Mark Pickerel
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Background information | |
Origin | Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Grunge, alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums |
Years active | 1985–present |
Labels | SST, K, Homestead, Sub Pop, Epic, Thick, Up, Bloodshot |
Associated acts | Screaming Trees, Truly, The Dark Fantastic, Nirvana |
Website | markpickerel |
Mark Pickerel is an American musician best known as the original drummer for the Screaming Trees, a rock group from Ellensburg, Washington, that was formed in 1985.[1][2] Other members of the band included the singer Mark Lanegan[3] and the Conner brothers. Pickerel played on the band's extended play and first five albums and left the group in 1992 and was replaced by Barrett Martin.
History[]
Pickerel continued to record tracks in the late 1980s with Nirvana members Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Lanegan.[4] The group with the working title "The Jury", aka "Lithium", recorded a cover version of Lead Belly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" which ended up on Lanegan's first solo album, The Winding Sheet (1990). Two other tracks from the session, "Grey Goose" and "Ain't It a Shame" are on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out.
In 1989, Pickerel met Robert Roth and they decided to record some songs together. Pickerel recruited Hiro Yamamoto, former Soundgarden bass guitarist, to join the group they called Truly. The group recorded its first EP in 1990. Records released by Truly include Heart and Lungs (1991), Leslie's Coughing Up Blood (1993), Fast Stories... from Kid Coma (1995), Feeling You Up (1997) and Twilight Curtains (2000), which includes rare and unreleased tracks.
Pickerel also played drums, guitar, and sang lead vocals in The Dark Fantastic, a project that he formed after Truly's break up. The group, with Jesse Roberts on guitar and Mike Elkins on bass guitar, released two albums on the independent Up Records label: (1999) and (2001) before disbanding.
Between September 2004 and November 2005, Pickerel collaborated on a new project, .[1] The line-up's first release, Snake in the Radio, which has a rock-country feel was released on Bloodshot Records in May 2006.
He has worked with various groups and musicians including Brandi Carlile, , Jana McCall and Neko Case.
Pickerel owned and operated a vintage memorabilia and record shop, Damaged Goods, in Seattle. The store is now closed. He now owns a shop in the Thorpe Fruit and Antique Mall outside Ellensburg Washington called RoadTrip Records.
Discography[]
- Solo
- Snake in the Radio (2006)
- Cody's Dream (2008)
- Tess (2013)
- Rebel in the Rearview (2021)
- Brandi Carlile
- Brandi Carlile (2005)
- Screaming Trees
- Clairvoyance (1986)
- Even If and Especially When (1987)
- Invisible Lantern (1988)
- Buzz Factory (1989)
- Change Has Come (1990)
- Uncle Anesthesia (1991)
- Truly
- Heart and Lungs EP (1991)
- Fast Stories... from Kid Coma (1995)
- Feeling You Up (1997)
- Subject to Change: Artists for a Hate-Free America (1997) compilation
- Twilight Curtains (2000)
- Makes You Look Around (2008)
- House to House (2009)
- The Dark Fantastic
- The Dark Fantastic (1999)
- Goodbye Crooked Scar (2001)
- Mark Lanegan
- The Winding Sheet (1990)
- Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
- I'll Take Care of You (1999)
- Nirvana
- With the Lights Out (2004)
- Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)
- Carrie Akre
- ...Last the Evening (2007)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mark Pickerel: He's got the goods | What's Up! Magazine". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "The Rise And Fall Of Screaming Trees, Through The Eyes Of Gary Lee Conner". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ Grow, Kory (2020-04-23). "Mark Lanegan on Why Kurt Cobain's Death Still Haunts Him, How Courtney Love Saved His Life". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "If Krist had quit: how Nirvana almost broke up before their first album". British GQ. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
External links[]
- Screaming Trees members
- Truly members
- People from Ellensburg, Washington
- Musicians from Washington (state)
- American rock drummers
- Living people
- Bloodshot Records artists