Editing Grunge (section)

=== Vocals ===
[[File:PearlJam-9-23-06-8.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A male singer, Eddie Vedder, onstage and singing into a vocal microphone. He has an emotional look on his face as he sings.|Vocalist [[Eddie Vedder]], from [[Pearl Jam]], is noted for his expressive singing style.]]
The grunge singing style was similar to the "outburst" of loud, heavily distorted electric guitar in tone and delivery; Kurt Cobain used a "gruff, slurred articulation and gritty timbre" and [[Eddie Vedder]] of Pearl Jam made use of a "wide, powerful [[vibrato]]" to show his "depth of expression."<ref name="Shepherd 2012. p. 23" /> [[Layne Staley]] voiced lyrics with a "heaviness" and [[tremolo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sola |first=David de |date=2012-04-05 |title=How Alice in Chains Found the Most Memorable Voice in Grunge |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/how-alice-in-chains-found-the-most-memorable-voice-in-grunge/255469/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref>  In general, grunge singers used a "deeper vocal style" which matched the lower-sounding, downtuned guitars and the darker-themed lyrical messages used in the style.<ref name="gibson.com" /> Grunge singers used "gravelly, raspy" vocals,<ref name="Felix-Jager, Steven 2017. p. 135" /> "... growls, moans, screams and mumbles"<ref>Moody, Fred. ''Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story''. 2004. p. 171.</ref> and "plaintive groans"; this range of singing styles was used to communicate the "varied emotions" of the lyrics.<ref>Fournier, Karen. ''The Words and Music of Alanis Morissette.'' ABC-CLIO, 2015. p. 44</ref> Cobain's reaction to the "bad times" and discontent of the era was that he screamed his lyrics.<ref name="Talley, Tara pp. 228">Talley, Tara. "Grunge and Blues, A Sociological Comparison:How Space and Place Influence the Development and Spread of Regional Musical Styles". ''Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences'', College of Charleston Volume 4, 2005: pp. 228–240. p. 233</ref> In general, grunge songs were sung "simply, often somewhat unintelligibly"; the virtuoso "[[opera]]tics of hair-metal were shunned."<ref name="Talley, Tara pp. 228" /> Grunge singing has been characterized as "borderline out-of-tune vocals".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/deep_cuts/2007/grunge.htm   |title=GRUNGE Deep Cuts |last=Clark |first=Bill |date=September 4, 2007 |website=bullz-eye.com |publisher=Bullz-eye |access-date=March 1, 2017 }}</ref>