Post by TheCMRecluse on Feb 2, 2024 6:29:13 GMT
Pastor Joshua S. Porter
Associated Acts: Showbread (1997-2016, 2020-present), DIES (2007-present), The Thieves Guild (?-?), Church Of Agony (2016-present), The Bell Jar (2018-present)
Vocal Range: B1-E5 (3 octaves, 5 notes)
Vocal Type: Raw Rock Baritone Of Discontentacephalosaurus
{Vocal Summary}
There are a lot of people who are called modern renaissance people because their craft can be described as being solely theirs. In the punk world, there can be many people who may do this but many would just call it all typical anarchism meant to be against the system with massages we all heard about. But for some even in that space they can be creative. Enter, Georgia native, Joshua Porter or Josh Dies from the controversial raw rock band, Showbread. He and his band have been called mad men, traitors, Satanists and all kinds of stuff from people who do not understand his craft. His unique vocal style plus his unique musical background being a kaleidoscope of genres from southern rock, post-hardcore, industrial and alternative, is definitely a factor on what really causes people to wonder how he can do this mixed with his unique lyricism of postmodern ideas tackling Christianity as well as humor, reptiles as symbolism, anarchism, pacifism, anti-Calvinism and a dissection on patriotism as a form of idol worship. Dies is a baritone who mostly sings in a standard pop structured melody in songs and can mostly lack going higher as many of his contemporaries but then sometimes out of nowhere will go into screaming like a maniac with such an aggressive, panic-stricken delivery that usually sound higher than they are and makes one wonder if he has ever damaged his voice after doing this. Yet, surprisingly he manages to balance his clean and unclean vocals perfectly in each song depending if the album is a heavy album or a soft album (or both). His highest notes are all mostly screamed and his singing mostly stays in the mid to high fourth octave to slightly low fifth octave. However, his low register to me, is what is really impressive as it is usually rare for hardcore punk singers to sing low but he does it in such a moody and emotive manner that almost sounds similar to likes of his influence, Trent Reznor and only got better with age with him sounding like a bass singer in a church choir. Dies is indeed a modern renaissance with a lot of passion for Jesus and for sending messages of peace and perseverance and from what it looks he may have more to offer along the way and it will indeed be considered way out there from a different train of thought when it comes to art. God bless you, Pastor.
There are a lot of people who are called modern renaissance people because their craft can be described as being solely theirs. In the punk world, there can be many people who may do this but many would just call it all typical anarchism meant to be against the system with massages we all heard about. But for some even in that space they can be creative. Enter, Georgia native, Joshua Porter or Josh Dies from the controversial raw rock band, Showbread. He and his band have been called mad men, traitors, Satanists and all kinds of stuff from people who do not understand his craft. His unique vocal style plus his unique musical background being a kaleidoscope of genres from southern rock, post-hardcore, industrial and alternative, is definitely a factor on what really causes people to wonder how he can do this mixed with his unique lyricism of postmodern ideas tackling Christianity as well as humor, reptiles as symbolism, anarchism, pacifism, anti-Calvinism and a dissection on patriotism as a form of idol worship. Dies is a baritone who mostly sings in a standard pop structured melody in songs and can mostly lack going higher as many of his contemporaries but then sometimes out of nowhere will go into screaming like a maniac with such an aggressive, panic-stricken delivery that usually sound higher than they are and makes one wonder if he has ever damaged his voice after doing this. Yet, surprisingly he manages to balance his clean and unclean vocals perfectly in each song depending if the album is a heavy album or a soft album (or both). His highest notes are all mostly screamed and his singing mostly stays in the mid to high fourth octave to slightly low fifth octave. However, his low register to me, is what is really impressive as it is usually rare for hardcore punk singers to sing low but he does it in such a moody and emotive manner that almost sounds similar to likes of his influence, Trent Reznor and only got better with age with him sounding like a bass singer in a church choir. Dies is indeed a modern renaissance with a lot of passion for Jesus and for sending messages of peace and perseverance and from what it looks he may have more to offer along the way and it will indeed be considered way out there from a different train of thought when it comes to art. God bless you, Pastor.
