Photo: Julie Jett Putnam / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Seth Putnam was a singer and singer-songwriter, born on May 15, 1968 in Austin, Texas, United States. Death is recorded on June 11, 2011, at the age of 43. Seth Putnam was educated at Newton North High School.
My Take
Seth Putnam is a figure I struggle to summarize politely, yet I can't look away. As the driving force of grindcore band Anal Cunt, he built a body of work designed to shock and offend, paired with those famously shrieked, high-pitched vocals. It is the opposite of mass appeal, deliberately so. But there's a strange integrity in committing that fully to provocation. His death in 2011 at just 43 cut short one of underground music's most uncompromising, polarizing voices. I don't endorse the man's antics, but the sheer conviction behind them is hard to dismiss.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Seth Putnam
- Name (Japanese)
- セス・パットナム
- Reading
- せす・ぱっとなむ
- Born
- May 15, 1968 – June 11, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter
2. Background
- High school
- Newton North High School
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth%20Putnam
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341766
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Seth Putnam born?
Born May 15, 1968.
When did Seth Putnam die?
Died June 11, 2011, aged 43.
Where was Seth Putnam from?
Seth Putnam was from Austin, Texas, United States.
What did Seth Putnam do?
Seth Putnam worked as singer, singer-songwriter.
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