Post by Bink on May 21, 2023 9:01:26 GMT
Boruch Alan Bermowitz (23 June 1938 - 16 July 2016)
Associated Acts: Suicide
Voice Type: Christopher Walken and William Shatner making Synth Punk
Vocal Range: D2 - F♯6
{Vocal Summary}What does it mean to a bad singer? Truly, what does calling someone a "bad singer" mean. Some might say this is an entirely subjective thing. Like, you hear people calling singers all the time "bad". "Oh Justin Bieber is a bad singer.", "Roger Waters is a bad singer.", "Miley Cyrus is a bad singer", "Johnny Cash is a bad singer." But when they say that these singers are bad per say it's really just a matter of personal preference, all by a subjective matter, when people call these singers bad, they really are just stating a matter of personal preference for the most part. All a subjective matter, because all of the singers stated above definitely have some good singing merit to their voice.
When you get to the realm of so-called objectively bad singers, there are very few that would actually fit the shoe, some with pretty much no sense of melody or rhythm, or use techniques that are questionable at best, first ones that would come to mind for me are GG Allin, Nico, Tom Verlaine (I'm so sorry I love you but you kind of suck at singing), and probably the worst offender out of all of these is yours truly, Alan Vega.
I'm not joking when I wanted to say I wanted my eardrums to explode a couple of times when I was listening to this guy, while he is able to somewhat pull through with some sense of melody in some of his earlier tracks from about (1977 to idk sometime around the late 80s ig), with songs such as "Ice Drummer", "Ra-Ra Baby" and a couple late career performance with "Flashy Love", "Sister" (or most of Cubist Blues tbh). However, then there is… "Frankie Teardrop".
If I'm gonna talk about Alan Vega, I need to talk about "Frankie Teardrop" a 10 minute song from Suicide's debut album, "Frankie Teardrop" in a sentence is an absolutely agonizing vocal performance in the best way possible. Seriously, in this song he manages to do things that would absolutely shred a normal person's vocal cords, screaming like an absolute madman over this looped synth pattern from Martin Rev, and it just doesn't let up throughout the whole performance, it is truly inspiring and absolutely headache-inducing at the same time.
However, most of his performances outside of a select few make him sound like Christopher Walken on opiods. I swear something must have happened, because whatever sense of melody he had before the late 80s he completely lost in the 90s and onwards, often making some sort of mumbled drone past that point.
Now, by this vocal summary, you might get the impression that I hate everything about Alan Vega and all of his music, and to that I say FUCK NO! Seriously Suicide's debut is one of the hardest albums I have ever heard and there has not been a single performer since then that I can think is as unique and interesting in the way Alan Vega was. Dude was truly a one of a kind performer and musician and singer, and it was truly a big loss when he died. Listen to him folks, regret it or not.
Written by Bink
When you get to the realm of so-called objectively bad singers, there are very few that would actually fit the shoe, some with pretty much no sense of melody or rhythm, or use techniques that are questionable at best, first ones that would come to mind for me are GG Allin, Nico, Tom Verlaine (I'm so sorry I love you but you kind of suck at singing), and probably the worst offender out of all of these is yours truly, Alan Vega.
I'm not joking when I wanted to say I wanted my eardrums to explode a couple of times when I was listening to this guy, while he is able to somewhat pull through with some sense of melody in some of his earlier tracks from about (1977 to idk sometime around the late 80s ig), with songs such as "Ice Drummer", "Ra-Ra Baby" and a couple late career performance with "Flashy Love", "Sister" (or most of Cubist Blues tbh). However, then there is… "Frankie Teardrop".
If I'm gonna talk about Alan Vega, I need to talk about "Frankie Teardrop" a 10 minute song from Suicide's debut album, "Frankie Teardrop" in a sentence is an absolutely agonizing vocal performance in the best way possible. Seriously, in this song he manages to do things that would absolutely shred a normal person's vocal cords, screaming like an absolute madman over this looped synth pattern from Martin Rev, and it just doesn't let up throughout the whole performance, it is truly inspiring and absolutely headache-inducing at the same time.
