Earth (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Earth


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Origin = Olympia, Washington, United States
Genre = Experimental
Drone metal
Years_active = 1990–present
Label = Sub Pop
No Quarter
Or
Southern Lord
Associated_acts = Melvins
Nirvana
Sunn O)))
Thrones
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/earthofficial Official Myspace]
Current_members = Dylan Carlson
Adrienne Davies
Jonas Haskins
Don McGreevy
Past_members = Slim Moon
Greg Babior
Kelly Canary
Joe Preston
Ian Dickson
Dave Harwell
Sean McElligot
John Schuller
Steve Moore
Michael McDaniel

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.

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.cite news | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cobain7.html | publisher = The Smoking Gun | title = Dylan Carlson's written statement to the police] 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 therefore 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, "".

Discography

tudio albums

*"" (1993)
*"" (1995)
*"" (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)

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)
*"Radio Earth" (2008)

EPs

*"Earth" (1990)
*"Extra-Capsular Extraction" (1991)

plits

*with KK Null (2003)
*"Angel Coma" with Sunn O))) (2006)
*with Tribes of Neurot (2007)
*with Sir Richard Bishop (2008)

Members

Current members

* Dylan Carlson – guitar, occasional vocals, occasional percussion
* Adrienne Davies – drums
* Don McGreevy – bass guitar
* Steve "Stebmo" Moore - keyboards

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
* Jonas Haskins – baritone guitar

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/earthofficial Official Myspace]
* [http://www.subpop.com/bands/earth/earthbio.html Biography] at Sub Pop
* [http://www.brucecmoore.com/pages/earth.html Live in performance at The Vera Project] - Photos by Bruce C Moore
* [http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/04/27/qa-with-earth-interview-by-j-bennett/ Extensive Dylan Carlson Interview]
* [http://www.pluginmusic.com/features.php?page=earth Earth Talk Telecasters, Cars & Sleep Aids] Feature article. PlugInMusic.com