Dax Pierson
Dax Pierson | |
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| Born | Dax Wentworth Pierson[1] August 2, 1970 |
| Origin | Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 30, 2024 (aged 54) Oakland, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2000–20?? |
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Dax Wentworth Pierson (August 2, 1970 – December 30, 2024) was an American musician from Oakland, California.[3] He had been a member of Subtle and 13 & God.[4]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Pierson was born on August 2, 1970.[5][6] He worked at Amoeba Music in Berkeley, California for 10 years.[7][when?] He was a member of Subtle and 13 & God.[8]
In 2005, he was seriously injured and left paralyzed from the chest down when the Subtle tour van hit a patch of black ice in Iowa. No one else in the vehicle was seriously injured.[9][10] His musician friends and promoters subsequently organized a series of tribute shows and benefit albums.[11]
In 2009, he sued Ford Motor Company for faulty design mechanics, arguing that the defective seat contributed to his life-threatening injuries.[12] A federal court jury awarded him $18.3 million ($12.3 million for medical expenses and lost earnings and $6 million for pain and suffering).[13][14]
He released Live in Oakland on Ratskin Records in 2019.[15]
In 2021, he released Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction); his first solo studio album for fifteen years.[16] The album's title partly inspired by a quote from dancer Martha Graham. Some of the album's themes touch on his recovery from his 2005 accident.[17] The album's track For The Angels was included on The Wire magazine's compilation for April 2021.[18]
Pierson died in Oakland, California on December 30, 2024, at the age of 54.[5]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Studio albums
[edit | edit source]- Intro To (2002)
- Pablo Feldman Sun Riley (2006) (with Robert Horton)[19]
- Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction) (Ratskin Records, 2021)
Live albums
[edit | edit source]- Live in Oakland (2019)[20]
Contributions
[edit | edit source]- Conglomerate - "Armeghetto" (1996)
- Conglomerate - "Babylon EP" (1996)
- Anticon - "Pitty Party People" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
- Jel - "14. Dynamic Button" from 10 Seconds (2002)
- Themselves - "Good People Check" and "Hat in the Wind" from The No Music (2002)
- Odd Nosdam - "Untitled" from No More Wig for Ohio (2003)
- Alias - "Unseen Sights" from Muted (2003)
- Odd Nosdam - "Untitled Two" from Burner (2005)
- Alias & Tarsier - "Picking the Same Lock" from Brookland/Oaklyn (2006)
- Odd Nosdam - "Hollow Me" from Pretty Swell Explode (2008)
- Themselves - "You Ain't It" from Crowns Down (2009)
- Alias - "Talk in Technicolor" from Fever Dream (2011)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Dax Pierson discography at Discogs
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