However, most of his performances outside of a select few make him sound like Christopher Walken on opiods. I swear something must have happened, because whatever sense of melody he had before the late 80s he completely lost in the 90s and onwards, often making some sort of mumbled drone past that point.
Now, by this vocal summary, you might get the impression that I hate everything about Alan Vega and all of his music, and to that I say FUCK NO! Seriously Suicide's debut is one of the hardest albums I have ever heard and there has not been a single performer since then that I can think is as unique and interesting in the way Alan Vega was. Dude was truly a one of a kind performer and musician and singer, and it was truly a big loss when he died. Listen to him folks, regret it or not.
Written by Bink
Significant High Notes:
F♯6 ("Frankie Teardrop" live at Eric’s, 1978)
D6 ("Jungle Justice", "Too Late")
C♯6 ("American Dreamer" live in Madrid 1983, "Christ Dice", "Je T'Adore" live in London 1986, "Jukebox Baby" live in London 1986)
C6 ("Dominic Christ", "Frankie Teardrop", "Ghostrider" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Junior's Little Sister Dropped Ta Cheap", "Mambo Mambo")
B5 ("Dance" Live at The Palladium Jan 7, 1978, "Faster Blaster", "Fat City", "Flowers, Candles, Crucifixes", "Harlem", "Keep It Alive", "Promised Land", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Wild Heart")
B♭5 ("Cheat-Cheat", "Ghostrider" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Jesus Vega" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Jukebox Baby 96" live at Le Palace, Paris, Apr 17, 1989, "Listen to the Hiss", "Love On", "Harlem", "On The Run", "Rocket USA" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Shalala", "Viet Vet")
A5 ("Bye Bye Bayou", "Fireball", "La La Bola", "Life Ain't Life", "Shadows Lights", "Shooting For You", "Suicide Note")
G♯5 ("American Dreamer" live in Madrid 1983, "Blessing Fa Tha Broke", "Faster Blaster", "Jukebox Baby 96")
G5 ("Chewy-Chewy", "Deuce Avenue", "Fast Money Music", "Frankie Teardrop", "Future Sex", "How Many Lifetimes", "La La Bola", "Las Vegas Man" live at CBGB April 7, 1979, "See Tha Light", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Viet Vet")
F♯5 ("American Dreamer", "Angel", "Creation", "Dance", "Future Sex", "Hot Fox", "Jajeemba", "Mr. Ray" live at CBGB, April 7, 1979, "Outlaw" live at Rockpalast 1982, "Radiation" live at CBGB April 7, 1979, "Shalala", "Super Subway Comedian", "Video Babe", "Wipeout Beat" live in Madrid 1983)
F5 ("All Night Long", live at Horseshoe Club, Toronto, 1978", "Cool As Ice", "Do Not Do Not", "Dujang Prang", "Every 1's A Winner", "Faster Blaster", "Gangland Scag", Hot Ticket", "Kid Congo", "Saturn Drive", "Show Me You Care", "Suicide Note", “Sweet White Lady”, "Wipeout Beat")
E5 ("American Dreamer", "Bad Scene", "Born In The USA" live in Paris 1988, "Bye Bye Bayou", "Cry a Sea of Tears", "Cry Fire", "Fireball", "Hammered", "Jab Gee", "Jesus Vega" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Johnny" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Keep It Alive", "On The Run", "Motor Maniac", "Ra-Ra Baby", "Sexy", "Shadows Lights", "Super Subway Comedian")
