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Van Conner was born March 17, 1967 in Apple Valley, California. He grew up in Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

In 1984 he co-founded the band Screaming Trees with his brother Gary Lee Conner and close friends Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel.

Conner has played with several bands over the last 20 years and is currently playing with his band VALIS.

As of July 25, 2006, he was last known working as an employee of the Walt Disney Internet Group in Seattle, Washington.[1]

• Explosive Generation (with Gary Lee Conner, Mark Pickerel, Dan Harper, David Frazini)
• Screaming Trees
• MDL
• Sweet Pea Lanterna and the Buttmeatmen (with Sean Hollister, Mark Lanegan, Nate Hill)
• Solomon Grundy (with Sean Hollister, Lee McCullogh, James King)
• Dinosaur Jr (with J Mascis, Murph)
• Worm Wood (with Dylan Carlson)
• Gardener (with Aaron Staufer, Adrian Makins, Patrick Conner)
• VALIS
• Musk Ox (with Chovie D, Patrick Conner, Adrian Makins)

• 1985 - Screaming Trees "Other Worlds" - Self Release
• 1986 - Screaming Trees "Clairvoyance" - Velvetone
• 1987 - Screaming Trees "Even If and Especially When" - SST
• 1987 - Steve Fisk "448 Deathless Days" - SST
• 1988 - Various Artists "Sub Pop 200" - Sub Pop
• 1988 - Screaming Trees "Invisible Lantern" - SST
• 1988 - Beat Happening/Screaming Trees "Self Titled" - Homstead/K
• 1989 - Screaming Trees "Buzz Factory" - SST
• 1989 - Screaming Trees "Change Has Come" - Sub Pop
• 1990 - Solomon Grundy "Stone Soup and Other Stories" - New Alliance
• 1991 - Screaming Trees "Uncle Anestisia" - Epic
• 1992 - Solomon Grundy "Spirit of Radio/I'm not the Freak" - New Alliance
• 1992 - Screaming Trees "Sweet Oblivion" - Epic
• 1996 - Screaming Trees "Dust" - Epic
• 1996 - Gamma Ray "EP" - Man's Ruin
• 1998 - Queens of the Stone Age "Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age" - Man's Ruin
• 1998 - Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You" - Sony
• 1998 - VALIS "VALIS/Kitty Kitty Split CD/EP" - Man's Ruin Records
• 1999 - Gardener "New Dawning Time" - Sub Pop
• 1999 - Dark Fantastic "Dark Fantastic" - Up Records
• 1999 - Mark Lanegan "I'll Take Care of You" - Sub Pop
• 2001 - Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You" - Sony
• 2002 - VALIS "Vast Active Living Intelligence System" - Lunasound/Abstract
• 2004 - VALIS "Head Full of Pills" - Small Stone
• 2005 - Screaming Trees "Ocean of Confusion" - Epic
• 2005 - VALIS "Champions of Magic" - Small Stone
• 2006 - Various Artists: "Sleepless in Seattle - The Birth of Grunge" - High Wire

• Official VALIS Website

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Screaming Trees: Main Article

Mark Lanegan | Gary Lee Conner | Van Conner | Barrett Martin | Mark Pickerel

Donna Dresch | Joshua Homme

Discography

Studio Albums: Clairvoyance | Even If and Especially When | Invisible Lantern | Buzz Factory | Uncle Anesthesia | Sweet Oblivion | Dust

EPs: Other Worlds | Beat Happening/Screaming Trees EP | Change Has Come | Something About Today | Winter Songs Tour Tracks

Compilations: Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989 | Nearly Lost You | Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996

Related Articles

Mad Season | Truly | Grunge music | VALIS | Queens of the Stone Age

Categories

Screaming Trees | Screaming Trees Albums | Screaming Trees Songs

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