Neil Fallon | |
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 Fallon performing with Clutch in 2015 | |
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| Born | (1971-10-25)October 25, 1971 (age 53) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.[1] |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Weathermaker Music |
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Neil Fallon (born October 25, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock bandClutch. He is also the lead singer forThe Company Band and Dunsmuir,[2] and joinedThe Bakerton Group on guitar starting with theirEl Rojo album.
Fallon has provided guest vocals on the songs "Two Coins for Eyes" and "Empire's End" on the 2008 albumBeyond Colossal by Swedish stoner rock bandDozer; "Crazy Horses" by Throat; "Slippin' Out" byNever Got Caught; "Mummies Wrapped in Money" byLionize; and "Blood and Thunder" byMastodon, on their 2004 albumLeviathan; "Transistors of Mercy" byPolkadot Cadaver, on their 2013 albumLast Call in Jonestown; "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla" bySoulfly, on their 2013 albumSavages; “Crowned by the Light of the Sun” byTeenage Time Killers and appears on the song "Die to Live" onVolbeat's seventh studio albumRewind, Replay, Rebound.
Fallon's younger sister Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey appears on theFood Network showAce of Cakes as office manager of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland.
In September 2013, Fallon announced that Clutch would have to postpone their September tour (except for a hometown show in Baltimore, Maryland at the Shindig Festival), due to personal health issues. Fallon released a statement through the band's Facebook page saying "Dear friends, this week I've learned that a childhood injury to the neck, a genetic predisposition for spinal disease, and 20 some years of head banging will exact a toll. I've been diagnosed with an ugly case of cervical spinal stenosis and two herniated discs." Fallon had surgery on September 17, 2013 and the band resumed their tour in October. This ordeal inspired Fallon's lyrics in "Decapitation Blues", a track on Clutch's eleventh studio album,Psychic Warfare.[3]
Fallon has a degree in English literature,[4] as he graduated from theUniversity of Maryland with a B.A. in English in 1993. He lives inSilver Spring, Maryland with his family.[5]
