Neil Fallon (3,173 views)

[Seb]

Neil Fallon (October 25, 1971)
Vocal Range: G1 - G5
Years Active: 1990 - present
Member of : Clutch (1991 – present), The Company Band (2007 – present), Dunsmuir (2016)

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{Discography}
Clutch:
Pitchfork (EP, 1991): B2 - B4 (Seb)
Passive Restraints (EP, 1992): B2 – B4 (Seb)
Transnational Speedway League (1993): C2 – C5 (Seb)
Clutch (1995): F2 – C5 (Suado)
The Elephant Riders (1998): B1 - C♯5 (Suado)
Jam Room (1999): C♯2 - C♯5 - D5 (Seb)
Pure Rock Fury (2001): C♯2 - F5 (Seb)
Blast Tyrant (2004): C♯2 - D5 - G5 (Seb)
Robot Hive/Exodus (2005): D2 - C5 (Seb)
From Beale Street to Oblivion (2007): E2 - C♯5 - E5 (Seb)
Strange Cousins from the West (2009): B2 - C5 (Suado)
Earth Rocker (2013): D2 - D5 (Suado)
Psychic Warfare (2015): A2 - D5 - F5 (Suado)
Book of Bad Decisions (2018): A2 - D5 - E5 (Seb)
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (2022): G2 – D5 (Suado)

The Company Band:
Sign Here, Here and Here (EP, 2008): E2 - C♯5 (Seb)
The Company Band (2009): E3 - C♯5 (Seb)
Pros & Cons (EP, 2012): A2 - C♯5 (Seb)

Dunsmuir:
Dunsmuir (2016): E3 - D5 (Seb)
+ singles, guest appearances & other performances

Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Feeling Alright", "Worm Drink")
F5 (“Son of Virginia”, "The Great Outdoors!")
E5 ("Ghoul Wrangler ", "Open Up The Borders", "Riff Raff", "The Devil & Me")
E♭5 ("Crazy Horses", "Riff Raff")
D5 (“A Quick Death in Texas”, "Brazenhead", "Deceiver", "Promoter - (of Earthbound Causes)", "Hot Bottom Feeder", "Mad Sidewinder", "Oregon", "Raised by Horses", "Sinkemlow", "Subtle Hustle", “Sucker for the Witch”, "The Great Outdoors!", “The Wolf Man Kindly Requests…”, "We Strive for Excellence", “X-Ray Visions”)
C♯5 ("A Good Fire", "Army of Bono", "Big Fat Pig", "Crawling Chaos!", "Church of the Tooth", "Company Man", “Eight Times Over Miss October”, "Ghoul Wrangler", "How To Shake Hands", "Loc-Nar", "Mad Sidewinder", "One Eye Dollar", "Our Only Master", "Outland Special Clearance", “Sucker for the Witch”, "The Bats Are Hungry Tonight", “The Face”, "The Swollen Goat (In The Wake Of)", "Who Else But Us?", "Your Love is Incarceration")
C5 (“50,000 Unstoppable Watts”, “7 Jam”, "Behold the Colossus", “Black Light Fever", "Black Umbrella", "Binge and Purge”, "Burning Beard", "CD&W", "Crazy Horses", "Earth Rocker", "Electric Worry", "Emily Dickinson", "Evil", “Firebirds”, "Four Lords (and One More)", "Gimme The Keys", "Gravel Road", "Guild of Mute Assassins", "Hot Topic Woman", "Immortal", "It's A Confusing World", “Let a Poor Man Be”, "Love Means Never Having to Say You're Ugly", "Mountain of Bone”, "Nickel Dime", “Night Hag", "Noble Savage”, "Outland Special Clearance", "Pure Rock Fury", "Raised by Horses", "Rising Son", "Sea of Destruction", "Ship of Gold (West Virginia)", "Sonic Counselor", "The Devil & Me", "The Great Outdoors!", "The Incomparable Mr. Flannery", "Transistors of Mercy", "Vision Quest", "We Strive for Excellence", "What Would a Wookie Do?", "When Vegans Attack", "White's Ferry", "Willie Nelson", "Worm Drink")
B4 ("A Good Fire", “Abraham Lincoln”, "American Waste", "Army of Bono", "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla", "Behold the Colossus", "Big Fat Pig", "Bottom's up, Socrates", "Company Man", “Crawling Chaos!", "Crowned by the Light of the Sun", "Deceiver", "Drink To The Dead", “Effigy”, "Fortunate Son", "Frankenstein", "Ghoul Wrangler", "Gnome Enthusiast", “Gullah", "H.B. Is In Control", "Heirloom”, "Hot Topic Woman", "How To Shake Hands", "In Walks Barbarella", "Inline Six", "Juggernaut", "Kill Screen", "King of Arizona", "Lethe Waters", "Lorelei", "Mad Sidewinder", "Mercury", "Mountain of Bone”, "Nero's Fiddle", “Never Be Moved", "Oregon", "Open Up The Borders", "Opossum Minister", "Our Only Master", "Paper & Strife", "Passive Restraints”, "Please Don't Judas Me", "Power Player", “Profits Of Doom", "Promoter - (of Earthbound Causes)", "Pulsaki Skyway", "Rats”, "Red Horse Rainbow", "Riff Raff", "Rising Son", "Sinkemlow", "Smoke Banshee", "Spacegrass", "Spellbinder", “Sucker for the Witch”, “The Elephant Riders”, "The Gate", "The Joy of Homeschooling", "The Mob Goes Wild", “The Wolf Man Kindly Requests…”, "Two Coins For Eyes", “Walking In”, “We Need Some Money", "We Strive for Excellence”, "Weird Times", "Who's Else But Us", “X-Ray Visions”, “You Can't Stop Progress", "Your Love is Incarceration", "Zombie Baracades")
B♭4 ("10001110101", “12 Ounce Epilogue”, “American Sleep", "Binge and Purge”, "Black Umbrella", "Boogeyman Blues", "Careful with That Mic", "Cattle Car", "Church of the Tooth", "Crazy Horses", "Cypress Grove", “D.C. Sound Attack!”, "Djinn and Pentatonic", "Electric Worry", "Fortunate Son", "Fortune's a Mistress", "Ghost", "Hot Bottom Feeder", "Hung on the Rocks", "Immortal", “Impetus”, "Mice & Gods", "Neighborhood", "One Eye Dollar", "Opossum Minister", "Orb of Empire", "Outland Special Clearance", "Ship of Gold (West Virginia)", "Sinkemlow", "Spleen Merchant", "The Great Outdoors!", "The Package", "Transistors of Mercy", "We Need Some Money")
