Barrett Martin
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Barrett Martin is an American drummer, upright bassist, composer, producer, writer, and Zen artist. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington groups Skin Yard
and Screaming Trees
, as well as the supergroups Mad Season
and Tuatara
. A multi-instrumentalist and producer, he does recording session work in Seattle and Los Angeles and has played on, or produced, over 75 albums to date. He is primarily known for his powerful tribal drumming style, which includes the use of the tom toms as a rhythmic component that replaces the traditional hihat and ride cymbal. He credits the jazz drummers Art Blakey
, Max Roach
, and Elvin Jones
for inspiring this approach to his drumming style, as well as the rock drummers John Bonham
, Keith Moon
, and Neil Peart
. He has also stated that the heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali
inspired his drumming at a young age, saying, "Ali was so incredibly fast on his feet, and his hands were both light and heavy at the same time. Float like a butterfly, sting like bee, that's the way a great drummer should play - light and heavy, the way Ali boxed."
Martin has been featured on dozens of albums and several film soundtracks, and notable collaborations include work with REM guitarist Peter Buck
, Iraqi master musician Rahim Alhaj
, West African Griot and master musician Foday Musa Suso
, delta bluesman CeDell Davis
, Rumi scholar and poet Coleman Barks
, and Native American poet and songwriter Joy Harjo
.
The PBS short documentary on Barrett's drumming and Zenga painting, titled "Zenga and the Art of Percussion", won a 2009 Emmy in the New Media Arts category.
, and studied jazz and classical music theory at Western Washington University
in the mid-1980s. After dropping out of college to play music professionally, he later completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology at the University of New Mexico
, graduating summa cum laude (highest honors). Living in Seattle in the mid 1980s, Martin was witness to the early music scene there, joining grunge pioneers Skin Yard
in 1990, and making two albums with the band, 1000 Smiling Knuckles
(1991) and Inside the Eye
(1993). When Skin Yard broke up, Martin was asked to fill the recently vacated drum seat in another seminal Seattle band, Screaming Trees
. The Trees went on to make two more studio albums with Martin, Sweet Oblivion
(1992) and Dust
(1996), before calling it quits in June 2000.
In 1994, Martin formed the supergroup Mad Season
with Mike McCready
of Pearl Jam
, Layne Staley
of Alice In Chains
, and Chicago blues bassist Baker Saunders
. The band released its debut album Above in 1994, playing only a handful of local shows before disbanding.
In 1996, Barrett and Peter Buck
of R.E.M.
founded the revolving-door music project Tuatara
, which has released seven albums to date. In 2004 he released his first solo album as the Barrett Martin Group, The Painted Desert, and in 2006 he followed up with a second album, Earthspeaker. A third solo album, Zenga, was released in June 2009.
In the late 1990s, Martin went on to become a top session musician in Los Angeles
, playing drums and percussion on records by R.E.M.
, Air, Luna
, Stone Temple Pilots
, Queens Of The Stone Age
, and singer-songwriters Victoria Williams
and Mark Olson
.
Aside from his collaborations in various projects as a professional percussionist during and after the dissolution of the Screaming Trees
, he has focused his musical endeavors on the study of percussion styles from various cultures around the world, primarily African tribal rhythms and the music of Latin America. The earliest and most apparent influence of tribal techniques in his style can be heard on the 1991 Skin Yard album 1000 Smiling Knuckles
and in the opening drum riff of the Screaming Trees' song, Nearly Lost You
(as a side note, this drum groove was performed as a loop during Bill Clinton
's 1992 inauguration ceremony). It can also be heard on the songs "November Hotel" and "X-ray Mind" during his stint in Mad Season
.
His field work in ethnomusicology has included work with Garifuna drummers in Belize, Wolof Griots in Senegal, Ewe drummers in Ghana, Santeria drummers in Cuba, Candomble drummers in Brazil, and the singing Shipibo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon. Between 2000 and 2003, he also worked with Brazilian singer Nando Reis
, playing on three of Nando's studio albums, and touring much of Brazil in the process.
In March 2000, Martin was ordained as a Zen monk in the Soto tradition through the Detroit Street Zen Center in Los Angeles. He has been studying the Zenga
arts tradition for several years, creating numerous paintings and sculptures as a Zen artist. His first official gallery show was on June 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon, and his work has been shown in galleries in Seattle, Portland, and Santa Fe, as well as in numerous personal collections.
