Earth (band)
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| Earth | |
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| Origin | Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Drone metal |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label(s) | Sub Pop No Quarter Or Southern Lord |
| Associated acts | Melvins Nirvana Sunn O))) Thrones |
| Website | Official Myspace |
| Members | |
| Dylan Carlson Adrienne Davies Jonas Haskins Don McGreevy |
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| Former members | |
| Slim Moon Greg Babior Kelly Canary Joe Preston Ian Dickson Dave Harwell Sean McElligot John Schuller Steve Moore Michael McDaniel |
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Earth is an American drone band based in Seattle, Washington. Although they have played various styles of music, they are best known as pioneers of a minimalistic, long, and repetitive form of heavy music known as drone doom. The band's early albums could be seen as a variation of the experimental doom-influenced metal of The Melvins. Earth's sound, however, currently has little to do with metal.
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[edit] Biography
Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1990 along with Slim Moon and Greg Babior, taking the title "Earth" from Black Sabbath's original name. Carlson has remained the core of the band's line-up throughout its changes. Outside of the underground music world, Carlson is perhaps best known for having been a friend of grunge music icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide.[1] After Earth had moved to Seattle, Cobain sang lead vocals in the song "Divine and Bright", from a demo included on the re-release of the live album Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars.
The drone doom band Sunn O))), who formed as a tribute to Earth, were named after Earth's (and thence Sunn O)))'s) amplifiers of choice, Sunn. (Sunn O))) also has a song entitled "Dylan Carlson" on its demo). The drone doom supergroup Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine are named after the second song from Earth's first full-length album, Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version (1993)
- Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions (1995)
- Pentastar: In the Style of Demons (1996)
- Legacy of Dissolution (remix album) (2005)
- Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005)
- Hibernaculum (2007)
- The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)
[edit] Live albums
- Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars (1996)
- 070796 Live (2003)
- Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword (2005)
- Live Hex: In a Large City on the North American Continent (2006)
- Live Europe 2006 (2007)
[edit] EPs
- Earth (1990)
- Extra-Capsular Extraction (1991)
[edit] Splits
- with KK Null (2003)
- Angel Coma with Sunn O))) (2006)
- with Tribes of Neurot (2007)
- with Sir Richard Bishop (2008)
[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Dylan Carlson – guitar, occasional vocals, occasional percussion
- Adrienne Davies – drums
- Jonas Haskins – baritone guitar
- Don McGreevy – bass guitar
- Steve "Stebmo" Moore - keyboards
[edit] Former members
- Slim Moon – vocals
- Greg Babior – guitar
- Joe Preston – bass guitar, percussion
- Ian Dickson – guitar, bass guitar
- Dave Harwell – bass guitar
- Sean McElligot – guitar
- Michael McDaniel – drums
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Myspace
- Biography at Sub Pop
- Live in performance at The Vera Project - Photos by Bruce C Moore
- Extensive Dylan Carlson Interview
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