Jared Warren is an American musician who is the

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

Big Business Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In corporate jargon, the concept is commonly ...

(alongside drummer

Coady Willis Coady Willis is an American drummer and a member of Big Business, High on Fire, White Shit, and the Melvins. He previously played in the bands Dead Low Tide, Broadcast Oblivion, and The Murder City Devils. Willis and Big Business bandmate J ...

) and formerly the

Melvins Melvins (sometimes The Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appe ...

Career

Both Warren and Willis joined the Melvins in January 2006 and appear on '' (A) Senile Animal'' as well as 2008's '' Nude with Boots'' and 2010's album ''

The Bride Screamed Murder ''The Bride Screamed Murder'' is the 17th album by American rock band the Melvins, released on June 1, 2010. It was their first album to hit the ''Billboard'' 200 Pop Charts, at number 200, selling 2,809 albums in the first few weeks. In Octobe ...

''. Warren had a role as actor in the 2009 horror movie Muckman. Warren was previously a member of bands

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, Tight Bros from Way Back When,

White Shit White Shit is an American punk rock band, most significant for their 2009 song "Jim Morrison". They released their debut album, ''Sculpted Beef'', in 2009. Discography *''Sculpted Beef'' (2009) *''Carry Me'' (2010) *''White Shi'ite'' (2010) R ...

, and The Whip. He also contributed vocals to the song "Breaking Rocks" on the album ''Forging Steel and Laying Stone'' by

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. In 2020, Warren participated in a long form career spanning interview on Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal, speaking about the Whip reissues, Big Business, his time with the Melvins and much more. In September 2022, Sara Lund from

Unwound Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olympia throughout the 1 ...

revealed in an interview with

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that Warren was recruited to play bass on the band's reunion tour, replacing late bassist Vern Rumsey.

Select discography

Karp

*1994: ''Mustaches Wild'' *1995: ''Suplex'' *1997: ''Self Titled LP''

Tight Bros from Way Back When

*1999: ''Running Thru My Bones'' *2001: ''Lend You a Hand''

Big Business

*2005: '' Head for the Shallow'' *2007: '' Here Come the Waterworks'' *2009: '' Mind the Drift'' *2011: ''Quadruple Single'' (EP) *2013: '' Battlefields Forever'' *2016: ''Command Your Weather'' *2019 - ''The Beast You Are''

Melvins

*2006: '' (A) Senile Animal'' *2008: '' Nude with Boots'' *2010: ''

'' *2011: ''

Sugar Daddy Live ''Sugar Daddy Live'' is a live album by the Melvins, released on May 31, 2011. The songs are taken from their 2008 tour, with the majority of the tracks coming from their two most recent studio albums at the time, '' (A) Senile Animal'' and '' Nu ...

'' (live album) *2012: '' The Bulls & the Bees'' (EP) *2013: '' Everybody Loves Sausages'' (select songs) *2016: '' Basses Loaded'' (on the song "Choco Plumbing")

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Olympia, Washington Alternative metal bass guitarists Guitarists from Washington (state) American male bass guitarists Melvins members {{US-bass-guitarist-stub