Dharma Bums (band)
Dharma Bums | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Garage rock (earlier), Alternative rock (later) |
| Years active | 1987–1992 |
| Labels | PopLlama, Frontier, Tim/Kerr |
| Past members | Jim Talstra John Moen Jeremy Wilson Michael Sutton Eric Lovre |
Seattle, WA. Dharma Bums is listed as playing on Wed 20, with their frequent opening act Nirvana listed on Sun 24. This flyer is now on display at the "Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses" exhibit in Seattle.[1]
The Dharma Bums were a U.S. garage band, consisting of Jim Talstra, John Moen, Jeremy Wilson, and Eric Lovre.[2] They named themselves after the Jack Kerouac book The Dharma Bums.
The band was formed in 1987 in
college radio
hit.
In 1990 the more polished album Bliss was released on Frontier Records.[2] Featuring greatly improved songwriting, this release covered subjects including rape, adolescence, and suicide in a mature fashion built on ragged rock textures.[2] Dharma Bums released their third and final album Welcome in 1992 and then disbanded. Wilson went on to form the alt-rock band Pilot.
Many[
Discography
LPs
- Haywire (PopLLama Records, 1988)
- Bliss (Frontier Records, 1990)
- Welcome (Frontier Records, 1992)
Singles
- Haywire (7", PopLLama Records, 1988)
- Givin In (7", Frontier Records, 1991)
- Battle Of The Northwest Super Powers! (7", Frontier Records, 1992, Split 7" with Young Fresh Fellows)[6]
References
- ^ "Current Exhibitions - Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses". 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-579-4.
- ISBN 0-671-00038-1Page 88: "Nirvana -- now known by the latest in a series of band names that included Throat Oyster, Pen Cap Chew and Ted Ed Fred -- had driven down from the college town of Olympia, Washington, where they then lived, to open up for the Dharma Bums, a local band that boasted some of the town's cutest boys."
- ^ Brite, Poppy Z. Courtney Love: The Real Story. Touchstone/Simon and Schuster. 1997. Page 98: "Courtney spent two months in Portland trying to get a band together and dating a record-store owner, a beautiful half-Mexican with butternut skin and chocolate eyes who encouraged her interest in new music. One night she went to see the Dharma Bums at Satyricon. The opening act was Nirvana."
- ^ "Courtney Love | On The Record". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Dharma Bums (3)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
External links
- Dharma Bums entry on allmusic.com
- SATYRICOM ...THE ALBUM is a tribute to the defunct Portland nightclub.
- Influential Portland band Dharma Bums reunites
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
