| Rob Crow | |
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Rob Crow on tour with Pinback |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robertdale Rulon Crow, Jr. |
| Born | February 21, 1971 New Jersey, United States |
| Origin | Encinitas, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie rock, math rock |
| Occupations | Singer, multi-instrumentalist |
| Website | www.functionbad.com/robcrow |
Robertdale Rulon "Rob" Crow, Jr.[1] (born February 21, 1971) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math rock. He is best known for his involvement with the bands Pinback (co-led by Zach Smith from Three Mile Pilot), Heavy Vegetable, Physics, Optiganally Yours and Thingy; in addition he has also led or leads the bands Advertising, Alpha Males, Altron Tube, Cthugha, Fantasy Mission Force, Goblin Cock, Holy Smokes, The Ladies, Other Men and Remote Action Sequence Project, as well as performing and releasing solo records under his own name and under the name Snotnose. He sang on four tracks on Team Sleep's 2005 self-titled debut album, Drive Like Jehu's 1994 album Yank Crime and Creedle's 1996 album When The Wind Blows. In 2005 Crow also joined Aspects of Physics on guitars, performing with them as they opened for his own band Pinback.
One of his solo releases, titled Living Well, was released in January 2007 on Temporary Residence Limited. Music videos for songs "Up" and "I Hate You, Rob Crow" have also been released.
Rob Crow is featured in the album "So it Goes" and in the single "Kind of Widow" both by Shigekazu Aida. He also was featured in "People Staying Awake" on Sleeping People's latest album Growing.
In 2009, Rob Crow acted as co-producer along with musician/comedian JP Hasson on a collection of fake TV theme songs titled "An Album of Distinction" by JP Incorporated and released by Comedy Central.
He will be releasing his new album 'He Thinks He's People' on October 18, 2011.
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