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For the album, see Marcy Playground (album)
Marcy Playground (album)

Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was re-released later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Moder...


Marcy Playground is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
 band consisting of three members: John Wozniak
John Wozniak

BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
 (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe
Dylan Keefe

Dylan Keefe is the bassist and one the founding members of the multiplatinum selling alternative rock band Marcy Playground....
 (bass), and Shlomi Lavie
Shlomi Lavie

Shlomi Lavie is an United States drummer, most widely known as the drummer of Marcy Playground. He has also been a part of lesser-known acts such as Nanuchka, Electro Morocco, and the Magical Mystery Tour band, a Beatles tribute/lookalike band....
 (drums). The band is perhaps best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".

d for the formative location in lead singer John Wozniak
John Wozniak

BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
's childhood, the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
, Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s.






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For the album, see Marcy Playground (album)
Marcy Playground (album)

Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was re-released later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Moder...


Marcy Playground is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
 band consisting of three members: John Wozniak
John Wozniak

BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
 (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe
Dylan Keefe

Dylan Keefe is the bassist and one the founding members of the multiplatinum selling alternative rock band Marcy Playground....
 (bass), and Shlomi Lavie
Shlomi Lavie

Shlomi Lavie is an United States drummer, most widely known as the drummer of Marcy Playground. He has also been a part of lesser-known acts such as Nanuchka, Electro Morocco, and the Magical Mystery Tour band, a Beatles tribute/lookalike band....
 (drums). The band is perhaps best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".

Early years

Named for the formative location in lead singer John Wozniak
John Wozniak

BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
's childhood, the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
, Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s. They had been influenced heavily by Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician who served as Singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Grunge music band Nirvana .With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second album Nevermind , Cobain with Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with them a subgenre of alternative rock called Grunge musi...
 and his band Nirvana
Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
. The influence is quite clear on Marcy Playground's self-titled album, with songs like Shadow of Seattle and Saint Joe On The School Bus. Other influences include David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, Paul Simon
Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
, Neil Young
Neil Young

Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
, Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
, and the Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
. Frontman John Wozniak's first effort, Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground, was self-produced, recorded in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend Sherry Fraser and her brother Scott in the early nineties. A small run of CDs were self-released by Wozniak, and to this day they remain extremely difficult to find. "Our Generation" and "Dog And His Master", two songs found on Wozniak's Zog Bogbean project, would appear on later Marcy Playground albums.

Marcy Playground (self-titled album) (1997-1998)

Marcy Playground Marcy Playground Album Cover
After attending the Evergreen State College for two years, Wozniak moved east to New York, where Marcy Playground began to coalesce around the songs that would become the self-titled album. Bassist Dylan Keefe
Dylan Keefe

Dylan Keefe is the bassist and one the founding members of the multiplatinum selling alternative rock band Marcy Playground....
 and drummer Dan Rieser filled out the band's sound, and complemented Wozniak's songwriting. The self-titled album was released in 1997, and Marcy Playground emerged into the mainstream with the success of the single "Sex and Candy
Sex and Candy

"Sex and Candy" is the first single released by Marcy Playground from their self titled debut album Marcy Playground . It was released in 1997....
." The song spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
 chart. The album went platinum and managed to spawn two other singles, "Saint Joe on the School Bus
Saint Joe on the School Bus

"Saint Joe on the School Bus" is the name of the second single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. Although far from being as successful as the band's earlier smash hit "Sex and Candy," "St....
" and "Sherry Fraser
Sherry Fraser

"Sherry Fraser" is the name of the third single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. Although nowhere near as successful as the band's earlier smash hit "Sex and Candy," nor the minor hit "St....
". Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground (album)

Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was re-released later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Moder...
 is quiet and minimalist in tone. Wozniak's songs run in many different styles: some are modern folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
; many have undertones reminiscent of children's songs; the blurred sound of psychedelia makes appearances; and then there are the songs with a clear rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 sound. The only band member who contributed to all of the album was Wozniak himself; several others filled in for Rieser and Keefe on some of the songs, notably Jared Kotler (bass and drums).

Shapeshifter (1999-2000)

Marcy Playground's next outing was 1999's Shapeshifter
Shapeshifter (album)

Shapeshifter is the second major release of the indie rock band Marcy Playground. It was released on November 2, 1999.The artwork for this release was originally to be used on the unreleased Butthole Surfers album After the Astronaut....
, not as much of a success commercially as the self-titled album.

