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Jeffrey Ross Hyman (19 May 1951 - 15 April 2001)
Associated Acts: Sniper (1972 - 1974), Ramones (1974 - 1996)
Years Active: 1964 - 2001
Vocal Range: G2 - A4
{Vocal Summary by clem }Jeffrey Ross Hyman, better known as "Joey Ramone", was an American singer-songwriter, most famous for fronting the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award-winning, punk rock-pioneering band, the "Ramones".
Born in Queens, Joey's thick New York accent, slurred diction and bizarre, snarly tone on the early Ramones records gave him a truly unique and distinctive sound, despite the technical limitations of his instrument. Audibly more thin and steely in timbre on the '70s Ramones albums than he would be in his later career, Joey's voice in his breakthrough years is sometimes described as that of a tenor. However, this sound is better attributed to his high larynx position and general lack of resonance than it is to his vocal fach, and Joey throughout his career would be better described as a baritone, comparable in natural placement to fellow punk trailblazer Glenn Danzig, though lacking Danzig's open throat technique and more theatrical delivery.
Joey's baritone attributes would become more pronounced in the 1980s as his control over his voice improved and he began implementing it in new ways to match the Ramones' evolving sound. Where some of their contemporaries fell by the wayside as the original punk rock scene quickly faded, Joey and co. maintained their cultural relevance by assimilating influences from genres like new wave and heavy metal. These stylistic changes saw Joey diversify his singing style, showcasing distorted, thrash-style belting, as well as Jim Morrison-esque low-mid range singing, with a dropped larynx for a darker, more forboding timbre. This time could be seen as his vocal peak, seeing him stretch up to the top of the fourth octave, where previously he had topped out around G4, and dropping down into the second octave more frequently than on the first three albums.
In regards to Joey's head register, it was something seldom used at any point in his career, making but a small handful of appearances across his discography. Not a technique he ever particularly developed, likely because of the limited requirement for his style of music, his falsetto was an airy, shaky one, and not one of his more memorable vocal assets.
Perhaps more remembered as a performer than purely as a singer, Joey remains an icon of counterculture; the image of a man in a leather jacket, face obscured by shaggy hair and sunglasses now synonymous with punk music. But whilst Joey Ramone was not a technically accomplished vocalist, he was a consistent, recognizable and fit-for-purpose singer, with a bit more versatility to his game than the average punk rocker.
Born in Queens, Joey's thick New York accent, slurred diction and bizarre, snarly tone on the early Ramones records gave him a truly unique and distinctive sound, despite the technical limitations of his instrument. Audibly more thin and steely in timbre on the '70s Ramones albums than he would be in his later career, Joey's voice in his breakthrough years is sometimes described as that of a tenor. However, this sound is better attributed to his high larynx position and general lack of resonance than it is to his vocal fach, and Joey throughout his career would be better described as a baritone, comparable in natural placement to fellow punk trailblazer Glenn Danzig, though lacking Danzig's open throat technique and more theatrical delivery.
Joey's baritone attributes would become more pronounced in the 1980s as his control over his voice improved and he began implementing it in new ways to match the Ramones' evolving sound. Where some of their contemporaries fell by the wayside as the original punk rock scene quickly faded, Joey and co. maintained their cultural relevance by assimilating influences from genres like new wave and heavy metal. These stylistic changes saw Joey diversify his singing style, showcasing distorted, thrash-style belting, as well as Jim Morrison-esque low-mid range singing, with a dropped larynx for a darker, more forboding timbre. This time could be seen as his vocal peak, seeing him stretch up to the top of the fourth octave, where previously he had topped out around G4, and dropping down into the second octave more frequently than on the first three albums.
In regards to Joey's head register, it was something seldom used at any point in his career, making but a small handful of appearances across his discography. Not a technique he ever particularly developed, likely because of the limited requirement for his style of music, his falsetto was an airy, shaky one, and not one of his more memorable vocal assets.
