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| Background information | |
| Origin | Olympia, Washington, United States  |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Drone metal |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Label(s) | Anja Sub Pop No Quarter Records Or Records Southern Lord Records |
| Associated acts |
Nirvana Sunn O))) Thrones Bikini Kill |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Dylan Carlson Adrienne Davies Jonas Haskins |
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| Former members | |
| Slim Moon Greg Babior Kelly Canary Joe Preston Ian Dickson Dave Harwell Sean McElligot Steve Moore Michael McDaniel Tobi Vail |
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Earth are an American drone band based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1990 by Dylan Carlson, Slim Moon, and Greg Babior, and taking their name from the first incarnation of Black Sabbath. 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. To a lesser extent their sound is referred to as doom metal. Earth, however, have little to do with metal in their current sound. Their early albums could be seen as a variation of the experimental doom-influenced metal of The Melvins.
Dylan Carlson has been the driving force within the band and has remained the core of an ever-changing line-up. Outside of the underground music world, Carlson is perhaps best known for having been the best friend of grunge music icon Kurt Cobain 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 have a song entitled "Dylan Carlson" on their 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.
Discography
- (1990) EARTH - Self-Titled 7" (Private Pressing)
- (1990) 10 1990 (Anja)
- (1991) Extra-Capsular Extraction (Sub Pop)
- (1993) Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version (Sub Pop)
- (1995) Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions (Sub Pop)
- (1997) Pentastar: in The Style of Demons (Sub Pop)
- (1997) Scatter (Compilation album with Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm, Daniel Menche, and John Hudak. (Ash International).
- (2001) Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars - compilation (No Quarter Records)
- (2003) 070796 Live - live (Autofact) (expanded Live 070796 vinyl [1] from Or Records)
- (2005) Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword - live (Megablade)
- (2005) Legacy of Dissolution - remixes (No Quarter Records)
- (2005) Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method) (Southern Lord)
- (2006) LiveHex (Archive)
- (2006) AngelComa split with SunnO))) (Southern Lord)
- (2007) Hibernaculum (Dualdisc feat. rerecorded songs from past albums in Earth's new "western" style and documentary) (Southern Lord)
- (2007) The Bee Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
Members
Current line-up
- Dylan Carlson - guitar
- Adrienne Davies - drums
- Don McGreevy - Electric & Upright Bass
- Steve Moore - Piano, Keys, Trombone
Former members
- Slim Moon (founder of the Kill Rock Stars record label)
- Greg Babior
- Kelly Canary
- Joe Preston
- Ian Dickson
- Dave Harwell
- Sean McElligot
- Michael McDaniel
- John Schuller
- Tobi Vail
References
- ^ No author listed. "Interview with Dylan Carlson", The Smoking Gun, No Date.
External links
- Thrones and Dominions.com - Official website
- Biography of Earth at Sub Pop
- Reviews of Earth at Doom-Metal.com
- Hibarnaculum Review at Pitchfork Media
- Live in performance at The Vera Project - Photos by Bruce C Moore
- DISSOLUTION - Unofficial fan website
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