Josh Brown (1,008 views)

[TheCMRecluse]

Joshua Brown
Associated Acts: Full Devil Jacket (1999-2000, 2010-present), Day Of Fire (2003–2010), A New Rebel (2010-present)
Vocal Range: B♭1-E♭5 (3 octaves, 5 notes)
Vocal Type: Detained Baritone Who Wishes To Be An Airplane

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{Vocal Summary}
Hailing from Tennessee, Joshua Brown has made himself a name as one of the most powerful post-grunge singers from the start of the last three decades. Starting in his band, the nu metal rockers Full Devil Jacket, he has shown a style similar to that of early grunge singers especially that of the late Mark Lanegan or Layne Staley. With Full Devil Jacket he uses a menacing and tortured sounding baritone with a lot of rasps even when belting high notes and has a lot of distortion with his screaming which sound aggressive and maniacal. After having survived an almost fatal heroin overdose however, he put FDJ for a rest and later formed Day Of Fire which in contrast to the latter does not use screaming and focuses more on a typical post-grunge style singing. Nevertheless, his work in DOF, has garnered him recognition for his emotional performances and lyrics on salvation and perseverance. A talent he would expand after reviving FDJ and a new band A New Rebel where he then had the confidence to expand more of his singing being able to belt higher without much rasp as in his earlier days and even more control with his melody. His high register can vary from having some distortion or not and his lower register tends to be a lot more cleaner being able to go low in a bluesy manner. Josh Brown is a force to be reckoned with in the world of post-grunge, having one of the most sincere and vulnerable singers in the genre and hopes to see where this brother has in store for the future.

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{Discography Checked}
Full Devil Jacket
Genre: Nu metal
EPs
A Wax Box EP (1999) B2-F♯4-B4
Studio albums
Full Devil Jacket (2000) A2-G4-C♯5
Valley Of Bones (2015) F♯2-G2-B4-D5

Day Of Fire
Genre: Post-grunge
Studio albums
Day Of Fire (2004) A2-G4-G♯4
Cut & Move (2006) C2-C3-A4-C5
Losing All (2010) F2-B♭4-D5

A New Rebel
Genre: Nu metal/Post-grunge
EPs
A New Rebel EP (2011) B♭1-C3-A4-C5

Significant High Notes:

E♭5 ("New York To Amsterdam")
D5 ("Blood Of The Innocent, "Cold Addiction")
C♯5 ("Fastblack", "Long Highway", "Mainline")
C5 ("Love", "Silver Dress", "We Are No One", "We Got Love")
B4 ("7x Down", "Love Song", "Mr. Wiggly", "Now You Know", "Nutshell" (Alice In Chains cover, with Daughtry live), "Valley Of Bones")
B♭4 ("Airplane", "Blue Green Day", "Fastblack", "Landslide", "Screaming Jesus", "The Dark Hills", "We Are No One", "When I See You")
A4 ("D.M.F. (Live)", "Far And Gone", "Got No Love", "Hello Heartache", "Killers", "Lady", "Stain", "What If I Say", "When The Light")
G♯4 ("7x Down", "August", "Blood Of The Innocent", "Cornerstone", "Never Know Love", "Paper Crown", "The Moment")
G4 ("Far And Gone", "Frustrated", "Hello Heartache", "Hey You", "Jacob's Dream", "Lately", "Love", "Never Goodbye", "New York To Amsterdam", "Now You Know", "Reborn", "Regret", "Silver Dress", "The Dark Hills", "To Fly", "Wake Me", "Wanna Be Martyr", "War", "We Are", "We Are No One", "When The Light", "You Decide")
F♯4 ("Blue Green Day", "Detainer", "I Am The Door", "Full Devil Jacket", "Lady", "Light 'Em Up", "Rain Song", "What If I Say", "Where Did You Go")
F4 ("Aileen", "Cut & Move", "Far And Gone", "Landslide", "Hole In My Hand", "Monster", "Reap And Sow", "Time", "Where Did You Go")
E4 ("7x Down", "Blue Green Day", "Jacob's Dream", "We Got Love")
E♭4 ("Cardboard Believer", "Fade Away", "Through The Fire", "Picturebox Voodoo", "Run")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 ("Airplane", "Far And Gone", "Fastblack", "Got No Love", "Monster", "Run", "Where Did You Go")
C♯3 ("Fade Away", "Love Song", "Mainline", "Rain Song", "Strange", "Wanna Be Martyr")
C3 ("Airplane", "Cold Addiction", "Cut And Move", "Hey You", "Landslide", "Lately", "Running In Circles", "Silver Dress", "The Dark Hills", "Through The Fire", "Time", "To Fly", "War", "We Are No One", "We Got Love")
B2 ("Full Devil Jacket", "Killers", "Long Highway", "Mainline", "Picturebox Voodoo", "Stain", "Time", "When I See You")
B♭2 ("Jacob's Dream", "Valley Of Bones")
A2 ("Blue Green Day", "Cold Addiction", "Cornerstone", "Got No Love", "What If I Say")
G♯2 ("7x Down", "August")
G2 ("Lately", "Light 'Em Up", "Paper Crown")
F♯2 ("7x Down")
F2 ("The Dark Hills", "We Are")
E♭2 ("Run")
C2 ("Run")
B♭1 ("War")

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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
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[Macca]

That A1 is a C2

[TheCMRecluse]

Also edited this thread to look more unique than before with bolds and a better picture. Mr. Brown is definitely a unique vocalist with an incredible story.

[TheCMRecluse]

Got a range expansion!

[BAZanine]

Hearing B♭1 in that C2 clip, personally. Assuming it's the thing in the left channel.