Guns N’ Roses legend Axl Rose was recently spotted in California with Ida Liu, the global head of Citi Private Bank.
Axl Rose is one of rock music’s best vocalists. Rose possesses a five-octave vocal range which enables him to sing whatever he feels like singing. In an appearance on the “Appetite for Distortion” podcast, original Foreigner singer Lou Gramm spoke about witnessing Rose’s vocal ability for the first time, claiming he could tell the Guns N’ Roses frontman was doing damage to his voice based on his technique:
“Axl’s voice — he had a great range, but I could tell, because they toured a lot too, I could tell that he was damaging his vocal cords simply by the way he sang. And I know that when I sing, towards the end of the night, some of my high range starts to go a little bit.”
“You kind of have to acknowledge the characteristics of your voice, and when they’re tired, if you keep pushing them at that level, they’re damaged and you shouldn’t be singing for the next six months.
Gramm continued, explaining how vocal cords get affected by nodes:
“Your nose and throat doctor will tell you that they need rest and time to heal and then get supple again because a lot of times when you sing too often and too hard, there’s something called nodes that develop on your vocal cords, and they’re like little tiny hard calluses. And when you go to sing a note, air will come out, not the note.”
