Post by Platypus on Oct 10, 2019 20:48:47 GMT
Leslie Edward Claypool (29.09.1963 - )
Years Active: 1979 - present
Associated Acts: Primus
Vocal Range: B♭1 - G♯5
Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Cocaine Blues" live Hardly Strictly 2012, "Lee Van Cleef", "Tommy The Cat" live at The Forum 1992)
G5 ("HOINFODAMAN", "Running With the Devil", "Spirit of Radio" live at Rush's Hall of Fame Ceremony 2010)
F♯5 ("Cygnus X-1" live @ the Kettlehouse 11/08/2021, "D's Diner" Four Foot Shack version, "Eternal Consumption Engine", "Extinction Burst", "Is It Luck?" live at the Omni 1987, "Tommy The Cat" Several live performances)
F5 ("Highball With the Devil", "Making Plans For Nigel", "Puddin' Taine", "Pudding Time", "To Defy The Laws Of Tradition" live at the Omni 1987)
E5 ("David Makalaster II", "De Anza Jig", "D's Diner", "Running With the Devil", "To Defy the Laws of Tradition", "Welcome To This World")
E♭5 ("Candy Man", "Eternal Consumption Engine", "Have a Cigar", "Hello Skinny/Constantinople", "HOINFODAMAN", "Junior", "Semi-Wondrous Boat Ride", "Whole Lotta Rosie")
D5 ("Closer To The Heart" live South Park 25th Anniversary Concert, "The Family and the Fishing Net", "Frizzle Fry", "Junior", "The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion", "Puddin' Taine", "Rumble of the Diesel" Four Foot Shack version, "Tommy The Cat", "The Trek", "Wonkmobile", "Wyona's Big Brown Beaver", "Xanadu" live Michigan 2021)
C♯5 ("Buckethead", "David Makalaster II", "Glass Sandwich", "Holy Mackerel", "Intruder", "My Friend Fats", "Pure Imagination", "Sinister Exaggerator")
C5 ("Amos Moses", "Buckethead", "Conspiranoia", "David Makalaston", "Here Come the Bastards", "Hello Skinny" The Residents Secret Show: Live In San Francisco, "HOINFODAMAN", "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Four Foot Shack version, "Last Salmon Man", "Lee Van Cleef", "Matador", "My Friend Fats", "Pablo's Hippos", "Phantom Patriot", "The Pilcher's Squad", "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats", "Sgt. Baker", "The Storm", "Tommy The Cat", "Welcome To This World", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Yog Sagoff")
B4 ("Cinderella Man" live Michigan 2021, "D's Diner", "Eclectic Electric", "The Heckler", "In The Flesh" live at Red Rocks 2010, "Mushroom Men", "Pseudo Suicide", "The Storm", "Train Kept 'A Rollin'" 1987 rehearsal)
B♭4 ("American Life", "Army's on Ecstasy", "The Big Eyeball in the Sky", "Camelback Cinema", "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride", "Conspiranoia", "The Ends?", "Eternal Consumption Engine", "The Family and the Fishing Net", "Girls for Single Men", "Harold of the Rocks", "Intruder", "Jellikit" Suck On This, "Making Plans For Nigel", "Mr. Knowitall", "Nature Boy", "Prelude to Fear", "Rumble of the Diesel", "Semi-Wondrous Boat Ride", "The Seven", "Shadow of a Man", "Stayin' Alive", "Temporary Phase" demo version, "To Defy the Laws of Tradition", "Tyranny of the Hunt", "Up on the Roof", "Whamola")
A4 ("Amethyst Realm", "Amos Moses", "The Antipop", "Boonville Stomp" Four Foot Shack version, "Cosmic Highway", "David Makalaston", "Dirty Drowning Man", "Eclectic Electric", "Electric Uncle Sam", "Erin On The Side Of Caution", "The Family and the Fishing Net", "A Farewell to Kings" live Michigan 2021, "Filipino Ray", "Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)", "Frizzle Fry", "Groundhog's Day", "Ignorance is Bliss", "Is It Luck?", "Last Salmon Man", "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool", "Man in the Box", "Mary The Ice Cube", "Mr. Krinkle", "Mr. Oysterhead", "Paranoid" live Berkeley Square 1989, "Pork Soda", "The Pressman", "Pseudo Suicide", "Riddles Are Abound Tonight", "The Seven", "Sgt. Baker", "Shattering Song", "The Storm", "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers", "Too Many Puppies" 1987 rehearsal, "Toyz 1988", "Tragedy's a'Comin'", "Tyranny of the Hunt", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Wonkmobile", "Wyona's Big Brown Beaver")
