Tim Mooney (October 6, 1958[1] – June 13, 2012[2]) was an American drummer, producer, and sound engineer. He drummed in the Sleepers, Toiling Midgets, Negative Trend, Sun Kil Moon and American Music Club.
Tim Mooney | |
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| Born | October 6, 1958 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Died | June 13, 2012 (aged 53) Nevada City, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, drummer, composer, arranger, producer, engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Drummer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1970s–2012 |
| Labels | Closer Recording, Ausgang Audio |
Musical career
editIn 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.[3] He was mourned by his former bandmates Mark Eitzel[4] and Mark Kozelek.[5]
In popular culture
editMooney'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
edit- Love Songs for Patriots (2004) – drummer, guitarist, producer, engineer
- The Green Door by The Green Door (2011) – producer and engineer
References
edit- ^ "Rock Star's Digest: M". Archived from the original on 2012-09-18.
- ^ "R.I.P. Tim Mooney, drummer (Sleepers, Toiling Midgets, American Music Club, Sun Kil Moon, etc.) and producer". The Big Takeover website. 21 June 2012.
- ^ Music, Roger Wink, VVN (2012-06-19). "Tim Mooney Of American Music Club Dies At 53". Noise11.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Eitzel, Mark (2012-06-14). "MARK EITZEL: Tim Mooney". MARK EITZEL. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Sun Kil Moon: The Official Website for Sun Kil Moon, Mark Kozelek, and Red House Painters". www.sunkilmoon.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.