E♭5 ("96 Tears", "Bang Bang", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Cheenaroka", "Dominic Christ", "Freedom Done", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Love So Lovely", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Rebel", "Re-Up", "Sick Sick USA", "Why Be Blue")
D5 ("Blood on the Moon", "Cheap Soul Crash", "Cheat-Cheat", "Crime Street Cree", "Dance", "Incredible Criminals", "Love On", "Sewer Deep", "Sucker", "Trinity 2007")
C♯5 ("Born In The USA" live in Paris 1988, "Cheree" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Fist", "Future Sex", "Johnny" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Jukebox Baby 96", "Mambo Mambo", "Nike Soldier", No Tomorrow", "Rock Train", "Rocket USA" live at Hamburg Audimax June 28 1978)
C5 ("Blood on the Moon", "Body Bop Jive", "Christ Dice", "Creature Feature", "Fast Money Music", "Faster Blaster", "Ghostrider", "Nike Soldier", "Outrage on The Frontpage", "Quasi", "Sugee", "Trinity", "Trinity 2007", "Wild In Blue", "Wrong Decisions")
B4 ("Cry Fire", "Doomo Dance", "Future Sex", "Hot Ticket", "Kid Congo", "La La Bola", "Love So Lovely", "Love You", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Rock Train", "Rocket USA", "Shadows Lights", "Sucker")
B♭4 ("Bad Scene", "Cool As Ice", "Dominic Christ", "Filthy", "Flashy Love", "Holy Skips", "Jukebox Baby 96", "Muscles", "Rebel", "Sneaker Gun Fire")
A4 ("American Dreamer", "Bad Scene", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Christ Dice", "Cool As Ice", "Cry Fire", "Dance" live at CBGB, Sept 27, 1986, "Dream Baby Dream" live at Max’s Kansas City, New York 1979, "Fat City", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Harlem", "Hot Fox", "Ice Drummer", "It", "Jab Gee", "Listen to the Hiss", "Love You", "Mujo", "Play the Dream", "Psalm 68", "Rock Train", "Sister Ray Says" live at Marquee, London, 1978, "Sufferin' In Vain", "This Is City", "Viet Vet")
G♯4 ("11:52 PM", "Bang Bang", "Believe It", "Crime Street Cree", "Deuce Avenue", "Devastated", "Doomo Dance", "Fist", "Frankie Teardrop", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Ghostrider", "The Goodbye Song", "Hammered", "Heat Beat", "Jaxson Gnome", "Job Blue", "Juke Bone Done", "Love So Lovely", "Metal Eyes", "Motorcycle Explodes", "Outlaw" live at Rockpalast 1982, "Psychopatha", "Rocket USA" live at CBGB, Sept 29, 1977, "Sewer Deep", "Shoot The Fucker", "Sister", "Smell War", "Sneakin' Around", "S.S. Eyes", "Sucker", "Suicide Note", “Sweet White Lady”, "War", "Warrior, Fight Fa Ya Life")
G4 ("A Kiss Before Dying", "All Night Long", "Beggin' For Miracles", "Blood on the Moon", "Body Bop Jive", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Bye Bye Bayou", "Creation", "Crime Street Cree", "Death Machine", "Devastated", "Dominic Christ", "Do The Job", "Dream Baby Revisitied", "Every 1's A Winner", "Fat City", "Filthy", "Freedom", "Freedom Done", "Ghostrider" Various live versions, "Goodbye Darling", "Hammered", "Hot Fox", "Hunger Wonders", "I Believe", "Incredible Criminals", "It's Violence", "Jaxson Gnome", "Jungle Justice", "Life Ain't Life", "Living Crazed", "No Home Kings", "On The Run", "Outrage on The Frontpage", "The Pleaser", "Ra-Ra Baby", "Rain of Ruin", "Re-Up", "Rock Train", "Rocket USA", "Sewer Deep", "Shadows Lights", "Shooting For You", "Sick Sick USA", "Sister", "Smell War", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Warrior, Fight Fa Ya Life", "Wild In Blue", "Wings of Glory")