G♯4 ("Amanitas", "Buckethead", "Coddingtown", "Del Davis Tree Farm", "Electric Uncle Sam", "Filipino Ray", "The Final Voyage of the Liquid Sky", "Green Ranger", "Harold of the Rocks", "Hello Skinny/Constantinople", "Hendershot" Four Foot Shack version, "Highball With the Devil", "Intruder", "Jilly's on Smack", "Lacquer Head", "Lee Van Cleef", "Long in the Tooth", "Mr. Wight", "Natural Joe", "Nothin' Ventured", "Ol' Rosco", "Precipitation", "Pure Imagination", "Spirit of Radio" live Sacramento 1989, "The Thing That Should Not Be", "To Defy the Laws of Tradition", "Tommy The Cat" live Dennis Miller Show 1992, "Train Kept 'A Rollin'" 1987 rehearsal, "The Valley")
G4 ("48 Hours to Go", "American Life", "Amethyst Realm", "Amos Moses", "Army's on Ecstasy", "Backroads of my Mind", "The Ballad of Bodacious", "Barrington Hall", "Battle of New Orleans", "Boris the Spider", "Calling Kyle", "Candy Man", "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride", "Closer To The Heart" live South Park 25th Anniversary Concert, "David Makalaster II", "De Anza Jig", "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", "Dirty Drowning Man", "Eclectic Electric", "Eleven", "Golden Ticket", "Grand Pecking Order - The", "Granny's Little Yard Gnome", "Greet the Sacred Cow", "Groundhog's Day", "Have a Cigar", "Hell of a Band", "Hellbound 17 1/2 (Theme From)", "Here's To The Man", "Ignorance is Bliss", "John the Fisherman", "Lust Stings", "Madrigal" live Michigan 2021, "Making Plans For Nigel", "Mary The Ice Cube", "Mr. Knowitall", "Nature Boy", "One Better", "Paranoid" live Berkeley Square 1989, "Phantom Patriot", "The Pilcher's Squad", "Power Mad", "The Pressman", "Pretty Little Song", "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats", "Pudding Time", "Rancor", "Riddles Are Abound Tonight", "Rubberneck Lions", "Running With the Devil", "The Scheme", "Scissor Man", "Temporary Phase" demo version, "Toady Man's Hour", "Too Many Puppies", "Toyz 1988", "The Trek", "Up on the Roof", "Year of the Parrot")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Big In Japan" live at Red Rocks 2010, "Bob's Party Time Lounge", "Boris the Spider", "Boriska", "Buzzards of Green Hill", "Captain Lariat", "Cinderella Man" live Michigan 2021, "Closer to The Heart" live Michigan 2021, "Cosmic Highway", "David Makalaster II", "Easily Charmed By Fools", "Electric Uncle Sam", "The Family and the Fishing Net", "Follow The Fool", "Frizzle Fry", "Golden Boy", "Granny's Little Yard Gnome", "Groundhog's Day", "Harold of the Rocks", "Hell of a Band", "Highball With the Devil", "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver", "Junior", "Little Fishes", "Last Salmon Man", "Lights in the Sky", "Madrigal" live Michigan 2021, "Mr. Oysterhead", "Mrs. Blaileen", "The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)", "One Better", "Over The Falls", "Oz Is Everfloating", "Pork Soda", "Pseudo Suicide", "Puddin' Taine", "Rubberneck Lions", "Salmon Men", "The Scheme", "Scissor Man", "Shake Hands With Beef", "Thai Noodles", "The Trek", "Year of the Parrot")
C♯3 ("Buckethead", "Cricket and The Genie (Movement I, The Delirium) - Movement I, The Delirium", "David Makalaston", "Dumb All Over" live 2004, "Eyes of the Squirrel", "Fisticuffs", "Natural Joe", "Polka Dot Rose", "Pretty Little Song", "Pudding Time", "Satori", "Tommy The Cat", "Whamola")
C3 ("The Ballad of Buckethead", "Big In Japan" live at Red Rocks 2010, "Blood And Rockets: Movements 1, Saga of Jack Parsons - Movement II, To The Moon", "The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down", "Buzzards of Green Hill", "Capsule", "The Chastising of Renegade", "Cocaine Blues" live Hardly Strictly 2012, "Cosmic Highway", "Easily Charmed By Fools", "Eclectic Electric", "Greet the Sacred Cow", "Like Fleas", "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Four Foot Shack version, "John the Fisherman", "Man in the Box", "Power Mad", "Pure Imagination")
