Pelle Almqvist (2,266 views)

[Seb]

Pelle Almqvist (May 29th, 1978)
AKA: Howlin' Pelle
Vocal Range: D2 - B♭5
Associated Acts: The Hives (1993 - present)
Years Active: 1993 - present

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{Studio Discography}The Hives:
Sounds Like Sushi [1994, Demo EP]: C3 - B♭4 - E♭5
Oh Lord! When? How? [1996, EP]: D3 - C5
Barely Legal [1997]: E3 - D5 - E5
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T [1998, EP]: A3 - E♭5
Veni Vidi Vicious [2000]: B♭2 - F5
Tyrannosaurus Hives [2004]: B♭2 - E5 - F5
The Black and White Album [2007]: F2 - F5 - G5
Tarred and Feathered [2010, EP]: B2 - C5
Les Hives [2012]: F♯2 - D5 (B♭5 on bonus tracks)
The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons [2023]: 

Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("Insane")
G5 ("You Dress Up For Armageddon")
F♯5 ("Throw It On Me")
F5 ("Diabolic Scheme", "Inspection Wise", "Well All Right!")
E5 ("I'm Alive", "T.H.E. H.I.V.E.S.", "The Stomp", "Walk Idiot Walk")
E♭5 ("Antidote", "Barely Homosapien", "Constipation", "Gninrom Ytic Kcorknup", "Hate To Say I Told You So", "High School Shuffle", "No Pun Intended", "Outsmarted" (A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP version), "Well All Right!", "Won't Be Long")
D5 ("A Little More For Little You", "Go Right Ahead", "Hell No!", "I'm A Wicked One", "Puppet On A String", "Stick Up", "Square One Here I Come", "Take Back The Toys", "The Hives Meet The Norm", "Throw It On Me", "Tick Tick Boom", "The Way The Story Goes", "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones", "Up Tight", "We've Got Hives", "Well All Right!", "Without The Money")
C♯5 ("Automatic Schmuck", "Born To Cry", "Closed For The Season", "Countdown to Shutdown", "Dead Quote Olympics", "Diabolic Scheme", "Giddy Up!", "High School Shuffle", "If I Had A Cent", "Keel-Hauling Class Of '89", "My Time Is Coming", "See Through Head", "Try It Again", "Won't Be Long", "You Got It All... Wrong")
C5 ("A Christmas Duel", "Antidote", "Constipation", "Dead Quote Olympics", "Giddy Up!", "I'm Alive", "Inspection Wise 1999", "Midnight Shifter", "Missing Link", "Nasty Secretary", "Love In Plaster", "No Pun Intended", "Puppet On A String", "See Through Head", "Some People", "Supply And Demand", "T.H.E. H.I.V.E.S.", "Waits Too Long", "Without The Money", "You Dress Up For Armageddon")
B4 ("1, 2, 3 in French", "A Little More for Little You", "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T", "Dead Quote Olympics", "Early Morning Wake Up Call", "Folsom Prison Blues" Live at På spåret 2023 SVT, "Genepool Convulsions", "Hate To Say I Told You So", "I Want More", "Keel-Hauling Class Of '89", "King Of Asskissing", "Midnight Shifter", "No Pun Intended", "Patrolling Days", "Smoke & Mirrors", "Step Out Of The Way", "Square One Here I Come", "The Bomb", "The Hives Meet The Norm", "Tick Tick Boom", "Try It Again", "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones", "Wait A Minute", "Walk Idiot Walk", "Well All Right!", "Without The Money", "The Stomp", "Won't Be Long", "You Got It All... Wrong")
B♭4 ("Barely Homosapien", "Born to Cry", "Good Samaritan", "Hate to Say I Told You So" Live at The Howard Stern Show, 2023, "Hell No!", "Here We Go Again", "Love In Plaster", "Missing Link", "Outsmarted", "Trapdoor Solution")
A4 ("1, 2, 3 in French", "1000 Answers", "A Little More for Little You", “Abra Cadaver”, "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T", "Automatic Schmuck", "B is for Brutus", "Blood Red Moon", "Bogus Operandi", "Come On!", "Dead Quote Olympics", "Diabolic Scheme", "Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented", "Feet", "Fever", "Folsom Prison Blues" Live at På spåret 2023 SVT, "Giddy Up!", "Go Right Ahead", "Here We Go Again", "Hey Little World", "High School Shuffle", "How Will I Cope With That", "Howlin' Pelle Talks To The Kids", "I'm A Wicked One", "Let Me Go", "Lost And Found", "Love in Plaster", "Mad Man", "Main Offender", "Midnight Shifter", "My Time Is Coming", "Nasty Secretary", "No Pun Intended", "Puppet On A String" "Ramanda", "Return The Favour", "Some People", "Step Out Of The Way", "Stick Up", "Square One Here I Come", "T.H.E. H.I.V.E.S.", "Take Back the Toys", "The Bomb", "The Hives Meet the Norm", "The Stomp", "The Way The Story Goes", "These Spectacles Reveal The Nostalgics", "Throw It On Me", "Trapdoor Solution", "Two Kinds of People", "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones", "Uptempo Venomous Poison", "Wait A Minute", "Walk Idiot Walk", "What's That Spell?...Go To Hell!", "Without The Money")
G♯4 ("Bogus Operandi", "Born to Cry", "Come On!", "Early Morning Wake Up Call", "Gninrom Ytic Kcorknup", "Insane", "Inspection Wise 1999", "Keel-Hauling Class Of '89", "Little Lil", "Nymphomatic Dentists", "Radio Boss", "Won't Be Long", "You Dress Up for Armageddon", "You Got It All... Wrong")
G4 ("03:30 Punkrock City Morning", "1, 2, 3 in French", "A Get Together to Tear It Apart", "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T", "Antidote", "Barely Homosapien", "Bearded Lady", "Cellblock", "Civilization's Dying", "Die, All Right!", "Feet", "Go Right Ahead", "Good Samaritan", "Hail Hail Spit N' Drool", "Hate to Say I Told You So", "Hell No!", "Here We Go Again", "High School Shuffle", "How Will I Cope With That", "High School Shuffle", "I Want More", "Insane", "Mad Man", "Missing Link", "Nasty Secretary", "Oh Lord! When? How?", "Outsmarted", "Patrolling Days", "Puppet On A String", "Ramanda", "See Through Head", "Smoke & Mirrors", "Square One Here I Come", "Statecontrol", "Step Out Of The Way", "Stick Up", "Supply And Demand", "The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire", "The Hives-Introduce The Metric System In Time", "Theme From...", "Time of the Season", "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones", "Untutored Youth", "Up Tight", "Waits Too Long", "Walk Idiot Walk", "Well, Well, Well", "You Dress Up For Armageddon", "You Think You're So Darn Special")

Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("A Christmas Duel", "Bigger Hole to Fill", "Born to Cry", "Constipation", "Folsom Prison Blues" Live at På spåret 2023 SVT, "Giddy Up!", "Love In Plaster", "Rigor Mortis Radio", "Some People", "The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire", "Throw It On Me", "Wait A Minute", "Waits Too Long", "We've Got Hives")
C♯3 ("Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented", "Find Another Girl", "My Time Is Coming", "Nymphomatic Dentists", "Time of the Season", "Won't Be Long")
C3 ("A Christmas Duel", "Blood Red Moon", "Constipation", "Giddy Up!", "Go Right Ahead", "Hey Little World", "Howlin' Pelle Talks to the Kids", "Square One Here I Come")
B2 ("Crash into the Weekend", "Early Morning Wake Up Call", "Take Back the Toys", "The Hives Meet the Norm", "Wait A Minute", "Won't Be Long")
B♭2 ("Diabolic Scheme", "Early Morning Wake Up Call", "Find Another Girl", "Puppet on A String")
A2 ("A Christmas Duel", "Bigger Hole to Fill", "Blood Red Moon", "Crash into the Weekend", "Fall Is Just Something That Grownups Invented", "Hey Little World", "I Want More", "Hell No!", "The Hives Meet the Norm", "Throw It on Me", "Wait A Minute"
G♯2 ("Well All Right!")
G2 ("Hell No!", "Howlin' Pelle Talks to the Kids"
F♯2 ("My Time Is Coming", "Well All Right!")
F2 ("Folsom Prison Blues" Live at På spåret 2023 SVT, "Puppet on a String", "T.H.E. H.I.V.E.S.")
E2 ("Blood Red Moon")
D2 ("Folsom Prison Blues" Live at På spåret 2023 SVT)
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• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.

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{Bolded Notes}F5 "Well All Right!"
E5 "I'm Alive"
D5 "Throw It On Me", "Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones"
C♯5 "Dead Quote Olympics", "High School Shuffle" (timestamp: 1:33)
C5 "I'm Alive"
B4 "A Little More For Little You", "King Of Asskissing",  "Square One Here I Come", "The Bomb"
B♭4 "Good Samaritan", "Hate to Say I Told You So" (live at The Howard Stern Show)
A4  "Love In Plaster", "Midnight Shifter", "Nasty Secretary", "No Pun Intended" (studio) and "No Pun Intended" (live in New York to show you how hard The Hives go live)
G4 "The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire"

C♯3 "Won't Be Long"
B2 "Early Morning Wake Up Call"
A2 "A Christmas Duel", "Blood Red Moon", "Hell No!"
G2 "Howlin' Pelle Talks To The Kids"
F♯2 "My Time Is Coming"
F2 "Puppet On A String"
D2 "Folsom Prison Blues" (live)

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{Questionable Notes}D7 ("Born To Cry" [1])
B6 ("Cellblock" [1])
B♭6 ("Find Another Girl" [1])
A6 ("Main Offender" [5], "Supply And Demand" [1])
G♯6 ("The Hives-Declare Guerre Nucleaire" [1])
G6 ("Black Jack" [1], "Fever" [1], "Insane" [6], "Statecontrol" [1], "The Hives-Introduce The Metric System In Time" [1])
F♯6 ("03:30 Punkrock City Morning" [1], "Number" [1], Try It Again" [2][4])
F6 ("Die, All Right!" [1], "Let Me Go" [1], "Untotured Youth" [1])
E♭6 ("How Will I Cope With That" [5], "Outsmarted" [1])
D6 ("Constipation" [1])
A5 ("Mad Man" [1], "We've Got Hives" [1])
G5 ("The Stomp" [1])
E5 ("Howlin' Pelle Talks To The Kids" [6], "Square One Here I Come" [5])
E♭5 ("Knock Knock" [1], "Return The Favor" [1])
D5 ("Abra Cadaver" [1], "Fever" [1], "Well, Well, Well" [5])

C3 ("Well, Well, Well" [1])
A2 ("Diabolic Scheme" [2], "Tick Tick Boom" [3])
F2 ("Hey Little World" [3])
D2 ("I Want More" [1])
[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.
[6] fucken overtones man

[sylvia!!]

guy sings like he's the protagonist of all frontmen

[Macca]

That Bb5 sounds an octave higher to me

[kaji]

It isn't.

[sylvia!!]

awesome ass sustained Bb4 from a recent live performance

[jaredletoisbackagain]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2j3HgZHxI&t=30s range expansion!?

[Seb]

God his lows are SO GOOD (whenever he chooses to hit them)