Craig Minowa

Craig Minowa is the singer/songwriter/frontman for the alternative rock band, Cloud Cult.^[1] He is also the founder of Earthology Records. Minowa was born Craig Richardson in February 1973. Minowa grew up in Owatonna, Minnesota, along with Sean Tillman (Har Mar Superstar). Minowa is the middle child. He has two sisters, one older, Melanie, and one younger, Janelle. His father is an accountant and his mother is a nurse. All three siblings are very artistic. Minowa has a large tattoo of a tree on his calf that he designed himself. Minowa met his wife, Connie Staska, when his younger sister brought Connie home after school one day. The two adopted the last name "Minowa" when they married in 1998. Connie paints live on stage during Cloud Cult shows.

Minowa was in two bands in high school, Counterpoint and Eden's Ashes, both with current band member Scott West, who also paints on stage. Another band member, Joshua Lukkes, currently performs in a band in Racine, Wisconsin, called Big Wish.

Minowa has a B.S. in environmental science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is a committed environmentalist and long time vegetarian.

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