Diana Alden Lang was a vocalist for The Residents throughout much of the 1990s. She is best known for playing Timmy in Bad Day on The Midway, and performing vocals on Lillie, from Freak Show.
Outside of The Residents, she produced an album for Dena DeRose.
Background[]
Diana first worked with The Residents in 1990 on the Freak Show album, where she performed vocals on 'Lillie'.[1] Following this, she would become a regular member of The Residents' studio collaborators. For the 'Our Finest Flowers' sessions, she performed on 'He Also Serves' and 'Ship of Fools'. Diane's most notable role with The Residents was as the lead character in their 1995 video game, Bad Day on The Midway, Timmy. She would continue to portray Timmy in various Residents projects for the rest of her career.
Her final work as a regular member of The Residents team was with the 1998 album 'Wormwood', on which she performed additional vocals.
For much of 2004, she worked with The Residents on the Freak Show DVD, reprising her role as Timmy. The Cryptic Corporation would cancel this project following the death of director Jim Ludtke.
The Residents would re-use voice lines from the film on their 2006-2007 web series, Timmy.
Timmy, Diane Alden's most notable character.
Full Discography[]
- Freak Show (1990, Vocals)
- Our Finest Flowers (1992, Singing)
- Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents (1993)
- The Hot Club Of San Francisco (1993, Producer, Designer)
- Freak Show (CD-ROM) (1994, Voice Acting)
- Freak Show CD-ROM Video Tour (1994, Voice)
- Gingerbread Man (1994, Voice on 'The Confused Transexual')
- Have A Bad Day (1996, Additional Voices)
- Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses (1997, Vocals, Musician)
- Wormwood (1998, Additional Singer)
- Petting Zoo (2002, Help)
- Dena DeRose – A Walk In The Park (2005, Associate Producer)
- Freak Show DVD (2006)
- Timmy (2006)
Archival Releases
- Bad Day On The Midway (2012, Voice)
- Wormwood Box (2022, Singing)