{Discography Checked}
Showbread
Genre: Post-hardcore/art rock/electronic rock/hard rock/industrial metal-rock/metalcore/pop punk/post-grunge/post-punk/southern rock
Studio albums
Goodbye Is Forever (1999) D3-D4-E5
Life, Kisses, And Other Wasted Efforts (2003) G2-B♭2-A4-D5
No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical (2004) G2-B♭4-E♭5
Age Of Reptiles (2006) B1-B2-C♯5-E♭5
Anorexia (2008) F♯2-G2-E4-E♭5
Nervosa (2008) B1-E♭2-A4-D5-E♭5
The Fear Of God (2009) E2-G♯2-B4-D5
Who Can Know It? (2010) A2-E4-C5
Cancer (2012) E♭3-F♯4-A4-E5
Showbread Is Showdead (2016) E2-B2-G♯4-E5
Our Fathers Were Models For God (2023) E2-B4-C5-E5
DIES
Genre: Post-industrial
Studio albums
Aesthetics Of Violence (2007) B1-B2-E4-E5-C♯5
Scalene (2011) C2-C3-G4-C5
The Bell Jar
Genre: Electronic rock/new wave/post-hardcore/post-punk
Studio albums
I Infest, Therefore I Am (2018) G♯2-G♯4-E♭5
Showbread
Genre: Post-hardcore/art rock/electronic rock/hard rock/industrial metal-rock/metalcore/pop punk/post-grunge/post-punk/southern rock
Studio albums
Goodbye Is Forever (1999) D3-D4-E5
Life, Kisses, And Other Wasted Efforts (2003) G2-B♭2-A4-D5
No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical (2004) G2-B♭4-E♭5
Age Of Reptiles (2006) B1-B2-C♯5-E♭5
Anorexia (2008) F♯2-G2-E4-E♭5
Nervosa (2008) B1-E♭2-A4-D5-E♭5
The Fear Of God (2009) E2-G♯2-B4-D5
Who Can Know It? (2010) A2-E4-C5
Cancer (2012) E♭3-F♯4-A4-E5
Showbread Is Showdead (2016) E2-B2-G♯4-E5
Our Fathers Were Models For God (2023) E2-B4-C5-E5
DIES
Genre: Post-industrial
Studio albums
Aesthetics Of Violence (2007) B1-B2-E4-E5-C♯5
Scalene (2011) C2-C3-G4-C5
The Bell Jar
Genre: Electronic rock/new wave/post-hardcore/post-punk
Studio albums
I Infest, Therefore I Am (2018) G♯2-G♯4-E♭5
Significant High Notes:
E5 ("Aesthetics Of Violence", "Bleeding Generation", "Dear John Piper (Stillbirth In Space)", "Diary Of A Failure", "Everything Is Meaningless", "Of Love And Rain", "Our Fathers Were Models For God", "You Were Born In A Prison")
E♭5 ("Centipede Sisters", "Cry For Help", "Drug Song", "Germ Cell Tumor", "Lord Vishnu Leads The Lemmings Off A Cliff", "Make Me A Eunuch", "Mouth Like A Magazine", "Power Will Be Fought", "Showbread Is Showdead", "The Pig" (Anorexia), "The Pig" (Nervosa), "Thieves", "War Song", "What To Expect When You're Expecting To Die")
D5 ("A Better World", "And The Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down", "Age Of Reptiles", "Dead By Dawn", "Escape From Planet Cancer", "Gojira", "I Am A Machine Gun", "I Had Music In My Heart, But Now My Heart Is Broken", "I Want To Get Married", If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die, "Killing Myself", "Naked Lunch", "Pachycephalosaurus", "Raw Rock Theology", "So Selfish It's Funny", "Stabbing Art To Death", "Suck Abyss, Succubus!", "The Bell Jar", "The Dissonance Of Discontent", "The Fall Of Dubai", "The Great Emasculation", "The Jesus Lizard", "The Journey" (Anorexia), "The Pursuit Of Happiness", "The World Is Red", "The Vulture" (Nervosa), "Two-Headed Monster", "Welcome To The Plainfield Tobe Hooper", "Why Shouldn’t We Kill Ourselves?", "Your Friends Are Fake")
