Dale Crover
Dale Crover | |
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Dale Crover performs at Toad's Place in October 2006 | |
Background information | |
Born | October 23, 1967 |
Origin | Aberdeen, Washington, United States |
Genres | Sludge metal, grunge, hardcore punk, doom metal, stoner metal |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, engineer, producer |
Instruments | Drums, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, sitar |
Associated acts | Acid King, Honky, Altamont, Fantômas, Fecal Matter, Hank Williams III, Melvins, Men of Porn, Nirvana, Shrinebuilder |
Dale Crover (born October 23, 1967) is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins. He's also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, and for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont. He has also toured with Fantômas, filling in for Dave Lombardo, who is most famous for his work in Slayer.
Biography
Melvins recruited Crover on drums in 1984 from an Iron Maiden cover band, following original drummer Mike Dillard's departure.[1] In late 1985 Crover played bass in Fecal Matter, a band he formed with Kurt Cobain and Greg Hokanson. After Hokanson left the band, Cobain and Crover recorded Illiteracy Will Prevail[2] on a 4-track in December 1985 at Cobain's aunt's home in Seattle, Washington. Crover played bass and drums on the demo. "Spank Thru" from this demo appears on the Nirvana album Sliver: The Best of the Box. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986.[3]
Crover drummed on Nirvana's ten-song demo recorded January 23, 1988 at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle. Nine of these songs have been officially released:[4]
- Floyd the Barber, Paper Cuts and Downer – Bleach
- Downer, Aero Zeppelin, Beeswax, Hairspray Queen and Mexican Seafood – Incesticide
- If You Must and Pen Cap Chew – With the Lights Out
Nirvana and Crover played a 14-song show in Tacoma, Washington, the night of the demo session. Three cuts from the show – Downer, Floyd the Barber and Raunchola/Moby Dick – appear on With the Lights Out.[5] Later in 1988 Crover and Melvins' bandmate Buzz Osborne relocated to San Francisco, California.
Crover rejoined Nirvana during a short west coast tour with Sonic Youth in August 1990.[6] In April the following year Crover drummed on a demo version of Drain You with Cobain on guitar and vocals and Dave Grohl on bass. The track appears on With the Lights Out.[7]
Dale Crover is also credited as the drummer on most of the tracks on Mike Patton's Peeping Tom project from 2006.
In 1994, Crover founded the band Altamont with Joey Osbourne and Dan Southwick of Acid King. He produced and performed additional vocals on Acid King's debut release that year. During this time he was also married to Acid King's frontwoman Lori S., but they divorced. Nirvana was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. Although not officially inducted with the band, he was singled out for his work with them during Crover's successor Dave Grohl's acceptance speech.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Maureen, their daughter, Scarlett, and their son, Cassius.
Appearances
Dale Crover has made an appearance in Neil Young's video "Harvest Moon".[8]
Discography
Date of Release | Title | Label | Credited for |
1994 | Acid King: Acid King | Sympathy for the Record Industry | Additional vocals |
1996 | Dale Crover: Drumb | Man's Ruin Records | Performer |
September 7, 1999 | Hank Williams III: Risin' Outlaw | Curb Records | drums on "Cocaine Blues" |
October 19, 2004 | Men of Porn: Wine, Women and Song | Small Stone Records | drums |
October 2009 | Shrinebuilder: Shrinebuilder | Neurot Recordings | drums |
February 2015 | Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends: The Enemy of Everyone | Seismic Wave Entertainment | drums |
May 2016 | Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends: The Art of Murder | Seismic Wave Entertainment | drums |
August 2016 | Dale Crover: Skins | Joyful Noise Recordings | Performer |
Date of Release | Title | Label | Catalog Number |
May 27, 1997 | Wanted Dead or Alive (split album with Acid King) | Man's Ruin Records | MR-072 |
October 13, 1998 | Civil War Fantasy | Man's Ruin Records | MR-085 |
March 26, 1999 | In the Groove (Compilation album, Rattlesnake Shake) | The Music Cartel | |
July 10, 2000 | Right in the Nuts (Compilation album, Make It) | Small Stone Records | |
May 1, 2001 | Our Darling | Man's Ruin Records | MR-2020 |
November 1, 2005 | The Monkee's Uncle | AntAcidAudio | AAA-995 |
Date of Release | Title | Label | Catalog Number |
1986 | Six Songs | C/Z Records | CZ002 |
1987 | Gluey Porch Treatments | Alchemy Records | VM103 |
1989 | Ozma | Boner Records | BR16-2 |
