Perry Farrell (2,652 views)

[Steve]

Associated Acts: Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, The Satellite Party, Psi-Com
Voice Type: Tenors Rule the Night
Recorded Vocal Range: C2-C♯6

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{Questionable Notes}C6 ("Trip Away"^[1])
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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.

Higher Notes:

C♯6 ("Price I Pay")
B5 ("Ocean Size")
G5 ("Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party", "Underground")
F♯5 ("Bali Eyes")
F5 ("Blood Rag", "Chip Away", "The Solutionists", "The Patience Bossa")
E5 ("Hard Charger", "Ho Ka Hey", "Ocean Size", "Pigs in Zen '87", "Ripple", "Sympathy", "Up the Beach" live in Hollywood 1990)
E♭5 ("Blood Rag", "Had a Dad" outtake, "Our Song", "Pigs in Zen", "Rev", "Sadness", "Whole Lotta Love")
D5 ("Bali Eyes", "Cursed Male", "Dogs Rule the Night", "End to the Lies", "Had a Dad", "Happy Birthday Jubilee (Reprise)", "Hard Charger", "Here We Go Now", "Idiots Rule", "Jane Says" live at the Vive Latino Festival 2011, "Kettle Whistle", "Mountain Song", "My Cat's Name is Maceo", "Ocean Size", "Packin' .25", "Ripple", "Rock & Roll", "Say Something", "Shake My Shit", "Standing in the Shower... Thinking", "Then She Did...", "Three Days", "Trip Away", "True Nature", "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party", "Up the Beach", "Whores")
C♯5 ("1%", "Admit I", "Been Caught Stealing", "Blink", "Children of Night", "Chip Away", "Classic Girl", "Cursed Female", "Did You Forget", "Had a Dad", "I'll Hit You Back", "Just Because", "Meija", "My Cat's Name is Maceo", "No One Leaving", "Nua Nua", "Ocean Size", "Our Song", "Pigs in Zen", "Porno For Pyros", "Rev", "The Riches", "So What!", "Stop!", "Suffer Some", "Superhero", "Summertime Rolls", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Then She Did...", "Wrong Girl", "Xiola")
C5 ("100 Ways", "Been Caught Stealing", "Classic Girl", "Dogs Rule the Night", "Freeway", "Had a Dad", "Happy Birthday Jubilee" & "Happy Birthday Jubilee (Reprise)", "Hard Life Easy", "Idiots Rule", "Jane Says", "Kettle Whistle", "Kinky", "My Cat's Name is Maceo", "My Time", "No One Leaving", "Obivous", "Sadness", "Satellite of Love", "Slow Divers", "Strays", "Suffer Some", "Superhero", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Then She Did...", "Three Days", "To Match The Sun", "True Nature", "Up the Beach", "Whole Lotta Love", "Winds", "Words Out of My Mouth")
B4 ("1%", "Ain't No Right", "Bad Shit", "Been Caught Stealing", "City of 9 Gates", "Classic Girl", "Cursed Female", "Cursed Male", "Freeway", "Good God's://Urge!", "Hard Charger", "Ho Ka Hey", "Human Condition", "I'll Hit You Back", "Insanity Rains", "Jane Says", "Kettle Whistle", "Meija", "Mountain Song", "Ocean Size", "Only Love, Let's Celebrate", "Orgasm", "Packin' .25", "Pets", "Rev", "Ripple", "Rock & Roll", "Sadness", "The Solutionists", "Splash a Little Water on It", "Standing in the Shower... Thinking", "Stop!", "Strays", "Sympathy", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Three Days", "To Match The Sun", "Trip Away", "Whores", "Winds", "Wish Upon a Dog Star", "Wishing Well", "Xiola")
B♭4 ("Admit I", "Ain't No Right", "Broken People", "Chip Away", "Did You Forget", "Happy Birthday Jubilee", "Insanity Rains", "Irresistible Force", "Just Because", "My Cat's Name is Maceo", "New Moon", "No One Leaving", "Nua Nua", "Orgasm", "Pets", "Pigs in Zen", "Price I Pay", "The Riches", "Seeds", "Summertime Rolls", "Thick of It All", "To Me", "Twisted Tales", "Ultimate Reason", "Underground", "Words Out of My Mouth", "Wrong Girl", "Xiola")
A4 ("1%", "100 Ways", "Ain't No Right", "Awesome", "Black Girlfriend", "End to the Lies", "Freeway", "Hard Charger", "Good God's://Urge!", "Had a Dad", "Hard Life Easy", "Idiots Rule", "Jane Says", "Killing Time", "Kinky", "Kimberly Austin", "Mountain Song", "My Time", "Nua Nua", "Of Course", "Pigs in Zen", "Porno For Pyros", "Rev", "Ripple", "Say Something", "Slow Divers", "Standing in the Shower... Thinking", "Stop!", "Strays", "Suffer Some", "Tahitian Moon", "Then She Did...", "Three Days", "Time of Your Life", "To Match The Sun", "True Nature", "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party", "Wish Upon a Dog Star", "Words Out of My Mouth")

