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Earth live in Hamburg 2009 — Dylan Carlson
Earth live in Hamburg 2009 — Dylan Carlson
Background information
OriginOlympia, Washington, United States
GenresExperimental, drone doom
Years active1989–present
LabelsSub Pop
No Quarter
Or
Southern Lord
MembersArman Christoff Boyles
Scott Rader
Past membersSlim Moon
Greg Babior
Kelly Canary
Joe Preston
Ian Dickson
Dave Harwell
Sean McElligot
John Schuller
Michael McDaniel
Jonas Haskins
WebsiteOfficial Myspace
For the Japanese band, see Earth (Japanese band).
For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation).

Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.[1]

Earth's music is mostly instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages. Their early work grew out of the Seattle-area grunge scene and is recognized as pioneering the genre of drone doom — an experimental offshoot of doom metal, characterized by droning, minimalist, lengthy, and repetitive structures. Earth's early albums were usually recorded as a duo (Carlson and a bass guitarist), and could be seen as a variation of the experimental doom-influenced metal of The Melvins. Following a hiatus due to Carlson's personal problems, Earth reappeared with a markedly different sound. Their music was still slow-paced and lengthy, but now with a drummer and featuring strong elements of country music and jazz.

Biography[edit]

Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1989 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 icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide.[2] 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, Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version.

Discography[edit]

EPs[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Live albums[edit]

Remix Albums[edit]

Splits[edit]

Members[edit]

Current members[edit]

Former members[edit]

  • Slim Moon – vocals
  • Greg Babior – guitar
  • Joe Preston – bass guitar, percussion
  • Ian Dickson – guitar, bass guitar
  • Dave Harwell – bass guitar
  • John Schuller - fender precision bass
  • Sean McElligot – guitar
  • Michael McDaniel – drums
  • Jonas Haskins – baritone guitar
  • Don McGreevy – bass guitar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scanlon, Tom (06 July 2007). "Rocker made hard choices, is back to music and life". Seattle Times. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Dylan Carlson's written statement to the police". The Smoking Gun.

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