In 2009, after twelve years of musical study around the world and graduate academic work at the University Of New Mexico
, Barrett was awarded a master's degree in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology. He returned to Seattle and professional music once again, playing drums for the all-girl Seattle rock band Visqueen
, and playing upright bass with the folk-noir group CoBirds Unite, which features fellow Seattleites Rusty Willoughby
and Rachel Flotard.
In 2011 he was appointed adjunct professor of music at Antioch University in Seattle, the famed liberal arts institution. He teaches classes on Indigenous music, music as socio-political commentary, and spiritual expression in music around the world.
On June 21, 2011 his group, The Barrett Martin Group, released their newest album "Atlas", on Barrett's own independent label, Sunyata Records. The band features many of Seattle's top jazz and rock luminaries. "Atlas" is a lengthy 13 song world-jazz-fusion opus co-produced and mixed by longtime friend and Seattle producer Jack Endino
.
On August 2, 2011, Barrett's most well-known band, Screaming Trees
, will release their final album. Titled "Last Words: The Final Recordings", the album was produced by Trees drummer Barrett Martin in 1998-99 and was mixed by Seattle producer Jack Endino
. It will be released worldwide on Barrett's independent label, Sunyata Records, however there are no plans for a band reunion or any shows at this time.
Skin Yard
Screaming Trees
Mad Season
The Minus 5
Tuatara
Various Other
Skin Yard
Skin Yard was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered...
and Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
, as well as the supergroups Mad Season
Mad Season
Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994 by members of three popular Seattle-based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit"...
and Tuatara
Tuatara (band)
Tuatara is a Seattle-based instrumental music group featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, and the Screaming Trees.-History:...
. A multi-instrumentalist and producer, he does recording session work in Seattle and Los Angeles and has played on, or produced, over 75 albums to date. He is primarily known for his powerful tribal drumming style, which includes the use of the tom toms as a rhythmic component that replaces the traditional hihat and ride cymbal. He credits the jazz drummers Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
, Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
, and Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
for inspiring this approach to his drumming style, as well as the rock drummers John Bonham
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
, Keith Moon
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
, and Neil Peart
Neil Peart
Neil Ellwood Peart , OC, is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer for the rock band Rush.Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario . During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer...
. He has also stated that the heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
inspired his drumming at a young age, saying, "Ali was so incredibly fast on his feet, and his hands were both light and heavy at the same time. Float like a butterfly, sting like bee, that's the way a great drummer should play - light and heavy, the way Ali boxed."
Martin has been featured on dozens of albums and several film soundtracks, and notable collaborations include work with REM guitarist Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
, Iraqi master musician Rahim Alhaj
Rahim AlHaj
Rahim AlHaj is an Iraqi American oud musician and composer.-Early life:AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud at age nine...
, West African Griot and master musician Foday Musa Suso
Foday Musa Suso
Foday Musa Suso is a musician and composer from the West African nation of Gambia. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a jali...
, delta bluesman CeDell Davis
CeDell Davis
CeDell Davis is an American blues guitarist and singer.Davis is most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing. Davis plays guitar using a table knife in his fretting hand in a manner similar to slide guitar, resulting in a welter of metal-stress harmonic transients and a singular tonal...
, Rumi scholar and poet Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks is an American poet. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is nonetheless renowned as an interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.- Biographical notes:...
, and Native American poet and songwriter Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is a Native American poet, musician, and author of ancestry. Known primarily as a poet, Harjo has also taught at the college level, played alto saxophone with a band called Poetic Justice, edited literary journals, and written screenplays. She is a member of the Muscogee Nation and...
.
The PBS short documentary on Barrett's drumming and Zenga painting, titled "Zenga and the Art of Percussion", won a 2009 Emmy in the New Media Arts category.
History
Martin was born and grew up in Olympia, WashingtonOlympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
, and studied jazz and classical music theory at Western Washington University
Western Washington University
Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:...
in the mid-1980s. After dropping out of college to play music professionally, he later completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, graduating summa cum laude (highest honors). Living in Seattle in the mid 1980s, Martin was witness to the early music scene there, joining grunge pioneers Skin Yard
Skin Yard
Skin Yard was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered...
in 1990, and making two albums with the band, 1000 Smiling Knuckles
1000 Smiling Knuckles
1000 Smiling Knuckles is the fourth album by the grunge group Skin Yard. It is generally regarded as the group's best effort.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Jack Endino – Guitar, Producer, Engineering* Daniel House – Bass, Art direction...
