Dylan Carlson
Musician
Pelican - What We All Come To Need...comments 11:08 October 27th, 2009 Pelican's predicament is a curious one. Just as their forebears Earth were eclipsed by the bands that Dylan Carlson's doomers inspired, so in recent years have Pelican been threatened with irrelevance in the... In this article: Pelican, Dylan Carlson, Hydra Head, Southern Lord, Blood Mountain, Earth, A Red Red Rose, and Life & Times |
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Earth (band)
Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle , Washington, formed in 1990 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson. Earth's early work is recognized as pioneering the genre of drone doom - an experimental offshoot of doom metal,...
In this article: Earth, Kurt Cobain, Sunn, Sunn O))), Black Sabbath, Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars, Earth, Seattle, and Suicide
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 16, 2009
Sunn O))) sends out drone vibration
...& Dimensions," an album that employs strings, horns and vocals on collaborations with the likes of Mayhem vocalist Attila Csihar, Dylan Carlson (Earth), Australian drone master Oren Ambarchi and vocalist Jessika Kenney. "With this...
In this article: Sunn O))), Earth, Melvins, Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, White1, Sunn, Eyvind Kang, Mayhem, and Marc Ribot
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Wikipedia | September 05, 2009
Dylan Carlson
Dylan Carlson (born 1968) is the lead guitarist, lead singer, and only constant member of the Drone doom group Earth . He was a friend of Nirvana vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington, United States.
In this article: Kurt Cobain, Earth, Kurt & Courtney, Suicide, Heroin, Slim Moon, Joe Preston, La Monte Young, and Nick Broomfield
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Ultimate Guitar | August 27, 2009
Sunn O))): Monoliths Dimensions [Reviews]
...drone sound such as a conch shell. That right there is innovative. Another guest featured on the album is Earth's Dylan Carlson whose low-tuned guitar adds to the mixture. The album comes across as a dark mixture of vile sounds, and that...
In this article: Sunn, Sunn O))), 00 Void, S&M, Mayhem, Earth, and Orchestration
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The Stranger - Line Out | July 25, 2009
Block Party Day 1: Yow, Micachu!
...Priest," and a new one that currently lacks title. Steve Moore's trombone and Bill Herzog's standup bass seriously augment Dylan Carlson's downered Ry Cooder guitar meditations and Adrienne Davies' methodical-underwater drum thuds...
In this article: David Yow, Earth, Deerhunter, Jump Around, and Helios Creed
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The Seattle Times | September 11, 2008
Music & nightlife When music has a certain dangerous allure Seattle Times Newspaper
...in daily life." If Mamiffer is a desolate wilderness, Earth, the influential rock band started by Dylan Carlson in 1990, is a volcanic eruption. Back then, Carlson was best known as the guy who bought the shotgun Kurt Cobain killed...
In this article: Earth, Seattle, These Arms Are Snakes, Bumbershoot, Saccharin, and Seattle Times
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | March 03, 2008
Earth The A.V. Club
Earth | The A.V. Club In the wake of many pretenders to Earth's drone-rock throne, leader Dylan Carlson veered left with 2005's Hex (Or Printing In The Infernal Method), a disc of psychotropic twang that gave new meaning to the phrase "happy...
In this article: Earth, Hibernaculum, The A.V. Club, Bill Frisell, In the Future, and Black Mountain
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Pitchfork | February 29, 2008
The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull Pitchfork
...the document for drone-and doom-minded depressives-- some of whom actually named their bands after Earth songs/guitar equipment-- Dylan Carlson's return as the Ennio Morricone of metal continues to confound. The band that borrowed their...
In this article: Earth, Adrienne Davies, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull, Hex, Kurt Cobain, Sunn0))), and Carrion Crow
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Pitchfork | September 14, 2007
Earth Pitchfork
...and their glacially paced music. But it is rather stunning to realize that the group's current incarnation, built around guitarist Dylan Carlson and drummer Adrienne Davies, has been around nearly as long as the original version. Carlson...
In this article: Earth, Adrienne Davies, Earth, Hex, Pitchfork, Greg Anderson, Southern Lord, and Hibernaculum
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Seattle Times | September 14, 2007
The Seattle Times: Loud, slow and mesmerizing, a not-so-new sound is gaining ground
...Kennedy, Dorando Hodous and Arran McInnis. DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES "We were always the odd man out at shows," says Dylan Carlson, frontman for the groundbreaking Earth. JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES "It's therapeutic," said...
In this article: Earth, The Seattle Times, Greg Anderson, Sunn0))), Seattle, Bill Frisell, and Southern Lord
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Dylan Carlson (born 1968) is the lead guitarist, lead singer, and only constant member of the drone metal group Earth. He was the best friend of Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain. According to Nick Broomfield, he is the subject of the Nirvana song "In Bloom".
Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His father worked for the Department of Defense, and, as a result, as a child he moved quite frequently, living in Philadelphia, Texas, New Mexico, and New Jersey, before coming back to live in Washington state. He had first become interested in being a rock musician at age 15, inspired by bands such as Molly Hatchet, AC/DC, and Black Sabbath. He also cites The Melvins, and composers La Monte Young and Terry Riley as major influences on his music. It was in Olympia, Washington that he met Slim Moon, Greg Babior, Dave Harwell and Joe Preston, with whom he would later form Earth. During this time, he would often make "sonic collages" with his then roommate Kurt Cobain, and future Bikini Kill member Tobi Vail. From 1991 to 1996, Earth had an ever-changing lineup. Carlson attributes a lack of (full-length) studio album recordings from 1997 to 2005 to "legal and drug problems".
Carlson actually purchased the shotgun with which Kurt Cobain allegedly committed suicide, though Cobain gave him the money to do so. Carlson has said that he did not believe Cobain to be suicidal at the time, and that Cobain had told him that the gun was for home protection.
- Birth Date:
- January 01, 1968
- Instrument Played:
- Guitar
- Years Active:
- 1985-1988
- Associated With:
- Earth
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