C♯5 ("A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vise Versa)", "Aesthetics Of Violence", "Alcoholocaust", "And The Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down", "Centipede Sisters", "Despair Has A Name", "January 3, 1889: Nietzsche Witnesses The Flogging Of A Horse", "Let There Be Raw, "Lost Connection With The Head", "My Heart Is Yours", "My Shadow Is A Bat", "Oh! Emetophobia!", "Snake Eating Whore", "The Goat" (Nervosa), "The Sad Thing About Sunday Morning", "The Sky" (Anorexia), "The Vulture" (Anorexia), "Toxic Shock Syndrome")
C5 ("Dear Music", "Destroyer Of The Gods", "Goodbye Is Forever", "I Am Horrible At Processing Rejection", "Legacy Of Skubalon", "Nothing Matters Anymore", "Precursor", "Regret Consumes Me", "Sex With Strangers", "Soldiers And Cops", "The Death" (Anorexia), "The End" (Anorexia), "The Goat" (Anorexia), "The Journey" (Nervosa), "Vehement", "Where We Begin And Where I End", "You Will Die In A Prison")
B4 ("Does This Inspire You", "Gojira", "Harry Harlow And The Monkeys Of Despair", "Iconoclasm Orgasm", "I'm Afraid That I'm Me", "Lost Connection With The Head", "Myth Of A Christian Nation", "No Amount Of Material Possessions Can Save You From Death", "Pachycephalosaurus", "The Death" (Nervosa), "The Dirt" (Anorexia), "The Jesus Lizard", "The Me Just Cames Apart")
B♭4 ("And The Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down", "Anarchy!", "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die", "The Dissonance Of Discontent", "The Sky" (Nervosa))
A4 ("Anarchy!", "Centipede Sisters", "Deliverance", "Escape From Planet Cancer", "Germ Cell Tumor", "Hydra", "Mouth Like A Magazine", "Naked Lunch", "Nothing Matters Anymore", "Oh! Emetophobia!", "Precursor", "So Selfish It's Funny", "Shepherd, No Sheep", "Stabbing Art To Death", "The Dirt" (Nervosa), "The Fear Of God", "The Journey" (Nervosa), "The Pursuit Of Happiness", "Your Owls Are Hooting", "Two-Headed Monster", "You Will Die In A Prison", "You Will Not Die In A Prison")
G♯4 ("I Think I'm Going To See You", "Legacy Of Skubalon", "My Heart Is Yours", "Out Of My Mind", "Son Of The Fly", "Suddenly Seymour", "The Great Emasculation", "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things")
G4 ("Dead By Dawn", "Dear Music", "George Romero Will Be At Our Wedding", "Killing Myself","Less Than Zero", "Pachycephalosaurus", "Precursor", "Soldiers And Cops", "The Last Enemy To Be Destroyed Is Death", "The Mummified Remains Of A Close Personal Friend", "The Vulture" (Nervosa), "Welcome To The Plainfield Tobe Hooper", "Where We Begin And Where I End", "Your Owls Are Hooting")
F♯4 ("Age Of Reptiles", "I Want To Get Married", "Life After Life After Death", "George Romero Will Be At Our Wedding", "Germ Cell Tumor", "So Selfish It's Funny", "Shepherd, No Sheep")
F4 ("A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vise Versa)", "Dinosaur Bones", "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die", "I'm Afraid That I'm Me", "Killing Myself", "Sex With Strangers")
