| Earth | |
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| Origin | Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Drone metal |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label(s) | Sub Pop No Quarter Or Southern Lord |
| Associated acts | Melvins Nirvana Sunn O))) Thrones |
| Website | Official Myspace |
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| Dylan Carlson Adrienne Davies Don McGreevy Steve Moore |
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| Former members | |
| Slim Moon Greg Babior Kelly Canary Joe Preston Ian Dickson Dave Harwell Sean McElligot John Schuller Michael McDaniel Jonas Haskins |
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Earth is an American drone band based in Seattle, Washington. Although they have played various styles of music, they are best known as pioneers of a minimalistic, long, and repetitive form of heavy music known as drone doom. The band's early albums could be seen as a variation of the experimental doom-influenced metal of The Melvins.
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Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1990 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 friend of grunge music icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide.[1] After Earth had moved to Seattle, 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 Earth's (and therefore Sunn O)))'s) 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.
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