That band later evolved into Screaming Trees with the addition of singer Mark Lanegan in 1985.

[1] The band moved to Seattle in the late 1980s to join that city's burgeoning alternative rock scene.

[4] Conner played on seven studio albums with Screaming Trees until the band split in 2000.

[5] During the 1990s he made regular guest appearances on recordings by other alternative rock acts.

[6] After the demise of Screaming Trees, Conner retired from music for ten years, and re-emerged with a new band called The Microdot Gnome.