Perhaps more remembered as a performer than purely as a singer, Joey remains an icon of counterculture; the image of a man in a leather jacket, face obscured by shaggy hair and sunglasses now synonymous with punk music. But whilst Joey Ramone was not a technically accomplished vocalist, he was a consistent, recognizable and fit-for-purpose singer, with a bit more versatility to his game than the average punk rocker.
Significant High Notes:
A4 ("7 and 7 Is", "I Need Your Love", "Mr. Punchy", "Out of Here", "Rock 'n' Roll Is the Answer", "When I Was Young")
G♯4 ("Baby, I Love You", "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)", "My My Kind of Girl" acoustic demo, "Time Has Come Today")
G4 ("All's Quiet on the Eastern Front", "Don't Bust My Chops", "Got a Lot to Say", "Human Kind", "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement", "I Know Better Know", "Ignorance Is Bliss", "Indian Giver", "Learn to Listen", "Little Bit o' Soul", "Mental Hell", "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", "Out of Here", "Palisades Park", "Planet Earth 1988", "Somebody Put Something in My Drink", "Substitute", "Surfin' Safari", "Waiting for That Railroad", "Weasel Face", "What'd Ya Do?", "When I Was Young")
F♯4 ("53rd & 3rd", "Beat on the Brat", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Cabin Fever", "Chasing the Night", "Come on Now", "Danny Says", "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)", "Havana Affair", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)", "Human Kind", "I Believe in Miracles", "I Wanna Be Well", "I'm Against It", "I'm Not Jesus", "Indian Giver", "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)", "Let's Go", "Listen to My Heart", "Loudmouth", "Maria Bartiromo", "Psycho Therapy" live, "Rock 'n' Roll Is the Answer", "Spiderman", "Swallow My Pride", "Teenage Lobotomy" live, "Time Has Come Today", "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World", "Unhappy Girl" demo, "What's Your Game")
F4 ("1969", "Anxiety", "Baby, I Love You", "Censorshit", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio" studio / live, "Freak of Nature", "Garden of Serenity", "Hair of the Dog", "Heidi Is a Headcase", "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind" Brain Drain version, "I'm Not Jesus", "In the Park", "It's a Long Way Back", "The KKK Took My Baby Away", "Mama's Boy", "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", "Needles and Pins", "New Girl in Town", "Out of Time", "Planet Earth 1988", "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", "Surfin' Safari", "Take It as It Comes", "Take the Pain Away", "Teenage Lobotomy", "Touring", "Waiting for That Railroad", "We Want the Airwaves", "You Should Never Have Opened That Door", "You Sound Like You're Sick")
E4 ("53rd & 3rd", "7 and 7 Is", "All the Way", "Animal Boy", "Babysitter", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "California Sun", "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", "Carbona Not Glue", "Chain Saw", "Chasing the Night", "Chinese Rock", "Chop Suey" alternate version, "Cretin Hop", "Crummy Stuff", "Danger Zone", "Danny Says", "Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio", "Do You Wanna Dance", "Don't Go", "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You", "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment", "Glad to See You Go", "Go Lil' Camaro Go", "Happy Birthday" The Simpsons cameo, "Havana Affair", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", "High Risk Insurance", "Human Kind", "I Can't Control Myself", "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind", "I Can't Make It on Time", "I Don't Care", "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You", "I Just Want to Have Something to Do", "I Need Your Love", "I Remember You", "I Wanna Be Sedated" live, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", "I Want You Around", "I Wanted Everything", "Ignorance Is Bliss", "I'm Not Afraid of Life", "Indian Giver", "The Job