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and, for a brief time,

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. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont. He has toured with Fantômas (filling in for Dave Lombardo),

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, and Redd Kross. In 2016,

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listed him as the 69th greatest drummer of all time.

Biography

Melvins recruited Crover on drums in 1984 from an

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cover band, following original drummer

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's departure. In late 1985, Crover played bass in Fecal Matter, a band he formed with

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and Greg Hokanson. After Hokanson left the band, Cobain and Crover recorded ''

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'' on a 4-track on Easter 1986 at Cobain's aunt's home in

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, Washington. Crover played bass and drums on the demo. "Spank Thru" from this demo appears on the

album '' Sliver: The Best of the Box''. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986. Crover drummed on Nirvana's ten-song demo recorded January 23, 1988, at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle. Nine of these songs have been officially released: * "Floyd the Barber", "Paper Cuts", and "Downer" – ''

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'' * "Beeswax", "Downer", "Hairspray Queen", "Mexican Seafood", and "Aero Zeppelin" – ''

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'' * "If You Must" and "Pen Cap Chew" – '' With the Lights Out'' Nirvana with Crover played a 14-song show in Tacoma, Washington, on the night of the same day that they did 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 briefly rejoined Nirvana during a short west-coast tour with

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in August 1990. In April 1991, Crover drummed on a demo version of "

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" with Cobain on guitar and vocals and

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on bass guitar. The track appears on '' With the Lights Out''. Crover is also credited as the drummer on most of the tracks on Mike Patton's

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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 début release that year. During this time he was also married to Acid King's frontwoman Lori S., but they divorced.

was inducted into the

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in April 2014. Although not officially inducted with the band, he was singled out for his work with them during Crover's successor

's acceptance speech. He has released several records under his own name and as the Dale Crover Band.

Appearances

Dale Crover made an appearance in

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's video " Harvest Moon" playing Neil Young. This was largely due to his physical resemblance of the younger Young. Cartoon versions of Crover and bandmate Osborne appear in an episode of '' Uncle Grandpa'' as well.

Discography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crover, Dale 1967 births Living people American punk rock drummers American male drummers Grunge musicians American heavy metal musicians Nirvana (band) members American punk rock guitarists People from Aberdeen, Washington Guitarists from Washington (state) American male guitarists Fantômas (band) members Melvins members 20th-century American drummers 20th-century American guitarists Raging Slab members Joyful Noise Recordings artists Crystal Fairy (band) members Shrinebuilder members