# Low register singing in rock music. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019 "2003-03-13T03:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/21 "2003-03-13T16:29:54Z")
Nick Cave, Pete Steele, Glenn Danzig, Andrew Eldritch. All reasonably low register ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/22 "2003-03-13T16:40:10Z")
The guy from Stone Temple Pilots, who’s name I can’t think of and I don’t feel like searching for. He sings fairly low. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/23 "2003-03-13T16:41:45Z")
Scott Weiland ---
**Author:** ![kefka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kefka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kefka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/24 "2003-03-13T16:45:10Z")
lead singer of stp is scott weiland. also, although unless you’re from northern virginia or the greater dc metropolitan area, you’ve probably never heard of emmet swimming, but lead singer **todd watts** is an amazing singer who sings in an amazingly deep register. then again, he can also sing a perfect falsetto when covering “fake plastic trees” by radiohead. def. check them out ---
**Author:** ![ion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f1d935/32.png) [@ion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ion)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/25 "2003-03-13T17:16:58Z")
**Mike Patton** of **Faith No More** and **Mr Bungle** (and a bunch of other constellations since). Sings in any key possible. ---
**Author:** ![ion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f1d935/32.png) [@ion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ion)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/26 "2003-03-13T17:20:54Z")
Possibly impossible too. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/27 "2003-03-13T18:22:31Z")
Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/28 "2003-03-13T18:49:48Z")
R.E.M. - Michael Stipe sings quite a few lower-register songs. The Smiths / Morrissey Echo and the Bunnymen Joy Division The Lemonheads / Evan Dando Elvis Costello, about half the time ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019/29 "2003-03-13T19:26:26Z")
David Bowie’s got a solid low-register voice. Not Brad-Roberts low, but pretty low for rock. Adam Ant gets pretty low in the intro of “Strip”, but also climbs right back up in the same song. Not rock, but how about Lou Rawls? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-register-singing-in-rock-music/161019.md?page=1)