Tom Waits and Beck each add their unique stamp to the material. They sound like the Germs backing Howlin' Wolf with his hand caught in a garbage disposal. Every era of real rock 'n' roll is piled together and exploded. They make Guitar Wolf sound like Belle and Sebastian. Not content with an almost perfect first album, Black Box Recorder in 2000 released The Facts of Life , considered by many to be even better than their previous effort.
Some folks prefer a whisper to a scream.
The artists collected below are certainly in that category. But that is not to say that they don't have their own brand of hushed tones.