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Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock musician. He is the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus.Listed as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, [2] his playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping.
Dive bomb is a guitar technique in which the tremolo bar, or whammy bar is used to rapidly lower the pitch of a note, creating a sound considered to be similar to a bomb dropping. One of the most recognized pioneers of this technique is Jimi Hendrix.
The lead vocals are shared by Pierson and Wilson. The song appears as the opening track on the band's third studio album, Whammy! (1983), signifying that the band had altered their sound quite significantly for the record. "Legal Tender" was performed live during the Whammy! tour, with Keith Strickland on synthesizer, and horn parts added. The ...
A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings. It adds vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece of an electric guitar using a controlling lever, which is alternately referred to as a whammy bar, vibrato bar, or tremolo arm. [1]
Whammy! (subtitled The All-New Press Your Luck for its first season) is an American television game show that aired new episodes on Game Show Network (GSN) from April 15, 2002, to December 5, 2003. The series was produced by Fremantle North America, in association with GSN. The main goal of the game is to earn as much money and prizes as ...
"Whammy Kiss" is the second single released by the B-52s from their third studio album Whammy! (1983). The song reached number nine on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, along with the album tracks "Legal Tender" and "Song for a Future Generation."
The All About Jazz review states, "Beyond all the usual suspects, Torn has long incorporated concepts from other cultures as well, whether it's in the snaky manner that he constructs Middle Eastern-informed phrases or his ability to use a whammy bar to create sonics that so resemble a human voice that the only other guitarist who can match him ...
The song was released as the third single from their third studio album Whammy! (1983), peaking at #63 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 1 ] It is the first of two songs by the B-52s to feature more than three band members singing lead vocals, [ 2 ] the second being "Theme for a Nude Beach" from their follow-up studio album Bouncing off the ...