The Crust Brothers

The Crust Brothers
Stephen Malkmus (singer / guitarist) of The Crust Brothers
Background information
Origin Stockton, California
Genres Indie rock, lo-fi
Associated acts Silkworm, Pavement
Members Stephen Malkmus
Michael Dahlquist
Tim Midgett
Andy Cohen

The Crust Brothers, a band formed by Stephen Malkmus and members of Silkworm (Michael Dahlquist, Tim Midgett, and Andy Cohen), released one album, Marquee Mark, a live recording of their December 5, 1997, show at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle, Washington. MTV reporter Tayloe Emery wrote an article for MTV Music News and reported that the show was a benefit for the Washington Wilderness Coalition organized by Trevor FitzGibbon to protect roadless areas. "One of the goals of the coalition is to pressure government officials to push forward laws that would serve to protect the wilderness area, Fitzgibbon said at a pre-show press conference. "We want an executive order from the White House to get these areas protected. We want clean water, wild salmon and the last areas of wilderness our generation has left." The band stuck exclusively to covers (Malkmus sang lead on Silkworm's "Never met a man I didn't like"), refusing to play any Pavement songs—notably the requested "Summer Babe." Of the 12 covers on Marquee Mark, seven are from Bob Dylan & The Band's The Basement Tapes.

Music critic Greil Marcus devoted a January 1999 Interview article to the show. Marcus wrote of "Heard it through the grapevine," "while the Crust Brothers are inside it, [it] can sound like the best version of the song ever played."

Additional shows took place on December 30, 1998, at The Breakroom in Seattle, and on January 1, 1999, at the Starfish Room in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band returned to the Crocodile Cafe on December 31, 2000. A song from that set, a cover of Dylan's "Spanish Harlem Incident" sung by Dahlquist, is the sixth track on Silkworm's final EP, Chokes!

Discography

  • Marquee Mark (1998)
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