The vocal range of Tito Larriva

A criminally under-recognized musician and songwriter, Tito Larriva has been making music since the late '70s, starting out with the punk bank The Plugz. He then went on to form a band in east LA called the Cruzados in the '80s, but unfortunately, they only lasted long enough to release two studio albums before splitting up. Their debut album remains my favorite record to this day, though. Anyway, since the split-up of the Cruzados in the late '80s, Larriva has played in the experimental rock band Tito & Tarantula, who have apparently gained something of a large following in certain parts of Europe. I know very few people personally who are familiar with their music, though, so hey, go figure. Regardless, Larriva has a great singing voice, and a much wider range than I would've originally reckoned him for when I initially became a fan of his music. He doesn't quite have any real soaring high notes, but he's got very solid fourth octave belting range, and he seems to know how to apply his surprisingly extensive low range to rock singing a lot more than a lot of other vocalists. So even if you don't know any of his music, I hope this video will encourage some of you to check it out!
1. 0:00 -- Some very clean and pleasant singing up to G♯4 from the ending of "Some Day".
2. 0:34 -- Very tasteful singing from "Flor De Mal", topping at G♯4
3. 0:52 -- Strong belting up to A4 from "Last Ride".
4. 1:01 -- Some soulful singing from "Blue Sofa (Still A Fool)", topping at A4.
5. 1:20 -- Some solid B♭4s from the epic "Jupiter".
6. 1:32 -- A very powerful belted B♭4 and B4! From "Strange Face Of Love".
7. 1:41 -- Great B4s from the ending of "Rising Sun". Amazing song!
8. 2:14 -- Fantastic belting around B4 from the last verse and chorus of "Don't Throw Stones", followed by a yelped falsetto F5.
9. 3:17 -- Some powerful but strained C5s from the chorus of "Crack In The World".
10. 3:34 -- A screamy but again powerful sustained D5 from "Nadarè".
11. 3:47 -- Here we have Larriva forcing his way to the top of his full voice range and hitting a rough E♭5 from "Going Down".
12. 3:57 -- A great falsetto F♯5 scream from "Rising Sun".
13. 4:05 -- A strong F♯5 that briefly slides up to G5, from "Motorcycle Girl".
14. 4:12 -- Some very strained but very powerful B4s from "Killing Just For Fun", followed by Larriva's highest sung note: a gritty G5!
15. 4:22 -- Larriva's highest note overall: a screamed B5 from "Angry Cockroaches (Cucarachas Enojadas)".
16. 4:31 -- Some melody singing down to G♯2 from "My Power Is In Your Hands". Very comfortable.
17. 4:39 -- Some smooth low singing from "My German Fraulein", bottoming at G♯2.
18. 4:58 -- Some dark singing down to G2 from the intro of "Bitch".
19. 5:19 -- Now for a contrast, we have some nice relaxing singing from "Slow Dream", also bottoming at G2.
20. 5:38 -- Really good melody sung F♯2s from a verse of "Effortless".
21. 5:54 -- A heavy sung F♯2 from "Now That You're Gone".
22. 6:05 -- Solid F2s from the bridge of the acoustic version of "In Between".
23. 6:13 -- A portamento from F2 to F4 from the middle section of "Torn To Pieces".
24. 6:26 -- Sung G2s and a slide down to E2 from "Forever Forgotten & Unforgiven".
25. 6:41 -- A solid E2 from the acoustic version of "You're The One I Love".
26. 6:49 -- Several sung D2s from "Machete".
27. 7:12 -- A short C♯2 from the acoustic version of "You're The One I Love".
28. 7:20 -- Here we have Larriva's lowest singing: a cover of Trust's "Police Milice", where he sing-talks down to several B1s and briefly touches on a B♭1!

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That's really beautiful man, I listen to The Plugz all the time.
You know who else has a beautiful voice control? Phil Anselmo