F♯4 ("13 Crosses, 16 Blazin’ Skulls", "Bang Bang", "Be Bop a Lula", "Big Daddy's Stats Living On Tron", "Bring in the Year 2000", "Cheap Soul Crash", "Crazy Driver", "Criss Cross", "Cry a Sea of Tears", "Devastated", "Devastation", "Dream Baby Dream" live at Max’s Kansas City, New York 1979, DTM", "Endless", "Every 1's A Winner", "Fly Away", "Freedom’s Smashed", "Fun In The Wonderland", "Hammered", "Harlem", "Hi Speed Roller", "Hot Ticket", "Hunger Wonders", "I Got Wheels, I Got Nails", "Jab Gee", "Job Blue", "Juke Bone Done", "Jukebox Baby 96", "Jungle Justice", "Life is Short (Oh Baby)", "Listen to the Hiss", "Living Crazed", "Love So Lovely", "Mambo Mambo", "Metal Eyes", "Meth 13 Psychodream", "Mujo", "No Home Kings", "Nothing Left", "Ra-Ra Baby", "River of No Shame", "Sacrifice", "See Tha Light", "Shadazz" live at CBGB April 7, 1979, "Shoot The Fucker", "Show Me You Care", "Silver Monk Time", "Sniper", "Stars", "Sucker", "Sufferin' In Vain", "Suicide Note", Sweet Sweet Money", "Sweet White Lady”, "Televised Executions", "Too Late", "Trinity 2007", "Viet Vet", "Vision", "War", "Why Be Blue", "Wild Heart", "Wings of Glory", "Wipeout Beat", "You Pay/Too Many Teardrops")
F4 ("13 Crosses, 16 Blazin’ Skulls", "A Kiss Before Dying", "American Mean", "Angel of Hell", "Automatic Terror", "Believe It", "Blessing Fa Tha Broke", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Cheap Soul Crash", "Cheenaroka", "Child, It's a New World", "Criss Cross", "Do Not Do Not", "Doomo Dance", "Dukes God Bar", "Flashy Love", "Flowers, Candles, Crucifixes", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Gangland Scag", "The Goodbye Song", "Hot Fox", "How Many Lifetimes", "It's Violence", "Jab Gee", "Medal", "Mercy", "Motorcycle Explodes", "Mr. Ray", "Muscles", "Prayer", "Psychopatha", "Saturn Drive", "Screamin Jesus", "See Tha Light", "Shalala", "Shooting For You", "Sister Ray Says" live at Marquee, London, 1978, "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Station Station", "Sucker", "Trinity 2007", "Vision", "War", "Wild In Blue")
E4 ("11:52 PM", "A Kiss Before Dying", ""Angel", "Bang Bang", "Be Bop a Lula", "Beggin' For Miracles", "Blood on the Moon", "Body Bop Jive", "Born In The USA" live in Paris 1988, "Bring in the Year 2000", "Candyman", "Cheap Soul Crash", "Cheat-Cheat", "Chewy-Chewy", "Chrome Z-Fighters 2003", "Crazy Driver", "Creation", "Cry a Sea of Tears", "Death Machine", "Desperate Fa Tha Miracle", "Desperate Nation", "Devastation", "Doomo Dance", "Fat City", "Filthy", "Flashy Love", "Fly Away", "Freedom Done", "Freedom’s Smashed", "Future Sex", "Gamma Pop", "The Goodbye Song", "Hammered", "Hot Ticket", "Hunger Wonders", "I Believe", "Ice Drummer", "It", "It's Violence", "Jaxson Gnome", "Je T'Adore", "Junior's Little Sister Dropped Ta Cheap", "Kid Congo", "Kung Fu Cowboy", "Life is Short (Oh Baby)", "Listen to the Hiss", "Living Crazed", "Love Cry", "Love On", "Love You", "Metal Eyes", "No Home Kings", "No More Christmas Blues", "Nothing Left", "On The Run", "Outlaw", "Out of Town", "The Pleaser", "Psychopaths", "Puss On Tha Time Warp", "Ra-Ra Baby", "Rebel", "Red Lights Down", "The Record Speed", "Re-Up", "River of No Shame", "Sacrifice", "Samurai", "Sewer Deep", "Shoot The Fucker", "Show Me Your Care", "Sniper", "S.S. Eyes", "Station Station", “Suicide Note", "Tell Me", "Too Late", "Train", "Viet Vet", "Vision", "Wild Heart", "You Pay/Too Many Teardrops")
E♭4 ("All Night Long", "Big Daddy's Stats Living On Tron", "Blessing Fa Tha Broke", "Crime Street Cree", "Criss Cross", "Believe It", "Cheenaroka", "Dominic Christ", "Dukes God Bar", "Filthy", "Frankie Teardrop", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Fun In The Wonderland", "Holy Skips", "I Got Wheels, I Got Nails", "Jaxson Gnome", "Juke Bone Done", "Jungle Justice", "Junior's Little Sister Dropped Ta Cheap", "Love Cry", "Love So Lovely", "Medal", "Mercy", "No Barrier Fun", "No Tomorrow", "Rain of Ruin", "Resurrection River", "Saturn Drive", "Screamin Jesus", "See Tha Light", "Shadows Lights", "Shalala", "Sick Sick USA", "Sister", "Stars", "Sufferin' In Vain", "Sugee", "Tell Me", "This Is City", "Touch Me" live at CBGB April 7, 1979, Traceman", "Wipeout Beat", "Why Be Blue")
D4 ("13 Crosses, 16 Blazin’ Skulls", "A Kiss Before Dying", "American Mean", "Automatic Terror", "Baby Lips", "Black Crucifix", "Blessing Fa Tha Broke", "Bring in the Year 2000", "Candyman", "Child, It's a New World", "Christ Dice", "Come On Lord", "Crazy Driver", "Dachau, Disney, Disco", "Desperate Nation", "Deuce Avenue", "Do Not Do Not", "Dream Baby Revisitied", "DTM", "Every 1's A Winner", "Fear", "Freedom", "Goodbye Darling", "Holy Skips", "How Many Lifetimes", "Ice Drummer", "Incredible Criminals", "It", "It Was Her Eyes", "Jesus Vega" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Je T'Adore", "Job Blue", "Juke Box Baby", "Just Say", "Keep It Alive", "Kid Congo", "The Kiss", "Kung Fu Cowboy", "Let the Blood Drip", "Misery Train", "Motor Maniac", "Mr. Ray", "Muscles", "Nike Soldier", "Power Au Go-Go", "Prayer", "Puss On Tha Time Warp", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Raver", "The Record Speed", "Resurrection River", "Sacrifice", "Samurai", "Saturn Drive Duplex", "Sellin' My Monkeys", "Shoot The Fucker", "Shooting For You", "Speedway", "S.S. Eyes", "Sucker", "Sweet Sweet Money", "Televised Executions", "Train", "Trinity", "Trinity 2007", "Too Late", "Vision", "Wild In Blue", "You Pay/Too Many Teardrops")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("13 Crosses, 16 Blazin’ Skulls", "96 Tears", "A-Man", "American Dreamer", "Angel", "Automatic Terror", "Baby Lips", "Bad Scene", "Believe It", "Body Bop Jive", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Bye Bye Bayou", "Che", "Cheap Soul Crash", "Cheree" ,"Chewy-Chewy", "Child, It's a New World", "Christ Dice", "Chrome Z-Fighters 2003", "C'mon Babe", "Crazy Driver", "Creation", "Creature