| Neurosis (USA) |
| Genre(s) |
| Hardcore Punk (early), Progressive Sludge/Post-Hardcore/Tribal/Ambient (later) |
| Lyrical theme(s) |
| Devastation, Evolution Through Pain, Spirituality |
| Origin |
Formed in |
Current label |
Status |
|
United States of America
(Oakland, California) |
1985 |
Neurot Recordings |
Active |
| Current line-up | Scott Kelly - Guitar, Vocals (Tribes of Neurot, Blood & Time, Shrinebuilder, Violent Coercion, guest for Mastodon, Milk Cult) (1985-)
Steve Von Till - Guitar, Vocals, Later Filters & Textures (Tribes of Neurot, Culper Ring, Harvestman, Tribe Of Resistance, guest for Jarboe, AmberAsylum, Vidna Obmana, Milk Cult) (1989-)
Dave Edwardson - Bass, Early Vocals, Later Moog Synthesizer & Space (Sacrilege B.C., Tribes of Neurot, Jesus Fucking Christ, Violent Coercion, The Enemies, guest in High Tone Son of a Bitch, Nailbomb, Noisegate, I Am Spoonbender, Milk Cult, MDC) (1987-)
Noah Landis - Keyboards, organ, piano, samples & atmospheres (Tribes of Neurot, Blood & Time, Christ On Parade, guest for Wendy-O Matik) (1995-)
Jason Roeder - Drums (Tribes of Neurot, Violent Coercion) (1987-) | | Former/past member(s) |
- Simon McIlroy - Keyboards, sampler, tape (1990-1994)
- Chad Salter - Guitar, vocals (1985-1989)
- Adam Kendall - Visual media (1990-1993)
- Pete Inc. - Visual media, also additional drums (Tribes of Neurot) (1993-2000)
- Josh Graham - Visual media (2000-2009) (Red Sparowes, Blood & Time, Battle of Mice, A Storm of Light, The (Fallen) Black Deer, guest for Jarboe, Tombs)
Guest/session musicians:
- Stephanie Whitter - Strings (1992)
- Walter P. Sunday - Cello (1992)
- Sarah Augros - Flute (1992)
- Siovhan King - Trumpet (1992)
- Kris Force - Violin, viola (1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001) (AmberAsylum, Culper Ring, Frozeninamber, Force, Grey Force Wakeford, Iao Core, The Love Force, guest for Ludicra, Tribes of Neurot, Swans, Alraune, SubArachnoid Space, The Body Lovers, Matmos, Steve Von Till, Glacier, S.Q.E., Harvestman, Jarboe, Tony Wakeford, The Triple Tree)
- Paul Lew - Horn (1993)
- Erika Little - Voice (1993) (guest for Steve Von Till, Harvestman)
- Mason Jones - Drums (1993) (SubArachnoid Space, Dada Fish, Numinous Eye, Trance, Culper Ring, The White Rose, Chaos Of The Night, Flue, Transitional Phase, guest for Survival Research Laboratories, Nada (USA), Chaos Of The Night, Tel Basta, The Gay Barbarians... And Or The Jaurwaurs, Glacier, Francisco López, Daevid Allen & Don Falcone, Transitional Phase)
- Péter - Additional Drums (1993)
- Nada (USA) - Additional Drums (1993)
- John Goff - Bagpipes (1996, 1999) (Physics, The Silver Wizard, The Wizards of War, Crash Worship, SSI, Merzbow & John Goff, guest for Three Mile Pilot, Harvestman)
- Martha Burns - Cello (1996) (AmberAsylum, guest for Steve Von Till, Harvestman)
- Jackie Gratz - Cello (1999, 2000) (AmberAsylum, Giant Squid, Grayceon, guest for Ludicra, Matmos, Steve Von Till, Harvestman, Dimlaia, Two Gallants (2GS), Asunder, Concentrick, The Fucking Champs)
- Jon Birdsong - Cornet, tuba (1999, 2000) (guest for Beck, T-Cisco, Calexico, DJ Zeph, Mushroom, Beth Orton, Victoria Williams, Doug Wieselman, Inneke23 & The Lipstick Painters, Dijf Sanders, Lokomotiv, Forro In The Dark, Stijn, Arsenal (Bel), dEUS)
- Johannes Mager - Trombone (1999, 2000)
- Wendy-O Matik - Voice (1999) (guest for Consolidated, Jello Biafra with The Melvins, Melvins)
- Jerry Landis - Voice (2000)
- Kristin Von Till - Voice (2000)
- Desmond Shea - Trumpet (2004) (guest for Rhythm & Noise, The Residents, Steve Von Till, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Scott Solter, Grails)
- Jeffrey Luck Lucas - Cello (2004) (guest for Paula Frazer and Tarnation, Steve Von Till, Pillars of Silence) | | Additional notes | Neurosis are major pioneers of the "post-metal" subgenre, and a highly influential sludge band, and by many, considered to be one of the first bands to play this sub-genre of hardcore and metal. Starting with raw hardcore/crust punk in the mid-80's, over the years they evolved through a more atmospheric and psychedelic sound as well as experimenting with many genres (ambient, doom metal, progressive, tribal, post-hardcore and more); resulting in their own original sound.
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