Dale Crover

Template:Infobox musical artist 2Dale Crover is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for The Melvins, The Men of Porn, and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont.

Biography

Crover joined The Melvins on drums in 1984, following (original drummer) Mike Dillard's departure. 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 on a 4-track in December 1985 at Cobain's aunt's Seattle, Washington, home. Crover played bass and drums on the demo. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986.

Crover's live performances have inspired many so-called "heavy" drummers. Dale Crover and possibly Bad Brains drummer Earl Hudson are possibly the two most influential/under-rated drummers of the 1980s to present. Crover's best layed down tracks arguably appear on the Melvins Bullhead album, and capture the depth, volume, and subtle nuances of Crover's trademark large dimension kit sizes, as well as his playing style.

Crover drummed on Nirvana's ten-song demo recorded January 23, 1988 at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle. With the exception of "Spank Thru", these songs have been released:

• "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. 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 1990. Later that 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.

In 1994, Crover founded the band Altamont with Joey Osbourne and Dan Southwick of Acid King. He was also once married to Lori S., vocalist of Acid King, but they divorced.

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label	Credited for
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	The Men of Porn: Wine, Women and Song	Small Stone Records	drums
with Altamont
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
with The Melvins
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 Records	Virus300
September 26, 2005	Sieg Howdy! w/Jello Biafra	Alternative Tentacles Records	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
with Nirvana
Date of Release	Title	Label	Catalog Number
June 15, 1989	Bleach	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	Geffen Records	GED 24504
November 23, 2004	With the Lights Out	Universal Music Group	B0003727-00
November 1, 2005	Sliver: The Best of the Box	Universal Music Group

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