B2 ("Back off Turkey", "The Big Eyeball in the Sky", "Bob's Party Time Lounge", "Breath of a Salesman", "Capsule", "The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride", "The Court of the Crimson King", "Cricket Chronicles Revisisted: Part I, Ask Your Doctor - Part II, Psyde Effects", "David Makalaston", "Eleven", "Erin On The Side Of Caution", "Fisticuffs", "Follow The Fool", "The Heckler", "Hellbound 17 1/2 (Theme From)", "HOINFODAMAN", "Holy Mackerel", "Is It Luck?", "Kazoo", "The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion", "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool", "One Better", "Phantom Patriot", "Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats", "Restin' Bones", "Spirit of Radio" live Sacramento 1989, "Welcome To This World", "Wyona's Big Brown Beaver")
B♭2 ("The Air Is Getting Slippery", "Arnie", "Barrington Hall", "Dumb All Over" live 2004, "The Ends?", "Groundhog's Day", "Hello Skinny/Constantinople", "Jilly's on Smack", "Lacquer Head", "Ol' Rosco", "Precipitation", "Rumble of the Diesel", "Satori", "South Park Theme" Original pilot version, "Stayin' Alive", "Thai Noodles", "What Would Sir George Martin Do")
A2 ("Amos Moses", "The Ballad of Bodacious", "Battle of New Orleans", "The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down", "Cohibas Esplenditos", "David Makalaster II", "The Dream", "Erin On The Side Of Caution", "Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)", "Follow The Fool", "Hey Are You Going to Burning Man?", "Iowan Gal", "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Four Foot Shack version, "Junior", "Little Fishes", "Mary The Ice Cube", "Pseudo Suicide", "South of Reality", "To Defy the Laws of Tradition", "Toady Man's Hour", "The Trek", "Wield the Spade")
G♯2 ("Battle of New Orleans", "Breath of a Salesman", "D's Diner", "Farewell Wonkites", "Hendershot" Four Foot Shack version, "Long in the Tooth", "Oxycontin Girl", "Polka Dot Rose", "Primed by 29", "Pure Imagination", "Stayin' Alive", "The Storm")
G2 ("Amos Moses" Four Foot Shack version, "The Ballad of Lemmiwinks" live South Park 25th Anniversary Concert, "Bite Out of Life", "Conspiranoia", "Dirty Drowning Man", "Four Foot Shack", "Hennepin Crawler", "Hip Shot From the Slab" , "HOINFODAMAN", "Last Salmon Man", "The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion", "Lee Van Cleef", "Like Fleas", "Man in the Box", "Mary The Ice Cube", "Moron TV", "Rumble of the Diesel", "Toady Man's Hour", "Vernon the Company Man")
F♯2 ("D's Diner" Four Foot Shack version, "Eternal Consumption Engine", "Extinction Burst", "Four Foot Shack", "Lust Stings", "Mushroom Men", "Ohmerica", "You Can't Tell Errol Anything")
F2 ("The Ballad of Buckethead", "Bite Out of Life", "Boris the Spider", "Candy Man", "Golden Ticket", "Lee Van Cleef", "Of Fungi and Foe", "Oompa Augustus", "Oompa TV", "Oompa Veruca", "Oompa Violet", "Rumble of the Diesel" Four Foot Shack version, "Wonkmobile")
E2 ("Amethyst Realm", "Kazoo", "Like Fleas", "Moron TV", "What Would Sir George Martin Do")
E♭2 ("Hennepin Crawler")
D2 ("Captain Lariat", "Ding Dong", "Red State Girl")
C♯2 ("Amanitas", "Lust Stings")
C2 ("Booneville Stomp", "Junior", "Mushroom Men")
B1 ("Candy Man", "Red State Girl")
B♭1 ("Moron TV")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}G5 ("Lost Bastardos" [2], "Temporary Phase" demo version [1])
F5 ("Sgt Baker" demo version [1])
G♯2 ("Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)" [2])
C♯2 ("Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats" [5])
C2 ("Oompa Augustus" [5], "Oompa TV" [5], "Oompa Veruca" [5], "Oompa Violet" [5])
B1 ("Kazoo" [5])
B♭1 ("Hendershot" [3], "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Four Foot Shack version [3], "Sinister Exaggerator" [5])
A1 ("Captain Lariat" [5], "Eternal Consumption Engine" [5], "Mr Oysterhead" [5], "Primed by 29" [5], "Shattering Song" [5])
G♯1 ("HOINFODAMAN" [3], "Tragedy's a'Comin'" [5])
F1 ("Pure Imagination" [3])
D1 ("Candy Man" [3])
C♯1 ("Holy Mackerel" [3])
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[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.
