It seems like now, most lead singers of bands have much more high pitched or feminine voices, while 90's rock had lead singers with much deeper voices. What caused the shift?
2007-10-14 05:31:18 · 4 answers · asked by meep meep 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
The only two mainstream bands that have lead singers with deep voices that I can think of right now is Pearl Jam and Velvet Revolver...
2007-10-14 05:52:33 · update #1
What about bands like Interpol, The National, and Editors? These are just the first three that come to mind, but the singers in all of them have fairly low-pitched singing voices. But I'll admit that a lot of modern singers do favour notes in the higher register. Probably has a lot to do with the influence of certain singers who popularised falsetto singing in rock at a time when it was more common to be as guttural as possible, people like Thom Yorke, Jeff Buckley etc.
2007-10-14 05:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by rukrym 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
thats true. plus the bands you listened, pearl jam was in the 90s and scott weiland was in the 90s too! this is weird, ive never noticed this.
tool too has a deeper voice ... but they too were in the 90s.
hmm
the only thing i can come up with is that all the new bands were influenced by radiohead, and they did not have a deep voice in the 90s.
2007-10-14 12:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by ƎIΝΟƆ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are correct in that the industry is leaning toward feminine voices. I was shocked to learn that the lead singers of bands like Kill Hannah and Silversun Pickups were in fact male. While we ride out this trend, go listen to some Type O Negative.
2007-10-14 15:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Rckets 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to make an educated guess and say they are all in Metalcore or Death Metal bands.
2007-10-14 17:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