Richard Patrick (2,479 views)

[Steve]

Voice Type: Hey Tenor, Nice Highs
Recorded Vocal Range: A2-G5

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{Questionable Notes}
D2 ("The Take")
*Several fryish anacrusis notes

Higher Notes:

G5 ("Skinny")
F5 ("My Long Walk to Jail")
E5 ("One", "The Missing", "Welcome to the Fold")
E♭5 ("Absentee Father", "American Cliche", "In Dreams", "My Long Walk to Jail")
D5 ("Absentee Father", "American Cliche", "Captain Bligh", "Drug Boy", "Father Figure", "It Can Never Be the Same", "It Doesn't Seem to Matter", "It's Gonna Kill Me", "No Re-Entry", "Shot from the Sun", "Skinny", "So I Quit", "Surprise", "Take a Picture", "What Do You Say", "Where Do We Go From Here")
C♯5 ("Absentee Father", "Captain Bligh", "Cold (Anthem for the Damned)", "Columind", "Fades Like a Photograph (Dead Angels)", "First You Break It", "I Keep Flowers Around", "I'm Not the Only One", "Mother E", "My Life Before", "Take a Picture", "Take That Knife Out of My Back", "The Inevitable Relapse", "Tremors", "Under", "Where Do We Go From Here")
C5 ("Ain't Enough", "American Cliche", "Burn It", "Clouds", "Down With Me", "Drug Boy", "Faded", "Head of Fire", "Hey Man, Nice Shot", "I Keep Flowers Around", "It Can Never Be the Same", "It Doesn't Seem to Matter", "It's Gonna Kill Me", "Kid Blue from the Short Bus, Drunk Bunk", "Miss Blue", "Mother E", "My Life Before", "My Long Walk to Jail", "No Love", "Non Stop", "Nothing in My Hands", "One", "Pride Flag", "Skinny", "Shot from the Sun", "So I Quit", "Surprise", "Take Me to Heaven", "The Best Things", "The Better Years", "The City of Blinding Riots", "This Finger's For You", "Under", "Watch the Sun Come Out Tonight", "We Hate It When You Get What You Want", "Welcome to the Fold", "Welcome to the Suck (Destiny Not Luck)", "What's Next", "White Like That", "You Walk Away", "Your Bullets")
B4 ("Absentee Father", "Ain't Enough", "Cold (Anthem for the Damned)", "Columind", "Disappear", "Dose", "Drowning", "Drug Boy", "Fades Like a Photograph (Dead Angels)", "Father Figure", "First You Break It", "Generation", "Good Time to Loosen", "Goodbye", "I'm Not the Only One", "In Dreams", "It Doesn't Seem to Matter", "It's Just You", "It's Over", "Leave It", "Lie After Lie", "Miss Blue", "My Life Before", "No Re-Entry", "Only You", "Plume", "Skinny", "Soldiers of Misfortune", "Stop Look and Listen", "Take a Picture", "The Take", "The Trouble With Angels", "The Wake", "Tremors", "Under")
B♭4 ("Awakening", "Burn It", "(Can't She See) Head of Fire, Part 2", "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do", "Catch a Falling Knife", "Clouds", "Head of Fire", "I Keep Flowers Around", "It's Gonna Kill Me", "It's Gotta Be Right Now", "Leaving Without a Note", "Lie After Lie", "Mother E", "My Long Walk to Jail", "No Love", "Pride Flag", "Self Inflicted", "Take That Knife Out of My Back", "The Best Things", "The Better Years", "The Hand That's Dealt", "The Inevitable Relapse", "The Take", "This Finger's For You", "This Wasn't Supposed to Happen", "Watch the Sun Come Out Tonight", "We Hate It When You Get What You Want", "Welcome to the Suck (Destiny Not Luck)", "What Do You Say", "You Walk Away", "Your Bullets")
A4 ("A Better Place", "Ain't Enough", "Captain Bligh", "Clouds", "Cold (Anthem for the Damned)", "Dose", "Down With Me", "Drowning", "Drug Boy", "Fades Like a Photograph (Dead Angels)", "First You Break It", "Gerbil", "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Goodbye", "Hey Man, Nice Shot", "I Keep Flowers Around", "I Will Lead You", "I'm Not the Only One", "In Dreams", "It Doesn't Seem to Matter", "It's Gonna Kill Me", "It's Just You", "It's My Time", "Jurassitol", "Kid Blue from the Short Bus, Drunk Bunk", "Leave It", "Leaving Without a Note", "Miss Blue", "Mother E", "No Love", "Non Stop", "Nothing in My Hands", "Plume", "Skinny", "Soldiers of Misfortune", "Spent", "Stop Look and Listen", "Surprise", "Take a Picture", "Take Another", "Take Me to Heaven", "The Best Things", "The Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)", "The Take", "Under", "Under the Tongue", "Welcome to the Fold", "Where Do We Go From Here", "White Like That")

Lower Notes:

F3 ("Awakening", "Jurassitol", "One", "The City of Blinding Riots")
E3 ("Down With Me", "I'm Not the Only One", "It's My Time", "It's Over", "Skinny")
E♭3 ("Burn It", "Captain Bligh", "Self Inflicted")
D3 ("Absentee Father", "Cancer", "Catch a Falling Knife", "Down With Me", "Drowning", "Faded", "Hey Man, Nice Shot", "It's Over", "Leaving Without a Note", "Miss Blue", "Non Stop", "Nothing in My Hands", "Pride Flag", "So Cool", "Soldiers of Misfortune", "Stop Look and Listen", "Stuck in Here", "Thanks Bro", "The Take", "The Wake", "White Like That")
C♯3 ("Only You")
C3 ("Cancer", "Fades Like a Photograph (Dead Angels)", "Self Inflicted", "Surprise", "Take Me to Heaven", "Take That Knife Out of My Back", "Thanks Bro", "What Do You Say")
B2 ("Drowning", "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Nothing in My Hands", "Stop Look and Listen", "The Trouble With Angels", "Tremors")
B♭2 ("Head of Fire", "What Do You Say")
A2 ("Cold (Anthem for the Damned)", "Good Time to Loosen", "Take Me to Heaven", "Tremors")

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

The vocalist for industrial rock band Filter and short-lived supergroup Army of Anyone (also known as the one-time guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and being the brother of the T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick). Possessing quite a formidable gritty high range, Patrick can be considered one of the few true "highsians" of the genre, able to quite easily and powerfully belt throughout the upper fourth and occasionally into the mid fifth octave with an aggressive well-controlled distorted tone. His vices over the years have apparently almost cost him this ability (he was allegedly smoking so heavily during the recording of "The Amalgamut" that he had trouble breathing sometimes; let alone hitting high notes), yet after his recovery his voice has seemed to grown even stronger than ever, hitting fifth octave notes more and more consistently than he even did in his younger days. In contrast, his mid to lower range is quite light and warm, a tone he utilizes quite frequently in an interesting dynamic making it not uncommon to hear him demonstrate both sides of his voice within the same song, also occasionally using a soft falsetto for an extra "feathery" effect. While not usually looked at the as one of the biggest names in 90s rock, Patrick's voice has made Filter a notable name in the era nonetheless and has continued to be the shining main aspect of the band, his powerful range elevating otherwise fairly simple songs into a whole new level of aggression and character.

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