Dale Crover is an
American rock musician. Crover is best known as the
drummer for
The Melvins,
guitarist for
The Men of Porn, and for a brief time, drummer for
Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for
Altamont.
Biography
The Melvins recruited Crover on
drums in 1984 from out of an
Iron Maiden-cover band, following (original drummer)
Mike Dillard's departure. In late 1985 Crover played drums 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 home in
Seattle,
Washington. Crover played
bass and
drums on the demo. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986.
Crover drummed on Nirvana's ten-song demo recorded January 23, 1988 at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle. All of these songs have been released:
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 produced and performed additional vocals on Acid King's debut release that year. During this time he was also married to Acid King's frontwoman Lori S., but they divorced.
Discography
| Date of Release
| Title
| Label
| Credited for |
| 1994
| Acid King: Acid King
| Sympathy for the Record Industry
| Additional vocals |
| 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 |
| July 8, 2008
| Nude With Boots
| Ipecac Recordings
| IPC-105 |
with Nirvana
|
| Date of Release
| Title
| Label
| Catalog Number |
| June 15, 1989
| Bleach (On the songs Floyd the Barber, Paper Cuts and Downer)
| 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 (On the songs Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, and Aero Zeppelin)
| 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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