E4 ("A Mute Idol", "Does This Inspire You", "Hurt People Hurt People", "I Never Liked Anyone And I'm Afraid Of People", "The Journey" (Anorexia), "The Dirt" (Anorexia), "The Sky (Alpha)", "The Vulture" (Anorexia), "Two-Headed Monster", "Viddy Well, Brother", "You Will Die In A Prison", "You Will Not Die In A Prison")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Alcoholocaust", "Alone Among God's Primates", "Does This Inspire You", "Drug Song", "George Romero Will Be At Our Wedding", "Goodbye Is Forever", "Hydra", "I Never Liked Anyone And I'm Afraid Of People", "My Bride, When You Think", "Myth Of A Christian Nation", "Of Love And Rain", "Pachycephalosaurus", "Shepherd, No Sheep", "Soldiers And Cops", "Stabbing Art To Death", "The End"(Anorexia), "The Goat" (Anorexia), "The Journey" (Anorexia), "The Me Just Comes Apart", "The Pig" (Anorexia), "Thieves", "You're Like A Taxi", "Your Owls Are Hooting")
C♯3 ("Mouth Like A Magazine", "Naked Lunch", "So Selfish It's Funny", "The Death" (Anorexia), "Why Shouldn’t We Kill Ourselves?")
C3 ("Autosarcophagy And The Heat Death Of The Universe", "Deliverance", "Funeral Dirge For Everyone You've Ever Known And Everyone You Haven't", "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die", "My Heart Is Yours", "Oh! Emetophobia!", "Dear Music", "Marana Tha!", "Sing Me To Sleep", "The Death" (Nervosa), "The End (Omega)" (Anorexia), "The Last Enemy To Be Destroyed Is Death", "The Pig" (Nervosa), "The Sky (Alpha)", "Until We Meet Again", "Your Friends Are Fake")
B2 ("A Man With A Hammer", "Age Of Reptiles", "Fuzzy [Two]", "I Think I'm Going To See You", "Less Than Zero", "Life After Life After Death", "Lost Connection With The Head", "Matthias Replaces Judas", "Showbread Is Showdead", "Sing Me To Sleep", "The Bell Jar", "The Dirt (Alpha)", "The Fear Of God", "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things", "The World Is Red")
B♭2 ("Dinosaur Bones", "The Sad Thing About Sunday Morning")
A2 ("The Beginning" (Nervosa), "The Bell Jar", "The Dirt" (Anorexia),"The Prison Comes Undone", "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things", "Time To Go", "Welcome To The Plainfield Tobe Hooper")
G♯2 ("Lost Connection With The Head", "Suddenly Seymour", "The Vulture" (Nervosa))
G2 ("A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vise Versa)", "Destroyer Of The Gods", "Dinosaur Bones", "Meticulous Providence?", "The Vulture" (Anorexia), "What To Ask Yourself Before You Die", "What To Expect When You're Expecting To Die", "Your Owls Are Hooting")
F♯2 ("Pachycephalosaurus", "Our Fathers Were Models For God", "The Journey (Anorexia)")
E2 ("Age Of Reptiles", "Dear John Piper (Stillbirth In Space)", "I'm Lost", "I've Deconverted! Please Like And Subscribe", "Soldiers And Cops")
E♭2 ("The Sky" (Nervosa), "The Pig" (Nervosa))
C2 ("Gojira", "Marana Tha!")
B1 ("Aesthetics Of Violence", "The Jesus Lizard", "The Journey" (Nervosa))
{Questionable Notes}
G5 ("I Am A Machine Gun"[3], "Lord Vishnu Leads The Lemmings Off A Cliff"[3])
E1 ("The Vulture" (Nervosa)[4])
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.......................................................G5 ("I Am A Machine Gun"[3], "Lord Vishnu Leads The Lemmings Off A Cliff"[3])
E1 ("The Vulture" (Nervosa)[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.
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