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Tim Aaron[edit]

Tim Aaron
Background information
Birth nameTim Aaron
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer, Sound Mixer
LabelsNew Alliance Records, Thick Records, Diesel Meat Records, Serpiando Records, Missing Records

Tim Aaron (a.k.a. TimAaron) is an American musician, composer, and sound mixer. [1] He is a multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a guitar player, [2]and is active in indie rock and post-punk revival. As a founding member of the band Gobble Hoof, he played a prominent role in the garage rock and psychedelic punk scene in early-1990s. [3] He also performed in Skunk (band), Model/Actress (a.k.a. Brainiac (band)), Merrick (with Inara George), and worked as a sessions player for Lisa Marie Presley. He is currently the frontman for the Los Angeles band, The Brite Sides.[4]

Biography[edit]

Tim Aaron was born in Washington, D.C. on October 15, 1965. He is the only child of David L. Aaron, an American diplomat who served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and Chloe Aaron, former Deputy Director of the National Endowment for the Arts and Senior Vice President of the Public Broadcasting Station[5][6] He is also the grandson of Abe Aaron, a jazz saxophonist in the Bob Hope Orchestra. Tim Aaron attended The Stowe School in rural Vermont as a teenager, where he was guided into music through an experimental educational program that focused on the arts, and went on to graduate from Hampshire College. During that time, he formed Gobble Hoof with Charlie Nakajima, Jens Jurgenson, and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., who played drums on GobbleHoof EP (1990), the band's first release on New Alliance Records.[7] Mascis produced the band's second release, Freezer Burn (1992, New Alliance).[8] Gobble Hoof toured the U.S. and Europe, opening for bands including Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Nirvana (band). [9]

In the early 1990s, Aaron lived in New York City and performed in various bands, including Dieselmeat, which reunited him with J Mascis, and Skunk (band).[10] Skunk was the first musical venture of Matt Sweeney, who later became famous as a session guitarist and founding member of Chavez.[11] Billy Corgan of the 1990s Billboard chart-topping band Smashing Pumpkins credited Skunk (band) as a major influence.[12][13]

In the mid-1990s, Aaron moved to Los Angeles, California. There, he met Tom Stern (director), who hired him as a sound mixer and sound designer for films, music videos, and television shows.[14] The two formed the performance art band Spork with actress Laura Niemi, and the group briefly toured with Marilyn Manson.[15] Aaron was also a member of the popular bands Model/Actress, featuring David Yow of Jesus Lizard, and Merrick, an indie rock group lead by singer-songwriters Bryony Atkinson and Inara George.[16][17]

Discography[edit]

GobbleHoof

Skunk

Merrick

  • "Merrick" (2001) Diesel Meat Music
  • "Drive Around a Lot Hard and Fast Driving Club" (2001) Serpiando Records

Model/Actress

The Brite Sides

  • "Photon Rides" (2015) Missing Records

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tim Aaron". Red Queen Music. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Gobblehoof". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ Stong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Cannongate. ISBN 9781841953359. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Model/Actress". punknews.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ Bauerlein, Mark; Grantham, Elen (2008). National Endowment for the Arts: A History 1965-2008 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts. ISBN 978-0-615-23248-5. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ Smith, Desmond (May 10, 1981). "Why Public TV Faces a Crisis of Confidence". New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ^ Knopper, Steve (May 29, 2014). "J Mascis is Still Flying the Guitar Hero Flag". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ Robbins, Ira. "GobbleHoof". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ^ Soulsby, Nick (2015). I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana. New York: Thomas Dunne Books.
  10. ^ "Spin Indies". Spin. June 1992.
  11. ^ "Skunk". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  12. ^ McInnes, Gavin (December 1, 2002). "The Smashing Pumpkins are Dead". Vice. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  13. ^ "frail and Bedazzled". The Smashing Pumpkin Fan Collaborative. http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/song.html?song_id=57. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  14. ^ "Tim Aaron". IMDb. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Laura Niemi". IMDb. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Merrick". Amazon biography. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  17. ^ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Inara George Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

External links[edit]

[1]

  1. ^ "TimAaron". http://timaaron.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
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