Gary Lee Conner

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Field	Value
name	Gary Lee Conner
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
image	Garyleeconner.jpg
caption	Conner in 1987
birth_name	Lee Gary Conner
birth_date
birth_place	Fort Irwin, California
genre	Grunge, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
occupation	Musician
instrument	Guitar
label	Velvetone
SST
Epic
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Gary Lee Conner (born Lee Gary Conner, August 22, 1962) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist for Screaming Trees.

Career

Originally from Ellensburg, Washington, Conner formed the band Explosive Generation with his brother Van Conner and Mark Pickerel in the early 1980s. That band later evolved into Screaming Trees with the addition of singer Mark Lanegan in 1985. The band moved to Seattle in the late 1980s to join that city's burgeoning alternative rock scene. Conner played on seven studio albums with Screaming Trees until the band split in 2000.

Conner released the album Mystery Lane in 1990, under the group name The Purple Outside. During the 1990s he made regular guest appearances on recordings by other alternative rock acts. After the demise of Screaming Trees, Conner retired from music for ten years, and re-emerged with a new band called The Microdot Gnome. That band released the album 4D Sugarcubes in 2010. Starting in 2016 he began releasing albums under his own name, most recently Revelations in Fuzz in 2021.

Selected discography

For his work with Screaming Trees, see Screaming Trees discography.

• Mystery Lane (The Purple Outside, 1990)
• 4D Sugarcubes (The Microdot Gnome, 2010)
• Ether Trippers (solo, 2016)
• Unicorn Curry (solo, 2018)
• Revelations in Fuzz (solo, 2020)
• The Opposite of Christmas (solo, 2020)
• Thutheater (solo, 2022)

References

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Screaming Trees". [[Allmusic]].
2. (August 10, 2012). "An Oral History of Screaming Trees' 'Nearly Lost You'".
3. (August 22, 1996). "Hot Band: Screaming Trees".
4. Wilding, Philip. (June 20, 2016). "Screaming Trees: Grunge's Nearly Men".
5. "The Purple Outside – Mystery Lane (1990, Vinyl)".
6. "Gary Lee Conner {{!}} Credits".
7. "4D Sugarcubes - Microdot Gnome {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
8. "Gary Lee Conner - Revelations In Fuzz".

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