Lower Notes:

E3 ("100 Ways", "City of 9 Gates", "Happy Birthday Jubilee", "Here Comes the Sun" live at George Fest 2014, "Ho Ka Hey", "Human Condition", "I Would For You", "Killing Time", "Of Course", "Porpoise Head", "Say Something", "Slow Divers", "Stop!", "Sympathy", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Then She Did...", "Trip Away", "Winds", "Wishing Well")
E♭3 ("Children of Night", "Curiosity Kills", "Hot Lava", "New Moon", "Underground")
D3 ("Ain't No Right", "Been Caught Stealing" outtake, "Everybody's Friend", "Ho Ka Hey", "Human Condition", "Jane Says" live in Irvine Meadows 1991, "New Moon", "Revolution Solution", "The Patience Bossa", "The Solutionists", "To Match The Sun", "Winds", "Wishing Well", "Xiola")
C♯3 ("Awesome", "Black Girlfriend", "Blink", "Blood Rag", "Children of Night", "City of 9 Gates", "Did You Forget", "Jane Says", "King Z", "A Little Sadness", "Only Love, Let's Celebrate", "Our Song", "Pets", "Splash a Little Water on It", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Time of Your Life", "To Me", "Twisted Tales", "Underground", "Xiola")
C3 ("100 Ways", "City of 9 Gates", "Killing Time", "Obivous")
B2 ("Awesome", "Curiosity Kills", "King Z", "A Little Sadness", "Rev", "Satellite of Love", "Seeds", "Summertime Rolls", "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Winds")
B♭2 ("Admit I", "Black Girlfriend", "Milky Ave", "Our Song")
A2 ("Black Girlfriend", "Killing Time", "Slow Divers", "To Match The Sun")
G♯2 ("Awesome", "Blink", "Chip Away", "I'll Hit You Back", "A Little Sadness", "Price I Pay", "Satellite of Love", "Summertime Rolls")
G2 ("The Patience Bossa", "Shekina", "Three Days")
F♯2 ("Awesome", "Mr. Sunshine", "So What!", "Ultimate Reason")
F2 ("Children of Night", "Milky Ave", "Mr. Sunshine")
E2 ("Revolution Solution", "Irresistible Force")
D2 ("Milky Ave")
C2 ("Mr. Sunshine")
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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.

Jane's Addiction's very odd yet charismatic frontman, also the founder of the famous alternative festival Lollapalooza. Farrell's voice is just as out there as his "spacey", esoteric personality; a very distinct bright and somewhat raspy tenor with a certain nasality, a make or break factor of his music for some, yet it would be hard to imagine any of it sung by a different voice due to his unique tonality blending perfectly well with the sprawling psychedelic vibes of Jane's Addiction's music. As one would expect, his high range early on was fairly agile and could hit fifth octave notes fairly easily and solidly (such as in "Ocean Size" and "Sadness"), before shifting his tessitura somewhat from the mid 90s onward, instead focusing more on high fourth/low fifth octave belts. Surprisingly, he actually has quite a decent low range which is quite unexpected given the usual brightness of his voice, this can be best heard in tracks such as "Mr. Sunshine" and "Milky Ave", which are by far his "boomiest" performances. Overall, one of the most distinct figures of 90s rock and definitely quite a voice to be experienced, whether you love it or hate it.

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