| Earth | |
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 Earth live in Hamburg 2009 — Dylan Carlson |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Experimental, drone metal |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Sub Pop, No Quarter, Or, Southern Lord |
| Associated acts | Melvins, Nirvana, Sunn O))), Thrones, Bill Frisell |
| Website | www.thronesanddominions.com |
| Members | |
| Dylan Carlson Adrienne Davies Lori Goldston Karl Blau Angelina Baldoz |
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| Past members | |
| Slim Moon Greg Babior Kelly Canary Joe Preston Ian Dickson Dave Harwell Sean McElligot John Schuller Michael McDaniel Jonas Haskins Don McGreevy Steve Moore |
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Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.[1]
Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages. Their early work characterized by heavy distorted droning, minimalist, lengthy, and repetitive structures; it is recognized as pioneering the genre of drone doom — an experimental offshoot of doom metal . Following a hiatus due to Carlson's personal problems, Earth reappeared around 2005 with a markedly different sound. Their music was still drone based, slow-paced and lengthy, but now with a drummer and featuring strong elements of country music, jazz, English folk rock, including Fairport Convention.
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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 close friend of grunge icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide.[2] 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 their collective 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.
The album Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I was released on February 22, 2011.[3] The band have been chosen to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[4]
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