Adam Green (musician)

All you want to know about Adam Green (musician)

For other people with the same name, see Adam Green.
 This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008)
Adam Green

Background information
Born May 28, 1981 (1981-05-28) (age 27)
Origin United States
Genre(s) Anti folk
Indie rock
Adam Green at Rock am Ring

Adam Green (born May 28, 1981 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American singer-songwriter.

Green's off-kilter style has achieved a moderate college radio following in the United States and enjoys increasing popularity in different European countries, particularly Germany.[1][2][3]

Contents

Career

Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before leaving to concentrate on his music, going on to co-found the anti folk group The Moldy Peaches with Kimya Dawson.

In 2004 The Moldy Peaches went on hiatus and both Green and Dawson embarked on solo careers.

Green released several albums on Rough Trade Records. Among his better known songs are "Jessica" (about singer Jessica Simpson), "Novotel", "Friends of Mine", "Dance with Me", "Carolina" and "Emily", and, in Britain, his cover of The Libertines track "What a Waster".

Prior to Jacket Full of Danger in 2006, all of Green's albums had been released on the 22nd of the month. His latest album was released on March 18th, 2008 and is titled Sixes & Sevens. Titles include "Morning After Midnight", "Twee Twee Dee", and "Drowning Head First", the latter a duet between Green and his girlfriend.[4]

In January 2008, The Moldy Peaches began having a resurgence in popularity, due to their music being included in the hit indie film Juno. Most notably, a duet between Adam Green and Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches song "Anyone Else But You" was featured in the film, and also in a scene which features the films lead actors, Michael Cera and Ellen Page performing the song together. The soundtrack album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart on its third week of release.

Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2008)

Adam's brother Joel, an astronomer, has appeared as an accompanying musician on several recordings.[5]

In Germany journalists often note that his great-grandmother, Felice Bauer, was engaged to Franz Kafka, who was born in Prague but wrote in German; her family fled the Nazis in the late 1930s and wound up in New York.[citation needed]

Green is a good friend of musician Carl Barât, appearing in a documentary with him in 2005, following the pair on a night out in London, for the European television culture channel Arte.[6]

In 2007, Austin, Texas country singer-songwriter Kelly Willis covered Adam's "Teddy Boys" for her album Translated from Love.[citation needed]

On 27 March 2008 he was guest on the German TV show TV total. He was drunk and sat down on the knees of Stefan Raab, tried to kiss him and tumbled through the show. Furthermore he threw a bottle of beer on the floor, fortunately hitting nobody in the audience.[7]

Green became close friends with George Harrison after accidentally bumping into him whilst on tour. According to Green, the two "bonded over our love of mini coopers". Shortly before his death, Harrison gave Green a green vintage Mini Cooper as a gift.

Adam appeared with his mother, Leah, on an episode of Cash Cab, which aired originally in the United States on Thursday, April 10th, 2008.[8]

Earlier in 2008, according to Ben Kweller's Twitter, Adam married his girlfriend Loribeth Capella.[9]

Adam Green is a professed Satanist.[10][11]

Discography

Albums

Books

References

  1. ^ YouTube: Interview with Adam Green at TV Total, March 15 2005
  2. ^ YouTube: Interview with Adam Green at TV Total, March 27 2008
  3. ^ Benaim, Lex (2008-03-25). "Adam Green's Teutonic Love", Village Voice. Retrieved on 30 March 2008. 
  4. ^ http://www.spin.com/features/news/2008/01/080129_rem_mmj_supergrass/
  5. ^ Music: From Woodwinds to Indie Folk Rock
  6. ^ "Durch die Nacht mit..." Carl Barât und Adam Green (2005)
  7. ^ Adam Green bei TV total am 27. März 2008 Teil 1
  8. ^ YouTube: Adam Green on Cash Cab
  9. ^ BenKweller on Twitter
  10. ^ The Moldy Peaches Official Site Bio
  11. ^ Gauntlet Entertainment: Adam Green, Garfield

External links

Interviews

Video

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Green_(musician)"

No comments have been added.



Your name:

City:

Country:

Your comments:

Security check *
(Please enter the number into adjoining box)

 

  • Ads

           
eXTReMe Tracker