Post by Steve on Jul 20, 2020 12:48:42 GMT
Voice Type: Tenors Cry Freedom
Recorded Vocal Range: B2-G♯5
{Questionable Notes}B♭2 ("Nightmare")
*Note he just barely hits at the end of a laugh
*Note he just barely hits at the end of a laugh
Higher Notes:
G♯5 ("High Wire", "Streets Cry Freedom")
G5 ("Strange Wings")
F♯5 ("3 Day Funk", "Fat Cat", "Heaven's Train", "Shakedown", "Soul Stealer")
F5 ("Another Piece of Meat" live 1982, "Devil's Stomp", "It's Too Late", "Strange Wings")
E5 ("Ancient Warrior", "Another Piece of Meat" live 1982, "Ball and Chain", "Dancing on the Edge", "Emotion Mama", "Heartbreak", "Heaven and Hell" live 1982, "It's Too Late", "Move - You Lose", "No Retreat, No Surrender", "Rock and Roll" [Led Zeppelin] live 1982, "The One That Got Away", "The Shining", "Wardance" live, "Winter's Call")
E♭5 ("3 Day Funk", "Aimless Lady" live in Toronto 1989, "Ancient Warrior", "As Time Goes By", "Ball and Chain", "Born to Lose", "Children of the Grave" live 1986, "Dancing on the Edge", "Devil's Stomp", "Dreams in the Dark", "Eternal Idol", "Fat Cat", "Fire and Rain", "Fire and Water" live 1989, "Flesh and Blood", "Glory Ride", "Hard Driver", "Hard Life to Love", "Healer", "Heart Like a Wheel" live 1986, "Heaven & Hell" live 1986, "Heaven's Train", "High Wire", "It's Too Late", "Lord Knows", "Lost Forever", "Love Don't Mean a Thing", "N.I.B." live 1986, "Nightmare", "Rock Steady" live, "Rumblin' Train", "Seasons", "Shakedown", "Shine On", "Show Me the Way", "Silver Horses", "Soul Lives in the Heart", "Soul Stealer", "Streets Cry Freedom", "The Fire Lasts Forever", "The Last Time", "The Mob Rules" live 1986, "The Shining", "Tribal Moon", "Whiskey Dust")
D5 ("Badland", "Black Sabbath" live 1986, "Black Sheep", "Dog", "Emotion Mama", "Fly Paper" live, "Hard Life", "Heartbreak", "I Know A Place", "In a Dream", "It's Too Late", "Kiss and Say Goodbye" live, "Move - You Lose", "No Retreat, No Surrender", "Outrageous", "Shiny Mama", "Stop!", "Strange Wings", "Sweet Leaf" live 1986, "The One That Got Away", "Wardance", "We Can't Lose" live)
C♯5 ("3 Day Funk", "Aimless Lady" live in Toronto 1989, "Ancient Warrior", "As Time Goes By", "Badland", "Black Sabbath" live 1986, "Born to Lose", "Children of the Grave" live 1986, "Children of the Sea" live 1986, "Dancing on the Edge", "Danger Zone" live 1986, "Devil's Stomp", "Die Young" live 1986, "Dog", "Dreams in the Dark", "Fat Cat", "Fire and Rain", "Fire and Water" live 1989, "Flesh and Blood", "Glory Ride", "Hard Life to Love", "Healer", "Heart Like a Wheel" live 1986, "Heaven & Hell" live 1986, "Heaven's Train", "High Wire", "It's Too Late", "Lord Knows", "Lost Forever", "Love Don't Mean a Thing", "Neon Knights" live 1986, "N.I.B." live 1986, "Nightmare", "Paranoid" live 1986, "Ride the Jack", "Rock Steady" live, "Rumblin' Train", "Seasons", "Seventh Star" live 1986, "Shakedown", "Shine On", "Show Me the Way", "Silver Horses", "Soul Lives in the Heart", "Soul Stealer", "Streets Cry Freedom", "Sun Red Sun", "The Fire Lasts Forever", "The Last Time", "The Mob Rules" live 1986, "The River", "The Shining", "Tribal Moon", "Walking Attitude", "War Pigs" live 1986, "Whiskey Dust", "Winter's Call")
