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Julie Christmas.

Unhinged begins at 2:15.

Bjork could be unhinged at times.

People say Amyl (of "and the Sniffers") is unhinged, I don't feel it with her.



Alanis Morrissette sounded unhinged to me, every song.

I have a marriage bias to the singer but IMO one of the best voices in hardcore

+1 on Diamanda Galás. To my knowledge "You Must Be Certain of the Devil" was the first song I ever heard from her. The mélange of a gospel rave-up, wretched wailing, and glossolalia, made the strongest impression and turned me into a fan for life



Patty Waters' Sings is a phenomenal recording of moonlit balladry, and then you get to her version of "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" where she finds terrifying and increasingly demented ways to repeatedly scream "black." A singular talent that Patty Waters.



I recently noticed that former FM Brett Eugene Ralph's record store, Surface Noise, received the Inflatable Boy Clams 7". "I'm Sorry" is my go-to but "Skeletons" has Jojo Planteen's slowly-losing-it vocals.



The Darker Skratcher compilation from LAFMS was like an earthquake that for myself uncovered all sorts of demented weirdness. Vetza's wild and squeaky vocals on "Stale Puppy Dog Tails" for myself foretold the demented sing-song-y baby girl voices explored by Kat Bjelland, Kathleen Hanna, and countless others.

Gramsci wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:32 am Julie Christmas.

She's a powerhouse. That Battle of Mice project she was in was awesome.

A few that immediately come to mind -

Kelly Canary upstaging Kurt Cobain



Pharmakon



Jennifer Herrema (I’m sure there are more topical examples than this song, but its a fav)

This is exactly what you need:



Band is so fuckin' good.

The peaks ('Skotoseme', 'Do You Take This Man?') on that Diamanda Galas / John Paul Jones record (The Sporting Life) are absolutely fucking terrifying. So, so good.

Have patience with the intro for this one, it's worth it.