Rob Crow

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American musician

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name	Rob Crow
image	Robcrowcropped.jpg
caption	Crow performing in July, 2009
birth_name	Robertdale Rulon Crow Jr.
alias	Snotnose
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birth_place	New Jersey, U.S.
origin	Encinitas, California, U.S.
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years_active	1993–present
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associated_acts	{{flatlist
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| name = Rob Crow | image = Robcrowcropped.jpg | caption = Crow performing in July, 2009 | birth_name = Robertdale Rulon Crow Jr. | alias = Snotnose | birth_date = | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | origin = Encinitas, California, U.S. | genre = | instrument = | occupation = | years_active = 1993–present | label = | associated_acts = {{flatlist|

Robertdale Rulon Crow Jr. (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. He has also led the bands Advertising, Alpha Males, Altron Tube, Byre, 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.

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)

Aspects of Physics

Marginalized Information Forms 3: Other (2009)

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)

Star Stunted/Star Stunted II

Santa Dog (2022)
Mahogany Wood (2024)

Team Sleep

Team Sleep (2006)

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)
Cardiacs – LSD (2025) (drum programming)

References

"Autumn of the Seraphs | Pinback | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records".
Smith, Rachel. (2011-10-28). "Rob Crow: Order In A Chaotic World : NPR".
Staff, BrooklynVegan. "Drive Like Jehu played their first show in 19 years with Rob Crow of Pinback and organist Carol Williams (full set video)".
"The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} A Quietus Interview {{!}} The Fightback: Rob Crow Interviewed". The Quietus.
(November 22, 2018). "FOCUS // A history of Rob Crow's many (many) musical projects".
(October 25, 2011). "Rob Crow – Albums, Songs, and News {{!}} Pitchfork".

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