Is Leon Redbone bass or baritone?
Someone from Kansas on a Journey to Boston might seem like a Foreigner.
It’s easy to get them confused.
Matt Berninger of The National is fairly low (“Bloodbuzz, Ohio”) for the alt-rock crowd, although he had shouty moments (“Abel”) earlier in his career.
How about David Vanian. Deep, rich voice AND a crooner (song has a 2 minute keyboard intro).
My wife had never even heard of the Damned so I took her to a concert recently and she was absolutely entranced by his voice, especially in contrast to the rather upbeat punk numbers he was singing in.
I’m reminded of the low-sounding singing of Hayden, though I think he’s technically a baritone.
Well if we’re mentioning Bowzer then we gotta mention Barry Carl of Rockapella fame. Looking at his Wikipedia entry I was surprised to see that Carl not only studied opera at Juilliard but that he’d done so after earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in French horn from Julliard as well.
(For the bass note payoff, it’s at the end of the song linked to above.)
what about Michael Poulsen, of Volbeat?
Baritone, though these days he may be singing bass just because he’s older.
Here he is with my buddy Jonathan Dorn.
Really shocked no one has mentioned country artist Josh Turner, who hits notes so low in “Would You Go With Me?” that even I have to think about it when singing along with him (I sing down to C[sub]2[/sub]). And he sings much of the song in the range of G[sub]2[/sub] to G[sub]3[/sub], which is pretty low for a modern pop singer of any genre.
Would You Go With Me? (youtube)
After developing a rather late affection for very early Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago( after dismissing them for decades based on their later radio-saturating MOR output ), I read up on them and apparently they hired tenor Peter Cetera in part for that reason. Founding vocalists Robert Lamm and Terry Kath were both baritones and had a tough time cutting through the horn section like Cetera could.
I’ve been listening to some of the clips. Deep bass voices, singing the lead part, sounds so different from the typical music I hear.
Kind of an acquired taste.
Not sure it qualifies as bass, but David Gahan of Depeche Mode had a very deep voice compared to most of his counterparts in their genre.
Also, the lead singer for Urge Overkill.
This is my favorite and obvious (to me) pick, but being not that familiar with what defines a “bass voice” I looked him up and saw him referred to as being known for his “baritone.” Then I looked at the entry for Non-classical baritones on Wikipedia and the list included almost every rock singer I can think of with a deep voice. So I guess I just assumed that Bass is VERY low and almost no one has it. But if we are talking about a voice like Matt has, he is my favorite singer of recent-ish times and I have a similar voice.
Armstrong had a medium-range voice. His gravelly sound might have given the impression it was lower, but he never actually sang low notes.
This is not pop or rock or country, but it’s too much fun not to post. Notice the big guy in the grey t-shirt.
(Some Russian guys are singing a song about sitting around drinking, while they sit around and drink. :))
My mistake, typing from memory and not thinking - the bass’s name is Mikhail Kruglov, not Vladimir. Sorry about that.
You like guys showing vocal range when singing Russian? Allow me to present Ivan Rebroff(actually a German) with his 4.5 octaves.
Neil Diamond is a baritone but it seems to me he could carry a vocal bass part quite well.
JIMMY Ricks. Free sample
As far as rock ( hard rock ) goes, Glen Danzig comes to mind: ‘Misfits’ and ‘Danzig’.
I once heard his singing described as a cross between Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley.