off more strongly in Sam Gopal (where he sang exclusively clean; a far cry from his much more famed later career), as tracks such as "Grass" and "Yesterlove" showed a much cleaner and resonant low note technique that he really only demonstrated once in his later career ("Whorehouse Blues").
After what was once thought to be a nearly immortal lifetime (due to years of substance abuse with his body showing almost absolutely no signs of wearing out), Lemmy sadly passed on in 2015 due to prostate cancer and heart failure; while not known as the most technically sound vocalist, he still had a grand presence and timbre all his own that established him among of the greats of the metal genre and influenced countless other musicians within it (James Hetfield & Dave Grohl, to name but a couple) and will likely continue to do so in the decades to come.
Written by Sandblasted .
After what was once thought to be a nearly immortal lifetime (due to years of substance abuse with his body showing almost absolutely no signs of wearing out), Lemmy sadly passed on in 2015 due to prostate cancer and heart failure; while not known as the most technically sound vocalist, he still had a grand presence and timbre all his own that established him among of the greats of the metal genre and influenced countless other musicians within it (James Hetfield & Dave Grohl, to name but a couple) and will likely continue to do so in the decades to come.
Written by Sandblasted .
Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("Killed By Death")
F5 ("Claw", "Mean Machine")
E5 ("Motörhead" 1977 version)
E♭5 ("Back at the Funny Farm", "Die You Bastard", "Ridin' With the Driver", "Snaggletooth", "Under the Knife" Faster version)
D5 ("Bad Religion", "Countdown", "Killed By Death", "Laugh At the Devil")
C♯5 ("Ace of Spades", "Asylum Choir", "B4", "Bad Woman", "Blue Suede Shoes", "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch", "Civil War" live at the Brixton Academy 2000, "Claw", "Crazy Like a Fox", "Good Golly Miss Molly" live Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, "Highway to Hell", "Hold Tight", "It's a Long Way to The Top", "Locomotive", "Lost In The Ozone", "Love for Sale", "Love Me Like a Reptile" Alternate Long version, "Name In Vain", "On Your Feet Or on Your Knees", "Shut Your Mouth", "Steal Your Face", "Under the Knife" Faster version)
C5 ("Angel City", "Deaf Forever", "Death or Glory", "Desire", "Devils", "Don't Waste Your Time", "English Rose", "Greedy Bastards", "Highway to Hell", "Jack the Ripper", "Killed By Death", "Make My Day", "No Limit", "The One to Sing the Blues", "Ridin' With the Driver", "Under the Knife" Slower version, "War for War")
B4 ("B4", "All for You", "All Gone to Hell", "Another Perfect Day", "Asylum Choir", "Bad Boy", "Bad Religion", "Bad Woman", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Born To Raise Hell", "Broken", "Buried Alive", "Burner", "Call to Arms", "Cat Scratch Fever", "Civil War", "Coup de Grace", "Crazy Like a Fox", "Dancing on Your Grave", "Dead and Gone", "Desperate for You", "The Devil", "Dog-Face Boy", "Dogs of War", "The Eagle Flies on Friday", "Enter Sandman", "Fire Storm Hotel", "Fool's Paradise", "Hardcore", "Hellraiser", "Heroes", "I'm so Bad (Baby I Don't Care)", "In Another Time", "Jack the Ripper", "Just Cos' You Got the Power", "Keys to the Kingdom", "Kill the Void", "Laugh At the Devil", "Liar", "Life's a Bitch", "Locomotive", "Lost In The Ozone", "Love for Sale", "Mean Machine", "Murder Show", "Name In Vain", "Night Side", "On Your Feet Or on Your Knees", "One Way Love", "Out to Lunch", "Overnight Sensation", "Ridin' With the Driver", "Rock It", "Sex & Death", "Shake Me", "Shake the World", "Shine", "Shout It Out Loud", "Shut You Down", "Snaggletooth", "Steal Your Face", "Take the Blame", "Talking Head", "Tear Ya Down", "Terminal Show", "Time Is Right", "Tomato Head" Lemmy in There mix, "Trigger", "Under the Knife" Faster version, "We Bring The Shake", "(Wearing Your) Heart on Your Sleeve", "You Ain't Gonna Live Forever")
