Larry Busacca/Getty Images; Paul Natkin/Getty Images; Ross Marino/Getty Images With Halloween just around the corner, what better way to celebrate than with a list of musical moments so intense they’re guaranteed to make your hair stand on end? From wails of heartbreak to yowls of terror to belts of elation, these are the 31 best screams in music history. The list has classic rock, emo, funk, nu metal, and more. Note: We’re not talking about the whole song here, just the moments where the singer really lets loose and the level of larynx abuse truly gets criminal. This list is not for the faint of lung.
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The Pixies, ‘Rock Music’ (1991)
Image Credit: Goedefroit Music/Getty Images The Pixies’ unique ability to give alt-rock a surreal spin is on unfortgettable display here. The second song on the band’s third album, Bossanova, doesn’t have one specific moment of screaming from frontman Black Francis. The whole thing is a 1:52 scream tantrum, with every lyric shrieked like his hair just caught on fire. He kicks off the song by repeating the phrase “Your mouth’s a mile away” eight times, each one sounding more unhinged than the last, as guitarist Joey Santiago answers back with peels of banshee noise.–J.D.
