Animal Collective

Animal Collective is an American psychedelia music group originating from Baltimore, Maryland. Most known for their unique blending of musical styles, including drone, dream pop, and freak folk, and use of sampling, the group consists of members Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist, and Deakin. The band's most famous album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, was critically acclaimed peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard 200.
==Discography==
*Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished [2000]
*Danse Manatee [2001]
*Campfire Songs [2003]
*Ark (formerly Here Comes The Indian) [2003]
*Sung Tongs [2004]
*Feels [2005]
*Strawberry Jam [2007]
*Merriweather Post Pavilion [2009]
*Centipede Hz [2012]
*Painting With [2026]
*Time Skiffs [2022]
*Isn't It Now? [2023]
==Members==
*David Portner (born: ), aka Avey Tare – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, keys, piano, bass guitar, percussion
*Noah Lennox (born: ), aka Panda Bear – vocals, drums, percussion, samples, synthesizer, electronics, guitar
*Brian Weitz (born: ), aka Geologist – guitar, synthesizer, vocals, keys, percussion, sequencer, sampler, drum pad, bass guitar
*Joshua Dibb (born: ), aka Deakin – electronics, samples, minidiscs, synthesizer, piano, vocoder, percussion
==Trivia==
*The origing of each member's monikers are as follows.
**Avey Tare: Comes from "when you tear apart the name Davey.""
**Panda Bear: Comes from his obsession with pandas during high school, even drawing them on his earlier tapes before sending them to friends.https://web.archive.org/web/20090309062058/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/pandabeariw.htm
**Geologist: Comes from someone mistaking his college major, biology, for geology.
**Deakin: Comes from his old moniker, Conrad Deacon, which he shortened to just "Deacon" before changing its spelling by the request of fellow musician Dan Deacon.https://bmoremusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-deakin-josh-dibb.html
*Due to him taking multiple breaks in between releases, Deakin only appears on 9 Animal Collective albums, the least of any member.
**He is also interested in carpentry and building. https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/animal-instincthttps://www.studlife.com/cadenza/2013/03/16/a-conversation-with-deakin-of-animal-collective
==References==
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