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Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band formed in Somerville, Massachusetts. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University and formed the band in 1991. The members met during the freshman Wilderness Orientation program in August of that year, playing publicly together as a trio two months later at the Midnight Cafe coffee house set in the common area of the Lewis Hall dormitory. While attending Tufts, the band lived at 139 College Avenue in Somerville. The band stayed " underground" for its first two full-length albums, ''Parachute'' (1994) and '' Goldfly'' (1997), but broke into the musical mainstream in 1999 with its third studio album '' Lost and Gone Forever'', featuring the single " Fa Fa", which made it onto the Adult Top 40. The band enjoyed moderate success on the charts with '' Keep It Together'', its fourth album, with two singles in the Adult Top 40 (" Careful" and "Amsterdam"). Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep It Together (album)
''Keep It Together'' is the fourth studio album by the band Guster, released in June 2003. The album was recorded from 2001 to 2003 in Bearsville, New York, New York City, Burbank, California, and Shokan, New York. This is the first album by Guster with Brian Rosenworcel on kit drums instead of hand percussion. ''Keep It Together'' went through several working titles, including ''Bitch Magic'', ''Olympia Dukakis'' and ''Come Downstairs & Say Hello''. According to the album's liner notes, Joe Pisapia contributed guest vocals on "Jesus on the Radio" and Ben Kweller did the same on "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today". Pisapia officially joined the band in 2003. The track "Red Oyster Cult" refers to the name of the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. A UK re-release included two bonus tracks, "Say That to My Face" and "Starless Heaven". The record sold 267,000 copies by late 2005, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Track listing All music composed by Guster, except where noted. Gust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost And Gone Forever
''Lost and Gone Forever'' is the third studio album by the band Guster, released in September 1999. It was recorded earlier that year in Sausalito, California, and Bearsville, New York. In 1999, Ryan Miller claimed that Guster took the album's title "from the popular folk song 'Oh My Darling, Clementine and "chose it because we felt it reflected the lyrical content of the record." According to Guster's own website, other titles considered for the album included (jokingly) "The Ides of Guster", "When Guster Attacks", "Senior Week" and "Book on Tape". All of the drums on this album were played by hand (no sticks). In February 2012, '' Paste'' magazine named ''Lost and Gone Forever'' the 79th greatest album of the 1990s. Track listing All songs written by Ryan Miller. Personnel ;Guster *Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet *Ryan Miller – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, harmonica *Brian Rosenworcel – drums, percussion, trombone, typewriter ;Guest musicians * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Reynolds
Lucas Fitzpatrick Reynolds (born April 20, 1979) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, artist, writer and producer. He also plays the But Why theme song which comes from his song “no way to know what’s coming.” Career Studio work As a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, he has worked with Sharon Van Etten, The Staves, Adrian Utley, Regina Spektor, Rick Rubin, Neko Case, Sarah Jarosz, Miranda Lambert, Guster, Phosphorescent (band), Phosphorescent, Rayland Baxter, and The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs. He is a frequent collaborator with producer John Congleton, and signed to Congleton’s publishing company, Animal Rites Music / Domino Publishing. Solo work Reynolds has released seven solo albums—''Vanishing Places Vol. 2 Glaciers In Iceland'' (2020), ''The Neighborhood'' (2019), ''Vanishing Places Vol. 1 Bears Ears'' (2019), ''After The Flood'' (2014), ''Maps'' (2010), ''Pictures And Sound'' (2008), and ''The Space Between the Lines'' (2006). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Rosenworcel
Brian Rosenworcel is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Guster. Early life and education Rosenworcel is a native of West Hartford, Connecticut. He co-founded Guster while studying at Tufts University in the early-1990s. Rosenworcel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts in 1995. Career For many years, Rosenworcel exclusively played hand drums in the band, before expanding his setup to include a more traditional drum kit. Rosenworcel has co-written several of the group's songs and, beginning with 2003's ''Keep it Together'', contributed to their lyrics. Rosenworcel has maintained the band's active studio and tour journals since 1999. Personal life Rosenworcel resides in Brooklyn, New York. His sister is FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Jessica Rosenworcel (born July 12, 1971) is an American attorney who served as a member and chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She originally served on the FCC from May 11, 2012, to January 3, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganging Up On The Sun
''Ganging Up on the Sun'' is the fifth studio album by the rock band Guster Guster is an American alternative rock band formed in Somerville, Massachusetts. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University and formed the band in 1991. The mem .... It was released on June 20, 2006. The first single, "One Man Wrecking Machine", was released in late 2005 and its follow-up, "Satellite", in March 2006. It is Guster's second studio album with Joe Pisapia, his first as a full member. The title comes from a line in the song "Manifest Destiny": "The moon and stars are ganging up on the sun". The album is Guster's most successful release to date, entering the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart at number 25, topping '' Keep It Togethers entry at number 35 in 2003. It won Album of the Year (Major) at the Boston Music Awards in 2006. On May 5, 2021, the band announced a digital re-release of the album in an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pisapia
