Sam Dunn
: It seems as though Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder kind of set in motion a new style of male rock-vocal, I mean, would you agree with that?
Jack Endino: I call it Yarling.
Dunn: "The Yarling?"
Endino: We call it (nasally) yarli-wo-aaal! Thaaat's yarling.
: It seems as though Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder kind of set in motion a new style of male rock-vocal, I mean, would you agree with that? Jack Endino
: I call it Yarling. Dunn: "The Yarling?"
Endino: We call it (nasally) yarli-wo-aaal! Thaaat's yarling.
— Metal Evolution episode 7, "Grunge"
"Before I heard the term "Yarl," my friends and I called it "under-bite rock"; it sounds like the singer is going (droning heavily) "Aaaahhh" with an under-bite."
— Mark Arm, Metal Evolution episode 7, "Grunge"
Dale Crover: (low baritone) Heeey-yuh!
Buzz Osborne: (low baritone) Yeeeah-uh! Yeah-uh! (Speaking normally) We gotta try that.
Crover: (starts mimicking a fog horn)
Osborne: (also mimics a fog horn)
Buzz Osborne: (low baritone) Yeeeah-uh! Yeah-uh! (Speaking normally) We gotta try that.
Crover: (starts mimicking a fog horn)
Osborne: (also mimics a fog horn)
— Metal Evolution episode 7, "Grunge"
"As far as annoying white rock singers go, we have the late seventies to blame for this phenomenon. I think the original criminal was Ronnie Dio. Listen to the way he sings "Man on the Silver Mountain" or "Heaven and Hell" like there's hidden, extra letter "r"s in every other word. The other culprits at the time were Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale on Deep Purple's "Burn" album, as well as all their subsequent efforts in other bands. Dio was kind of the archetype though, and as such could get away with it (for awhile)."
— Jack Endino, Backfire zine, "Verb Of The Month: "To Yarl""
""Reeeee-veeeeen! Rast stem heed onapilaw mae da concrete. Again."note
— Pearl Jam, "Even Flow"
"Eddie Vedder threw me for a loop when he came out, vocally; it sounded like he was singing backwards".
