Dead Meadow

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Dead Meadow met in the DC punk/indie scene, though their music draws from more faraway sources. The band formed in the fall of 1998 from the ashes of local bands The Impossible Five and Colour, when singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin set out to fuse their love of early 70’s hard rock and 60’s psychedelia with their love of writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.

Dead Meadow released their six-song debut in 2000 on Fugazi bassist Joe Lally’s Tolotta Records, and a joint vinyl release on D.C. indie label Planaria Records. In 2001 the band released its second album, Howls From The Hills, on Tolotta. Whereas the first self-titled album was recorded in their practice space for a couple hundred dollars and plenty of learning curves, Howls From The Hills was born in a barn in Liberty, Indiana. Their sound fuller without losing its live essence, the band grew to encompass everything from ambient guitar drones to surging psych-funk sludge, blues-folk tunes to barbiturate space-rock, and some southern slow boogie thrown in for good measure.

In spring 2002, original drummer Mark Laughlin reluctantly quit the group, replaced by old friend and previous collaborator Stephen McCarty (whose grandfather’s farmhouse is where the band recorded Howls From the Hills).

1	What Needs Must Be	141
2	Sleepy Silver Door full track	137
3	Between Me And The Ground	135
4	GreenSky GreenLake full track	132
5	I'm Gone	129
6	Indian Bones full track	118
7	Down Here	117
8	Dragonfly full track	114
9	Beyond the Fields We Know full track	108
10	'Till Kingdom Come	105
11	Lady full track	101
12	Heaven	97
13	The Great Deceiver	96
13	Rocky Mountain High full track	96
15	Seven Seers	95

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ripplemusic wrote:
last month

If you dig music like these guys, come check us out at the From the Garage Group, a new group dedicated to rocking music from the world's garages. We're new and growing. http://www.last.fm/group/From+The+Garage

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SometimeWorld wrote:
last month

loving these guys

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lucyisabanana wrote:
last month

Old Growth is pretty meh for me. It just seemed very structured and less psychedelic. I also felt like the production wasn't that great. Bring on the drone...I wish they would bring back that 4 piece they had going for awhile. It sounded wild. Still love 'em, though.

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capoditutticapi wrote:
last month

this band is frickin amazing! i love them but cant find anything else too much like them. any help anyone? like everything "similar" is either really droney or a bit too all over the show psychedelic. i love their mix between the two...

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sunwards wrote:
last month

well, i love them

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PThomasAnderson wrote:
July 2008

guapo sonido

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analogonz wrote:
July 2008

dwugz

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OneSalient wrote:
July 2008

Now listen here.

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Chris_1982 wrote:
July 2008

Dead Meadow, just very nice music!

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niandra_lades wrote:
July 2008

old growth is amazing.i like it better than the older albums

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SulphurSouls wrote:
July 2008

i like this!

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black_swan_ wrote:
July 2008

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed old growth now!!

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robotpwnsyou wrote:
June 2008

i'm going to bring these guys out to reykjavik, if its the last thing i do

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AliceDropdAcid wrote:
June 2008

Dead Meadow makes me feel content in my own body and mind. I believe At Her Open Door can be percieved as spiritual... at least to me.

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mikedk wrote:
June 2008

Ok so if theyre playing the End of the Road Festival, you'd think they's also do a solo show while theyre over here. Anyone heard anything?

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n42 wrote:
June 2008

Best live performance you'll ever see.

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dog300 wrote:
May 2008

I saw Dead Meadow in Toronto in March... if you're interested, I've published some photos from the show, along with a few words about the concert: http://www.petenema.com/article.php?story=dead_meadow-0804

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seamantis wrote:
May 2008

i love the debut so much.

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smashedpumpkin7 wrote:
May 2008

Still way too underrated, but they got a lot of "new" listeners recently... good to see!

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heartbrayke1982 wrote:
May 2008

yeah. agreed. by far one of the most incredible live shows I've ever seen. encore of "greensky greenlake" and "beyond the fields we know". guitar powered sky flight.

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Events

Sep 12 End of the Road Festival Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, United Kingdom
141 shouts | 312 attendees
Sep 13 Guile Civic Bar, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Add shout | 4 attendees
Sep 14 Dead Meadow Roadhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom
5 shouts | 10 attendees