(1991) and Inside the Eye
Inside the Eye
Inside the Eye is the last album released by Skin Yard in 1993.-Track listing:# "Inside the Eye" - 3:22# "Miss You" - 2:47# "Not in Love" - 3:44...
(1993). When Skin Yard broke up, Martin was asked to fill the recently vacated drum seat in another seminal Seattle band, Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
. The Trees went on to make two more studio albums with Martin, Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion
Sweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees' 6th full length album that was released on September 8, 1992. The recording was the band's highest landmark in terms of album sales, and was the closest they would come to ever achieving mainstream success...
(1992) and Dust
Dust
Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that arise from various sources such as soil dust lifted up by wind , volcanic eruptions, and pollution...
(1996), before calling it quits in June 2000.
In 1994, Martin formed the supergroup Mad Season
Mad Season
Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994 by members of three popular Seattle-based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit"...
with Mike McCready
Mike McCready
Michael David McCready is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Dave Krusen, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam...
of Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
, Layne Staley
Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains, which was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the...
of Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr...
, and Chicago blues bassist Baker Saunders
John Baker Saunders
John Baker Saunders was a founding member and bassist for the American grunge rock supergroup Mad Season, as well as a member of The Walkabouts. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama and later attended Providence College...
. The band released its debut album Above in 1994, playing only a handful of local shows before disbanding.
In 1996, Barrett and Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
of R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
founded the revolving-door music project Tuatara
Tuatara (band)
Tuatara is a Seattle-based instrumental music group featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, and the Screaming Trees.-History:...
, which has released seven albums to date. In 2004 he released his first solo album as the Barrett Martin Group, The Painted Desert, and in 2006 he followed up with a second album, Earthspeaker. A third solo album, Zenga, was released in June 2009.
In the late 1990s, Martin went on to become a top session musician in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, playing drums and percussion on records by R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
, Air, Luna
Luna (band)
Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...
, Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
, Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, and singer-songwriters Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a...
and Mark Olson
Mark Olson (musician)
Mark Olson is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right....
.
Aside from his collaborations in various projects as a professional percussionist during and after the dissolution of the Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
, he has focused his musical endeavors on the study of percussion styles from various cultures around the world, primarily African tribal rhythms and the music of Latin America. The earliest and most apparent influence of tribal techniques in his style can be heard on the 1991 Skin Yard album 1000 Smiling Knuckles
1000 Smiling Knuckles
1000 Smiling Knuckles is the fourth album by the grunge group Skin Yard. It is generally regarded as the group's best effort.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Jack Endino – Guitar, Producer, Engineering* Daniel House – Bass, Art direction...
and in the opening drum riff of the Screaming Trees' song, Nearly Lost You
Nearly Lost You
Nearly Lost You is the second greatest hits compilation of the Screaming Trees, released in 2001.-Track listing:# "Halo of Ashes" - 4:05# "Nearly Lost You" - 4:07# "Butterfly" - 3:22# "Alice Said" - 4:13...
(as a side note, this drum groove was performed as a loop during Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
's 1992 inauguration ceremony). It can also be heard on the songs "November Hotel" and "X-ray Mind" during his stint in Mad Season
Mad Season
Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994 by members of three popular Seattle-based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit"...
.
His field work in ethnomusicology has included work with Garifuna drummers in Belize, Wolof Griots in Senegal, Ewe drummers in Ghana, Santeria drummers in Cuba, Candomble drummers in Brazil, and the singing Shipibo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon. Between 2000 and 2003, he also worked with Brazilian singer Nando Reis
Nando Reis
Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
, playing on three of Nando's studio albums, and touring much of Brazil in the process.
In March 2000, Martin was ordained as a Zen monk in the Soto tradition through the Detroit Street Zen Center in Los Angeles. He has been studying the Zenga
Zenga
Zenga is the Japanese term for the practice and art of Zen Buddhist painting and calligraphy in the Japanese tea ceremony and also the martial arts.-Definition:...
arts tradition for several years, creating numerous paintings and sculptures as a Zen artist. His first official gallery show was on June 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon, and his work has been shown in galleries in Seattle, Portland, and Santa Fe, as well as in numerous personal collections.
In 2009, after twelve years of musical study around the world and graduate academic work at the University Of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, Barrett was awarded a master's degree in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology. He returned to Seattle and professional music once again, playing drums for the all-girl Seattle rock band Visqueen
Visqueen
Visqueen is a power pop/punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2001. It is named after a brand of polyethylene film that United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge once recommended as a defense against bioterrorism....
