Post by Steve on Nov 30, 2019 21:56:52 GMT
Associated Acts: Joy Division
Voice Type: The Original Low-Larynx Goth
Vocal Range: A2 - G4
Significant High Notes:
G4: ("Dead Souls")
F♯4: ("Leaders of Men")
F4: ("Autosuggestion", "Digital", "From Safety to Where", "Ice Age", "The Only Mistake", "Transmission")
E4: ("Day of the Lords", "Failures", "New Dawn Fades", "Shadowplay")
E♭4: ("Dead Souls", "Leaders of Men")
D4: ("Disorder", "Glass", "The Kill", "Transmission", "Walked in Line", "Wilderness")
Significant Low Notes:
D3: ("Autosuggestion", "Colony", "Day of the Lords", "From Safety to Where", "Glass", "I Remember Nothing", "Isolation", "A Means to an End", "Novelty", "Shadowplay", "Wilderness")
C♯3: ("Atmosphere")
C3: ("Candidate", "The Eternal", "Heart and Soul", "Insight", "The Only Mistake", "Transmission", "Twenty Four Hours")
B2: ("Isolation", "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Passover", "Walked in Line")
B♭2: ("Autosuggestion", "Digital", "Disorder", "I Remember Nothing", "She's Lost Control")
A2: ("Autosuggestion", "Decades", "Interzone", "The Kill", "Komakino", "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "The Only Mistake", "A Means to an End")
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Underlines indicate notes obscured in backing vocals or harmonies
Despite the tragic brevity of his life, Ian Curtis successfully managed to be highly influential as the frontman of mythical post-punk group Joy Division. The band's notorious t-shirt album Unknown Pleasures has been cited as an influence by a number of prominent modern artists across genres and the copious amount of low-larynx copycat goth rockers that followed suit of Curtis solidifies his place in the pantheon of rock.
Vocally Curtis was a bit of an oddity. As previously mentioned, Curtis' main technique was to artificially darken his tone by lowering his larynx (most tenors should be able to imitate his tone quite convincingly, though as this isn't exactly a healthy habit, I can't recommend adopting it as part of your repertoire). Often mistakenly attributed as a low-placed baritone (Wikipedia even goes so far as to call him a bass-baritone) because of this, Curtis is actually relatively normal-placed, only ever distinctly a baritone when singing high (when he is not darkening his voice). His technique most likely a major contributor to the stunted range you see listed above, having trouble projecting successfully any lower than C3. Curtis also had questionable intonation, often singing flat or sharp. Despite the problems with his lower register, he demonstrated sufficient belting capabilities.
- OP originally by IhateMana. See this thread for more information.
