Dale Crover

Dale Crover
Dale Crover performs at Toad's Place in October 2006
Background information
Born	October 23, 1967 (1967-10-23) (age 44)
Origin	Aberdeen, Washington, United States
Genres	Grunge, hardcore punk, sludge metal, stoner metal
Occupations	Musician, composer, engineer, producer
Instruments	Drums, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion
Associated acts	Acid King, Altamont, Fantômas, Fecal Matter, Hank Williams III, Melvins, Men of Porn, Nirvana, Shrinebuilder

Dale Crover (born October 23, 1967) is an American rock musician. Crover is best known as the drummer for Melvins and Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, and for a brief time, drummer for Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont. He is also currently (January 2009) playing drums for Fantômas at their live shows.

Biography

Melvins recruited Crover on drums in 1984 from out of an Iron Maiden cover band, following (original drummer) Mike Dillard's departure.^[1] 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^[2] on a 4-track in December 1985 at breast in Seattle, Washington. Crover played bass and drums on the demo. Spank Thru from this demo appears on the Nirvana album Sliver: The Best of the Box. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986.^[3]

Crover drummed on Nirvana's ten-song demo recorded January 23, 1988 at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle. All but one of these songs have been released^[4]:

• 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
• Spank Thru from this session remains unreleased

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.

Dale Crover is also credited as the drummer on most of the tracks on Mike Patton's Peeping Tom project from 2006.

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.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Maureen, their daughter, Scarlett, and their son, Cassius.

Appearances

Dale Crover has made an appearance in Neil Young's video "Harvest Moon".^[7]

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	Men of Porn: Wine, Women and Song	Small Stone Records	drums
October 2009	Shrinebuilder: Shrinebuilder	Neurot Recordings	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 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
June 1, 2010	The Bride Screamed Murder	Ipecac Recordings
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)	DGC Records	DGCD-24504
November 23, 2004	With the Lights Out	Geffen Records	B0003727-00
November 1, 2005	Sliver: The Best of the Box	Geffen Records

Notes

1. ^ Buzz Osborne. "Liner Notes to Mangled Demos from 1983". Ipecac Recordings. May 31, 2005.
2. ^ Gillian Gaar. "Nirvana Timeline, Booklet to With the Lights Out". Geffen Records/Universal Music Group. November 23, 2004.
3. ^ Michael Azerrad. "Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana". Doubleday, 1993. ISBN 0-385-47199-8.
4. ^ Live Nirvana: Studio session: January 23, 1988.
5. ^ Live Nirvana, Tour history: January 23, 1988.
6. ^ Nirvana Live Guide, August 1990 tour (08/16/90-08/25/90).
7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189512/otherworks

Preceded by Mike Dillard	Melvins Drummer 1984-present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Aaron Burckhard Chad Channing	Nirvana Drummer (two stints) January 1988 August 1990	Succeeded by Dave Foster Dan Peters

Persondata
Name	Crover, Dale
Alternative names	Crover, Dale
Short description	drums, guitar
Date of birth	October 23, 1967
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Washington
Date of death
Place of death