Joe Pisapia (born July 25, 1968) is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, who was formerly a part of the band Guster and k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang. In the past he has also released albums with his band Joe, Marc's Brother, his side project Watercolor, and the solo albums ''Daydreams'' (2002) and ''Nightvision'' (2015). Albums Pisapia released his first solo album ''Daydreams'' in 2002. He and Liz Hodder collaborated to produce ''Beautiful Mistakes'' under the band name Watercolor. With his band Joe, Marc's Brother, he has released ''Around The Year With Joe, Marc's Brother'', ''The Pennsylvania Sessions'', ''Autumnninetyeight EP'', and The Debut Of Joe, Marc's Brother''. In 2000, he worked with Anthony Rapp to release the album ''Look Around''. He was involved with Guster for the production of '' Keep It Together'' and was pronounced an official member shortly thereafter at a show in Portland, Maine, as is documented on the DVD '' Guster on Ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parachute (Guster Album)
''Parachute'' is the first album by the band Guster, released in 1994. Four thousand copies were released under the band name Gus (the band had to change its name shortly afterward when another artist signed a record contract under that name). Those copies are considered very rare by Guster fans. Originally released in April 1994, the album was produced by Mike Denneen and was re-released in November 14, 1995. The stuffed animal on the cover of the album is a childhood toy of the percussionist Brian Rosenworcel and is lovingly referred to as "The Big Friend". It has become a mascot of sorts for the band. Critical reception ''The Boston Globe'' named the album the best local debut of 1994. Track listing Personnel ;Guster * Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar * Brian Rosenworcel – bongos, percussion * Ryan Miller – vocals, guitar ;Additional musicians * Jay Bellerose – drums * Mike Denneen – chamberlin * Scott Davis * Clayton Scoble – electric guitar, 12-string guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfly (album)
''Goldfly'' is the second studio album by the rock band Guster, released in 1997. The album was recorded in December 1996 at the House of Blues Studios in Encino, California. It sold around 20,000 copies as an independent release, before being picked up by Sire Records. The Sire version was remixed by Mike Shipley. There are three versions of the album. The original, rare, independently released version has the hidden song "Melanie" before the first song. The version released on Hybrid/Sire Records has the hidden song as the eleventh track. The third version, distributed to members of Guster's rep program, is a bad CD pressing of the album which contains "Melanie" as the first track, while "Getting Even" and "Bury Me" are combined as a single track. Track listing Personnel ;Guster * Ryan Miller – guitar, lead vocals * Adam Gardner – guitar, lead vocals * Brian Rosenworcel – percussion, background vocals ;Additional musicians * Davey Faragher – bass * John Ferraro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Miller (musician)
Ryan Matthew Miller (born November 21, 1972) is an American musician. He is the co-lead singer for the alternative rock band Guster playing guitar, piano and bass. Life and career Ryan was born on November 21, 1972, in Lubbock, Texas, to Ross and Cookie Miller. He grew up as an only child and was raised in Dallas, Texas, graduating from Berkner High School in 1991,(10 September 2006)Band seeks Texas fans for its evolving style '' The Galveston County Daily News'', Retrieved November 27, 2010 ("After Miller graduated from Berkner in 1991 he decided to attend college at Tufts University near Boston....") where he had his own band, the Silents. He majored in religious studies at Tufts University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1995.Geller, Mitchell (1 November 2010)Makes it Rain '' The Tufts Daily'', Retrieved November 27, 2010 He has since pursued a full-time career in music and art. Guster was formed when Miller met bandmates Adam Gardner and Brian Rosenworcel whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam (Guster Song)
"Amsterdam" is the first single from Guster's fourth studio album, '' Keep It Together''. The song is Guster's most successful single, peaking at number one on the ''Billboard'' Adult Alternative Airplay Adult Alternative Airplay (also known as Triple A or Triple A Airplay, and formerly Adult Alternative Songs and Triple A Songs) is a record chart currently published by ''Billboard'' that ranks the most popular songs on adult album alternative radi ... chart for four weeks in August 2003. Charts References {{Guster 2003 singles 2003 songs Guster songs Reprise Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careful (Guster Song)
''Careful'' is the second single from Guster’s fourth studio album, '' Keep It Together''. The song is one of Guster’s most popular singles, and received significant play on MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on .... Charts References 2003 songs 2003 singles Guster songs Reprise Records singles {{2000s-US-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gardner
Adam Seth Gardner (born May 31, 1973) is an American guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs. Biography Gardner grew up outside Morristown, New Jersey, and played for a band called Royal Flush while a student at the Pingry School, from which he graduated in 1991. He also attended Harding Township School in New Vernon, New Jersey. Gardner, working with Dave Schneider, created a side-project in 2005 called The LeeVees. Its album, '' Hanukkah Rocks'', consists of humorous original songs about the Jewish holiday. After living in Brooklyn near the other members of Guster for a time, Gardner relocated to Maine. Gardner broadcasts a weekly radio show in Portland, Maine where he discusses everything from music to environmental issues. Environmental activism Adam and his wife Lauren started Reverb In acoustics, reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb) is a persistence of sound after it is produced. It is often cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
