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Joe Preston

American bassist

From: Salem, United States
Since: 1969–present
Releases: 1

About

Joe Preston (born October 1969) is an American bass guitarist and a former band member of the rock bands Earth, Melvins, Men's Recovery Project, The Need and High on Fire. Preston has also played with Sunn O))), and has his long-running solo project called Thrones. In 2007, he joined Harvey Milk in the studio for the recording of Life... The Best Game in Town and toured with them during their 2008 US and European tours. He is currently serving as a touring member of Sumac. He is the uncle of actor Dominic Janes.

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Member of

Earth 1989–1992 electric bass guitar, percussion
Melvins 1991–1992 electric bass guitar
Thrones 1994–now
C Average 1996–2000 electric bass guitar
The Whip 2002–2003 electric guitar
High on Fire 2004–2005
Harvey Milk 2007–2007 electric bass guitar
These Arms Are Snakes 2004
Witchypoo now
Snakepit now

Discography

EPs 1

Cerberic Doxology 2008

Links

Reference

Founder

Thrones now

Instrumental supporting musician

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: c0d6e5e6-4919-47c8-a966-b9bbfbaaec72

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.