August 21, 1991 | Kill Rock Stars (Compilation album, Ever Since My Accident) | Kill Rock Stars | KSR 201 |
1991 | Your Choice Live Series Vol.12 | Your Choice Records | YC-LS 012 |
1991 | Bullhead | Boner Records | BR25-2 |
1991 | Eggnog | Boner Records | BR28-2 |
1992 | Salad of a Thousand Delights | Box Dog Video | BDV002 |
1992 | Dale Crover | Boner Records | BR33-2 |
1992 | Lysol (aka Melvins) | Boner Records | BR35-2 |
September 21, 1993 | Houdini | Atlantic Records | 82532-2 |
August 1994 | Prick | Amphetamine Reptile Records | AmRep 031 |
September 1994 | Stoner Witch | Atlantic Records | 82704-2 |
July 15, 1996 | Stag | Atlantic Records | 82878-2 |
May 5, 1997 | Honky | Amphetamine Reptile Records | AmRep 064-2 |
August 26, 1997 | Singles 1-12 | Amphetamine Reptile Records | AmRep 063 |
1998 | Alive at the F*cker Club | Amphetamine Reptile Records | AmRep 072 |
May 17, 1999 | The Maggot | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-002 |
August 23, 1999 | The Bootlicker | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-004 |
February 7, 2000 | The Crybaby | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-006 |
November 27, 2000 | Gluey Porch Treatments | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-012 |
February 6, 2001 | Electroretard | Man's Ruin Records | MR2002 |
April 16, 2001 | Colossus of Destiny | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-014 |
April 1, 2002 | Millennium Monsterwork 2000 w/Fantômas | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-019 |
April 15, 2002 | Hostile Ambient Takeover | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-020 |
March 11, 2003 | 26 Songs | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-038 |
September 16, 2003 | Melvinmania: The Best Of The Atlantic Years 1993–1996 | Atlantic Records | 5050466574428 |
March 9, 2004 | Neither Here Nor There | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-047 |
August 23, 2004 | Pigs of the Roman Empire w/Lustmord | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-054 |
October 19, 2004 | Never Breathe What You Can't See w/Jello Biafra | Alternative Tentacles | Virus300 |
September 26, 2005 | Sieg Howdy! w/Jello Biafra | Alternative Tentacles | Virus350 |
May 16, 2006 | A Live History of Gluttony and Lust Houdini Live 2005 |
Ipecac Recordings | IPC-076 |
October 10, 2006 | (A) Senile Animal | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-082 |
July 8, 2008 | Nude With Boots | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-105 |
June 1, 2010 | The Bride Screamed Murder | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-112 |
June 5, 2012 | Freak Puke (Melvins Lite) | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-136 |
April 30, 2013 | Everybody Loves Sausages | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-144 |
November 5, 2013 | Tres Cabrones | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-150 |
October 14, 2014 | Hold It In | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-164 |
April 1, 2016 | Three Men and a Baby w/Mike Kunka | Sub Pop | SP 1147 |
June 3, 2016 | Basses Loaded | Ipecac Recordings | IPC-178 |
Date of Release | Title | Label | Catalog Number |
June 15, 1989 | Bleach (On the songs Floyd the Barber, Paper Cuts and Downer) | Sub Pop | SP-034 |
November 21, 1989 | Teriyaki Asthma,Volume 1 (Compilation album, Mexican Seafood) | C/Z Records | CZ009 |
August 21, 1991 | Kill Rock Stars (Compilation album, Beeswax) | Kill Rock Stars | KRS-201 |
November 1991 | Teriyaki Asthma Vols.I-V (Compilation album, Mexican Seafood) | C/Z Records | CZ037 |
December 14, 1992 | Incesticide (On the songs Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, and Aero Zeppelin) | DGC Records | DGCD-24504 |
November 23, 2004 | With the Lights Out | Geffen Records | B0003727-00 |
November 1, 2005 | Sliver: The Best of the Box | Geffen Records |
Notes
- ↑ Buzz Osborne. "Liner Notes to Mangled Demos from 1983". Ipecac Recordings. May 31, 2005.
- ↑ Gillian Gaar. "Nirvana Timeline, Booklet to With the Lights Out". Geffen Records/Universal Music Group. November 23, 2004.
- ↑ Michael Azerrad. "Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana". Doubleday, 1993. ISBN 0-385-47199-8.
- ↑ Live Nirvana: Studio session: January 23, 1988.
- ↑ Live Nirvana, Tour history: January 23, 1988.
- ↑ Nirvana Live Guide, August 1990 tour (08/16/90-08/25/90).
- ↑ http://www.livenirvana.com/sessions/home/april-1991retards.php
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189512/otherworks
Preceded by Mike Dillard |
Melvins Drummer 1984–present |
Succeeded by Current |
Preceded by Aaron Burckhard Chad Channing |
Nirvana Drummer (two stints) January 1988 August 1990 |
Succeeded by Dave Foster Dan Peters |