Post by falsetokaiba on Oct 22, 2019 21:03:57 GMT
William Frederick Durst (August 20, 1970 -)Years Active: 1993 - present
Associated Acts: "Limp Bizkit" (1994 - 2006, 2009-)
Vocal Range: E2 - F♯5
{Vocal Analysis}I would personally categorise Fred Durst as a natural baritone, gauging from his fairly comfortable second octave lows and overall mid-range and lower register timbre. Possessing a rough, chesty belting register drawing influence from contemporary grunge, alternative metal and hip-hop vocalists, Durst sounded fairly passable in his belting comfort zone around F4-A4, with an aggressive tone suited to his style of music. Beyond this, Durst's belting tended to become somewhat more nasal and shrill, with a lot of Limp Bizkit's tracks featuring inflections around the top of the fourth and early fifth octave, which is generally a feature of Durst's voice which has been criticised. Though he seldom departed from his belts in his upper register with any real melodic intent, Durst also like a number of alternative/nu metal vocalists made use of harsh screams in his upper register with reasonable control. Although his pitching in a live setting away from the grittier reaches of his voice has often been somewhat suspect, Durst's mid-range and lower register are not too bad, with some moments of passable soft singing and some solid enough second octave notes. Durst has also made a feature of rapping in his vocals. Overall, he is not an irredeemably poor singer, but with his share of mannerisms and bad habits that have made him synonymous with the more heavily scorned elements of his musical scene.
Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("Boiler")
E5 ("Just Like This", "Pollution", "Show Me What You Got", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" Live on MTV 2003)
E♭5 ("Armpit", "Full Nelson")
D5 ("Pollution")
C♯5 ("Boiler", "Don't Go Off Wandering", "Hot Dog", "Full Nelson", "Getcha Groove On", "Gold Cobra", "It'll Be OK", "The Key", "Livin' it Up", "My Generation", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", "Stuck", "Take a Look Around")
C5 ("Armpit", "Re-Arranged")
B4 ("9 Teen 90 Nine", "Break Stuff", "Faith", "Full Nelson", "Just Like This", "Killer in You", "Leech", "Let Me Down", "No Sex", "The Only One", "Shark Attack", "Shotgun", "Walking Away")
B♭4 ("Eat You Alive", "My Way", "Sour", "Trust?")
A4 ("Don't Go Off Wandering", "Douche Bag", "Everything", "Get a Life", "Hot Dog", "Killer in You", "Nobody Loves Me", "The Priest", "Red Light-Green Light", "Shot", "Show Me What You Got", "Stalemate", "Take a Look Around")
G♯4 ("9 Teen 90 Nine", "Autotunage", "Boiler", "Bring it Back", "Build a Bridge", "Counterfeit", "Hot Dog", "I'm Broke", "Indigo", "Leech", "Let Me Down", "Pollution", "Shark Attack", "Stinkfinger", "Stuck", "Underneath the Gun")
G4 ("Armpit", "Getcha Groove On", "Gimme the Mic", "Livin' it Up", "Loser", "Phenomenon", "The Priest", "Shot", "The Story")
F♯4 ("Autotunage", "Break Stuff", "Build a Bridge", "Clunk", "Creamer (Radio is Dead)", "Don't Go Off Wandering", "Douche Bag", "Eat You Alive", "Everything", "Faith", "Get a Life", "Head For the Barricade", "Just Drop Dead", "Just Like This", "The Key", "Killer in You", "Let Me Down", "N 2 Gether Now", "Phenomenon", "Re-Entry", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", "Shotgun", "Sour", "Stalemate", "Take a Look Around", "The Truth")
F4 ("90.2.10", "Douche Bag", "I'm Broke", "Introbra", "It'll Be OK", "My Generation", "No Sex", "A Lesson Learned", "The Propaganda", "Shark Attack", "Show Me What You Got", "The Story", "Trust?")