Feature", "Crime Street Cree", "Cry Fire", "Dachau, Disney, Disco", "Desperate Fa Tha Miracle", "Deuce Avenue", "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne", "Disgrace", "Doomo Dance", "Fear", "Freedom", "Fun In The Wonderland", "Gun God Game", "Hammered", "Hey Lord", "Hi Speed Roller", "Incredible Criminals", "It", "It Was Her Eyes", "Jaxson Gnome", "The Kiss", "La La Bola", "Let the Blood Drip", "Life is Short (Oh Baby)", "Lonely", "Mambo Mambo", "Meth 13 Psychodream", "Muscles", "Outrage on The Frontpage", "Play the Dream", "Prayer", "Pump It", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" live at CBGB, Dec 3, 1977, "Resurrection River", "Re-Up", "Rocket USA", "Saturn Drive", "Saturn Drive Duplex", "Shoot The Fucker", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Sneakin' Around", "S.S. Eyes", "Sweet Sweet Money", "Televised Executions", "Train", "Trinity 2007", "Video Babe", "Vision", "Wrong Decisions")
C♯3 ("11:52 PM", "Be Bop Kid", "Big Daddy's Stats Living On Tron", "Blessing Fa Tha Broke", "Bye Bye Bayou", "Cheenaroka", "Death Machine", "Ghostrider", "Harlem", "Heat Beat", "Johnny", "Juke Box Baby", "Jukebox Baby 96", "Medal", "Metal Eyes", "Mercy", "Mr. Ray", "Quasi", "Red Lights Down", "Samurai", "Sister Ray Says" live at Marquee, London, 1978, "Sugee", "Surrender", "Sweetheart", "This Is City", "Touch Me")
C3 ("A Kiss Before Dying", "A-Man", "Bad Scene", "Black Crucifix", "Blood on the Moon", "Candyman", "Cool As Ice", "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne", "Dominic Christ", "Fast Money Music", "Fear" Sniper, "Fist", "Frankie Teardrop", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Future Sex", "Ghostrider", "Girl", "The Goodbye Song", "Holy Skips", "It", "It's Violence", "Je T'Adore", "Las Vegas Man", "Last Time", "Life Ain't Life", "Life is Short (Oh Baby)", "Lover of Love", "Meth 13 Psychodream", "Motor Maniac", "No Way", "Nothing Left", "Psychopatha", "Radiation", "Rain of Ruin", "Rock Train", "See Tha Light", "Sewer Deep", "Shadazz", "Sneakin' Around", "Sugee", "Sweet Sweet Money", "Too Late", "Wild In Blue", "Wings of Glory", "You Pay/Too Many Teardrops")
B2 ("11:52 PM", "13 Crosses, 16 Blazin’ Skulls", "Beggin' For Miracles", "Big Daddy's Stats Living On Tron", "Bring in the Year 2000", "Brutal Piss Rods", "Come On Lord", "Dream Baby Dream", "Fly Away", "Freedom", "Fun In The Wonderland", "Gun God Game", "I Believe", "I Don't Know", "I Got Wheels, I Got Nails", "Johnny", "Keep It Alive", "Mujo", "Nothing Left", "Out of Town", "The Pleaser", "Promised Land", "Psalm 68", "Pump It", "Pyschopatha", "Ra-Ra Baby", "River of No Shame", "Sacrifice", "Saturn Drive 2 (Subtalk)", "Shadows Lights", "Sick Sick USA", "Smell War", "Swearin' To The Flag", "Sweetheart", "Televised Executions", "Tough Guy", "Viet Vet", "Viva The Legs")
