Chester Bennington (55,116 views)

[Electric Mami]

Yeah, I hear D5 too on the first link you shared. I hear F♯5 too on the second, but I'm not sure if it's purposeful (maybe some sort of voice crack ?… most likely uncontrolled anyway, I would say) considering the scream comes back down to C♯5 quickly after

[Electric Mami]

I don't believe I saw growls (false chord) being pitched on any thread (I suppose there's a reason?), but how about adding this growled E♭3 to the thread? youtu.be/EhJjCbcDvJ8?t=109

I know there's already one in the studio version of the song, but since it's a different technique in a live version, I thought it would be worth mentioning

Ah, also proposing bold material, the long "Come oooooooon" B4 Chester does at the beginning of With You in various live performances. The one in the 2003 Nottingham gig (released today) has a great example of it: youtu.be/VB_j55n83Ks?t=12. If you want another example I know he does it in the 2001 Docklands Arena performance too

[CounterLife]

youtu.be/agYinxTcLaY?t=185

A belted Eb5 and some really sick belted G#5s(!!!) in the Work in Progress doc from Meteora20!

[Electric Mami]

Great find CounterLife! These G♯5's might be bold material

I think the throat singing C2 is countable but it's just a C3

[1999]

Apr 7, 2023 19:50:27 GMT Electric Mami said:

I don't believe I saw growls (false chord) being pitched on any thread (I suppose there's a reason?), but how about adding this growled E♭3 to the thread? youtu.be/EhJjCbcDvJ8?t=109

I know there's already one in the studio version of the song, but since it's a different technique in a live version, I thought it would be worth mentioning

Ah, also proposing bold material, the long "Come oooooooon" B4 Chester does at the beginning of With You in various live performances. The one in the 2003 Nottingham gig (released today) has a great example of it: youtu.be/VB_j55n83Ks?t=12. If you want another example I know he does it in the 2001 Docklands Arena performance too

Mmm, I wouldn't necessarily swap a studio note for a live note unless is of better quality

Regarding With You, there's already the Reanimation version included and bolded in the thread, which is basically the same thing.

[1999]

I believe this to be an F#5? From the Inside

Not really sure, definitely sounds higher than his usual C#

Possibly even here: APFMH

[Gilad]

Those new G♯5s definitely sound mixed to me
And I'm not hearing anything higher than his usual screams in those clips

[1999]

'I won't waste myself on you' - it sounds like is happening between those two words.
Regarding APFMH - literally on the first 'GO away'.

[Electric Mami]

Ah yeah, these are sort of voice cracks, I don't think these high notes in between the screams are controlled

I also hear the Meteora documentary G#5's as mixed

[1999]

I'd say the one from APFMH definitely sounds uncontrolled, but the one during From the Inside doesn't sound like a voice crack to me.

I also wanted to point out this backing falsetto vox from Invisible, it sounds like Chester when the verse starts, however, I'm not 100% sure I can say the same by the time we hear the Eb5. Thoughts?
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Both screams an E? Helter Skelter

[Electric Mami]

Apr 13, 2023 7:55:02 GMT 1999 said:

the one during From the Inside doesn't sound like a voice crack to me.

I understand, it does sound a bit different, but at the same time his scream is fundamentally at C5 on this whole line, so his voice quickly jumping at F#5 on the "won't" (back to C5 on "waste") is most likely out of his control/not purposeful, especially considering the "for you" have two obvious voice cracks

Apr 13, 2023 7:55:02 GMT 1999 said:

I also wanted to point out this backing falsetto vox from Invisible, it sounds like Chester when the verse starts, however, I'm not 100% sure I can say the same by the time we hear the Eb5. Thoughts?

I believe that's Chester but same, not 100% sure. It sounds like his tone (with the very slight rasp), but it's also noticeably lighter than the rest of the verse, but then again, why would it be someone different for the end of the line… More thoughts are welcome hahaha

Apr 13, 2023 7:55:02 GMT 1999 said:

Both screams an E? Helter Skelter

Oh, cool find! I hear E5 and G5 personally

[1999]

There's a production technique they've used on The Catalyst where Mike's voice slowly transitions into Chester's, and is so smooth you wouldn't even notice, with falsetto might be even tougher to pick up as is not as distinctive as chest ofc.

