Quick Facts
Biography
Robertdale Rulon "Rob" Crow, Jr. (born February 21, 1971) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math rock. He is best known for his involvement with the bands Pinback (co-led by Zach Smith from Three Mile Pilot), Heavy Vegetable, Physics, Optiganally Yours and Thingy; in addition he has also led or leads the bands Advertising, Alpha Males, Altron Tube, Cthugha, Fantasy Mission Force, Goblin Cock, 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
The following is Rob Crow's discography, on both his own and others' projects.
| Year | Act | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heavy Vegetable | Amazing Undersea Adventures of Aqua Kitty | Guitar, Vocals |
| 1995 | Rob Crow & Fantasy Mission Force | Rob Crow (split CD with Lesser) | Guitar, Vocals |
| Heavy Vegetable | Frisbee | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Remote Action Sequence Project | Remote Action Sequence Project | Guitar | |
| 1996 | Rob Crow | Lactose Adept | Guitar, Vocals |
| Creedle | When The Wind Blows | Vocals | |
| Thingy | Staring Contest | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 1997 | Thingy | Songs About Angels Evil & Running Around on Fire | Guitar, Vocals |
| Fantasy Mission Force | Circus Atari | Guitar | |
| 1998 | Physics | Physics 2 | Guitar |
| Optiganally Yours | Spotlight On | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Snotnose | A Distraction | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 1999 | Thingy | To The Innocent | Guitar, Vocals |
| Pinback | Loro | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | This Is A Pinback CD | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2000 | Heavy Vegetable | Mondo Aqua Kitty | Guitar, Vocals |
| Pinback | Tripoli | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Optiganally Yours | Presents: Exclusively Talentmaker | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Live In Donny’s Garage | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2001 | Optiganally Yours | De Composed | Guitar, Vocals |
| Physics | Live 2-7-98 | Guitar | |
| Pinback | Penelope | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Blue Screen Life | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2002 | Pinback | More Or Less Live In A Few Different Places | Guitar, Vocals |
| Pinback | Some Voices | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Drive Like Jehu | Yank Crime | Vocals on Luau | |
| 2003 | Pinback | Offcell | Guitar, Vocals |
| Rob Crow | My Room Is A Mess | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Arrive Having Eaten | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2004 | Zach Hill And The Holy Smokes | Masculine Drugs | Vocals, Various Instruments |
| Aspects of Physics | Marginalized Information Forms 1: Ping | Guitar | |
| Pinback | Summer In Abaddon | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Too Many Shadows | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Aspects of Physics | Live at The Metro | Guitar | |
| 2005 | Team Sleep | Team Sleep | Vocals on tracks 4,7,9, and 15 |
| Goblin Cock | Bagged and Boarded | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2006 | The Ladies | They Mean Us | Guitar, Vocals |
| Rob Crow | Not Making Any Friends Here... Vol. 1 | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Nautical Antiques | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Zach Hill And The Holy Smokes | Talk to Your Kids About Gangs | Vocals, Various Instruments, Co-producer, Engineer | |
| 2007 | Other Men | Wake Up Swimming | Bass, Vocals |
| Rob Crow | I Hate You, Rob Crow | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Rob Crow | Living Well | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Sleeping People | Growing | Vocals on People Staying Awake | |
| Rob Crow | Up | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Pinback | Autumn of the Seraphs | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2009 | Goblin Cock | Come With Me If You Want To Live | Guitar, Vocals |
| Aspects of Physics | Marginalized Information Forms 3: Other | Guitar | |
| 2011 | Rob Crow | He Thinks He's People | Guitar, Vocals |
| Pinback | Information Retrieved Pt. B | Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2012 | Pinback | Information Retrieved | Guitar, Vocals |
| 2013 | Rob Crow | Per-Flexed | Guitar, Vocals |
| 2015 | Prefuse 73 | Quiet One | Vocals |
| 2016 | Rob Crow's Gloomy Place | You're Doomed. Be Nice | Guitar, Vocals |