E4 ("All in the Family", "Almost Over", "Autotunage", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Boiler", "The Channel", "Douche Bag", "Down Another Day", "Gold Cobra", "It'll Be OK", "Just Drop Dead", "Lonely World", "Loser", "Shot", "Take It Home", "The One", "The Only One", "Shotgun")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("90.2.10", "All in the Family", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Break Stuff", "Gold Cobra", "Lonely World", "No Sex", "Phenomenon", "Take It Home", "The Story", "Walking Away")
E♭3 ("Drown", "Getcha Groove On", "It'll Be OK", "Killer in You", "Take a Look Around", "Take It Home", "Underneath the Gun")
D3 ("Behind Blue Eyes", "A Lesson Learned", "The Surrender")
C♯3 ("90.2.10", "9 Teen 90 Nine", "Boiler", "Build a Bridge", "Douche Bag", "Drown", "Gold Cobra", "Introbra", "It'll Be OK", "Just Drop Dead", "Livin' it Up", "Lonely World", "Loser", "My Generation", "My Way", "Re-Arranged", "Shotgun", "Take a Look Around")
C3 ("90.2.10", "The Propaganda")
B2 ("All in the Family", "Almost Over", "Build a Bridge", "Get a Life", "Gimme the Mic", "Loser", "The One", "Re-Arranged", "Shark Attack", "Shotgun", "Why Try")
A2 ("Almost Over", "Down Another Day", "Loser")
G♯2("Everything")
G2 ("The One")
F♯2 ("Down Another Day", Re-Arranged, "Stalemate", "Why Try")
F2 ("I'm Broke", "Trust?")
E2 ("A Lesson Learned", "Loser", "The Priest")
{Questionable Notes}
G5 ("Walking Away" [4])
E5 ("Walking Away" [4], "Counterfeit" [1], "Why Try" [1][3])
E♭5 ("Hot Dog" [1])
D5 ("Get a Life" [1][3])
C♯5 ("Introbra" [1][3], "Shark Attack" [1][3])
C5 ("I'm Broke" [5])
B♭4 ("Outro" [2][4])
G4 ("Introbra" [1][3])
B2 ("Bring it Back" [1][3])
A2 ("Let It Go" [3], "Show Me What You Got" [3])
F♯2 ("Loser" [1][3])
F2 ("Break Stuff" [1][3])
E2 ("Indigo" [3], "Underneath the Gun" [3])
B1 ("Get a Life" [2][4], "I'm Broke" [5], "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" [3])
B♭1 ("Intro" [2][4], "Outro" [2][4])
F♯1 ("Get a Life" [2])
F1 ("Re-Entry" [2][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.
G5 ("Walking Away" [4])
E5 ("Walking Away" [4], "Counterfeit" [1], "Why Try" [1][3])
E♭5 ("Hot Dog" [1])
D5 ("Get a Life" [1][3])
C♯5 ("Introbra" [1][3], "Shark Attack" [1][3])
C5 ("I'm Broke" [5])
B♭4 ("Outro" [2][4])
G4 ("Introbra" [1][3])
B2 ("Bring it Back" [1][3])
A2 ("Let It Go" [3], "Show Me What You Got" [3])
F♯2 ("Loser" [1][3])
F2 ("Break Stuff" [1][3])
E2 ("Indigo" [3], "Underneath the Gun" [3])
B1 ("Get a Life" [2][4], "I'm Broke" [5], "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" [3])
B♭1 ("Intro" [2][4], "Outro" [2][4])
F♯1 ("Get a Life" [2])
F1 ("Re-Entry" [2][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.
{Album Ranges}With Limp Bizkit:
"Three Dollar Bill, Y'all $" (1997) (F♯2-E5) LP @crepeaccrual
"Significant Other" (1999) @rustyoldboat (E2 - B4 - E5 - E5)
"Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water (2000) Limp Bizkit IhateMana (G2 - C♯5 - F♯5)
"Results May Vary" (2003) falsetokaiba (F♯2-G♯4-B4)
"The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (EP)" (2005) Platypus (E2-A4-C♯5)
"Gold Cobra" - 2011 Limp Bizkit LP clem (E2-G♯4-C♯5)
Additional guest performances and non-album singles done by Gatr
"Three Dollar Bill, Y'all $" (1997) (F♯2-E5) LP @crepeaccrual
"Significant Other" (1999) @rustyoldboat (E2 - B4 - E5 - E5)
"Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water (2000) Limp Bizkit IhateMana (G2 - C♯5 - F♯5)
"Results May Vary" (2003) falsetokaiba (F♯2-G♯4-B4)
"The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (EP)" (2005) Platypus (E2-A4-C♯5)
"Gold Cobra" - 2011 Limp Bizkit LP clem (E2-G♯4-C♯5)
Additional guest performances and non-album singles done by Gatr
See album credits for the full list of notewatchers who collaborated on this thread- this one really was a group effort, so thanks guys. :)
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Green marks extremely harsh/distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