B♭2 ("A Kiss Before Dying", "American Mean", "Automatic Terror", "Be Bop Kid", "Believe It", "Breathe", "Cheenaroka", "Chewy-Chewy", "Child, It's a New World", "Cool As Ice", "Crazy Driver", "Creature Feature", "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne", "Dominic Christ", "Doomo Dance", "Fist", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Harlem", "Hi Speed Roller", "Into My Eyes", "It's Violence", "Jukebox Baby 96", "Last Time", "No Barrier Fun", "Radiation", "Rain of Ruin", "Samurai", "Saturn Drive Duplex", "See You Around", "Space Blue Bambo", "So Tired", "Sufferin' In Vain", "Sugee", "Super Subway Comedian", "Tell Me", "Touch Me", "Trinity", "The Werewolf", "Wipeout Beat")
A2 ("American Dreamer", "Black Crucifix", "Body Bop Jive", "Cheree", "Creation", "Dance", "Disgrace", "DTM", "Dujang Prang", "Endless", "Fat City", "Flowers, Candles, Crucifixes", "Gangland Scag", "Heat Beat", "Hi Speed Roller", "How Many Lifetimes", "I Don't Know", "I Got Wheels, I Got Nails", "Juke Bone Done", "Keep It Alive", "Metal Eyes", "Mujo", "Muscles", "New City", "Nike Soldier", "Out of Town", "Ra-Ra Baby", "The Record Speed", "River of No Shame", "Sexy", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Speedqueen", "S.S. Eyes", "Station Station", "Swearin' To The Flag", "Sweet Sweet Money", "Too Late", "Tough Guy", "Train", "The Werewolf", "Wings of Glory", "Wrong Decisions")
G♯2 ("Bad Scene", "Be Bop Kid", "Cheenaroka", "Chewy-Chewy", "Breathe", "Filthy", "Fist", "Full Force of Them Nuclear Shoes", "Gun God Game", "Harlem", "I Believe", "Life", "Listen to the Hiss", "No Barrier Fun", "Quasi", "See Tha Light", "See You Around", "Shadows Lights", "So Tired", "Sugee", "Too Fine For You", "Touch Me", "Wild In Blue")
G2 ("Black Crucifix", "Body Bop Jive", "Candyman", "Creation", "Creature Feature", "Dance", "Do Not Do Not", "Do The Job", "Dujang Prang", "Fly Away", "Hi Speed Roller", "How Many Lifetimes", "Into My Eyes", "It", "The Kiss", "Life Ain't Life", "Lover of Love", "Misery Train", "Mujo", "Muscles", "Nike Soldier", "No Tomorrow", "Rain of Ruin", "Sacrifice" Dujang Prang version, "Sister", "Smell War", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Super Subway Comedian", "Tough Guy", "Train", "Viva The Legs", "Why Couldn’t It Be You", "Wrong Decisions")
F♯2 ("Cheenaroka", "Chewy-Chewy", "I Don't Know", "Junior's Little Sister Dropped Ta Cheap", "Listen to the Hiss", "New City", "Pump It", "Speedqueen", "Sufferin' In Vain", "Tell Me", "This Is City", "Why Couldn’t It Be You", "Wings of Glory")
F2 ("Gangland Scag", "Girl", "Muscles", "Nike Soldier", "Power Au Go-Go", "Sneaker Gun Fire", "Sister")
E2 ("Come On Lord", "Do Not Do Not", "Do The Job", "Endless", "Fat City", "Fly Away", "Lover of Love", "New City", "No Way", "Out of Town", "The Record Speed", "Swearin' To The Flag", "Tell Me", "Tough Guy", "Trinity 2007", "Viet Vet")
E♭2 ("Dujang Prang")
D2 ("Out of Town", "Saturn Drive 2 (Subtalk)", "Sellin' My Monkeys")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are slightly less than terrible
Big massive thanks to Seb for helping me out with this thread, would have died if he didn't contribute
Best Vocal Performances:
1. Frankie Teardrop
2. Ra-Ra Baby
3. Hot Fox
4. Ice Drummer
5. Harlem
6. Be Bop A Lula
7. Mr. Ray
8. Surrender
9. Flashy Love
10. Sister
Honorable mention: Chambre
{Album Ranges}
Suicide:
Suicide (1977): F2 - C6 Bink
Alan Vega / Martin Rev (1980): G2 - B5 Seb
