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Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.

Earth's music is mostly instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages. Their early work grew out of the Seattle-area grunge scene and is recognized as pioneering the genre of drone doom &mdash; an experimental offshoot of doom metal, characterized by droning, minimalist, lengthy, and repetitive structures. Earth's early albums were usually recorded as a duo (Carlson and a bass guitarist), and could be seen as a variation of the experimental doom-influenced metal of The Melvins. Following a hiatus due to Carlson's personal problems, Earth reappeared with a markedly different sound. Their music was still slow-paced and lengthy, but now with a drummer and featuring strong elements of country music and jazz.

Biography
Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1989 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 icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide. 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.

EPs

 * 1991: Extra-Capsular Extraction
 * 2007: Hibernaculum

Studio albums

 * 1993: Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version
 * 1995: Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions
 * 1996: Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
 * 2005: Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method
 * 2008: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull

Live albums

 * 1995: Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars
 * 2003: 070796 Live
 * 2005: Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword
 * 2006: Live Hex: In a Large City on the North American Continent
 * 2007: Live Europe 2006
 * 2008: Radio Earth

Remix Albums

 * 2005: Legacy of Dissolution

Splits

 * 2003: Earth/KK Null
 * 2006: Angel Coma with Sunn O)))
 * 2007: Earth/Tribes of Neurot
 * 2008: Earth/Sir Richard Bishop

Current members

 * Dylan Carlson – guitar, occasional vocals, occasional percussion
 * Adrienne Davies – drums
 * Karl Blau – bass guitar
 * Steve "Stebmo" Moore - keyboards

Former members

 * Slim Moon – vocals
 * Greg Babior – guitar
 * Joe Preston – bass guitar, percussion
 * Ian Dickson – guitar, bass guitar
 * Dave Harwell – bass guitar
 * John Schuller - fender precision bass
 * Sean McElligot – guitar
 * Michael McDaniel – drums
 * Jonas Haskins – baritone guitar
 * Don McGreevy – bass guitar