A4 ("...and Madness", "(Notes From the Trial Of) La Curandera", “7 Jam”, “Algo Ha Cambiado", "American Waste", "Arcadia", "Army of Bono", "Bacchanal”, "Black Light Fever", "Blood and Thunder", "Brazenhead", "Burning Beard", "CD&W", "Child of the City", “Circus Maximus", "Clear Light Of…", "Church of the Tooth", "Company Man", "Crawling Chaos!", "Crazy Horses", “Crowned by the Light of the Sun", "Crucial Velocity”, "Drink To The Dead", "Earth Rocker", "Earthworm”, “Effigy”, “El Jefe Speaks”, "Emily Dickinson", “Empire's End", “Escape from the Prison Planet”, "Evil", "Far Country", "Four Lords (and One More)", "Ghoul Wrangler", "Gimme The Keys", "Goin' Down", "Gravel Road", "Guild of Mute Assassins", "Gullah", "H.B. Is In Control", "Heirloom”, “High Caliber Consecrator”, "House of Capricorn", "How To Shake Hands", "Immortal", "It's A Confusing World", "Juggernaut", "Kill Screen", "King of Arizona", "Land Of Pleasant Living", “Let a Poor Man Be”, "Loc-Nar", "Lorelei", "Love Means Never Having to Say You're Ugly", "Mercury", “Milk Of Human Kindness”, “Motherless Child”, "Never Be Moved", "Nickel Dime", "Night Hag", "Open Up The Borders", "Orb of Empire", "Oregon", "Our Only Master", "Paper & Strife", “Passive Restraints”, "Pile Driver", "Politician", "Profits Of Doom", "Raised by Horses", “Rats”, “Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)”, "Red Hot Mama", "Run, John Barleycorn, Run", "Scavengers", "Sea of Destruction", “Slaughter Beach”, “Son of Virginia”, "Spacegrass", "Spellbinder", "Sonic Counselor", "Subtle Hustle", "The Bats (Are Hungry Tonight)", "The Devil & Me", "The Dragonfly", "The Incomparable Mr. Flannery", "The Mob Goes Wild", "The Rapture of Riddley Walker", "The Regulator", "Two Coins For Eyes", “Unto the Breach”, "Vision Quest", "Weird Times", "What Would a Wookie Do?", "White's Ferry", "Who Else But Us?", "Who Wants to Rock", “Wicker”, "Willie Nelson", "Worm Drink", "Zombie Baracades")
G♯4 (“A Shogun Named Marcus”, “Animal Farm”, “Bacchanal”, “Binge and Purge”, "Circus Maximus", "Clear Light Of…", "Die To Live", “Eight Times Over Miss October”, "Empire's End", "Frankenstein", "Hot Topic Woman", “Impetus”, "Mice & Gods", "Mr. Shiny Cadillac", "Neighborhood", "Pigtown Blues", "Pulaski Skyway", "Red Horse Rainbow", "Rising Son", "The Gate", "The Joy of Homeschooling", "The Swollen Goat (In The Wake Of)", “Walking In”, "We Need Some Money", "Who's Been Talking?", “Wishbone”, "You Can't Stop Progress")
G4 ("10,000 Witnesses", "10001110101", “12 Ounce Epilogue”, “A Shogun Named Marcus”, "American Sleep", "American Waste", "Arcadia", "Arts & Crafts", "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla", "Behold the Colossus", "Black Umbrella", "Bottoms up, Socrates", “Box Car Shorty's Confession", "Brazenhead", "Careful with That Mic…", "Cattle Car", "Crawling Chaos!", "Crowned by the Light of the Sun", "Cypress Grove", "Deceiver", "Djinn & Pentatonic", “The Dragonfly”, "El Dorado", "Earth Rocker", "Electric Worry", "Emily Dickinson", “Escape from the Prison Planet”, "Far Country", "Feeling Alright", "Fortunate Son", "Fortune's a Mistress", "Ghost", "Gravel Road", "H.B. Is In Control", "Heirloom”, “High Caliber Consecrator”, "Hoodoo Operator", "Hot Bottom Feeder", “House of Capricorn", “I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth”, "Impetus”, "In Walks Barbarella", "Inline Six", "It's A Confusing World, "Kill Screen", "King of Arizona", "Land Of Pleasant Living", "Lethe Waters", "Lorelei", "Love Means Never Having to Say You're Ugly", "Mad Sidewinder", "Mice & Gods", “Milk Of Human Kindness”, "Mr. Shiny Cadillac", "Mummies Wrapped In Money", "Nero's Fiddle", "Night Hag", "Nosferatu Madre”, "Our Only Master", “Passive Restraints”, "Pile Driver", "Please Don't Judas Me", "Politician", "Power Player", "Pure Rock Fury", "Run, John Barleycorn, Run", "Ship of Gold", "Slipping Out", "Sonic Counselor", "Spleen Merchant", "Super Duper", “Texan Book of the Dead”, "The Drifter", "The Gate", "The Joy of Homeschooling", "The Mob Goes Wild", “Tight Like That”, "Transistors of Mercy", "What Manner of Bliss?", "When Vegans Attack", “Wicker", "Willie Nelson", "Your Love is Incarceration")

Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("(Notes From the Trial Of) La Curandera", "10001110101", “50,000 Unstoppable Watts”, “Bacchanal”, "Bertha's Big Back Yard", ”Big News II”, “Corrina Corrina", "David Rose", "Drink To The Dead", "Easy Breeze", "El Jefe Speaks”, "Emily Dickinson", "Ghoul Wrangler", "Goin' Down", "Guild of Mute Assassins", "Heartache & Misery", “High Caliber Consecrator”, "King of Arizona", "Night Hag", "Open Up The Borders", "Profits Of Doom", "Release The Kraken (Jr Version)", "Rock N Roll Outlaw”, "Run, John Barleycorn, Run", "Sea of Destruction", "Slow Hole To China", "The Dragonfly", "The Mob Goes Wild", "The Regulator", “Walking In”, “What Would a Wookie Do?", "When Vegans Attack", "White's Ferry")
C♯3 ("Basket of Eggs (Jr Version)", Circus Maximus", "Gifted and Talented", "I Send Pictures", "One Eye Dollar (Jr Version)", "Opossum Minister", "Red Horse Rainbow", "Rising Son", "The Swollen Goat (In The Wake Of)", "Weird Times")
C3 ("10001110101", “24 Earth Years", "American Sleep", "Binge and Purge”, "Child Of The City", "Earth Rocker", "Ghost", "Ghoul Wrangler", "Gullah", "Hale Bopp Blues", "Hoodoo Operator", "Immortal", “Motherless Child”, "Pure Rock Fury", "Release the Kraken (Jr Version)", "Small Upsetters", “The House That Peterbilt”, “Three Golden Horns”, "What Would a Wookie Do") 
B2 ("24 Earth Years", "Basket of Eggs (Jr. Version)", Drink To The Dead", "Easy Breeze", “Effigy”, "Gone Unsung", "Guild of Mute Assassins", “I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth”, "In Walks Barbarella", "Lorelei", "Nero's Fiddle", “Oh, Isabella”, "Open Up The Borders", "Paper & Strife", “Passive Restraints”, "Please Don't Judas Me", “Rats”, "Red Horse Rainbow", “Wicker”, “Spacegrass”, "The Package", "The Rapture of Riddley Walker", “Witchdoctor”)
B♭2 ("10001110101", "American Sleep", "Big News III", "Cypress Grove", “Eight Times Over Miss October”, "Ghost", "Opossum Minister", "Run, John Barleycorn, Run", "Ship of Gold (West Virginia)")
A2 ("10,000 Witnesses", "24 Earth Years", "Circus Maximus", "Company Man", "Crazy Horses", "David Rose", "Day Of The Jackalope", "Drink To The Dead", "El Dorado", "Emily Dickinson", "Four Lords (and One More)", "Ghost Wrangler", "Gifted and Talented", "Gone Unsung", "Land Of Pleasant Living", "Mummies Wrapped In Money", "Nero's Fiddle", "Nickel Dime", "Raised by Horses", “Scavengers", "Ship Of Gold”, "Sink 'Em Low", "Slow Hole To China", “Son of Virginia”, "The Drifter", "The Incomparable Mr. Flannery", "The Mob Goes Wild", "The Rapture of Riddley Walker", "Who's Been Talking?", "Willie Nelson", “Wishbone”, "Worm Drink", “X-Ray Visions”)
G♯2 ("10,000 Witnesses", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "I Send Pictures", "Neighborhood", "Red Horse Rainbow", "Rising Son", "The Great Outdoors!")
G2 ("Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla", "Big News III", "Careful with That Mic", "Crazy Horses", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Cypress Grove", "Day of the Jackalope", “Eight Times Over Miss October”, "Electric Worry", "Four Lords (and One More)", "Gullah", "Hale Bopp Blues", "Heartache & Misery", "Land Of Pleasant Living", "Power Player", "Pure Rock Fury", "Raised by Horses", "Release the Kraken (Jr Version)", "Ship of Gold (West Virginia)", "Skeleton on Mars”, "Small Upsetters", "The Drifter", "The Package", "Transistors of Mercy", "Willie Nelson", "Worm Drink")
F♯2 ("Basket of Eggs (Jr Version)", "Frankenstein", "Gone Unsung", "Oregon", "Pigtown Blues", "Rising Son", "Sink 'Em Low")
F2 (“Careful with That Mic", "Frankenstein", “Gone Cold”, "Milk Of Human Kindness”, “Neighborhood", "Rock N Roll Outlaw", "The Great Outdoors!”, "Willie Nelson" “Mr. Freedom”)
E2 ("Crazy Horses", "Day of the Jackalope", "Gone Unsung", "Heartache & Misery", "Land Of Pleasant Living", "Oregon", "Power Player", “The Dragonfly” "The Package", "The Swollen Goat (In The Wake Of)", "Wishbone")
E♭2 ("Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla", "Careful with That Mic…", “Gone Cold”, "Neighborhood", "The Great Outdoors!", "Transistors of Mercy")
D2 ("Burning Beard", “Gifted and Talented", "Green Buckets”, "Immortal", “Milk Of Human Kindness”, "Oregon", "The Package", "The Regulator")
C♯2 ("I Send Pictures", "Pigtown Blues", Red Horse Rainbow", "The Swollen Goat (In The Wake Of)")
C2 (“Gone Cold”, “Milk Of Human Kindness”, "Transistors of Mercy")
B1 (“Eight Times Over Miss October", "Rising Son")
G1 ("Milk Of Human Kindness" demo version)