That Ate My Brain", "Kicks to Try" demo, "Learn to Listen", "Let's Dance", "Let's Go", "Mr. Punchy", "No Go", "No One to Blame" demo, "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy", "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "Oh Oh I Love Her So", "Out of Here", "Outsider", "Palisades Park", "Pinhead", "Please Don't Leave" demo, "Poison Heart", "Psycho Therapy", "The Return of Jackie and Judy", "Roots of Hatred" demo, "She Belongs to Me", "She's the One", "Somebody Like Me", "Somebody Put Something in My Drink", "Somebody to Love", "Something to Believe In", "Street Fighting Man", "Surf City", "Teenage Lobotomy", "This Ain't Havana", "This Business Is Killing Me", "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World", "Touring", "We Want the Airwaves", "Weasel Face", "What'd Ya Do?", "What's Your Game", "When I Was Young", "The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs", "Worm Man", "You Didn't Mean Anything to Me", "You Should Never Have Opened That Door", "You're Gonna Kill That Girl", "Zero Zero UFO")
E♭4 ("All the Way", "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front", "Babysitter", "Beat on the Brat", "Born to Die in Berlin", "Censorshit", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Come on Now", "Commando", "Death of Me", "Don't Worry About Me", "Hair of the Dog", "I Believe in Miracles", "I Couldn't Sleep", "I Know Better Know", "I Wanna Be Sedated", "I'm Not Jesus", "It's a Long Way Back", "Judy Is a Punk", "The KKK Took My Baby Away", "Loudmouth", "Mental Hell", "My My Kind of Girl", "Needles and Pins", "Psycho Therapy", "The Return of Jackie and Judy", "She's a Sensation", "Surfin' Bird", "Suzy Is a Headbanger", "This Business Is Killing Me", "What Did I Do to Deserve You?", "Why Is It Always This Way")
D4 ("7-11", "Animal Boy", "Anxiety", "Apeman Hop", "Bad Brain", "Cabbies on Crack", "Cabin Fever", "Chinese Rock", "Chop Suey" alternate version, "Danger Zone", "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)", "Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio", "Don't Bust My Chops", "Don't Come Close", "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You", "Glad to See You Go", "Go Lil' Camaro Go", "Have a Nice Day", "Heidi Is a Headcase", "Highest Trails Above", "I Can't Be" demo, "I Can't Control Myself", "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind", "I Can't Make It on Time", "I Don't Wanna Be Learned / I Don't Wanna Be Tamed" demo, "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You", "I Don't Want to Grow Up", "I Don't Want You", "I Wanna Live", "I Want You Around", "I'm Against It", "In the Park", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "It's Not for Me to Know", "Life's a Gas", "Little Bit o' Soul", "Maria Bartiromo", "Oh Oh I Love Her So", "On the Beach", "Planet Earth 1988", "Please Don't Leave" demo, "Poor Little Rich Girl", "Questioningly", "Rock 'n' Roll High School", "Rock 'n' Roll Is the Answer", "See My Way", "Searching for Something", "She Belongs to Me", "Sitting in My Room", "Sleeping Troubles" demo, "S.L.U.G.", "Smash You", "Somebody to Love", "Something to Believe In", "Spirit in My House", "Stop Thinking About It", "Street Fighting Man", "Suzy Is a Headbanger", "This Ain't Havana", "Tomorrow She Goes Away", "Too Tough to Die", "Unhappy Girl" demo, "What a Wonderful World", "What Did I Do to Deserve You?", "You Should Never Have Opened That Door")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("1969", "Bop 'Til You Drop", "Cabin Fever", "California Sun", "Censorshit", "Chain Saw" demo, "Chasing the Night", "Chop Suey" alternate version, "Come on Now", "Danny Says", "Death of Me", "Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio", "Do You Wanna Dance", "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You", "Happy Birthday" The Simpsons cameo, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)", "I Can't Give You Anything", "I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)", "I Just Want