, and playing upright bass with the folk-noir group CoBirds Unite, which features fellow Seattleites Rusty Willoughby
Rusty Willoughby
Rusty Willoughby is an active American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Redmond, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. , he has been vocalist, songwriter and guitarist or bass guitarist for several Seattle based bands: Pure Joy , Flop , Llama , and Cobirds Unite...
and Rachel Flotard.
In 2011 he was appointed adjunct professor of music at Antioch University in Seattle, the famed liberal arts institution. He teaches classes on Indigenous music, music as socio-political commentary, and spiritual expression in music around the world.
On June 21, 2011 his group, The Barrett Martin Group, released their newest album "Atlas", on Barrett's own independent label, Sunyata Records. The band features many of Seattle's top jazz and rock luminaries. "Atlas" is a lengthy 13 song world-jazz-fusion opus co-produced and mixed by longtime friend and Seattle producer Jack Endino
Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
.
On August 2, 2011, Barrett's most well-known band, Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
, will release their final album. Titled "Last Words: The Final Recordings", the album was produced by Trees drummer Barrett Martin in 1998-99 and was mixed by Seattle producer Jack Endino
Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
. It will be released worldwide on Barrett's independent label, Sunyata Records, however there are no plans for a band reunion or any shows at this time.
Discography
Barrett Martin Group- The Painted Desert - 2004
- Earthspeaker - 2006
- ZengaZengaZenga is the Japanese term for the practice and art of Zen Buddhist painting and calligraphy in the Japanese tea ceremony and also the martial arts.-Definition:...
- 2009 - AtlasAtlasAn atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets in the Solar System. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats...
- 2011
Skin Yard
- Skin YardSkin YardSkin Yard was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered...
- 1000 Smiling Knuckles1000 Smiling Knuckles1000 Smiling Knuckles is the fourth album by the grunge group Skin Yard. It is generally regarded as the group's best effort.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Jack Endino – Guitar, Producer, Engineering* Daniel House – Bass, Art direction...
- 1991 - Skin YardSkin YardSkin Yard was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered...
- Inside the EyeInside the EyeInside the Eye is the last album released by Skin Yard in 1993.-Track listing:# "Inside the Eye" - 3:22# "Miss You" - 2:47# "Not in Love" - 3:44...
- 1993 - Skin YardSkin YardSkin Yard was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered...
- Start at the TopStart at the TopReleased in 2001 by C/Z Records, Start at the Top was the final release by the band Skin Yard.-Overview:The album is a hand-numbered limited release CD compiling a number of never-before-heard tracks and several previously vinyl-only recordings...
- 2001
Screaming Trees
- Sweet OblivionSweet OblivionSweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees' 6th full length album that was released on September 8, 1992. The recording was the band's highest landmark in terms of album sales, and was the closest they would come to ever achieving mainstream success...
- 1992 - DustDust (Screaming Trees album)Dust is the seventh and final album by the Screaming Trees, released on June 25, 1996.After an aborted attempt at recording a followup to Sweet Oblivion with producer Don Fleming, the band hired producer George Drakoulias to man the controls for what eventually turned out to be their last album...
- 1996 - Last Words: The Final Recordings - 2011
Mad Season
- Above - 1995
The Minus 5
- The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoyThe Lonesome Death of Buck McCoyThe Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy is an album by American rock band The Minus 5. Their final release of new material for Hollywood Records, it was released in 1997...
- 1997 - In Rock - 2000
- Let the War Against Music BeginLet the War Against Music BeginLet the War Against Music Begin is an album by American rock group The Minus 5. It was released on Mammoth Records in 2001 as part of a split album with Because We Hate You by the Young Fresh Fellows.-Track listing:#"Great News Around You"#"Got You"...
- 2001
Tuatara
- Breaking the EthersBreaking the EthersBreaking the Ethers is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna, the Screaming Trees and R.E.M...
- 1997 - Trading with the EnemyTrading with the EnemyTrading with the Enemy is the second album by collaborative band Tuatara. For this album, the original foursome added a number of new members to play more instruments designed to expand their sound.-Track listing:...
- 1998 - CinemathiqueCinemathiqueCinemathique is the third album by collaborative band Tuatara. The band expanded to eleven members on this album, and it was their first album for Barrett Martin's record label, Fast Horse Recordings.-Track listing:...
