Gary Lee Conner
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{{Short description|American guitarist}}
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| name = Gary Lee Conner
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| birth_name = Lee Gary Conner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|08|22}}
| birth_place = Fort Irwin, California
| genre = Grunge, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
| occupation = Musician
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| instrument = Guitar
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| associated_acts = Screaming Trees
Microdot Gnome
The Purple Outside
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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.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5379/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Screaming Trees|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=July 3, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/08/screaming-trees-look-back-20-years-nearly-lost-you/|title=An Oral History of Screaming Trees' 'Nearly Lost You'|date=August 10, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hot-band-screaming-trees-244660/|title=Hot Band: Screaming Trees|first1=Jason|last1=Fine|date=August 22, 1996}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Wilding|first=Philip|date=June 20, 2016|title=Screaming Trees: Grunge's Nearly Men|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/screaming-trees-grunge-s-nearly-men|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=loudersound|language=en}} 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.{{Citation|title=The Purple Outside – Mystery Lane (1990, Vinyl)|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2438602-The-Purple-Outside-Mystery-Lane|language=en|access-date=November 28, 2021}} During the 1990s he made regular guest appearances on recordings by other alternative rock acts.{{Cite web|title=Gary Lee Conner {{!}} Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gary-lee-conner-mn0000988512/credits|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=AllMusic|language=en}} 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.{{Citation|title=4D Sugarcubes - Microdot Gnome {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/4d-sugarcubes-mw0002196369|language=en|access-date=November 28, 2021}} Starting in 2016 he began releasing albums under his own name, most recently Revelations in Fuzz in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Gary Lee Conner - Revelations In Fuzz|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1935768-Gary-Lee-Conner-Revelations-In-Fuzz|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=Discogs|language=en}}
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
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Category:American rock guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:People from Kittitas County, Washington
Category:20th-century American guitarists