Brett Scallions of Fuel has one of the most instantly recognisable voices of the late 90s and early 2000's, and if you've been trying to learn how to sing like Brett Scallions of Fuel, you've probably noticed just how TRICKY it is to get his unique style just right.

Part Grunge, part pop rock, part metal - Brett's voice ran the gamut of grungy grit and gravel through to smooth crooning through many of the greatest rock melodies and hooks of the post grunge era, whatever 'post grunge' means exactly.

One of the most recognisable features of Brett's immense voice is the unique articulation and 'rolled' vowels which were a heavy feature in 90's rock.

Learning how to do this, as well as sing with his unique grit which was as bright as the sun and just as biting as the sun's rays, is actually easy when you first understand WHAT a vowel really is.

In singing, a vowel sound is really a balance of two different frequencies that match together to create the sound we know as a vowel or word.

As an example, an AY vowel like in the word "hey" is really a dark structure with a deep frequency of about 500 hz in the first formant behind the tongue, and a brighter tone in the second formant in front of the tounge, around 15k - meaning that AY is both dark and bright at the same time, creating words like "yeah", "hey", "said" and "dead" - all which modify in the first formant according to register and style.

But lets simplify a bit before we do a deep dive into formants by working out exactly how to sing like Brett Scallions from Fuel;

First up, nail those vowels sounds! Secondly, we need to develop substance in our tone first before we dive into style - great singing is always substance over style first! Forget the rolled vowels for now and simply work on how to SING these songs rather than trying to 'sound like' Brett.

Once you get the vowel and range down pat, you can easily digress into grit and gravel and the style articulations like I've demonstrated in the video above.