- 2002 - The Loading ProgramThe Loading ProgramThe Loading Program is the fourth release by collaborative group Tuatara. The release mainly consists of remixes of songs from their first three albums.-Track listing:#Morocco - 5:13...
- 2003 - East of the SunEast of the Sun (Tuatara album)East of the Sun is the fifth album from collaborative group Tuatara, and part of a double album release with West of the Moon. It is the first Tuatara album with lyrics, sung by a variety of guest vocalists.-Track listing:...
- 2007 - West of the MoonWest of the MoonWest of the Moon is the follow-up to Tuatara's East of the Sun.-Tuatara members:*Peter Buck - acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, dulcimer*Dave Carter - trumpet*Jessy Greene - violin, cello*Kevin Hudson - electric and upright bass...
- 2007 - The Here And The Gone - 2009
Various Other
- Thin Men - A Round Hear - 1989
- Mike JohnsonMike Johnson (bassist)Mike Johnson is an American songwriter and bass guitarist. He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon and played in Eugene, Oregon punk band Snakepit from 1984-1989. He replaced Lou Barlow in Dinosaur Jr in 1991 and played with the band live and on its recordings from 1991 to 1998. Concurrently he...
- Where Am I - 1994 - Various Artists - Working Class HeroWorking Class Hero"Working Class Hero" is a song from John Lennon's first post-Beatles solo album, 1970's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.-Theme:The song is a take on the class split of the 1940s and 1950s, and of the 1960s in which he was famous. The song appears to tell the story of someone growing up in the working...
" - 1995 - SeaweedSeaweed (band)Seaweed is a band from Tacoma, Washington who were active throughout the 1990s. Their style of music is a combination of punk rock and grunge, mostly due to its 'dirty' sound.-History:...
- Spanaway - 1995 - Mike JohnsonMike Johnson (bassist)Mike Johnson is an American songwriter and bass guitarist. He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon and played in Eugene, Oregon punk band Snakepit from 1984-1989. He replaced Lou Barlow in Dinosaur Jr in 1991 and played with the band live and on its recordings from 1991 to 1998. Concurrently he...
- Year of Mondays - 1996 - LunaLuna (band)Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...
- Pup TentPup TentPup Tent is an album by Luna.-Background:"Bobby Peru" is named after an eccentric, overtly creepy character played by Willem Dafoe in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Wareham read the phrase "Fuzzy Wuzzy" in a Don DeLillo book...
- 1997 - Mark EitzelMark EitzelMark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
- West - 1997 - ProteinProtein (band)Protein was a punk alternative, post-grunge metal band formed in 1994 in San Francisco, California.Forming their first band after they were kicked out of a San Francisco-area high school, vocalist/guitarist Josh Zee and drummer Dan Thompson played for several years in various local bands before...
- Ever Since I was a Kid - 1997 - Various Artists - Flying Traps - 1997
- R.E.M.R.E.M.R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
- UpUp (R.E.M. album)Up is the 11th album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was the band's first album without original drummer Bill Berry, who left the group amicably in October 1997 to pursue his own interests. In his place, R.E.M...
- 1998 - Mark LaneganMark LaneganMark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...
- I'll Take Care of YouI'll Take Care of YouI'll Take Care of You is the fourth solo album by former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. This album consists of cover songs.It features Lanegan's interpretation of songs from a wide variety of songwriters, including Tim Rose, Tim Hardin, Booker T. Jones, and Buck Owens...
- 1999 - Stone Temple PilotsStone Temple PilotsStone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
- No. 4No. 4 (album)-Credits:Stone Temple Pilots* Scott Weiland - vocals, organ* Robert DeLeo - bass, percussion, guitars, fuzz bass, zither* Dean DeLeo - electric & acoustic guitars, lapsteel, 6-string bass* Eric Kretz - drums, percussionAdditional Personnel...
- 1999 - Various Artists - More Oar - 1999
- Victoria WilliamsVictoria WilliamsVictoria Williams is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a...
- Water to Drink - 2000 - Mark OlsonMark Olson (musician)Mark Olson is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right....
- My Own Jo EllenMy Own Jo Ellen-Track listing:All songs written by Mark Olson.# "Someone to Talk With" – 4:06# "Linda Lee" – 4:32# "Walking Through Nevada" – 3:15# "Meeting in Lone Pine" – 3:56# "Diamond Davey" – 3:58# "Rainbow of Your Heart" – 4:27# "Ben Johnson's Creek" – 2:54...
