Jared Warren is an American musician who is the
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
of
Big Business
Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In corporate jargon, the concept is commonly kn ...
(alongside drummer
Coady Willis
Coady Willis is an American drummer and a member of Big Business, High on Fire, White Shit, and the Melvins. He previously played in the bands Dead Low Tide, Broadcast Oblivion, and The Murder City Devils.
Willis and Big Business bandmate J ...
) and formerly the
Melvins
Melvins (sometimes The Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appeare ...
.
Career
Both Warren and Willis joined the Melvins in January 2006 and appear on ''
(A) Senile Animal'' as well as 2008's ''
Nude with Boots'' and 2010's album ''
The Bride Screamed Murder''. Warren had a role as actor in the 2009 horror movie
Muckman. Warren was previously a member of bands
Karp
Karp may refer to:
Places
* Karp, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-east Poland
* Karp, Lublin Voivodeship, in east Poland
People
* Karp (surname)
* Karp Khachvankyan (1923–1998), Armenian actor and director
Other uses
* KARP-FM, a radio st ...
, Tight Bros from Way Back When,
White Shit, and The Whip. He also contributed vocals to the song "Breaking Rocks" on the album ''Forging Steel and Laying Stone'' by
Akimbo.
In 2020, Warren participated in a long form career spanning interview on Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal, speaking about the Whip reissues, Big Business, his time with the Melvins and much more.
In September 2022, Sara Lund from
Unwound
Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater, Washington, Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olym ...
revealed in an interview with
Pitchfork
A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves.
The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
that Warren was recruited to play bass on the band's reunion tour, replacing late bassist Vern Rumsey.
Select discography
Karp
*1994: ''Mustaches Wild''
*1995: ''Suplex''
*1997: ''Self Titled LP''
Tight Bros from Way Back When
*1999: ''Running Thru My Bones''
*2001: ''Lend You a Hand''
Big Business
*2005: ''
Head for the Shallow''
*2007: ''
Here Come the Waterworks''
*2009: ''
Mind the Drift''
*2011: ''Quadruple Single'' (EP)
*2013: ''
Battlefields Forever''
*2016: ''Command Your Weather''
*2019 - ''The Beast You Are''
Melvins
*2006: ''
(A) Senile Animal''
*2008: ''
Nude with Boots''
*2010: ''
The Bride Screamed Murder''
*2011: ''
Sugar Daddy Live'' (live album)
*2012: ''
The Bulls & the Bees'' (EP)
*2013: ''
Everybody Loves Sausages
''Everybody Loves Sausages'' is an album of cover songs by the Melvins, released on April 30, 2013. In similar fashion to ''The Crybaby'' it features guests on most of the tracks and even features the Melvins Lite on three tracks.
Three of th ...
'' (select songs)
*2016: ''
Basses Loaded'' (on the song "Choco Plumbing")
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Olympia, Washington
Alternative metal bass guitarists
Guitarists from Washington (state)
American male bass guitarists
Melvins members
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