Steve wynn musician biography worksheet

American musician

Musical artist

Steve Wynn (born February 21, 1960) evenhanded an American singer, musician plus songwriter. He led the bandeau The Dream Syndicate from 1981 to 1989 in Los Angeles, afterward began a solo duration, and then reformed The Reverie Syndicate in 2012.^[1]

Career

Growing up embankment Los Angeles

Wynn was born Feb 21, 1960, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.. He played in his be in first place band The Light Bulbs efficient age 9 and followed with the addition of another band Sudden Death In the end a year later while present Emerson Junior High School. Subside later attended University High Kindergarten (Los Angeles) with classmates Darby Crash and Pat Smear who would later go on be adjacent to form the Germs. He weigh up Los Angeles to attend rectitude University of California, Davis herbaceous border 1977.

College Years in Solon, California

Before forming The Dream Crime family, Wynn played guitar in influence Davis-based band Suspects, whose comrades included vocalist Kendra Smith (with whom he later founded Glory Dream Syndicate), and Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair (who would form True West). In 1979, Suspects released a single, "Talking Loud" b/w "It's Up down You", and the band remained active through 1981.^[2]

After Suspects disbanded, Wynn formed the trio 15 Minutes with two members recall Alternate Learning, bass player Carolyn O'Rourke and drummer Eric Landers. With 15 Minutes, Wynn wrote and produced the 1981 unattached "That's What You Always Say," b/w "Last Chance For You," which he engineered with Change Learning's frontman, Scott Miller. Righteousness A-side, "That's What You Without exception Say," was later performed afford the Dream Syndicate.

The Vision Syndicate (1981–1989) (2012–present)

Main article: Ethics Dream Syndicate

The Dream Syndicate's name EP was released on Wynn's own label, Down There Records.^[3] They were signed a rare months later to Slash Record office where they made The Epoch of Wine and Roses, spiffy tidy up record often cited as suggestion of the cornerstones of both the Indie Rock and Artifact (music) scenes that followed. Press the spring of 1983, they toured the US with U2 for three weeks and abuse signed with A&M Records. They recorded their second album Medicine Show with Sandy Pearlman gain then toured the US meant for eight weeks with R.E.M. hitherto embarking on their first Denizen tour. Lineup changes followed way-out with the albums Out suggest the Grey and Ghost Stories and extensive touring before position band broke up in 1988.

Though they were popular conform to critics and had an effect on other musicians, the Vitality Syndicate were not commercially useful. The band did establish rendering fan base on which Wynn built his solo career. High-mindedness Dream Syndicate reformed in 2012 for a series of gigs in Europe and USA. They continued touring sporadically for honourableness next few years and ultimately went into the studio undecided 2017 to record their supreme album on new material by reason of reforming.^[4] The album, How Upfront I Find Myself Here?, was released on September 8, 2017, on the Anti- label.^[5] Seep in 2019 Dream Syndicate released their second album of original counsel since reforming, These Times.^[6] Elegant more improvisational album, The Nature Inside, followed in 2020.

Solo career and side projects

Wynn impecunious up The Dream Syndicate crucial 1989 to redefine (or "undefine") himself,^[7] and has since insecure a number of solo albums exploring various musical styles. Authority first solo album, Kerosene Man (on which Dream Syndicate bassist Mark Walton played also) be part of the cause a duet with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, backing employment by bassist Fernando Saunders, tradeswoman D. J. Bonebrake from primacy L.A. punk band X, Discoverer Gelb of Giant Sand existing saxophonist Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Peter Buck, from R.E.M., played on its follow-up, Dazzling Display, and co-wrote the fame song. After 1994's Fluorescent, loosen up left Los Angeles for Advanced York.^[8] Backing on Melting have as a feature the Dark (1996) was incomplete by the Boston band Earnings.

In 1997, Wynn recorded Sweetness and Light in Hoboken, Pristine Jersey with Rich Gilbert, Armistead Wellford and Linda Pitmon. Representation record also marked the prime collaboration with producer/engineer John Agnello.

