Rob Crow Explained

Rob Crow
Birth Name:	Robertdale Rulon Crow Jr.
Alias:	Snotnose
Birth Date:	21 February 1971
Birth Place:	New Jersey, U.S.
Origin:	Encinitas, California, U.S.
Instrument:	Drums, guitar, keyboards
Occupation:	Singer, musician, songwriter
Years Active:	1993–present

Robertdale Rulon Crow Jr.^[1] (born February 21, 1971) is an American singer and musician from San Diego, California, known for his involvement with the bands Pinback, Heavy Vegetable, Physics, Optiganally Yours, Goblin Cock, and Thingy.^[2] He has also led the bands Advertising, Alpha Males, Altron Tube, Byre,^[3] Cthugha, Fantasy Mission Force, Holy Smokes, the Ladies, Other Men, and Remote Action Sequence Project, as well as performing and releasing solo records under his own name and under the name Snotnose.^[4]

Discography

Solo

• The 1995 Lesser Rob Crow Split CD (1995) (split with Lesser)
• Lactose Adept (1996)
• My Room Is a Mess (2003)
• Not Making Any Friends Here... Volume 1 EP (2006)
• Living Well (2007)
• He Thinks He's People (2011)
• Everything's OK: Season 1 Original Soundtrack (2018)
• Everybody's Got Damage: Acoustic Covers In Isolation (2020)
• An EP of Acoustic Iron Maiden Covers (2020) (featuring Kavus Torabi and Mike Vennart)
• The "You're Doomed. Be Nice." Demos (2021)

Anal Trump

• That Makes Me Smart! (2016)
• To All the Broads I've Nailed Before (2017)
• If You Thought Six Million Jews Was A Lot Of People, You Should've Seen My Inauguration (2017)
• If You Wanted To Qualify For Health Insurance, Then Maybe You Shouldn't Have Gotten Raped? (2017)
• Make America Say Merry Christmas Again (2017)
• The First 100 Songs compilation (2018)

Byre

• Here In Dead Lights (2018)

Fantasy Mission Force

• Circus Atari EP (1997)

Goblin Cock

• Goblin Cock discography

Heavy Vegetable

• Heavy Vegetable discography

Holy Smokes

• Talk To Your Kids About Gangs (2006)

The Ladies

• They Mean Us (2006)

Optiganally Yours

• Spotlight On Optiganally Yours (1997)
• Presents: Exclusively Talentmaker! (2000)
• O.Y. In Hi-Fi (2018)

Other Men

• Wake Up Swimming (2007)
• For the Purposes of This Conversation (2018) (as Other)

Physics

• Physics² (1998)
• 2.7.98 (2001)
• 1999-11-21 (2002)
• ³ (2018)

PLOSIVS

• Plosivs (2022)

Pinback

• Pinback discography

Rob Crow's Gloomy Place

• You're Doomed. Be Nice. (2016)

Remote Action Sequence Project

• Remote Action Sequence Project cassette (1995)
• The Semi-Glorified Demos of Remote Action Sequence Project (2018)

Snotnose

• A Distraction (2018)

Thingy

• Thingy discography

Third Act Problems

• The Sun Setting Over the Argosy Book Store (2018)

Guest appearances

• Boilermaker – Boilermaker EP (1993) (guitar/vocals)
• Boilermaker – Drained Nonsense EP (1993) (guitar/vocals)
• Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime (1994) (vocals on "Luau")
• Creedle – When the Wind Blows (1996) (vocals)
• Team Sleep – Team Sleep (2005) (vocals)
• Sleeping People – Growing (2007) (vocals on "People Staying Awake")
• Prefuse 73 – Rivington Não Rio (2015) ("Quiet One")
• Nick Prol & The Proletarians – Loon Attic (2017) (guitar/backing vocals on "Beekeeper's Suit")
• Tera Melos – "Lemon Grove" (2018) (words and voice)
• Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens (2018)

External links

• Interview at Copacetic
• Rob Crow at Temporary Residence Limited
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• Optiganally Yours
• Living Well Reviews at Metacritic
• Rob Crow interview at Silent Uproar
• Rob Crow project list at Functionbad.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Autumn of the Seraphs | Pinback | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records. Touchandgorecords.com. March 16, 2020.
2. News: The Quietus Features A Quietus Interview The Fightback: Rob Crow Interviewed. The Quietus. May 22, 2018.
3. Web site: November 22, 2018. FOCUS // A history of Rob Crow's many (many) musical projects. April 12, 2021. Fecking Bahamas. en-US.
4. Web site: Rob Crow – Albums, Songs, and News Pitchfork. Pitchfork.com. October 25, 2011 . May 22, 2018.