I do hear E5 and G5 too, a bit worried about overtones tho

[1999]

Apr 13, 2023 7:55:02 GMT 1999 said:

Both screams an E? Helter Skelter

Do any more of you guys hear the second scream as a G?

[Gilad]

The E5 sounds legit, but that G5 sounds like a weird crack/overtone to me. And that Eb5 in Invincible is definitely Chester imo

[1999]

A5:link and B5: link you guys?

Also F2? lol link

[senatorsenpai]

Apr 22, 2023 9:33:57 GMT 1999 said:

A5:link and B5: link you guys?

Also F2? lol link

I think G♯5 and B5! It's quiet when he sings the riff but I don't think he clearly sings F2 at any point there. 

[Gilad]

That A5 is a countable G#5, and I'd spoiler the B5. Not the best notes, but there's definitely some voice in those F2s

[Electric Mami]

From 2:02 to 2:09 he's doing the main vocal melody quietly in head, and between 2:09 and 2:11, lowest he's reaching B♭2 with a decent amount of tone, so nowhere near F2, and then between 2:11 and 2:14 he leaves the last bass note out, so yeah, no F2 here, that's for sure. As for the B5, it's totally countable imo, it's at least as good if not better than the G♯5, it's not a yelp and it's controlled, nothing wrong with it really

[Osmosis]

G#5 countable as is the B5 in my view - I'm not sure what you would spoiler that under.
There is no F2

[1999]

Tried to bring his voice a bit more forward, confident there's two F2 tbh: link

[Electric Mami]

It's just not there, sorry "^.^. I'm gonna pitch the whole line:
Ding Di Ding Po Pom Po Pom
E♭3 F3 G3 F3 E♭3 F3 B♭2

Ding Di Ding Po Pom Po Pom

E♭3 F3 G3 F3 E♭3 F3 G♯2

Actually he does bottom lower the second time he does it, which could barely be heard on the YouTube video, but it's still not F2. The G♯2 is barely there to begin with, so I don't think I would count it. The B♭2 on the other hand, yes. And yeah there's a noise before he starts going "ding di ding" but if you watch the video he doesn't sing at this part, it doesn't sound like a voice humming something either. No F2 in there, really

[1999]

Sorry mate but it sounds like he's just matching the bass synth notes to me, any other user would like to join in? 'cause, of course, either of us could be wrong

[Smitty.]

I don’t hear the F2

[Steingrim]

Apr 30, 2023 15:25:00 GMT 1999 said:

Sorry mate but it sounds like he's just matching the bass synth notes to me, any other user would like to join in? 'cause, of course, either of us could be wrong

The F2 doesn't sound like what the synth does afterwards when he isn't singing. I think he's throwing in a fry note.

[Electric Mami]

Apr 30, 2023 15:25:00 GMT 1999 said:

Sorry mate but it sounds like he's just matching the bass synth notes to me, any other user would like to join in? 'cause, of course, either of us could be wrong

I mean 3 of us already told you it doesn't bottom at F2, and when I asked in the Discord server another user said B♭2… Additionally, I happen to have perfect pitch, so I think I can tell a B♭2 from a F2. Of course there's always a possibility I can make a mistake, but here I came back to the note tons of times at different times and days, so I'm fairly confident he's not bottoming any close to F2. Trust me!

As for the F2 sound before he starts going "ding di ding po pom po pom" (lol), true there is something that's an F2, and I hear it too. But when watching the video, Chester doesn't have his mouth opened on that one sound (looks like he's chewing something), and the sound is way too loud and not very human sounding (there's like a C3 over the F2 with some sort of reverb/echo, it sounds more digital than the rest of his singing in that part). No way that's even a hummed fry note