Josey Scott (1,484 views)

[Steve]

Voice Type: No Cryin' Ass Bitchin' Tenor
Recorded Vocal Range: G2-F♯5

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{Questionable Notes}F2 ("Famous Monsters")
*Spoken prayer before the song kick ins proper, thus lacking musical context.

Higher Notes:

F♯5 ("Survival of the Sickest")
E5 ("Nothing")
E♭5 ("I Want You")
C♯5 ("Beg" 1997 version, "Burn It Up", "Greater Than/Less Than", "King of My World", "My Goodbyes", "Nothing", "One More Chance", "Pride", "Raise Up", "Superstar", "Tongue")
C5 ("Bait & Switch", "Beg", "Fuck All Y'all", "No Regrets (Volume 2)", "The Key", "Two Steps Back", "Weight of the World")
B4 ("800", "After Me", "Always", "Back Into Your System", "Beg", "Best of Me", "Better Days", "Black Sheep", "Brother", "Cellophane", "Click Click Boom", "Doperide", "How Could You?", "I Walk Alone", "I'm Coming Back", "Lackluster", "Musta Been Wrong", "Nothing", "Pride", "Sand Castle", "Seperated Self", "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll", "Spitshine", "Suffocate", "Superstar", "Superstar II", "Survival of the Sickest")
B♭4 ("Always", "Back Into Your System", "Badass", "Cellophane", "Forever and a Day", "Fuck All Y'all", "Groovy", "How Could You?", "My Goodbyes", "No Hard Feelings", "No Regrets (Volume 2)", "Open Eyes", "Pin Cushion", "Razor's Edge", "Rest in Pieces", "Rock & Roll Revolution", "Sand Castle", "Sink", "Spotlight", "Starting Over", "The Key", "Tongue", "Turn the Tables", "Two Steps Back", "Weight of the World", "Write Your Name", "Your Disease")
A4 ("All Because of You", "Bait & Switch", "Better Days", "Brother", "Burn It Up", "Get Out Alive", "Hate Me", "Holdin' On", "King of the Stereo", "Musta Been Wrong", "Never Gonna Change", "Never Should've Let You Go", "Prove Me Wrong", "Seperated Self", "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll", "Survival of the Sickest", "Toxic Suicide", "Turn the Lights On")
G♯4 ("After Me", "All Because of You", "Always", "Back Into Your System", "Badass", "Beg", "Best of Me", "Black Sheep", "Bleed For Me", "Broken Sunday", "Burn It Up", "Click Click Boom", "Family Reunion", "Forever and a Day", "Going Under", "Greater Than/Less Than", "Here With You", "Holdin' On", "Hunt You Down", "I Walk Alone", "I Want It", "I Want You", "I'm Coming Back", "Is It You", "Judgment Day", "King of My World", "King of the Stereo", "Lackluster", "Ladies and Gentlemen", "My Goodbyes", "My Own Worst Enemy", "Never Should've Let You Go", "No Regrets (Volume 2)", "Nothing", "One More Chance", "One Night Only", "Open Eyes", "Pride", "Rest in Pieces", "Seperated Self", "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll", "Southern Girls", "Spitshine", "Starting Over", "Storm", "Suffocate", "Superstar", "Superstar II", "The Key", "Time", "Time to Shine", "Tongue", "Twister", "Two Steps Back", "Weight of the World", "Write Your Name", "Your Disease")

Lower Notes:

F♯3 ("Badass", "Click Click Boom", "Faultline", "Ladies and Gentlemen", "Never Gonna Change", "Never Should've Let You Go", "One More Chance", "Superstar", "Toxic Suicide", "Twister")
F3 ("Bait & Switch", "Get Out Alive", "Going Under", "Here With You", "Is It You", "Open Eyes", "Starting Over", "The Key", "Twister", "Weight of the World", "Your Disease")
E3 ("After Me", "Broken Sunday", "Family Reunion", "Faultline", "Hunt You Down", "I Walk Alone", "Musta Been Wrong", "Nothing", "Storm", "Time", "Toxic Suicide", "Turn the Lights On")
E♭3 ("Always", "Here With You", "How Could You?", "I'm Coming Back", "Is It You", "My Goodbyes", "Open Eyes", "Rock & Roll Revolution", "Spotlight", "Starting Over", "Weight of the World")
D3 ("Never Gonna Change", "Prove Me Wrong")
C♯3 ("Black Sheep", "Famous Monsters", "Going Under", "I Walk Alone", "King of My World", "Lackluster", "Rest in Pieces", "Seperated Self", "Southern Girls", "Spotlight")
B2 ("800", "Best of Me", "Famous Monsters", "Rock & Roll Revolution")
A2 ("Hate Me")
G2 ("Hate Me")

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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or otherwise muffled/obscured in the mix.
*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Green marks harsh distorted notes.
*Italics mark spoken notes.

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{Additional Info}*There is technically a lead vocal B4 in "Always" but given that it's just a brief trill after a B♭4 I opted to count the much stronger B4s in the chorus harmonies instead.

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{Discography Checked}Saliva:
Saliva (1997) [this will likely be re-checked in the near future, as I notewatched it quite a few years back]
Every Six Seconds (2001)
Back Into Your System (2002)
Survival of the Sickest (2004)
Blood Stained Love Story (2007)
Cinco Diablo (2008)
Moving Forward in Reverse: Greatest Hits [2010] - contains b-side "Bleed for Me" and then-new track "Time to Shine"
Under Your Skin (2011)

In addition, all WWE entrance themes ("I Walk Alone", "Turn the Tables", etc.) and two collaborations (the Breaking Point song "Brother" and his famed appearance in Chad Kroeger's "Hero" [which has nothing of note hit by Scott]) so far have also been checked.

Ex-vocalist for nu metal/radio rock band Saliva. Usually exemplifying the archetypal modern rock vocalist, Scott mainly switches between a sensitive, somewhat thin clean tone and a thunderous gritty timbre. The latter feature is by far the best characteristic of his voice, bringing out the true Southern grit and machismo of the band's material and elevates them out of their admittedly often repetitive, simplistic nature. He tends to operate almost purely within what I deem the "post-grunge tessitura" (that being C♯3-G♯4) within any given song, although he tends to extend his well distorted higher range well up even into the lower fifth octave with solid support (such as in "Greater Than/Less Than") on occasion as well. His lower range is much less demonstrated in comparison, however the few examples he has shown of it (i.e. "Best of Me") are delivered in a definite casual nature which implies may indeed have the capability to go lower if desired. He is also prone, especially on the band's first few releases, to indulge in some good ol' "white boy rapping" (notoriously heard in the two hit singles "Click Click Boom" and "Your Disease"); no doubt a fairly dated make-or-break aspect that will divide any prospective listeners. Having left Saliva in 2011 to allegedly pursue a career in Christian music (which has yet to surface), it will be intriguing to hear what he has to contribute to a whole new musical environment.

Thread originally by Sandblasted. See this thread for more information.

[raysh]

Joseph Scott Sappington is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the former lead vocalist of the rock band Saliva.  I really wish I had time to find his new works, but I have to finish a very important project wih the guys from isaccurate.com/pricing-top5 . In addition to Saliva, Scott co-wrote and performed "Hero" (which was used as one of the theme songs to the 2002 film Spider-Man) with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.