B♭4 ("Ace of Spades" Several live performances, "Ain't My Crime", "All for You", "All the Aces", "Angel City", "Asylum Choir", "Back at the Funny Farm", "Bad Boys for Life" 2019 AD version, "Bad Religion", "Bastard", "Better Off Dead", "Black Leather Jacket", "Blackheart", "Bomber", "Broken", "Built for Speed", "Cat Scratch Fever", "Christine", "Cradle to the Grave", "Crying Shame", "Damage Case", "Dancing on Your Grave", "Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Deaf Forever", "Death Machine", "Death or Glory", "Desire", "Desperate for You", "The Devil", "Devils", "Devils In My Head", "Doctor Rock", "Dogs", "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me", "Don't Talk to Me", "Don't Waste Your Time", "Eat the Gun", "English Rose", "Going Down", "Going To Brazil", "Going To Mexico", "Greedy Bastards", "Heart of Stone", "Hell On Earth", "Heroes", "Hump On Your Back", "I Am The Sword", "I Don't Believe a Word", "I Know What You Need", "(I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man)", "I'm Your Man", "Iron Horse / Born to Lose" On Parole version, "Jack the Ripper", "Keep Us On The Road", "Laugh At the Devil", "Life's a Bitch", "Like a Nightmare", "Limb From Limb", "Line in the Sand (Evolution)", "Listen to Your Heart", "Living in the Past", "Lost In The Ozone", "Lost Johnny" On Parole version, "Love for Sale", "Love Me Like a Reptile", "Make 'Em Blind", "Make My Day", "Metropolis", "Mine All Mine", "Murder Show", "No Voice In The Sky", "Nothing Up My Sleeve", "One More Fucking Time", "The One to Sing the Blues", "Orgasmatron" 2000 version, "Out of the Sun", "Overkill", "Overnight Sensation", "Poison", "Remember Me, I'm Gone", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Rock 'N' Roll Music", "Rock Out", "Sacrifice", "Sex & Death", "Shake the World", "Shoot 'Em Down", "Shut It Down", "Shut You Down", "Shut Your Mouth", "Silence When You Speak To Me", "Slow Dance", "Stagefreight / Crash & Burn", "Stand", "Steal Your Face", "Stone Deaf In the USA", "Suicide", "Sword of Glory", "Take the Blame", "Talking Head", "Tales of Glory", "Tear Ya Down", "Tell Mee Who To Kill", "Them Not Me", "Thunder & Lightning", "Till The End", "Too Good To Be True", "Treat Me Nice", "Turn You 'Round Again", "Under the Knife", "Wake the Dead", "Walk a Crooked Mile", "Waiting For The Snake", "When the Eagle Screams", "The Wolf", "You Better Run")
A4 ("American Beat", "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Bullet In Your Brain", "Capricorn", "Civil War", "Countdown", "Dirty Love", "Doctor Alibi", "The Eagle Flies on Friday", "Enter Sandman", "Escalator", "Fool's Paradise", "Get Back In Line", "Good Golly Miss Molly" live Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, "Hardcore", "Hellraiser", "Highway to Hell", "I Don't Believe a Word", "In Another Time", "In the Black", "Iron Horse/Born to Lose", "It's a Long Way to The Top", "Jailbait", "Joy of Labour", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Kill the Void", "Killers", "Lost Johnny" 1977 version, "Louie, Louie", "Love's Made a Fool of You", "Matchbox", "Motörhead" On Parole version, "On Parole", "Order / Fade to Black", "Over the Top" Motordamn version, "Paradise", "Paradise Turned Into Dust", "Rock It", "Sister Ann" live at the 100 Club 2003, "Stand By Me", "Stay Out of Jail", "Stone Dead Forever", "Stuck on You", "Terminal Show", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Time Is Right", "Tomato Head" Lemmy in There mix, "Traitor", "Trigger", "Voices from the War", "Wasted", "The Watcher" 1977 version, "Whiplash", "White Line Fever")
G♯4 ("Ace of Spades", "All Gone to Hell", "All the Aces", "Another Perfect Day", "Back at the Funny Farm", "Back on the Chain", "Bang to Rights", "Bastard", "Blackheart", "Bomber", "Boogeyman", "Born To Lose", "Born To Raise Hell", "Brave New World", "Breaking the Law", "Bullet In Your Brain", "Buried Alive", "Burner", "Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye", "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch", "Christine", "City Kids", "Claw", "Coup de Grace", "Cradle to the Grave", "Crying Shame", "Dance", "Death Machine", "Death or Glory", "Desire", "Devil I Know", "Devils In My Head", "Do You Believe", "Dogs", "Dogs of War", "Don't Lie to Me", "Down on Me", "Down the Line", "Dr. Love", "Eat