no longer rely on his connection to the Residents. He began writing and recording material with little to no involvement from the group and only appeared on a small handful of tracks on their albums from The Tunes of Two Cities to Stars & Hank Forever. Despite this, from 1985 to 1987, Lithman toured with the Residents as a special unmasked guest before his death on July 1, 1987. At the same time, drummer Don Jakovich started working with the band, making credited appearances on Satisfaction, Fingerprince, Snakefinger's Chewing Hides the Sound, and Commercial Album. He also performed with them in costume as part of their June 1976 live performance. Following the demise of Henry Cow, former members Chris Cutler and Fred Frith began making appearances on Residents material as drummer and guitarist respectively. Frith first appeared with the Residents on the Subterranean Modern anthology, and Cutler on the Eskimo album. The following year both featured on Commercial Album, with Frith receiving the credit of 'Extra Hard Working Guest Musician'. Nessie Lessons, the wife of Hardy Fox, began to make appearances on Residents releases between 1980 and 1983, initially as an uncredited female vocalist. Lessons was first credited on The Tunes of Two Cities, toured with the band from 1982–1983, and acted as the group's spokesperson when Penn Jillette was unavailable. Her final work as a regular collaborator was on the song "HellNo", for the soundtrack to the 1984 film The Census Taker. For The Mole Show, the Residents also had dancers: Kathleen French, Carol Werner LeMaitre, Sarah McLennan Walker and Chris Van Ralte. Carol LeMaitre and Sarah McLennan went on to portray the Residents on stage during the 13th Anniversary Show, and the dancers in Cube-E. 1987–1993 Starting in 1987, the Residents began working with female vocalist Laurie Amat, who went on to become the Residents' primary female vocalist for much of the 1990s. Her final role as a regular collaborator was on the 1998 Wormwood album. Another female vocalist from this period was Diane Alden, who first appeared on the Freak Show album; she once again worked with the group until Wormwood. Tony Janssen, who was first credited as an engineer on the band's Cube-E album, eventually became a male vocalist for the band and provided the voice of Tex the Barker in their Freak Show projects. 1994–2014 During recording of their Gingerbread Man album, the Singing Resident