Jared Warren

Jared Michael Warren is an American musician who is the bassist of Big Business (alongside drummer Coady Willis) and formerly the Melvins, KARP, Tight Bros from Way Back When, The Whip. He is also currently the bassist for Unwound.

Career Warren was the founding bassist of the Tumwater, Washington band Karp, which formed in 1990 and was active until 1998.

Both Warren and Willis joined the Melvins in January 2006 and appear on (A) Senile Animal as well as 2008's Nude with Boots and 2010's album The Bride Screamed Murder. Warren was previously a member of bands Karp, Tight Bros from Way Back When, White Shit, and The Whip. He also contributed vocals to the song "Breaking Rocks" on the album Forging Steel and Laying Stone by Akimbo.

In September 2022, Sara Lund from Unwound revealed in an interview with Pitchfork that Warren was recruited to play bass on the band's reunion tour, replacing late bassist and friend, Olympia punk rock legend Vern Rumsey.

Select discography

Karp 1994: Mustaches Wild 1995: Suplex 1997: Self Titled LP

Tight Bros from Way Back When 1999: Running Thru My Bones 2001: Lend You a Hand

Big Business 2005: Head for the Shallow 2007: Here Come the Waterworks 2009: Mind the Drift 2011: Quadruple Single (EP) 2013: Battlefields Forever 2016: Command Your Weather 2019: The Beast You Are

Melvins 2006: (A) Senile Animal 2008: Nude with Boots 2010: The Bride Screamed Murder 2011: Sugar Daddy Live (live album) 2012: The Bulls & the Bees (EP) 2013: Everybody Loves Sausages (select songs) 2016: Basses Loaded (on the song "Choco Plumbing")