- 2000 - The Twilight SingersThe Twilight SingersThe Twilight Singers is an American indie rock band. The group was initially formed as a side project of The Afghan Whigs leader Greg Dulli in 1997...
- Twilight as Played by The Twilight SingersTwilight as Played by The Twilight SingersTwilight as Played by The Twilight Singers is the first album by The Twilight Singers. It was released by Sony Music Entertainment in 2000.- Track listing :#"The Twilite Kid" - 5:52#"That's Just How That Bird Sings" - 3:52#"Clyde" - 4:40...
- 2000 - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
- Para Quando o Arco - 2000 - Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
– Rated RRated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)Rated R is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000 through Interscope Records. Rated R was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It peaked at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers and reached high...
- 2001 - Therapy?Therapy?Therapy? is an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist–vocalist Andy Cairns from Ballyclare and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing from Larne, Northern Ireland. The band initially recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar...
- ShamelessShameless (album)Shameless was the sixth full-length album by the band Therapy?, and the third and final to be released on Ark 21 Records. It was released on October 1, 2001...
- 2001 - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
– InfernalInfernal (Nando Reis album)Infernal is the third solo album released by Brazilian musician Nando Reis. Most of the songs featured on this album werer recorded by other artists or on other Nando Reis' albums. "E.C.T." and "O Segundo Sol" were performed live by Cássia Eller on her Acústico MTV album...
- 2001 - CeDell DavisCeDell DavisCeDell Davis is an American blues guitarist and singer.Davis is most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing. Davis plays guitar using a table knife in his fretting hand in a manner similar to slide guitar, resulting in a welter of metal-stress harmonic transients and a singular tonal...
- When Lightning Struck the Pine - 2002 - Alex VeleyAlex VeleyAlex Veley is an American rock musician, soul keyboardist and singer known for using classic keyboards like the Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, and Hohner Clavinet....
– Maconha Baiana – 2003 - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
- A Letra AA Letra AA Letra A is the fourth solo album released by Brazilian musician Nando Reis, and the first one after his departure from Titãs...
- 2003 - NeroNero (band)Nero are an electronic music act from London, England consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray. Alana Watson provides vocals on many of the duo's songs, though she is not officially a band member. On 6 December 2010, Nero were announced as nominees for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.-History:Nero...
- Confession#1 - 2003 - Roger Greenway - Wayt - 2004
- Jack EndinoJack EndinoJack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
- Permanent Fatal ErrorPermanent Fatal ErrorPermanent Fatal Error is a new musical project by Olivier Manchion, Ulan Bator founder member, and long time Faust collaborator. PFE first album is entitled Law Speed and was released in 2004 by Wallace Records, Ruminance, Klangbad...
- 2005 - Shipibo Shamans - Woven Songs Of The Amazon - 2006
- Bola AbimbolaBola AbimbolaBola Abimbola is a vocalist, recording artist, and record producer from Lagos, Nigeria.- Musical career :Bola’s career in music began at the age of nineteen with his first recording - Silifa Bamijo which featured a Yoruba-language version of Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Till You Get EnoughBola has...
- Ara Kenge - 2006 - Dave CarterDave CarterDave Carter was an American folk singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music." He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002...
- Commitment and Change - 2008 - Under The Rose (album) - Under The Rose (album) - 2009
- Rusty WilloughbyRusty WilloughbyRusty Willoughby is an active American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Redmond, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. , he has been vocalist, songwriter and guitarist or bass guitarist for several Seattle based bands: Pure Joy , Flop , Llama , and Cobirds Unite...
- CoBirds Unite - 2010
Film soundtracks
- Woven Songs of the Amazon - 2006 (soundtrack with Shipibo Shamans)
- AusangateAusangateAusangate is a mountain of the Cordillera Vilcanota range in the Andes of Peru. With an altitude of 6,384 metres it is situated around 100 kilometres southeast of Cusco.The mountain has significance in Incan mythology...
- 2006 - The Fog Ravens - 2003
- Lush - 2000
- The Best Men - 1999
- DeceiverDeceiver (film)Deceiver, also known as Liar, or Reisser, or even BSer , is a 1997 murder mystery film. It won Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at the 1997 Stockholm Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the 1998 Cognac Police Film Festival.-Plot:Textile company heir James Wayland is accused of...
- 1998