Curtis Crowe

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Curtis Crowe
OriginMarietta, Georgia, United States
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Drummer
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1979-present

Curtis Hudgins Crowe is the drummer for the Athens, Georgia rock band Pylon. He is a native of Marietta, Georgia, and is the middle child of five children. Crowe moved to Athens to attend the University of Georgia art school. His sister Rhett Crowe was later the bass player for the band Guadalcanal Diary, a fixture on the college music scene back in the 1980s and 1990s. He has also been involved in several other music projects such as Strictly American and Dodd Ferrelle and the Tinfoil Stars.

Career

In early 1979, Crowe and his friend

the B-52's who helped them obtain a booking in New York City which was the major goal of the band at the time. After opening for the Gang of Four on their first two United States tour dates, Pylon was able to keep returning to play dates in the northeastern United States and began to record for DB Records in Atlanta, Georgia. They opened for the B-52's in Central Park, toured England in late 1980 and released their first album Gyrate
.

Crowe came up with the idea, after seeing some of the clubs that existed in the Northeast, that it was possible to open your own club without too much effort or money, so with the help of his friend Paul Scales, the 40 Watt Club opened in downtown Athens above Yudy's Subs in what had been something called the "Crow's nest". The club proved to be very popular and the floor had to be reinforced with portable beams for all the heavy dancing taking place overhead.

Pylon recorded another album and two singles and broke up in 1983 after touring with U2 for a few of the dates on their first American tour. Pylon was becoming too much like a business for some of the members' tastes, so it was agreed to break up and they did.

Crowe married and settled down and finished school.

Athens, GA inside/out was released and there seemed to be more interest in Pylon than ever. Pylon reformed, but this time with more business-like practices in place. They recorded another album and toured with R.E.M.
and the B-52's. They had a manager. But Pylon broke up again.

Crowe and his wife went on to have two children and he began to work in the film/TV industry as a construction coordinator. He has worked on films like

We are Marshall and Californication
. He is now divorced, but maintains an amiable relationship with his former wife and children.

Pylon reformed for fun from 2005 to 2009. DFA Records reissued Gyrate on CD, Pylon's first album with bonus tracks, and called it Gyrate Plus.

Discography

With Pylon

Filmography

a.k.a. Mission Without Permission (Europe: English title) (USA: working title) a.k.a. Mission: Possible - Diese Kids sind nicht zu fassen! (Germany: TV title)

a.k.a. On the Edge (Europe: English title)

a.k.a. Breach of Trust (UK)

a.k.a. Love, Murder and Deceit a.k.a. No Recourse

  • Promised Land (1996) TV series (construction coordinator) (unknown episodes)

a.k.a. Home of the Brave

  • Inflammable (1995) (TV) (construction coordinator)
  • Murderous Intent (1995) (TV) (construction coordinator)
  • Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994) (TV) (construction coordinator)
  • Cool Runnings (1993) (construction coordinator)
  • Going to Extremes (1992) TV series (construction foreman) (unknown episodes)
  • Athens, GA.: Inside/Out
     (1987), archive footage (Pylon)

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