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| years_active = 1970s–2012 | | years_active = 1970s–2012 | ||
| label = Closer Recording, Ausgang Audio | | label = Closer Recording, Ausgang Audio | ||
| associated_acts = [[American Music Club]], Sun Kil Moon, The Sleepers, John Murry, Negative Trend, [[Toiling Midgets]] | | associated_acts = [[American Music Club]], Sun Kil Moon, The Sleepers, John Murry, Negative Trend, [[Toiling Midgets]], Clodhopper | ||
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'''Tim Mooney''' (October 6, 1958<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkku.com/music/musicians_m.html |title=Rock Star's Digest: M}}</ref> – June 13, 2012<ref>{{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}}</ref>) 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''' (October 6, 1958<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkku.com/music/musicians_m.html |title=Rock Star's Digest: M}}</ref> – June 13, 2012<ref>{{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}}</ref>) was an American drummer, producer, and sound engineer. He drummed in The Sleepers, [[Toiling Midgets]], Negative Trend, Sun Kil Moon, Clodhopper and [[American Music Club]]. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
In the 1970s and 1980s, Mooney played drums for many San Francisco punk and rock bands including The Sleepers, [[Toiling Midgets]], Negative Trend and many others. Mooney was playing drums with [[Toiling Midgets]] when [[Mark Eitzel]] joined the band for their 1992 ''[[Son]]'' album. Mooney recorded [[American Music Club]] bass player [[Danny Pearson]]'s 2004 solo album, ''[[The Oblivion Seeker]]'' at his Closer Recording studio that he operated with | In the 1970s and 1980s, Mooney played drums for many San Francisco punk and rock bands including The Sleepers, [[Toiling Midgets]], Negative Trend and many others. Mooney was playing drums with [[Toiling Midgets]] when [[Mark Eitzel]] joined the band for their 1992 ''[[Son]]'' album. Mooney recorded [[American Music Club]] bass player [[Danny Pearson]]'s 2004 solo album, ''[[The Oblivion Seeker]]'' at his Closer Recording studio that he operated with Joe Goldring from 2003 until Mooney's death in 2012. Mooney additionally played with Pearson and Goldring in Clodhopper, who released one album, 1998's ''Red's Recovery Room''. | ||
===Tim Mooney with American Music Club=== | ===Tim Mooney with American Music Club=== | ||
Mooney was first approached to join AMC in 1986, and he rehearsed a few times at that point. Mooney was not in a point in his life to fully join the band at the time, although he did co-write "[[Art Of Love]]" with Eitzel, which was released on their 1987 ''[[Engine]]'' album. Mooney came up with the guitar part and told Sean Body, "That was at a time when things were less defined. It was one of those days in the studio when someone said, 'Hey, do you have any songs?'"<ref>{{cite book|last=Body |first=Sean |title=Wish The World Away |location=London |publisher=SAF Publishing |year=1999 |isbn=0-946719-20-9}}</ref> | Mooney was first approached to join AMC in 1986, and he rehearsed a few times at that point. Mooney was not in a point in his life to fully join the band at the time, although he did co-write "[[Art Of Love]]" with Eitzel, which was released on their 1987 ''[[Engine]]'' album. Mooney came up with the guitar part and told Sean Body, "That was at a time when things were less defined. It was one of those days in the studio when someone said, 'Hey, do you have any songs?'"<ref>{{cite book|last=Body |first=Sean |title=Wish The World Away |location=London |publisher=SAF Publishing |year=1999 |isbn=0-946719-20-9}}</ref> | ||
Mooney became a member of [[American Music Club]] in 1991, playing his first show with the band on June 29, 1991 in San Francisco. He played on every album from 1993's ''[[Mercury]]'' through 2004's ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]'', which he also co-produced and engineered. Mooney recorded many AMC demo sessions at his own studios during this time. Mooney co-wrote "[[Memo From Aquatic Park]]" from the 1993 ''[[Keep Me Around]]'' single and he engineered and recorded AMC's version of Bob Dylan's "[[Queen Jane Approximately]]" which appeared on the 2005 '' | Mooney became a member of [[American Music Club]] in 1991, playing his first show with the band on June 29, 1991 in San Francisco. He played on every album from 1993's ''[[Mercury]]'' through 2004's ''[[Love Songs For Patriots]]'', which he also co-produced and engineered. Mooney recorded many AMC demo sessions at his own studios during this time. Mooney co-wrote "[[Memo From Aquatic Park]]" from the 1993 ''[[Keep Me Around]]'' single and he engineered and recorded AMC's version of Bob Dylan's "[[Queen Jane Approximately]]" which appeared on the 2005 ''Highway 61 Revisited'' compilation. He left the band in 2006. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||