Tom Waits

From Your Subculture Soundtrack, the music encyclopedia

Founded: b. 1949

Headquarters: Los AngelesEl, CA

Website Link(s): Official Site

Contents 1 Label(s) 2 Genre(s) 3 RIYL 4 Band Biography 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 EPs 5.3 Singles 6 Appears On 6.1 Compilations 6.2 Soundtracks 6.3 Mix CDs 6.4 Radio Shows 7 Further Reading

[edit] Label(s)

• Island
• Elektra
• Epitaph

[edit] Genre(s)

• Blues
• Avant Blues

[edit] RIYL

• Captain Beefheart
• Primus
• The Residents
• Bruce Springsteen

[edit] Band Biography

Tom Waits started as a troubadour-type of musician, doing relatively straight blues-styled stuff, with a bit of a country tinge, although he grew into a more Captain Beefheart/Howlin' Wolf inspired delivery with darker songs that were frequently more mature and had a greater depth of emotion. After he grew tired of Island, in what was considered a strange and interesting move, he signed with the Punk label Epitaph.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Closing Time
• The Heart of Saturday Night
• Nighthawks at the Diner
• Small Change
• Foreign Affairs
• Blue Valentine
• Heartattack and Vine
• One From the Heart
• Swordfishtrombones
• Rain Dogs
• Frank's Wild Years
• Big Time
• Night on Earth
• Bone Machine
• The Black Rider
• Mule Variations
• Blood Money
• Alice
• Real Gone
• Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

[edit] Appears On

[edit] Compilations

• The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
• Future Soundtrack For America
• More Oar

[edit] Soundtracks

• Shrek 2

[edit] Mix CDs

• Dub Club: It's Raining Again - Matt
• De Revrum's Crash Course In De Muzikum Educatchum
• Best Of 2006

[edit] Radio Shows

[edit] Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page