Daniel House (musician)

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Daniel House
House in 2009
House in 2009
Background information
Born (1961-08-08) August 8, 1961 (age 62)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
GenresGrunge, punk rock, indie rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s)Record label owner, musician
Instrument(s)Bass
Years active1982–present
Formerly of10 Minute Warning ('84–'85)
feeDBack ('84–'85)
Skin Yard ('85–'91)
Yeast (1989)
Websitedanielhouse.com

Daniel House (born August 8, 1961)

RocknRollDating.com.[4]

Career

House's first band was the little-known Seattle band Death of Marat, named after a painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the assassination of radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. The band lasted for a little over a year, starting in 1982 and breaking up in late 1983.

In 1984 House formed an instrumental

prog-rock three-piece band called feeDBack with Matt Cameron on drums and a guitarist named "Nerm" (real name Tom Herring). feeDBack lasted only 10 months but managed to record nine songs on a 4-track recorder that Cameron owned. The songs have subsequently been remixed and mastered by Jack Endino, and released in 2012 in MP3
format.

Shortly after forming feeDBack, House was recruited to play bass in

punk band, but had evolved into something slower, heavier and with psychedelic overtones. TMW are popularly regarded as one of the first progenitors of the grunge movement. 10 Minute Warning broke up at the end of 1984 after guitarist Paul Solger quit, and drummer Greg Gilmore left Seattle to join former 10 Minute Warning guitarist Duff McKagan
in Los Angeles.

Skin Yard

On June 7, 1985,

] Between 1987 and 1991, Skin Yard released four full-length records and embarked on several national and regional tours up and down the west coast. House quit Skin Yard in 1991 and has not actively played in a band since.

Later career

In 1988, House co-wrote and recorded The Last Laugh,

Jason Finn
on drums.

In 1989, House was the drummer for Seattle band, Yeast, who released one 7" single ("Crisco Wristwatch") and a track on Teriyaki Asthma Vol. I which also included tracks from Nirvana,[5] Helios Creed and Coffin Break. The other members of Yeast were Milton Garrison from Vexed and Al Thompkins from Daddy Hate Box. Yeast highlights included sharing the bill once with Soundgarden and once with Tad.[1]

In 1993, House played one show with the band Pretty Mary Sunshine (opening for Red House Painters) while bass player Joe Skyward was in Europe playing with The Posies. Pretty Mary Sunshine asked House to become their permanent bass-player, but he declined. That was the last time House performed on stage.

As record label owner

Daniel House purchased the rights and ownership of fledgling Seattle-based label C/Z Records from Chris Hanzsek in 1986. Initially House intended the label as a vehicle to release music by Skin Yard, his band at the time. Skin Yard's only previously released material was on C/Z's Deep Six compilation,[2] and House wanted to maintain the ongoing sales efforts for the remaining LPs still in stock.

House continued to release records by other bands in the Seattle area, while working at a series of jobs, eventually working as Director of Sales and Distribution for Sub Pop Records in 1988.[3] House left Sub Pop in 1991 in an effort to make C/Z a viable business. Over the next several years C/Z grew into an independent label.[6]

At its peak, C/Z employed 13 people and was a full-service label with distribution in North America, Europe and Australia. In 1993, C/Z entered into a production and distribution deal with Sony-owned RED Distribution. By 1994, that deal had drained C/Z of all its financial resources and effectively shut C/Z down, leaving House deep in debt. In 1996 the BMG-owned Zoo Entertainment partnered with C/Z for a third-party venture deal which helped to resolve the debt incurred during the RED Distribution deal. Zoo provided a modest operating and recording budget and assisted in the development of new artists.

That same year, House appeared in the 1996 grunge documentary Hype!, the footage of which had been shot in 1992–1993.

In 1997 Zoo was purchased and all third party ventures were dropped. C/Z would then be turned back to a part-time venture with House looking towards new opportunities that would still keep him involved in music. The shift would move him towards Internet-based music and entertainment ventures. In 1998, House began working in the music department at streaming media pioneer RealNetworks as an editor for their online content portal, the RealGuide.

Personal life

In 2003, House moved to Los Angeles.

References

  1. ^ a b "Daniel House Biography". Xtreme Musician. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The Year of Grunge". SPIN – Vol. 8, No. 6. September 1992. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ Port, Ian S. (May 13, 2008). "Do You Need a Woman Who Needs Bad Religion?". SF Weekly. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  5. . Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "History page". C/Z Records. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

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