A minor controversy came to light when Paul Leary
Paul Leary

Paul Leary Walthall , professionally known as Paul Leary, is an United States musician, best known as the electric guitar for American rock and roll rock band Butthole Surfers....
 of the Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers

The Butthole Surfers are an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drum kit King Coffey has been together since 1983....
 revealed on Marcy Playground's website forum that the cover art for Shapeshifter had originally been conceptualized and commissioned by Leary for his band's aborted After the Astronaut album. He admitted to being a fan of Marcy Playground, but accused the band of an apparent lack of imagination and originality. Leary's outrage was eased once he learned that Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
, former home of the Butthole Surfers and then-current home of Marcy Playground, had pitched the artwork to Wozniak as original work from their own art department and that Marcy Playground had no knowledge of the work's origins. Upon learning the truth, Wozniak proclaimed that he was "honored" to have an album cover designed by Paul Leary. There were apparently no bad feelings between the bands once the controversy had been cleared up. It's Saturday
It's Saturday

"It's Saturday" is the name of the fifth single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. It was originally titled "Teenage Hypochondriac" but was changed before the release date of the album....
 the album's lead single, managed to hit number 23 on the US Modern Rock Charts, and followed by a second single, Bye Bye
Bye Bye (Marcy Playground song)

"Bye Bye" is the name of the fifth single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground....
.

After Shapeshifter, drummer Dan Rieser left the band to pursue other interests. The position was eventually filled on his recommendation by Gonzalo "Gonz" Martinez De La Cotera, a friend whose previous band Lincoln had opened for Marcy Playground.

MP3 (2004-2006)

After a considerable hiatus and at least one failed attempt to record a follow-up to Shapeshifter, Marcy Playground's third album, MP3, was finally released in 2004 with less commercial success than the two preceding albums.

Marcy Playground did little if any touring in support of MP3. The album's first single, "Deadly Handsome Man
Deadly Handsome Man

"Deadly Handsome Man" is Marcy Playground's seventh single & the first single from their third LP MP3. The song was originally called "the Devil's Song" and first appeared on the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back movie soundtrack....
" was a song featured on the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 in film film written by, directed by, and starring Kevin Smith , the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks....
 movie soundtrack a few years earlier under it's original title, "The Devil's Song". The second single, "Punk Rock Superstar
Punk Rock Superstar

"Punk Rock Superstar" is the second single from Marcy Playground's third LP MP3. The song was also featured on the XBox 360 upon it's release....
" was initially less successful but received a second breathe of life and surprised many fans while bringing in some new ones, when it was featured on the XBox 360
Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the History of video game consoles of video game consoles....
's playlist upon it's re-release in 2006. Other singles from the album include "Blood In Alphabet Soup" and "No One's Boy", neither of which received much radioplay, but were featured on promotional ads for MP3. One album track, "Paper Dolls" was co-written by Jimi Haha
Jimi Haha

Jimi Haha is a singer, songwriter, guitar player, and founding member of the alternative rock band Jimmie's Chicken Shack and is also an Archbishop Spalding high school graduate....
 of the alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
 band Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an United States alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland, Maryland. They emerged through MTV as one of the first Post-Grunge bands of the era....
. On the track titled, "Hotter Than the Sun", Wozniak reflects on the band's one-time success and remains positive about the band's future.

Leaving Wonderland and B-Sides/Rarities (2008-present)

As of July 12th 2008, John Wozniak posted a blog on MySpace stating his unreleased solo effort is now officially going to be a Marcy Playground record and is going to be released in 2009, along with a separate "Rarities and B-Sides" album. Meanwhile Keefe, who has held the job of WNYC
WNYC

WNYC is a public broadcasting radio station and formerly a city owned television station in New York City, New York. Broadcasting from lower Manhattan, it is a member station of National Public Radio and carries a mixed news and varied music format on two radio frequencies....
 radio program On the Media
On the Media

On the Media , is an hour-long weekly radio program hosted by Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone covering journalism. It is produced by WNYC, New York Public Radio....
s technical director, a position he left in December 2007 to join another WNYC production, The Takeaway
The Takeaway

The Takeaway with John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji is a morning drive radio news program co-created and co-produced by PRI- Public Radio International and WNYC-New York Public Radio with editorial partners the BBC World Service of the United Kingdom, The New York Times and WGBH Radio Boston of the United States....
 with John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji , will be returning to the band to support the new album. Sherry Fraser, of whom the song is named after, is in charge of the album's art. Leaving Wonderland features 12 songs, including the single, "Good Times", and a new and improved version of "Memphis", a b-side that Wozniak's current wife felt deserved a second breathe of life. The album is slated for a summer 2009 release date.

