Mick Turner

Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.

Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner was a member of several Melbourne based rock bands: (from 1979 till 1988) Sick Things, (from 1983 till 1984) The Moodists, (from 1982 till 1987) Fungus Brains, and (from 1985 till the in 1996) Venom P. Stinger (with Jim White).

In addition to playing with Jim White and Warren Ellis, Mick also runs the Dirty Three's record label, Anchor & Hope and has painted the cover illustration for all of their major albums except their first. He has had art exhibitions around Australia and internationally.

Fellow Dirty Three member, Jim White, plays with Mick: The Tren Brothers, and together they have played with Cat Power, Boxhead Ensemble and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

Turner has also released three solo albums under his own name, two albums with Jessica Billey[1] under the moniker Bonnevill, as well as a single credited to "Tren Brothers & Sister" featuring Turner, White & Billey.

Turner currently performs his solo work, accompanied by one of several Melbourne drummers: Ian Wadley (member of Bird Blobs), or Marty Brown (drummer with Art of Fighting)

Discography

Group

The Sick Things

• Committed To Suicide 7", (single)
• The Sounds Of Silence, (album), (Shock Records, 1981)

The Fungus Brains

• The Fungus Brains (album)
• Ron Pisto's Real World 12", (album), (Dr. Jim's Records, 1983)
• That's Right 12", (album)
• Romance Of The Fungus World, (album), (Monash Records, 1986)
• I'm So Glad, (album), (Magnetic Records, 1989

The Moodists

• Thirsty's Calling, (album), (Red Flame Records, 1984)
• Runaway 7", (single)
• Enough Legs To Live On 7", (single), (1985)
• Double Life, (album), (Red Flame Records, 1985)

Venom P. Stinger

• Meet My Friend Venom, (album), (No Masters Voice, 1987)
• Walking About/26 mgs 7", (single), (Aberrant Records, 1988)
• Whats Yours Is Mine, (album), (Aberrant/Normal Records, 1990)
• Scumbait No. 2 7", (single), (Treehouse 23, 1990)
• The Waiting Room EP, (album), (Au Go Go Records, 1991)
• Live, (recorded live in Davis, California), (Anopheles Records, 1992)
• Thickskin/Tearbucketer 7", (single), (Death Valley Records, 1994)
• Tearbucketer, (album), (Siltbreeze/Matador Records, 1996)

Dirty Three

Further information: Dirty Three discography

Solo & duo

Mick Turner

• Tren Phantasma, (Drag City, 1997)
• Marlan Rosa, (Drag City, 1999)
• "Sunny X-Mas Day" on the compilation "Chicago 2018... It's Gonna Change", (Clearspot Records, 2000)
• "Carny's Dance", on the compilation "The Nature of Systems", (compilation), (Carbon Records, 2000)
• Seven Angels (Purposeful Availment), (EP), (Three Lobed Recordings, 2002)
• Moth, (album), (Drag City, 2003)

Mick Turner/Tren Brothers

• Blue Trees, (compilation album), (Drag City, 2007)

Tren Brothers

• Gone Away/Kit's Choice 7", (single), (Secretly Canadian Records, 1998)
• Tren Brothers EP, (EP), (Drag City, 1998)
• The Swimmer (Western Vinyl, 2005)

Tren Brothers & Sister

• Swing Pts. 1 & 2 7", (Chapter Music, 2001)

Bonnevill

• Travels In Constants, Vol. 2, (album), (Temporary Residence Records, 1999)
• Pelican, (album), (Bella Union, 2001)
• "Prairie Lullaby" on the compilation Currents and Directions, (Meridian Records, 2003)

Bonnie Billy and the Marquis de Tren

• Get On Jolly 12" EP (EP) (Palace Records, 2000)
• Get The Fuck On Jolly Live (album) (Palace Records, 2001)

Ensemble and supporting musician

• Will Oldham - Western Music, (album), (Drag City, 1997)
• Palace Music - Lost Blues and Other Songs, (album), (Drag City, 1997)
• Bonnie 'Prince' Billie - Black Dissimulation/No Such As What I Want 7", (single) (All City Nomad, 1998)
• Cat Power - Moon Pix, (album) (Matador Records, 1998)
• Boxhead Ensemble - The Last Place To Go, (soundtrack album), (Atavistic/Secretly Canadian, 1998)
• Will Oldham - Guarapero/Lost Blues 2, (compilation), (Drag City, 2000)
• Boxhead Ensemble - Two Brothers, (album), (Atavistic, 2001)
• The Proposition (Original Soundtrack) (2006)

External links

• Mick Turner's Art page
• Mick Turner on the Drag City label
• Mick Turner on the Anchor and Hope label
• set of live Mick Turner Videos at scheduletwo.com