F5 ("Sgt Baker" demo version [1])
G♯2 ("Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II)" [2])
C♯2 ("Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats" [5])
C2 ("Oompa Augustus" [5], "Oompa TV" [5], "Oompa Veruca" [5], "Oompa Violet" [5])
B1 ("Kazoo" [5])
B♭1 ("Hendershot" [3], "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Four Foot Shack version [3], "Sinister Exaggerator" [5])
A1 ("Captain Lariat" [5], "Eternal Consumption Engine" [5], "Mr Oysterhead" [5], "Primed by 29" [5], "Shattering Song" [5])
G♯1 ("HOINFODAMAN" [3], "Tragedy's a'Comin'" [5])
F1 ("Pure Imagination" [3])
D1 ("Candy Man" [3])
C♯1 ("Holy Mackerel" [3])
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[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.
{Album Ranges}with Primus
Frizzle Fry (1990): A2 - F5
Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991): A2 - D5
Miscellaneous Debris (1992): E3 - C♯5 - F5
Pork Soda (1993): B♭2 - C5 - E5
Tales From the Punchbowl (1996): B2 - C5 - E5
The Brown Album (1998): B♭2 - B♭4 - F5
Rhinoplasty (1998): A2 - D5
Antipop (1999): G2 - B4
Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (2003): G2 - D5
Green Naugahyde (2011): B♭1 - C5 - G♯5
Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble (2014): B1 - F2 - C♯5 - E♭5
The Desaturating Seven (2017): G♯2 - C5 - D5
Conspiranoid (2022): G2 - B♭4 - C5
with Sausage
Riddles Are Abound Tonight (1994): F3 - B♭4
with Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel
Highball With The Devil (1996): A2 - G♯4 - C♯5 - F5
with Oysterhead
The Grand Pecking Order (2001): G♯2 - B4
with Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Purple Onion (2002): D2 - G♯2 - E5
with Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains
The Big Eyeball In The Sky (2004): C2 - C5 - E♭5
with Les Claypool's Duo De Twang
Four Foot Shack (2014): D2 - B♭4 - D5 - F♯5
with The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Monolith of Phobos (2016): D2 - G♯4
South of Reality (2019): E2 - A4
Solo
Of Whales And Woe (2006): C♯2 - B♭4 - C5
Of Fungi And Foe (2009): B1 - C♯5
Frizzle Fry (1990): A2 - F5
Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991): A2 - D5
Miscellaneous Debris (1992): E3 - C♯5 - F5
Pork Soda (1993): B♭2 - C5 - E5
Tales From the Punchbowl (1996): B2 - C5 - E5
The Brown Album (1998): B♭2 - B♭4 - F5
Rhinoplasty (1998): A2 - D5
Antipop (1999): G2 - B4
Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (2003): G2 - D5
Green Naugahyde (2011): B♭1 - C5 - G♯5
Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble (2014): B1 - F2 - C♯5 - E♭5
The Desaturating Seven (2017): G♯2 - C5 - D5
Conspiranoid (2022): G2 - B♭4 - C5
with Sausage
Riddles Are Abound Tonight (1994): F3 - B♭4
with Les Claypool And The Holy Mackerel
Highball With The Devil (1996): A2 - G♯4 - C♯5 - F5
with Oysterhead
The Grand Pecking Order (2001): G♯2 - B4
with Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Purple Onion (2002): D2 - G♯2 - E5
with Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains
The Big Eyeball In The Sky (2004): C2 - C5 - E♭5
with Les Claypool's Duo De Twang
Four Foot Shack (2014): D2 - B♭4 - D5 - F♯5
with The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Monolith of Phobos (2016): D2 - G♯4
South of Reality (2019): E2 - A4
Solo
Of Whales And Woe (2006): C♯2 - B♭4 - C5
Of Fungi And Foe (2009): B1 - C♯5