2009 Tour


After Gonzalo Martinez's departure from the band, family-friend Shlomie Lavie stepped in to fill the void as drummer for the band's 2009 tour, promoting two new albums. After a successful 4-Day Carnival Cruise show(s) in the Bahamas alongside Post-grunge
Post-grunge

Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of grunge music. Generally, bands labeled as such are rock bands that are influenced by Grunge music....
 band Sponge
Sponge (band)

Sponge is a Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, post-grunge band formed in 1991 in music by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, and Joey Mazzola ? all formerly of hard-rock band Loudhouse....
  and a good turnout at the Edge 103.9's Third Thursday show in Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. As of 2007 the population of the city was 240,410....
 in late 2008, it was announced that the band would kick off an official tour for the Spring of 2009, playing in venues along the California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 coastline, including the notorious Key Club, as well as various cities in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
.

Band members

Current:
  • John "Woz" Wozniak
    John Wozniak

    BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
    , lead vocals, guitar, songwriter, producer
  • Dylan Keefe
    Dylan Keefe

    Dylan Keefe is the bassist and one the founding members of the multiplatinum selling alternative rock band Marcy Playground....
    , bass, backing vocals
  • Shlomi Lavie
    Shlomi Lavie

    Shlomi Lavie is an United States drummer, most widely known as the drummer of Marcy Playground. He has also been a part of lesser-known acts such as Nanuchka, Electro Morocco, and the Magical Mystery Tour band, a Beatles tribute/lookalike band....
    , drums, backing vocals
Past:
  • Dan Rieser, drums, backing vocals
  • Gonzalo "Gonz" Martinez De La Cotera, drums, backing vocals


Discography


John Wozniak
John Wozniak

BiographyJohn Tiberius Wozniak is an United States musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground....
 Solo

  • 1990 - Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground


Albums

  • 1997 - Marcy Playground
    Marcy Playground (album)

    Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was re-released later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Moder...
     (platinum certified)
  • 1999 - Shapeshifter
    Shapeshifter (album)

    Shapeshifter is the second major release of the indie rock band Marcy Playground. It was released on November 2, 1999.The artwork for this release was originally to be used on the unreleased Butthole Surfers album After the Astronaut....
  • 2004 - MP3
    MP3 (album)

    MP3 is the third major release by the band Marcy Playground. It was released on March 23, 2004....
  • 2009 - Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage
    Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage

    Originally slated to be the second solo album from Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak, it was later decided that it would instead be the fourth LP from the band....
  • 2009 - As-of-yet unnamed rarities compilation


Singles

  • 1997 - Sex and Candy
    Sex and Candy

    "Sex and Candy" is the first single released by Marcy Playground from their self titled debut album Marcy Playground . It was released in 1997....
  • 1998 - Saint Joe on the School Bus
    Saint Joe on the School Bus

    "Saint Joe on the School Bus" is the name of the second single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. Although far from being as successful as the band's earlier smash hit "Sex and Candy," "St....
  • 1998 - Sherry Fraser
    Sherry Fraser

    "Sherry Fraser" is the name of the third single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. Although nowhere near as successful as the band's earlier smash hit "Sex and Candy," nor the minor hit "St....
  • 1999 - Comin' Up From Behind
    Comin' Up From Behind

    "Comin' Up From Behind" is the fourth single by Marcy Playground. The song appeared on the 1999 Cruel Intentions movie soundtrack and spawned a music video starring the film's lead actors....
  • 1999 - It's Saturday
    It's Saturday

    "It's Saturday" is the name of the fifth single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground. It was originally titled "Teenage Hypochondriac" but was changed before the release date of the album....
  • 1999 - Bye Bye
    Bye Bye (Marcy Playground song)

    "Bye Bye" is the name of the fifth single by alternative rock/post-grunge music ensemble Marcy Playground....
  • 2004 - Deadly Handsome Man
    Deadly Handsome Man

    "Deadly Handsome Man" is Marcy Playground's seventh single & the first single from their third LP MP3. The song was originally called "the Devil's Song" and first appeared on the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back movie soundtrack....
  • 2004 - Punk Rock Superstar
    Punk Rock Superstar

    "Punk Rock Superstar" is the second single from Marcy Playground's third LP MP3. The song was also featured on the XBox 360 upon it's release....
  • 2004 - No One's Boy
  • 2004 - Blood in Alphabet Soup
  • 2009 - Good Times
    Good Times (Marcy Playground song)