A Way of Life (1988): F♯2 - E♭5 - C6 Bink
Why Be Blue (1992): F♯2 - D5 - B♭5 Seb
American Supreme (2002): E2 - G4 - C5 Bink
Solo:
Alan Vega (1980): C♯3 - A5 Bink
Collision Drive (1981): E2 - B♭5 Bink
Saturn Strip (1983): A2 - F♯5 Seb
Just a Million Dreams (1985): G2 - B5 Seb
Deuce Avenue (1990): F2 - G5 - B5 Seb
Power on to Zero Hour (1991): G♯2 - D6 Seb
New Raceion (1995): E2 - C♯6 Bink
Dujang Prang (1996): D2 - F5 - C6 Bink
2007 (1999): E2 - G♯5 Bink
Resurrection River (2005): D2 - G♯4 Bink
Station (2007): F♯2 - G♯4 - D5 Seb
It (2017): G2 - G♯4 Bink
After Dark (2021): D2 - G4 Seb
Collab Albums:
Cubist Blues (1996): E2 - D6 Bink
Getchertiktz (1996): E2 - G♯4 - F5 Seb
Endless (1998): A2 - C5 - E5 Bink
Sniper (2010): A2 - G♯4 - E♭5 Seb
Suicide:
Suicide (1977): F2 - C6 Bink
Alan Vega / Martin Rev (1980): G2 - B5 Seb
A Way of Life (1988): F♯2 - E♭5 - C6 Bink
Why Be Blue (1992): F♯2 - D5 - B♭5 Seb
American Supreme (2002): E2 - G4 - C5 Bink
Solo:
Alan Vega (1980): C♯3 - A5 Bink
Collision Drive (1981): E2 - B♭5 Bink
Saturn Strip (1983): A2 - F♯5 Seb
Just a Million Dreams (1985): G2 - B5 Seb
Deuce Avenue (1990): F2 - G5 - B5 Seb
Power on to Zero Hour (1991): G♯2 - D6 Seb
New Raceion (1995): E2 - C♯6 Bink
Dujang Prang (1996): D2 - F5 - C6 Bink
2007 (1999): E2 - G♯5 Bink
Resurrection River (2005): D2 - G♯4 Bink
Station (2007): F♯2 - G♯4 - D5 Seb
It (2017): G2 - G♯4 Bink
After Dark (2021): D2 - G4 Seb
Collab Albums:
Cubist Blues (1996): E2 - D6 Bink
Getchertiktz (1996): E2 - G♯4 - F5 Seb
Endless (1998): A2 - C5 - E5 Bink
Sniper (2010): A2 - G♯4 - E♭5 Seb
{Questionable Notes}
?? ("Ghostrider"[5])
F♯7 ("Viet Vet"[5])
G♯6 ("Ra-Ra Baby" [1])
F6 ("Harlem" [5])
E6 ("Jungle Justice" [4])
E♭6 ("Show Me You Care" [5])
C6 ("I Believe" [5] i n h a l e, "Mr Ray" [1])
B5 ("Rock Train" [5])
B♭5 ("Angel of Hell" [1][5], "Fear" [1][5])
G♯5 ("All Night Long" live at Horseshoe Club, Toronto, 1978)
G5 ("Je T'Adore" [even for him this is really bad], "Shadazz" Live at CBGB, April 7, 1979[1])
F5 ("Metal Eyes" [3])
E5 ("Muscles" [3])
D5 ("Sweet Sweet Money" [1])
C5 ("Bring in the Year 2000" [1])
G4 ("Creature Feature" [1])
E2 ("River of No Shame" [1])
E♭2 ("Brutal Piss Rods" [5])
D2 ("Sneaker Gun Fire" [2])
C2 ("This Is City" [4])
B0 ("Keep It Alive" [4])
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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.
?? ("Ghostrider"[5])
F♯7 ("Viet Vet"[5])
G♯6 ("Ra-Ra Baby" [1])
F6 ("Harlem" [5])
E6 ("Jungle Justice" [4])
E♭6 ("Show Me You Care" [5])
C6 ("I Believe" [5] i n h a l e, "Mr Ray" [1])
B5 ("Rock Train" [5])
B♭5 ("Angel of Hell" [1][5], "Fear" [1][5])
G♯5 ("All Night Long" live at Horseshoe Club, Toronto, 1978)
G5 ("Je T'Adore" [even for him this is really bad], "Shadazz" Live at CBGB, April 7, 1979[1])
F5 ("Metal Eyes" [3])
E5 ("Muscles" [3])
D5 ("Sweet Sweet Money" [1])
C5 ("Bring in the Year 2000" [1])
G4 ("Creature Feature" [1])
E2 ("River of No Shame" [1])
E♭2 ("Brutal Piss Rods" [5])
D2 ("Sneaker Gun Fire" [2])
C2 ("This Is City" [4])
B0 ("Keep It Alive" [4])
.......................................................
[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.
