“that extreme vocal “fry” where it sounds like their vocal cords are shredded.”
A great example of that is Bill Clinton, and by 1993, you had people imitating his vocal style, especially the Baby Boomer women. It’s more pronounced now more than ever and he sounds so very weak and fragile...Just like the “gurls” do today.
“A great example of that is Bill Clinton,”
To be fair, Clinton’s vocal style is not due to heroin use, as far as we know.
Whoa! Yes that’s another one! Would not surprise me at all as his brother was busted for cocaine and remember those stories of people doing that stuff in the WH under Clinton? Cocaine and heroin go hand in hand, so it would not surprise me in the least if we had a smack addict as POTUS.