Tim Mooney
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tim Mooney
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|10|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|13|1958|10|6|mf=y}}
| death_place = Nevada City, California, U.S.
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| instrument = Drummer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist
| genre = Punk rock
| occupation = Musician, drummer, composer, arranger, producer, engineer
| years_active = 1970s–2012
| label = Closer Recording, Ausgang Audio
| associated_acts = American Music Club, Sun Kil Moon, The Sleepers, John Murry, Negative Trend, Toiling Midgets
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Tim Mooney (October 6, 1958{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkku.com/music/musicians_m.html |title=Rock Star's Digest: M |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918042215/http://www.turkku.com/music/musicians_m.html |archivedate=2012-09-18 }} – June 13, 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.bigtakeover.com/news/rip-tim-mooney-drummer-sleepers-toiling-midgets-american-music-club-sun-kil-moon-etc-and-producer |title=R.I.P. Tim Mooney, drummer (Sleepers, Toiling Midgets, American Music Club, Sun Kil Moon, etc.) and producer |date=21 June 2012 |work=The Big Takeover website}}) was an American drummer, producer, and sound engineer. He drummed in the Sleepers, Toiling Midgets, Negative Trend, Sun Kil Moon and American Music Club.
Musical career
In the 1970s and 1980s, Mooney played drums for a number of San Francisco punk and rock bands for The Sleepers (San Francisco band), Toiling Midgets, Negative Trend, and many others. Mooney became a member of American Music Club in 1991. His last album with the band was Love Songs for Patriots (2004), which he also produced and engineered. In 1998, Tim married Jude Mooney and had his only child, Dixie Mooney in 2000. Mooney moved to Petaluma, California in 1999. On June 13, 2012, Mooney passed away at age 53 due to complications from a heart attack.{{Cite web |last=Music |first=Roger Wink, VVN |date=2012-06-19 |title=Tim Mooney Of American Music Club Dies At 53 |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/tim-mooney-of-american-music-club-dies-at-53-20120619 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Noise11.com |language=en-US}} He was mourned by his former bandmates Mark Eitzel{{Cite web |last=Eitzel |first=Mark |date=2012-06-14 |title=MARK EITZEL: Tim Mooney |url=http://markeitzel.blogspot.com/2012/06/tim-mooney.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=MARK EITZEL |archive-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113111835/http://markeitzel.blogspot.com/2012/06/tim-mooney.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} and Mark Kozelek.{{Cite web |title=Sun Kil Moon: The Official Website for Sun Kil Moon, Mark Kozelek, and Red House Painters |url=https://www.sunkilmoon.com/timmooney.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.sunkilmoon.com}}
In popular culture
Mooney's death is directly referenced by former Sun Kil Moon bandmate Mark Kozelek on the song "Tavoris Cloud" from his studio album Mark Kozelek & Desertshore, and on the song "Last Night I Rocked the Room Like Elvis and Had Them Laughing Like Richard Pryor" from Sun Kil Moon and Jesu's Jesu/Sun Kil Moon.
Discography
- Love Songs for Patriots (2004) – drummer, guitarist, producer, engineer
- The Green Door by The Green Door (2011) – producer and engineer
References
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Category:American indie rock musicians
Category:American rock drummers
Category:Musicians from Las Vegas