the Rich", "Electricity", "End of Time", "English Rose", "Fast and Loose", "Fight", "Fire Fire", "Fire Storm Hotel", "The Game", "Get Back In Line", "Go to Hell", "God Save the Queen", "Going Down", "Going To Mexico", "Greedy Bastards", "The Hammer", "Heroes", "Heart of Stone", "Heartbreaker", "Horse", "Hump On Your Back", "I Ain't No Nice Guy", "I Got Mine", "I Know How to Die", "I Know What You Need", "(I Won't) Pay Your Price", "I'll Be Your Sister", "I'm so Bad (Baby I Don't Care)", "I'm the Doctor", "(I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man)", "I'm Your Man", "In the Black", "In the Year of the Wolf", "Iron Fist", "I've Got to Rock (To Stay Alive)", "Just Cos' You Got the Power", "Keep Your Powder Dry", "Knife", "Leaving Here", "Life's a Bitch", "Like a Nightmare", "Line in the Sand (Evolution)", "Live to Win", "Living in the Past", "Loser", "Lost Woman Blues", "Love Can't Buy You Money", "Love Me Forever", "Make My Day", "Marching Off to War", "Mine All Mine", "No Class", "No Remorse", "On Your Feet Or on "Order / Fade to Black", Your Knees", "One More Fucking Time", "One Night Stand", "One Short Life", "One Track Mind", "One Way Love", "Out to Lunch", "Outlaw", "Over the Top", "Over Your Shoulder", "Overkill", "Paradise", "Paralyzed", "Poison", "Queen of the Damned", "Red Raw", "Remember Me, I'm Gone", "Revanche", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Rock 'N' Roll Music", "Rock Out", "See Me Burning", "Seven by Seven", "Shake Me", "Shine", "Shoot 'Em Down", "Shoot Out All of Your Lights", "Shoot You in the Back", "Shout It Out Loud", "Shut Your Mouth", "Silence When You Speak To Me", "Silver Machine", "Slow Dance", "Smiling Like a Killer", "Snake Bite Love", "Speedfreak", "Stand", "Starstruck", "Stone Deaf In the USA", "Suicide", "Sweet Revenge", "Sword of Glory", "Sympathy For The Devil", "Tales of Glory", "Teach Them How To Bleed", "Teach You How to Sing the Blues", "Tell Mee Who To Kill", "Them Not Me", "The Thousand Names of God", "Thunder & Lightning", "Till The End", "Too Good To Be True", "Too Late Too Late", "Turn You 'Round Again", "Twist and Shout", "Vibrator", "Victory Or Die", "Voices from the War", "Walk a Crooked Mile", "War for War", "We Are Motörhead", "(We Are) The Roadcrew", "(Wearing Your) Heart on Your Sleeve", "When the Eagle Screams", "When The Sky Comes Looking For You", "The Wolf", "You Ain't Gonna Live Forever")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Angry Faces", "B4", "Better Off Dead", "Big River", "City Kids", "Cold Embrace", "Crossroads", "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", "Cut Across Shorty", "Doctor Alibi", "The Eagle Flies on Friday", "Enter Sandman", "Fool's Paradise", "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Hollywood Hillbillies", "I Ain't Never", "It'll Be Me", "It's Only Love", "Learning the Game", "Love's Made a Fool of You", "No Limit", "Not Fade Away", "Paradise Turned Into Dust", "Please Don't Touch", "Rockaway Beach", "Season of the Witch", "Sister Ann" live at the 100 Club 2003, "Slow Dance", "Stuck on You", "Take Your Time", "Terminal Show", "Time Is Right", "Tomato Head" Lemmy in There mix, "Trying to Get to You", "Wasted", "Well... All Right", "You Got Me Dizzy")
E♭3 ("All Gone to Hell", "Back in the USSR", "Bad Boys for Life", "Bad Religion", "Born To Raise Hell", "Brotherhood of Man", "Choking On Your Screams", "Claw", "Crazy Like a Fox", "Desire", "Devils", "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me", "Dust and Glass", "Eat the Rich", "English Rose", "Evil Eye", "Fight", "The Game", "Get Back In Line", "God Was Never on Your Side", "Hell On Earth", "I Ain't No Nice Guy", "I Know What You Need", "I'm the Doctor", "In the Black", "In the Name of Tragedy", "In the Year of the Wolf", "Jack the Ripper", "Keys to the Kingdom", "King of Kings", "The Law", "Life's a Bitch", "Living in the Past", "Make 'Em Blind", "March or Die", "Name In Vain", "Night Side", "One More Fucking Time", "Orgasmatron", "Over the Top", "Overnight Sensation", "Sacrifice", "Traitor", "Waiting For The Snake", "Wake the Dead", "Walk a Crooked Mile", "War for War", "We Are the Ones", "You Better Run" live Brixton Academy 2000)