to Have Something to Do", "I Love You", "I Remember You", "I Wanna Be Sedated", "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" demo, "I Wanna Live", "I Want You Around", "I'm Affected", "I'm Against It", "I'm Not Afraid of Life", "I'm Not an Answer" demo, "It's Gonna Be Alright", "Learn to Listen", "Little Bit o' Soul", "Locket Love", "Maria Bartiromo", "No Go", "No One to Blame" demo, "Out of Here", "Outsider", "Palisades Park", "Poison Heart", "Psycho Therapy", "Ramona", "Rock 'n' Roll Is the Answer", "Rockaway Beach", "Roots of Hatred" demo, "See My Way", "She Belongs to Me", "Sitting in My Room", "Sleeping Troubles" demo, "Somebody Like Me", "Somebody Put Something in My Drink", "Stares in This Town" demo, "Stop Thinking About It", "Substitute", "Surfin' Bird", "This Ain't Havana", "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World", "Tomorrow She Goes Away", "Too Tough to Die", "Touring", "Unhappy Girl" demo, "Venting (It's a Different World Today)", "Weasel Face", "We're a Happy Family", "What'd Ya Do?", "What's Your Game" demo, "When I Was Young", "Zero Zero UFO")
E♭3 ("All the Way" demo, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)", "The Job That Ate My Brain", "Needles and Pins", "Psycho Therapy", "The Return of Jackie and Judy", "Swallow My Pride", "This Business Is Killing Me", "What Did I Do to Deserve You?")
D3 ("Chasing the Night", "Come Back, Baby", "The Crusher", "Death of Me", "Eyes of Green", "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind", "I Don't Want to Grow Up", "I Walk Out", "I Won't Let It Happen", "Ignorance Is Bliss", "I'm Affected", "I'm Not Afraid of Life", "I'm Not an Answer" demo, "In the Park", "Indian Giver", "It's Not for Me to Know", "Mama's Boy", "No Go", "On the Beach", "Out of Time", "Please Don't Leave" demo, "Questioningly", "A Real Cool Time", "Rock 'n' Roll High School", "Searching for Something", "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", "She's a Sensation", "Smash You", "Spirit in My House", "Surf City", "Surfin' Safari", "Take It as It Comes", "Time Has Come Today", "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" demo, "Too Tough to Die", "Waiting for That Railroad", "We're a Happy Family", "What a Wonderful World", "What'd Ya Do?", "When I Was Young")
C♯3 ("All Screwed Up", "Don't Worry About Me", "Going Nowhere Fast", "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)", "Like a Drug I Never Did Before", "My My Kind of Girl", "New York City", "Questioningly", "Spiderman", "There's Got to Be More to Life", "Venting (It's a Different World Today)", "Worm Man", "You Sound Like You're Sick")
C3 ("7-11", "Crummy Stuff", "I Couldn't Sleep", "New Girl in Town", "Out of Time", "Pet Sematary", "Remembering", "Rock 'n' Roll High School", "Spirit in My House", "Take the Pain Away", "There's Got to Be More to Life", "Touring", "Waiting for That Railroad", "We Want the Airwaves", "What a Wonderful World", "You Didn't Mean Anything to Me")
B2 ("21st Century Girl", "All Screwed Up", "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)", "Eyes of Green", "Going Nowhere Fast", "Hair of the Dog", "I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)", "I Remember You", "Indian Giver", "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)", "My My Kind of Girl", "New York City", "No One to Blame" demo, "Roots of Hatred" demo, "She Talks to Rainbows", "Surfin' Bird", "Time Has Come Today")
B♭2 ("I Couldn't Sleep", "Make Me Tremble", "A Real Cool Time")
A2 ("7-11", "Bye Bye Baby", "Come Back, Baby", "Death of Me", "Don't Go", "I Won't Let It Happen", "Like a Drug I Never Did Before", "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)", "Party Line", "Pet Sematary", "Searching for Something", "She Talks to Rainbows", "She's a Sensation")
G♯2 ("21st Century Girl", "Remembering")
G2 ("Bye Bye Baby", "Hair of the Dog")
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Green marks harsh/distorted notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.
