Toby Dammit (born Lawrence Edward Crooke, December 13, 1966, Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American producer, composer and percussionist. He has often been credited as Larry Mullins, his adopted name. Best known as a drummer for Iggy Pop, Swans, and also as a contributor to records by [A=The Residents]. In 2015 he began performing live as multi-keyboardist with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
In 1990 he appeared on his first professionally released album with the band The Ringling Sisters, produced by Lou Adler (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cheech & Chong, Mamas & Papas). Dammit is best known for his 1990–1999 collaboration with Iggy Pop as his drummer. During this time, he recorded 3 albums with Pop (American Caesar, Naughty Little Doggie and Avenue B) and made several soundtrack appearances (Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare, Fast Track to Nowhere, The Crow: City of Angels, Coffee and Cigarettes, Monster Men - Space Goofs). His percussion work appeared throughout the entire score for Johnny Depp's film "The Brave" starring Marlon Brando. During this period, Dammit also toured extensively with Iggy Pop and performed at more than 700 concerts worldwide together. Their legendary live concert at the original Paris Olympia in 1991 was released as the DVD "Kiss My Blood".
He joined Swans in 1995, and continued to work with front man Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans and formed The Angels of Light. In all Dammit collaborated on ten releases with Gira.
For years, rumors have circulated regarding his musical collaborations with The Residents, although he has denied details of involvement, often referring interviewers to The Cryptic Corporation, the management of The Residents. Toby Dammit is credited on numerous releases by The Residents as a "sound contributor" but his actual contributions to these releases remain unclear.
He has worked on many other feature films as both a composer or musician, including: School of Rock, Premium Rush, End of Watch, Capitalism: A Love Story, Apple Jack, Monsieur N., Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, Eierdiebe, Dead Dogs Lie, Dead Man Down and most recently Connasse, Princesse des cœurs. In 2000, Toby Dammit started a Hamburg-based record company with The Residents European label impresario Guido Randzio called Hit Thing Records specializing in rare re-issues by Yello, Die Haut & Nick Cave, Liaisons Dangereuses and Georges Montalba as well as his own collaborations with Thomas Wydler of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Luther Hawkins. In 2011, he was invited to join Iggy and The Stooges onstage in England and he remained their live drummer for 60 concerts worldwide up to 2015.
Throughout his career, he has worked with a number of international artists, notably in France, including: Keren Ann, A.S Dragon, Fred Avril, Bertrand Burgalat, MeLL, Marie Modiano, Chloé Mons, Ndidi Onukwulu, Paul Personne, Raphaël Haroche, Brisa Roché, Rosemary Standley and Zaz (singer).
Outside France he has worked with: Mick Harvey, Stephan Eicher, Ely Guerra, Rufus Wainwright, Jessie Evans (singer), Mark Eitzel, Lydia Lunch, Cano Caoli, Masatoshi Nagase, Miguel Bosé, Peter von Poehl, Dave Sardy, Frank Black, Depedro, Arno, Jesse Malin, Bee and Flower, April March, Chuck E. Weiss, Mount Sims, Anna Clementi, N'Dea Davenport, Alex Maas, Okkervil River, The Living Things, Ben Becker and his sister Meret Becker, Katharina Franck, Gemma Ray, MSTRKRFT, King Khan, Serena-Maneesh, Turbonegro, The Last Hurrah!!, Eirin Kinn, Kjartan Kristiansen, Sivert Høyem, Sharon Corr, Edyta Bartosiewicz, Simeon Oliver Coxe III of Silver Apples, Tav Falco of The Panther Burns, Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols, and Luke Elliot.
An extensive chronological discography and tour date history can be found on the official Toby Dammit website.
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