C5 ("3 Day Funk", "As Time Goes By", "Badland", "Ball and Chain", "Black Sheep", "Dog", "Dreams in the Dark", "Fire and Rain", "Heartbreak", "Heaven's Train", "Let It Bleed", "Love Don't Mean a Thing", "Move - You Lose", "Ride the Jack", "Rock and Roll" [Rondinelli], "Shine On", "Show Me the Way", "The Mob Rules" live 1986, "The One That Got Away", "Voodoo Highway")
B4 ("3 Day Funk", "Aimless Lady" live in Toronto 1989, "As Time Goes By", "Black Sheep", "Children of the Sea" live 1986, "Danger Zone" live 1986, "Die Young" live 1986, "Emotion Mama", "Glory Ride", "In a Dream", "Kiss and Say Goodbye" live, "Lost Forever", "Neon Knights" live 1986, "Nightmare", "Outrageous", "Ride the Jack", "Rock and Roll" [Rondinelli], "Rumblin' Train", "Seasons", "Seventh Star" live 1986, "Shakedown", "Shine On", "Sweet Leaf" live 1986, "The Shining", "Tribal Moon", "Wardance", "We Can't Lose" live, "Winter's Call")
B♭4 ("Aimless Lady" live in Toronto 1989, "Ancient Warrior", "Ball and Chain", "Children of the Grave" live 1986, "Devil's Stomp", "Die Young" live 1986, "Dreams in the Dark", "Eternal Idol", "Fat Cat", "Fire and Water" live 1989, "Flesh and Blood", "Hard Life to Love", "Healer", "Heaven & Hell" live 1986, "Heaven's Train", "Neon Knights" live 1986, "Ride the Jack", "Rock Steady" live, "Shine On", "Show Me the Way", "Silver Horses", "Soul Lives in the Heart", "Streets Cry Freedom", "Sun Red Sun", "The Fire Lasts Forever", "The River", "Tribal Moon", "Walking Attitude")
Lower Notes:
F♯3 ("Black Sabbath" live 1986, "Danger Zone" live 1986, "Devil's Stomp", "In a Dream", "Rumblin' Train", "Sun Red Sun", "The Fire Lasts Forever", "The River", "Winter's Call")
E3 ("Dog", "Winter's Call")
E♭3 ("Aimless Lady" live in Toronto 1989, "Devil's Stomp", "Dreams in the Dark", "Eternal Idol", "Fat Cat", "Healer", "Lord Knows", "Show Me the Way", "Streets Cry Freedom", "Sun Red Sun", "The River", "War Pigs" live)
D3 ("Hard Life", "Voodoo Highway", "We Can't Lose" live)
C♯3 ("Eternal Idol", "Fat Cat", "Streets Cry Freedom")
C3 ("Voodoo Highway")
B2 ("Funky Cold Medina" live at rehearsal 1989/1990)
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*Blue marks soft/clear falsetto notes
*Italics mark spoken notes.
Best known as the singer for 80s hard rock band Badlands, in addition to his stint replacing Glenn Hughes on Black Sabbath's Seventh Star tour amongst several other projects, Ray Gillen had a sadly fairly short lived career that reached some quite grand heights in spite of it's length. Often compared to the likes of David Coverdale and Robert Plant, Gillen had a knack for raspy blues-styled rock singing that can certainly be held close to the same esteem as those two, being easily able to sing powerfully and with great agility in his higher range, an aspect he was certainly not shy to show off (such as in Dancing on the Edge; which is sung almost entirely around E♭5!). Early on, he used a much cleaner almost power metal-esque technique until his time in Badlands where he began to employ a subtle distinct rasp which fit in well with the band's more blues-based style. His lower range was unfortunately hardly ever used in comparison, however had his career gone longer he may have possibly explored it much more. Gillen sadly passed away from an AIDS related illness in 1993, yet he still stands out to this day as one of the strongest and most proficient voices in 80s hard rock, who knows how much farther his voice would have evolved had he lived on.
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