D3 ("Burner", "Desperate for You", "Eve of Destruction", "No Remorse", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Tell Me How", "You're Alone Now")
C♯3 ("Assassin", "Back in the USSR", "Bad Boys for Life" 2019 AD version, "Countdown", "Dead and Gone", "Dogs of War", "Dr. Love", "Dust and Glass", "Enter Sandman", "Evil Eye", "Hell On Earth", "Heroes" David Bowie cover, "I Don't Believe a Word", "King of Kings", "Little Red Man", "Night Side", "Order / Fade to Black", "Orgasmatron", "Paradise Turned Into Dust", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Shoot 'Em Down", "Silence When You Speak To Me", "Sister Ann" live at the 100 Club 2003, "Snaggletooth", "Sweet Revenge", "Take the Blame", "Teach You How to Sing the Blues", "The Thousand Names of God", "Trying to Get to You", "Voices from the War", "Wake the Dead", "You Better Run" live Brixton Academy 2000)
C3 ("The Game", "March or Die", "Shake Your Blood", "The Sky Is Burning")
B2 ("Countdown", "Dead and Gone", "Hold Tight", "The Mask", "Not Fade Away", "Orgasmatron" live BBC Live & In-Session, "Overnight Sensation", "Stand By Your Man", "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down", "Whorehouse Blues", "You Got Me Dizzy")
A2 ("Big River", "Grass", "Killed By Death", "The Mask", "Where's the Party?", "Yesterlove")
G♯2 ("Killed by Death" live BBC Live & In-Session, "Nightmare/The Dreamtime", "Whorehouse Blues")
F♯2 ("Hellraiser")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh and/or distorted notes
Purple marks human achievements that have yet to be surpassed
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}G♯5 ("Killed By Death" live Bradford 1986 [5])
G5 ("The Watcher" 1977 version [5])
F5 ("Sweet Revenge" [5])
E♭5 ("Too Late Too Late" [5])
D5 ("The Train Kept A Rollin'" [5])
B4 ("Do You Believe" [5])
F♯2 ("Bad Religion" [4])
E2 ("Serial Killer" [3])
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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.
G5 ("The Watcher" 1977 version [5])
F5 ("Sweet Revenge" [5])
E♭5 ("Too Late Too Late" [5])
D5 ("The Train Kept A Rollin'" [5])
B4 ("Do You Believe" [5])
F♯2 ("Bad Religion" [4])
E2 ("Serial Killer" [3])
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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}
with Motörhead
Motörhead (1977): G3 - E5
Overkill (1979): C4 - B4
Bomber (1979): C♯3 - B4
Ace of Spades (1980): F♯3 - C♯5
Iron Fist (1982): E♭3 - B♭4
Another Perfect Day (1983): F♯3 - E♭5
Orgasmatron (1986): C♯3 - F5
Rock 'N' Roll (1987): E♭3 - B4
1916 (1991): G♯2 - C5
March ör Die (1992): F♯2 - D5
Bastards (1993): D3 - C♯5
Sacrifice (1995): C♯3 - C5
Overnight Sensation (1996): B2 - C♯5
Snake Bite Love (1998): B2 - C♯5
We Are Motörhead (2000): C♯3 - B4
Hammered (2002): C♯3 - B4 - C♯5
Inferno (2004): G♯2 - B4
Kiss of Death (2006): E♭3 - B4
Motörizer (2008): C♯3 - C5
The Wörld Is Yours (2010): E♭3 - B♭4
Aftershock (2013): C♯3 - B4
Bad Magic (2015): C♯3 - B4
Archival Releases
On Parole (1979): E3 - B♭4
with Headcat
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B (2000): A2 - B4
Walk The Walk..Talk The Talk (2011): C♯3 - B4
with Sam Gopal
Escalator (1969): A2 - A4
TRP3 thread by Sandblasted
TRP2 thread by @hurdy gurdy
with Motörhead
Motörhead (1977): G3 - E5
Overkill (1979): C4 - B4
Bomber (1979): C♯3 - B4
Ace of Spades (1980): F♯3 - C♯5
Iron Fist (1982): E♭3 - B♭4
Another Perfect Day (1983): F♯3 - E♭5
Orgasmatron (1986): C♯3 - F5
Rock 'N' Roll (1987): E♭3 - B4
1916 (1991): G♯2 - C5
March ör Die (1992): F♯2 - D5
Bastards (1993): D3 - C♯5
Sacrifice (1995): C♯3 - C5
Overnight Sensation (1996): B2 - C♯5
Snake Bite Love (1998): B2 - C♯5
We Are Motörhead (2000): C♯3 - B4
Hammered (2002): C♯3 - B4 - C♯5
Inferno (2004): G♯2 - B4
Kiss of Death (2006): E♭3 - B4
Motörizer (2008): C♯3 - C5
The Wörld Is Yours (2010): E♭3 - B♭4
Aftershock (2013): C♯3 - B4
Bad Magic (2015): C♯3 - B4
Archival Releases
On Parole (1979): E3 - B♭4
with Headcat
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B (2000): A2 - B4
Walk The Walk..Talk The Talk (2011): C♯3 - B4
with Sam Gopal
Escalator (1969): A2 - A4
TRP3 thread by Sandblasted
TRP2 thread by @hurdy gurdy
