History Music / DiamandaGalas

* ContraltoOfDanger: She's a soprano according to Website/TheOtherWiki but when she's not hitting the high notes, she sounds a bit like this.

* DreamTeam: She's collaborated with the likes of Iannis Xenakis, Bobby Bradford, Vinko Globokar, John Zorn, and even [[Music/LedZeppelin John Paul Jones]]!

* ContraltoOfDanger: She's a soprano according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki but when she's not hitting the high notes, she sounds a bit like this.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Her music lies near both extremes of this. Most of her bluesy works are about 1-3 or lie away from the scale, but the likes of her ''Litanies of Satan'' EP peak at a hard 11.

'''Diamanda Galás''' is a deep-voiced Greek singer and pianist. She has a distinct classical gothic style, often focusing on somewhat older songs such as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg Gloomy Sunday]]" and "Insane Asylum." Still, despite looking very intimidating, her performances always show a sense of humor.

!! Diamanda Galas' work provides examples of:

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Her voice often sounds this way.
* CoverVersion: "I Put A Spell On You".
* FagHag: And proud of it.
* HarshVocals: Famous for singing in a shrieking manner.

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Apart from her singing her music videos can also scare people away. Her video for "Double Barrel Prayer" was banned from Much Music, and labeled by MTV as "The most offensive music video" and it's not without reason. Even without the bizarre song that accompanies it, well... a woman splashing around in blood, a woman making horrible facial expressions while pushing two microphones near her mouth (with a red cloth in the background), inexplicable video tape damage, a woman dancing passionately with a gun? Good luck trying to subsequently un-see it. "Do You Take This Man" is this and BlackComedy. Most of the video has her stalking the man she loves then subsequently torturing him in a bizarre ritual. And her trademark "two microphones" returns.
* OldShame: She doesn't really care for her 1984 self-titled album. It's one of the few releases she hasn't reissued.
* {{Omniglot}}: She's performed in English, French, German, Italian, Greek and Arabic.
* OneWomanWail: Made a career out of it.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Much of Music/DiamandaGalas' work is dedicated to people with AIDS, especially her 1980s "Masque Of The Red Death" cycle. This is mostly in part to her brother being diagnosed with AIDS early in the epidemic's appearance (he died in 1986, before the cycle could be completed). Her album "The Singer" features a picture of her hands, which are tattooed with the words "We Are All HIV+." Her album "Vena Cava" is told from the point of view of someone losing their mind while dying from the disease.
* ShoutOut: Internet reviewer WebVideo/DiamandaHagan named her pseudonym after Diamanda Galas and Music/NinaHagen. [[http://culturemass.com/2013/02/04/diamanda-hagan/]]. Another character played by her is called Nina Galas.
* SpecialGuest: Diamanda Galas appeared on Music/{{Erasure}}'s album ''Erasure''.

* {{Omniglot}}: She's performed in English, French, German, Greek and Arabic, managing a fairly good pronunciation in all cases.

* Omniglot: She's performed in English, French, German, Greek and Arabic, managing a fairly good pronunciation in all cases.

'''Diamanda Galás''' is a deep-voiced Greek singer and pianist. She has a distinct classical gothic style, often focusing on somewhat older songs such as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg Gloomy Sunday]]" and "[[WillieDixon Insane Asylum]]". Still, despite looking very intimidating, her performances always show a sense of humor.

* ShoutOut: Internet reviewer WebVideo/DiamandaGalas named her pseudonym after Diamanda Galas and Music/NinaHagen. [[http://culturemass.com/2013/02/04/diamanda-hagan/]]. Another character played by her is called Nina Galas.

Diamanda Galás is a deep-voiced Greek singer and pianist. She has a distinct classical gothic style, often focusing on somewhat older songs such as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg Gloomy Sunday]]" and "[[WillieDixon Insane Asylum]]". Still, despite looking very intimidating, her performances always show a sense of humor.

Diamanda Galás is a deep-voiced Greek singer and pianist. She has a distinct classical gothic style, often focusing on somewhat older songs such as "Gloomy Sunday" and "[[WillieDixon Insane Asylum]]". Still, despite looking very intimidating, her performances always show a sense of humor.