Best Vocal Performances:
1. When I Was Young
2. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
3. Indian Giver
4. Baby, I Love You
5. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
6. I Need Your Love
7. Out of Here
8. Pet Sematary
9. Listen to My Heart
10. We Want the Airwaves
{Questionable Notes}A5 ("Mental Hell"[1a])
G♯5 ("Animal Boy"[1a])
F♯5 ("Go Mental"[1a])
F5 ("I Wanna Be Sedated"[1a], "I'm Affected"[1a])
E♭5 ("I Love You"[1c])
D5 ("1969"[1a])
C♯5 ("I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"[1a])
B4 ("Weasel Face"[1d])
A4 ("Street Fighting Man"[1c])
F♯4 ("I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)"[2a])
G♯2 ("Time Has Come Today"[1b])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief hiccups and other trills in high range.
b. Speaking.
c. Brief exclamations.
d. Toneless screams.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous tone.
G♯5 ("Animal Boy"[1a])
F♯5 ("Go Mental"[1a])
F5 ("I Wanna Be Sedated"[1a], "I'm Affected"[1a])
E♭5 ("I Love You"[1c])
D5 ("1969"[1a])
C♯5 ("I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"[1a])
B4 ("Weasel Face"[1d])
A4 ("Street Fighting Man"[1c])
F♯4 ("I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)"[2a])
G♯2 ("Time Has Come Today"[1b])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief hiccups and other trills in high range.
b. Speaking.
c. Brief exclamations.
d. Toneless screams.
[2] Questionable identity.
a. Ambiguous tone.
{Album Ranges}With the Ramones:
Ramones (1976) (E3 - G4)
Leave Home (1977) (B2 - F♯4)
Rocket to Russia (1977) (B2 - F4 - F♯4)
Road to Ruin (1978) (C♯3 - F♯4)
End of the Century (1980) (C3 - G♯4)
Pleasant Dreams (1981) (A2 - G♯4)
Subterranean Jungle (1983) (B2 - A4)
Too Tough to Die (1984) (B2 - G4)
Animal Boy (1986) (G2 - G4)
Halfway to Sanity (1987) (G2 - G4)
Brain Drain (1989) (A2 - G4)
Mondo Bizarro (1992) (A2 - F4)
Acid Eaters (1993) (C3 - A4)
¡Adios Amigos! (1995) (A2 - G4)
Solo:
Don't Worry About Me (2002) (A2 - F4 - A4)[1a]
Christmas Spirit...In My House (2002) (B♭2 - F4)[1a]
...Ya Know? (2012) (G♯2 - A4)[1b]
With Sibling Rivalry:
In a Family Way (1994) (D3 - D4)
[1] Denotes posthumous releases.
a. Recorded between 2000 and 2001.
b. Recorded between 1999 and 2001.
Ramones (1976) (E3 - G4)
Leave Home (1977) (B2 - F♯4)
Rocket to Russia (1977) (B2 - F4 - F♯4)
Road to Ruin (1978) (C♯3 - F♯4)
End of the Century (1980) (C3 - G♯4)
Pleasant Dreams (1981) (A2 - G♯4)
Subterranean Jungle (1983) (B2 - A4)
Too Tough to Die (1984) (B2 - G4)
Animal Boy (1986) (G2 - G4)
Halfway to Sanity (1987) (G2 - G4)
Brain Drain (1989) (A2 - G4)
Mondo Bizarro (1992) (A2 - F4)
Acid Eaters (1993) (C3 - A4)
¡Adios Amigos! (1995) (A2 - G4)
Solo:
Don't Worry About Me (2002) (A2 - F4 - A4)[1a]
Christmas Spirit...In My House (2002) (B♭2 - F4)[1a]
...Ya Know? (2012) (G♯2 - A4)[1b]
With Sibling Rivalry:
In a Family Way (1994) (D3 - D4)
[1] Denotes posthumous releases.
a. Recorded between 2000 and 2001.
b. Recorded between 1999 and 2001.