    "Good Times" is the first single from Marcy Playground's fourth LP Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage. The song was originally slated to be a single for lead singer John Wozniak's solo effort, but is now being released under the band's name....
  • 2009 - Starbaby


EP's


  • 1999 - It's Saturday College Sampler EP


Soundtracks Featuring Marcy Playground

  • Hurricane Streets
    Hurricane Streets

    Hurricane Streets is a 1997 in film United States drama film about teens coming-of-age which was the debut feature film from writer-director Morgan J....
  • Cruel Intentions
    Cruel Intentions

    Cruel Intentions is a 1999 in film United States feature film starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair....
  • Simply Irresistible
    Simply Irresistible

    Simply Irresistible is a 20th Century Fox romantic comedy feature film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Amanda Shelton. It was directed by Mark Tarlov and was written by Judith Roberts....
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 in film film written by, directed by, and starring Kevin Smith , the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks....
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
    Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 in film comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is Smith's second film not to be set within the View Askewniverse and the first not set or shot in New Jersey....


Cover songs

  • Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix

    James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
     -     Hear My Train A Comin' (Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground)
  • Two Ton Boa - Comin' Up From Behind
    Comin' Up From Behind

    "Comin' Up From Behind" is the fourth single by Marcy Playground. The song appeared on the 1999 Cruel Intentions movie soundtrack and spawned a music video starring the film's lead actors....
     (Cruel Intentions soundtrack
    Cruel Intentions (soundtrack)

    Cruel Intentions is the compilation soundtrack to the Cruel Intentions. The film's soundtrack peaked at #60 on The Billboard 200. It features popular songs including "Every You Every Me" by Placebo , "Colorblind" by Counting Crows, "Coffee & TV" by Blur , "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve , "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim, "Secretly" by S...
    )
  • Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead

    The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of Rock music, Folk music, bluegrass music, blues, reggae, country music, jazz, Psychedelic rock, space rock and gospel music?and for live performances of long musical improvisati...
     -     And We Bid You Goodnight (live)
  • Neil Young
    Neil Young

    Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
     -     Needle and the Damage Done (live)
  • Leonard Cohen
    Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Norman Cohen, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963....
     | Jeff Buckley
    Jeff Buckley

    Jeffrey Scott Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician....
     -     Hallelujah (live)


Touring partners

  • Sponge
    Sponge (band)

    Sponge is a Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, post-grunge band formed in 1991 in music by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, and Joey Mazzola ? all formerly of hard-rock band Loudhouse....
     (2008) - Rock the Bahamas Cruise


  • Blinker the Star
    Blinker the Star

    Blinker the Star is a Canada indie rock band, originally from Pembroke, Ontario. After their first release, they moved to Montreal, Quebec. Band leader Jordon Zadorozny is known for having cowritten songs with Courtney Love....
     (1999)


  • Babe the Blue Ox
    Babe the Blue Ox (band)

    Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based alternative band. Formed in 1991, the trio is comprised of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox ....
     (1998)
  • Pure
    Pure (band)

    Pure was a Canada rock band, originating in Vancouver in 1991. Previously, the band was known as After All and Grin Factory. Signed to the Reprise Records label, the band reached a greater audience once their song "Greedy" was featured on the soundtrack album Songs from the Cool World....
     (1998)


  • Pete Droge
    Pete Droge

    Pete Droge is an American alternative/folk rock musician.His debut album Necktie Second, released by American records in 1994, featured the tongue-in-cheek , , as well as the songs "Sunspot Stopwatch" and "So I am Over You."...
     (1998)
  • Sonichrome (1998)


  • Everclear
    Everclear (band)

    Everclear is a Rock music band formed in Portland, Oregon, Oregon, United States, in 1992. For most of its existence, Everclear consisted of Art Alexakis , Craig Montoya , and Greg Eklund ....
     (1998)
  • Fastball
    Fastball (band)

    Fastball is an United States rock band that formed in Austin, Texas in the 1990s. The band originally called themselves "Magneto U.S.A." but changed their name after signing with Hollywood Records....
     (1998)


  • Lincoln (1998)


  • Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Toad the Wet Sprocket

    Toad the Wet Sprocket is an United States alternative rock band formed in 1986. The band consists of singer/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bass guitar Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss....
     (1997)


  • Jolene
    Jolene (band)

    Jolene is an alternative rock band based in North Carolina. Often described as alt-country, the band despises the term, and refuses to be labeled as such....
     (1997)


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