Blue marks falsetto/head voice notes
Green marks harshly distorted/screamed notes
Bold marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities
Underline marks obscured notes
Italics mark non-melodic notes

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{Description}
The frontman of what is often heralded as "thinking man's metal band", Neil Fallon provides an essential facet of Clutch's sound and identity with his cerebral and esoteric yet high-spirited observations into culture, science, religion, politics and more, as well as his powerful, wide-ranging vocal abilities which remain strengthening over time. While possessing a gruff, deep sounding baritone voice, Fallon can most often be heard in his agile upper register, with melodies frequently touching upon the upper 4th and lower 5th octave. His raspy, burly tone is present even up to his highest notes, making notes up to tenor high D sound quite weighty compared to many other vocalists in their upper registers. His lower register has seen a decent amount of use as well, even if some albums of his feature him eschewing lower notes entirely. In my own opinion, it's difficult to tell whether his upper or lower register is the most impressive facet of his voice, as Fallon capably hits notes down to bottom of the 2nd octave without losing strength in his tone (the D2 in "Burning Beard" is my personal favorite note of his). His voice is very technically skilled not just in vocal range: his diction is extremely precise and clear while possessing considerable amounts of twang and grit in his vocals (or in "Careful with That Mic...", speed rapping better than many dedicated MC's). There aren't many long, sustained notes in his repertoire, but rather long passages and streaks of tireless upper register notes (and very capable lower register performances as well). 30 years into the band's history, Neil Fallon's voice remains virtually unchanged following his vocal growth from a more shouty, punk style into the technical yet passionate and hefty hard rock belter. Check his music out if you haven't; few bands seem quite as fun and proficient in their hard rockin' endeavors as Clutch.

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{Questionable Notes}
B♭5 ("Evil" [1])
F♯5 ("Goin' Down" [1])

A2 ("...and Madness" [4], "How To Shake Hands" [3])
B♭1 ("Neighborhood" [1])
A1 ("Transistors of Mercy" [1])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Bolded Notes}
C♯5 ("Outland Special Clearance", "The Swollen Goat (In the Wake of)", "Who Else But Us")
C5 ("Firebirds", "Immortal (Remix)")
B4 ("Crawling Chaos!", "Profits of Doom", "Sinkemlow")
A4 ("Clear Light Of...", "Nickel Dime", "The Incomparable Mr. Flannery", "Zombie Barricades")
G♯4 ("Die To Live")
G4 ("Ship of Gold", "Spleen Merchant")

C♯3 ("Rising Son")
A2 ("Gifted and Talented", "The Drifter")
G2 ("Day of the Jackalope", "Ship of Gold (West Virginia)")
F2 ("The Great Outdoors!")
E2 ("Heartache & Misery")
E♭2 ("Neighborhood")
D2 ("Burning Beard", "Immortal", "Milk of Human Kindness", "Oregon", "The Package")
C2 ("Transistors of Mercy")

Special thanks to Goober for collaborating and providing research/input on this thread's notewatching process

[Goober]

I swear i've heard him hit a G1 before. I'll find it.

[Goober]

Awesome Thread btw

[Seb]

Oct 15, 2022 15:45:12 GMT Goober said:

Awesome Thread btw

Thanks, much appreciated. Hoping that G1 comes up

[Goober]

youtu.be/Dj7ApxHagtM 0:24 it's probably safer if this is put in questionable notes, but i'll leave it up to you.

[Seb]

That's Machine, not Neil (and not countable either way)

[Goober]

youtu.be/SW0KowJoJ40 I couldn't find any significant notes here, but maybe you should take a look at it. I had no idea Neil could sing like this.

[Seb]

Interesting departure from his usual tone

[Goober]

youtu.be/H9yY36trKqY 1:40 is this in the background not an A5?

[Seb]

Nope, highest I'm hearing is G5

[Goober]

youtu.be/5JPiyFXxZLY 16:38 Not sure if this is any different than the studio version.

[TheCMRecluse]

He is the most macho-sounding vocalist ever. Just listening to his music makes my bread grow longer. XD

[Goober]

All not in the thread. (My Bad)
youtu.be/gFRXOV4orwo?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/LtzKIDWMlQE?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR some good low backing vocals here.
youtu.be/TyDK1eDzNnE?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/988K3JkgGtI?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR Really good lows in this. (are those backing vocals at 1:15 ???)
youtu.be/nNfJ2A7c5hw?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/84ydY4H_0IY?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/iUBmYifCCYA?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR quiet ass falsetto at the end I think.
youtu.be/cuEpaMiN-A0?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/Cgeau0xN_qo?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/vzuJr-vqx18?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/JMEt0L613Bw?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/H8hNqq9oz_U?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/R0MuJ3bMKQg?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/ibaUEwFxilY?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/weL9PkqJuQ0?list=PLLzMxomYlqcIw4DVKDFiO5pARpmWk22kR
youtu.be/29uPAMYPyQ4 Lower than the studio verion (?)
Im so sorry, take your time.

[sylvia!!]

neil fallon covering acdcs riff raff and he hits a lot of b4s and also a couple of eb5s

[mushymarionette]

Cool voice, basically a lower-placed Dusty Hill! (His technique also reminds me of a weird but cool fusion of David Lee Roth and Dave Grohl) If somebody's ever bored, how about making a range vi-