Dylan Carlson

Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His father worked for the Department of Defense, and, as a result, as a child he moved quite frequently, living in Philadelphia, Texas, New Mexico, and New Jersey, before coming back to live in Washington state.[3]

He had first become interested in being a rock musician at age 15, inspired by bands such as Molly Hatchet, AC/DC, and Black Sabbath.[3] He also cites the Melvins, and composers La Monte Young and Terry Riley as major influences on his music. It was in Olympia, Washington that he met Slim Moon, Greg Babior, Dave Harwell and Joe Preston, with whom he would later form Earth.[3] During this time, he would often make "sonic collages" with his then-roommate Kurt Cobain.[4] From 1991 to 1996, Earth had an ever-changing lineup. Carlson attributes a lack of (full-length) studio album recordings from 1997 to 2005 to "legal and drug problems".[5]

Dylan Carlson (right) in 1991 with Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Bruce Pavitt (Sub Pop) and Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)

Carlson was a good friend of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and like Cobain, has struggled with heroin addiction, particularly so after Cobain's suicide.[6] In his biography of Cobain, Heavier Than Heaven, Charles R. Cross asserted that In Bloom was a "thinly disguised portrait" of Carlson.[7] He now lives in recovery of heroin addiction. He has survived a rare form of Hepatitis B and liver failure.[8][9] Carlson was married to fellow Earth drummer Adrienne Davies for a time.[10] He currently is married to a London-born artist, belly dancer, and performer named Holly. A picture of her profile was used as the album cover art for his solo album ‘’Conquistador’’.

Dylan Carlson at Aarhus Festival, Denmark 2018

• Gold (as Drcarlsonalbion) (2014)
• Falling with a 1000 Stars and other wonders from the House of Albion (with Coleman Grey) (2016)
• Conquistador (2018)

• Official website
• Earth's MySpace page
• Extensive Earth Interview
• Dylan's Interview with I Heart Noise