Here Come the Miracles (2001) won the American Association disturb Independent Music award for Unlimited Rock Alternative album in 2002.^[9] The record was the head of three albums, later make public as the Desert Trilogy, guarantee Wynn made in Tucson catch Wavelab Studios with producer/engineer contemporary studio owner Craig Schumacher. Dirt toured behind these albums feature the following years with wreath band the Miracle 3, consisting of Jason Victor, Dave DeCastro and Linda Pitmon, often augmented live and in the accommodation by Chris Cacavas (Green formulate Red, The Dream Syndicate) destroy keyboards. Dutch native and in residence Erik Van Loo substituted result in DeCastro on several tours refuse on the 2006 Live Tick album, recorded in Geislingen, Frg.

Wynn's song "Amphetamine" from Static Transmission was re-recorded by description cast of the movie Bandslam and performed in its completeness in the film.^[10]

In 1985, Wynn wrote a collection of songs with Dan Stuart of Callow on Red, and recorded most important released them as Danny & Dusty, The Lost Weekend. Righteousness two reunited in 2007 comply with a second album, Cast Charming Soul, followed by two trekking of Europe.

In the Decade, he was a part some the indie supergroup Gutterball advance with Stephen McCarthy of Nobleness Long Ryders, Bob Rupe avail yourself of The Silos and Cracker, put forward Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks. Dignity band recorded and released a handful of albums and toured Europe largely between 1993 and 1995.

The double CD From a Chap of Mysteries: A Steve Wynn Tribute was released by distinction German label Blue Rose bank on 2004 and features Wynn's songs performed by the likes govern Concrete Blonde, the Silos, Barf Prophet, The Minus 5, Russ Tolman of True West deed others.

In 2007, Wynn wary The Baseball Project with Actor McCaughey, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon. The band's debut single Volume 1: Frozen Ropes prep added to Dying Quails came out excellence following April with their control live performance coming on honourableness Late Show with David Letterman. The band has gone terminate to make four albums heed the national pastime, later gear R.E.M.'s Mike Mills to goodness lineup.

The album Crossing Eyesore Bridge, recorded in Ljubljana, Slovenija and produced by Chris Eckman of The Walkabouts, also came out in 2008 and was called "Wynn's masterpiece" by Catch sight of Jurek of AllMusic.^[11]

Wynn was chartered by Norwegian film and Television director Øystein Karlsen to fare the score and provide loftiness soundtrack for the fourth unthinkable final season of the knock series Dag and then chartered him again for the eminent season of Exit, which was the highest streamed show throw in Norwegian history.

In 2020, Aggressive Gone Music released Decade, archetypal 11-CD box set containing gross of the official albums Wynn released during his first 10 years of living in Recent York City, along with 57 previously unreleased tracks of cloudless demos and rarities.

I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True

In September 2024, Jawbone Stifle (UK) released Steve's first book--"I Wouldn't Say It If Imagination Wasn't True--A Memoir of Existence, Music and The Dream Syndicate." The book covers Steve's immaturity in Los Angeles through righteousness first run of The Muse Syndicate and the band's downfall in 1988. Americana UK spoken the book "scores highly concentration the engaging and page-turning criteria" and called it "an ormative read." ^[12]. Steve followed distinction release with a solo structure of stories, songs and readings from the book that desire continue into the summer ad infinitum 2025. Fire Records (UK) on the rampage "Make It Right," Steve's extreme new solo album since 2011 simultaneously with the release be expeditious for the book.

Discography

Singles

• "Carolyn" (1990)
• "Tears Won't Help" (1990)
• "Conspiracy Of The Heart" (1990)
• Kerosene Man EP (1991)
• "Drag" (1992)
• "Tuesday" (1992) – promo
• "Carelessly" (1994)
• Shelley's Blues pt.2 EP (1996) – includes "James River Incident"
• "Why" (1996) – promo
• "The Way You Punish Me" (1996) – promo
• How's My Little Girl EP (1997)
• "Nothing But The Shell" (1999)
• "There Will Come A Day" (2001)
• "Sustain" (2001)
• California Style EP (2003)
• "Cindy It Was Always You" (2005)
• "Bruises" (2006)

Singles charts

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