Vice Cooler
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Vice Cooler
|image = Vice_Cooler.jpg
|caption = Vice Cooler at Sled Island 2016
|background = solo_singer
|birth_place =Mobile, Alabama, United States
|instrument = Vocals, Guitar, drums, Synthesizer, Computer Audio Production
|years_active = 1998–present
|associated_acts = XBXRX, Stereo Total
}}
Vice Cooler{{Cite web|title=LIVE FOR NO RULES|url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/live-with-no-rules/Content?oid=833034|website=thestranger.com|access-date=2020-11-30}} is an American musician, music video director, and photographer.
He has been recognized by people like High Places and Henry Rollins as an "inspiration".{{Cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008/09/an-interview-with-high-places/ |title=An Interview with High Places | the Line of Best Fit |access-date=2014-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924103237/http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008/09/an-interview-with-high-places/ |archive-date=2008-09-24 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/catching-up-with-henry-rollins.html |title=Catching up With... Henry Rollins :: Features Music :: Articles :: Paste |access-date=2009-07-01 |archive-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826131647/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/catching-up-with-henry-rollins.html |url-status=dead }} Peaches has crowned him as the world's greatest performer.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck5lHFw3lmo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/ck5lHFw3lmo |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=FUZZY TV: Parklife 2008 - Peaches interview|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2020-09-18}}{{cbignore}}
Band history
Cooler started performing music live in 1998 with XBXRX. He drummed for the band KIT and has also guested as the live drummer for Chicks On Speed and The Raincoats.
Now he spends most of his time as a music writer and producer working with such artist as Peaches, Ladytron and Louisahhh.
Directing
- Offend Maggie by the band Deerhoof (2008)
- Front My Hope by the band Hawnay Troof (2008)
- Ear Ever Hear by the band XBXRX (2008)
- "Everything Is" by the band Hawnay Troof (2009)
- "What Dreams?" by the band Signals (2010)
- "Years Not Long" by the band Male Bonding (2010)
- Fake Drugs by the band Hollerado (2010)
- "theFUNsun" by the band Slow Animal (2010)
- "Throwing Shade" by the band Abe Vigoda (2010)
- "Candy" by the band Frankie Rose and The Outs (2010)
- "Little Trouble Girl" by the band Free Moral Agents (2010)
- "Rain" by the band KIT (2010)
- "Ambrosia" by the band KIT (2011)
- "Mud" by the singer Peaches (2011)
- "Junky for Her" by the band Cerebral Ballzy (2011)
- "A Commotion" by the band Feistodon, a collaboration between Feist and Mastodon (2012)
- "Please Be My Third Eye" by the band La Sera (2012)
- "Burst" by the singer Peaches (2012)
- "My Love Won't Wait" by the band Two Gallants (2012)
- "Untitled Echos" by the band Deerhoof (2012)
- "Lost In A Dream" by the singer Vice Cooler (2012)
- "Put A Light On" by the band Generationals (2013)
- "Atlantis" by the band STRFKR (2013)
- "City Slickers' Night Pressure" by the band Go Chic (2013)
- "Late Descent #2" by Sonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo (2014)
- "The Creature" by the band La Luz (2018)
Discography
=Production and songwriting credits=
{{Expand list|date=June 2015}}
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| scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Artist !scope="col"| Album !scope="col"| Credits |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Hit It Hard"
|2006 | Co Writer |
| scope="row"| "Close Up (Featuring Kim Gordon)"
|rowspan="10"| 2015 |rowspan="10"| Peaches |rowspan="10"| Rub |rowspan="10"| Co Writer, Producer |
| scope="row"| "Rub" |
| scope="row"| "Dick In The Air" |
| scope="row"| "Pickles" |
| scope="row"| "Sick In The Head" |
| scope="row"| "Free Drink Ticket" |
| scope="row"| "How You Like My Cut" |
| scope="row"| "Vaginoplasty" |
