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Nolan Cook is an American guitarist and composer based in Oakland, California, and was part of the band Dimesland with his brother Drew.
Cook is perhaps best known for his contributions to many projects by The Residents (as well as Charles Bobuck and Hardy Fox) from 1998 to the present.
History with The Residents
Nolan Cook began working with The Residents as early as 1998 when he played guitar on The Residents' Wormwood tour. He had been introduced to the group by their mutual acquaintance Molly Harvey.
Following this, Cook became a core member of the group's live line-up, acting as guitarist on the group's tours to the present day. Beginning with the group's version of the song "Matchmaker" which appeared on the compilation album Knitting On The Roof in 1999, he also began collaborating with the band on studio recordings.
Releases outside of The Residents
- Land Of Thin Dimes (1999) - With Drew Cook
- From The NC Lab (EP, 2011)
- Ostrich Von Nipple Contemplates The Cosmos (2011)
- Ostrich Von Nipple - Cosmos Condensed (Single, 2011)
- Dimesland - Creepmoon (2012)
- Ostrich Von Nipple Quantifies Absurdity (2014)
- Ostrich Von Nipple Alternates Absurdity (EP, 2014)
- Dimesland - Psychogenic Atrophy (2015)
- Ostrich Von Nipple - Swarm Suite / So Do They (2015)
- Ostrich Von Nipple Qualifies Absurdity (EP, 2016)
- Bexa Lala Army - Can't Stop! (EP, 2016)
- XFR 4TA - Funny You Should Ask (2017, Slide Guitar)
Credited Residents Appearances
- Freak Show (Special Edition) (2002) - on "Benny Live - Icky Flix Tour (2001)"
- Demons Dance Alone (2002)
- Demons Dance Alone: Director's Cut (2003)
- The 12 Days of Brumalia (2004)
- Commercial DVD (2004) - on "Moisture" and "Red Rider" 2004 versions
- The Residents Play Wormwood DVD (2005)
- Animal Lover (2005)
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume One (2006) - Guitar on 'The Mad Gasser', 'Hidden Hand', 'Dead Men' & 'Jack's Lament'
- Tweedles! (2006)
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two (2007) - Guitar on "Day 2", "Twinkle 2000" & "Bijou"
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three (2007) - Guitar on "Lots Of Knots" & "Animal Lover Seven"
- The Voice of Midnight (2007)
- Animal Lover Instrumental (2008)
- The Bunny Boy (2008)
- Icky Flix Live (2009)
- The UGHS! (2009)
- Arkansas (2009)
- Ten Little Piggies (2009) - On "The Voice Of Midnight", "Sad Saint John", "In The Dark", "My Brother's Skin" & "Blood On The Bunny"
- Brava (2010)
- Lost In A Vacant Lot (2010)
- Lonely Teenager (2011)
- Coochie Brake by Sonidos de la Noche (2011)
- Talking Light: Bimbo's (2011)
- Ozark (2011)
- Demonic! The Residents Live In Oslo (2012)
- Triple Dub-Ya: The Way We Were Live In Melbourne (2012)
- D*ck S*ab (2012) - On "Lizard Lady / Hello Skinny"
- Lying Horse Rock (2012)
- My Window (2013)
- CB Suite (2013)
- Manz Whirled (2014)
- Maxine / CB Suite (2014)
- Never Known Questions (2014)
- The River of Crime Instrumental (2015)
- Shadowland (2015)
- What Was Left of Grandpa (2015)
- Gingerbread Man (2016) - On "The Gingerbread Man (Concentrate) (2000)"
- THIS (2016) - On "Gotta Believe", "Death By Jazz", "Goddamn Chickens" & "The Highway"
- Rushing Like A Banshee (2016)
- Bobuck Plays The Residents (2016)
- Dot.Com (2017) - On "My Window"
- The Ghost of Hope (2017)
- Egg Booty (2017) - On "Fast" & "Spike"
- Eggs For Breakfast (2018)
- Loss of the Lizard Lady (2018)
- Nachtzug (2018)
- Intruders (2018)
- Commercial Album pREServed (2019) - On "Moisture" and "Red Rider" 2004 versions
- Metal, Meat & Bone (2020)
- God In 3 Persons (2020)
- Renaldo & The Loaf - Hardly Gurning While The World Is Turning (2021, remix of 'Turnip')
- Wormwood Box (2022, guitar)
Other Works
- The Scallions - 53 Years (Co-written with Brian Poole, 2008)
- Harry Elektron - The Black Tower (Appears on 6/13 songs on this album, 2010)
- Χάρης Έλεκτρον & Υιοί - Είσαι Κεραία Στο Μαγαζί (Appears on 3/14 songs on this album, 2015)
- Bretts Milk - Milky Nipps (2016, guitar)
- Bretts Milk - Mammaries Of Mommy (2018, guitar on 5/10 of the songs)
- Bexa Lala - Lorette For Pigs (2016, additional raw material)