Sparklehorse was conceived by a rabbit in Bremo Bluff, VA in February 1995.

Vivadixiesubmarietransmissionplot was released later that year. The press liked it. Some people bought it. Others didn’t care for it much. Mark Linkous, it was decided, was mostly to blame. There was an accompanying instructional film that circulated in arty film circles. The band toured with Mazzy Star, Radiohead.

Good Morning Spider followed in 1999. It was the one with the silvery cover and a really cool song about birds.

It’s A Wonderful Life was the name of the greener one released in 2001. It sold quite a lot for this kind of thing, almost 150,000 outside North America alone. North American sales figures are classified due to national security concerns.

Linkous produced A Camp debut for Nina Persson, which sold by the truckload in Sweden. It was never released in the U.S. on account of entirely different security concerns.

He also produced Daniel Johnston’s Fear Yourself, and served as executive producer for the The Late Great Daniel Johnston, a tribute record many see as a threat to the security of all mankind.

The upcoming Sept. 26th, 2006 Sparklehorse release, Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, includes some bits with Dangermouse and a previously unreleased track with Tom Waits.

Sparklehorse music has been featured in many, many feature films, some of them not half bad.