| scope="row"| "Dumb Fuck" |
| scope="row"| "I Mean Something (Featuring Feist)" |
| scope="row"| "Bodyline (Featuring Nick Zinner)"
|2015 | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Exercise In Self Compassion"
|rowspan="13"| 2018 |rowspan="13"| Ah Mer Ah Su |rowspan="13"| Star |rowspan="13"| Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "On" |
| scope="row"| "Be Free" |
| scope="row"| "Expectation" |
| scope="row"| "7-15-13" |
| scope="row"| "Perfect" |
| scope="row"| "Men" |
| scope="row"| "Heartbreaker" |
| scope="row"| "Boys" |
| scope="row"| "Stale Water" |
| scope="row"| "Need You, Need Me" |
| scope="row"| "Powerful" |
| scope="row"| "Kids" |
| scope="row"| "Do It Again"
|2018 |Nezzy |N/A | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Convincing People"
|2018 |Various Artist Compilation | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Paper Highways"
|rowspan="2"| 2019 |rowspan="2"| Ladytron |rowspan="2"| Ladytron |rowspan="2"| Co Writer, Producer |
| scope="row"| "Horrorscope" |
| scope="row"| "Feral Rhythm"
|2019 |Louisahhh |Feral Rhythm (Single) | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Solid Gold Easy Action"
|2020 |Nick Cave / Peaches |Angelheaded Hipster (Single) | Programmed By, Synthesizers |
| scope="row"| "Love Is A Punk"
|rowspan="11"| 2021 |rowspan="11"| Louisahhh |rowspan="11"| The Practice of Freedom |rowspan="11"| Co Writer, Producer |
| scope="row"| "Like A Shot" |
| scope="row"| "Chaos" |
| scope="row"| "Ferocious (Contained)" |
| scope="row"| "Master" |
| scope="row"| "No Pressure" |
| scope="row"| "Not Dead" |
| scope="row"| "Numb, Undone" |
| scope="row"| "Corrupter" |
| scope="row"| "A Hard No" |
| scope="row"| "Hunter / Wolf" |
| scope="row"| "Temperamental"
|rowspan="5"| 2021 |rowspan="5"| Ah Mer Ah Su |rowspan="5"| Hopefully Limitless |rowspan="5"| Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "No One" |
| scope="row"| "We Got It All" |
| scope="row"| "Fantasy" |
| scope="row"| "Tomorrow" |
| scope="row"| "Make Me"
| 2021 | Louisahhh | The Practice of Freedom (Deluxe) | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Abstract Blues"
| 2021 | Kim Gordon & J Mascis | Abstract Blues | Vocal Engineer (Kim Gordon) |
| scope="row"| "Another Road"
| 2021 | Ray Aggs & Vice Cooler | Hilda And The Mountain King Soundtrack | Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Decoder Ring (With Katie Alice Greer)"
|rowspan="16"| 2022 |rowspan="16"| Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler |rowspan="16"| Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC |rowspan="16"| Co Writer, Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Lost In Thought (With The Linda Lindas & Kathi Wilcox" |
| scope="row"| "Mirrorball (With Kathleen Hanna)" |
| scope="row"| "Debt Collector (With Kim Gordon)" |
| scope="row"| "Soul Fire Farm (With Alice Bag & Emily Retsas)" |
| scope="row"| "The Immortals (With Brontez Purnell)" |
| scope="row"| "Can't Fight Me (With Ah-Mer-Ah-Su)" |
| scope="row"| "AGAVE (With the Raincoats)" |
| scope="row"| "Break A Window (With Ray Aggs & Emily Retsas)" |
| scope="row"| "Flashes of Knowing (With Christina Billotte)" |
| scope="row"| "Cracks In The Ceiling (With Ali Carter & Emily Retsas)" |
| scope="row"| "Star Fuck (With Louisahhh)" |
| scope="row"| "Bodies (With Kelley Deal, Emily Retsas & Sarah Register)" |
| scope="row"| "PS Forever (With Satomi Matsuzaki)" |
| scope="row"| "Never Was (With Ivy Jeanne & Mike Watt)" |
| scope="row"| "Hearing Myself Again (With Palberta, Anne Wood & Emily Retsas)" |
| scope="row"| "Time's Arrow"
|rowspan="2"| 2023 |rowspan="2"| Ladytron |rowspan="2"| Time's Arrow |rowspan="2"| Co Writer, Producer |
| scope="row"| "Flight From Angkor" |
| scope="row"| "Jabouckie"
|rowspan="2"| 2023 |rowspan="2"| Brontez Purnell |rowspan="2"| Jabouckie |rowspan="2"| Producer, Mixer |
| scope="row"| "Aneurysm" |
References
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Category:Musicians from Mobile, Alabama
Category:American punk rock singers
Category:American indie rock musicians
Category:The Raincoats members