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Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, 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, Massachusetts. 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 ... [...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. When ... [...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." 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. #"What You Wish for" – 3:51 #"Barrel of a Gun" – 3:11 #"Either Way" – 4:43 #" Fa Fa" – 4:43 #"I Spy" – 2:57 #"Center of Attention" – 4:07 #"All the Way up to Heaven" – 5:00 #"Happier" – 3:52 #"So Long" – 2:38 #"Two Points for Honesty" – 3:32 #"Rainy Day" – 5:23 Personnel Guster *Adam Gardner - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet *Ryan Miller - vocals, guitar, pi ... [...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. 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 #"Fall in Two" #"Mona Lisa" #"Love for Me" #"Window" #"Eden" #"Scars & Stitches" #"The Prize" #"Dissolve" #"Cocoon" #"Happy Frappy" #"Parachute" Personnel * Jay Bellerose - drums * Mike Denneen - chamberlin * Scott Davis * Clayton Scoble - electric guitar, 12-string guitar * Michael Rivard - upright bass * Adam Gardner - vocals, guitar * Brian Rosenworcel - bongos, percussion * Ryan Miller - v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Reynolds
Luke Reynolds (born April 20, 1979) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, artist, writer and producer. 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, Rayland Baxter, and The War on Drugs. 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). Early career In 1999, Reynolds moved to Nashville to pursue music and attend Belmont University. In 2002, he co-founded the band Blue Merle who signed with Island Records and released one album - ''Burning in the Sun'' - produced by Stephen Harris. Following Blue Merle, Reynolds left Nashville and sign ... [...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 serving as a member and List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission, chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She orig ... [...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] |
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 #"Great Escape" #"Demons" #"Perfect" #" Airport Song" #"Medicine" #"X-Ray Eyes" #"Grin" #"Getting Even" #"Bury Me" #"Rocketship" #"Melanie" (unlisted bonus track) Personnel Guster * Ryan Miller - guitar, lead vocals * ... [...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 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 while the thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fa Fa
"Fa Fa" is Guster's second single released off the '' Lost and Gone Forever'' album. It is also on the live CD and DVD '' Guster on Ice''. * Karl Denson from The Greyboy Allstars plays the saxophone and flute on the song, which received modest radio airplay, peaking at #26 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ... chart. References Guster songs Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite 2000 singles 1998 songs {{2000s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon Kornelius
Yukon Kornelius is a rock music supergroup. It consists of bassist Stefan Lessard from the Dave Matthews Band (the anchor member), singer/guitarist Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies, singer/guitarist Adam Gardner from Guster, and drummer Eric Fawcett from Spymob (billed for the first show as a special guest, but billed in 2009 as part of the band). The band's name comes from Yukon Cornelius, a character in ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and the band Korn. The band's shows have so far been known for including special guests. The band was originally put together for charitable purposes when the members were together for a planned ski/snowboard trip while filming Warren Miller's ''Children of Winter'', a snow sports film. Debut performance On January 9, 2008, Yukon Kornelius played its first show at Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont. The show benefitted the Vermont and New Hampshire food banks, as well as Gardner's environmental group Reverb. The band played several songs, inclu ... [...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 band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs. 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.Greenhaus, Mike https://relix.com/articles/detail/guster_the_pains_of_being_pop_at_heart/ Relix 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 Reverberation (also known as reverb), in acoustics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careful (Guster Song)
"Careful" is Guster Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and ...'s second single released from the '' Keep it Together'' album. It is also on the live CD and DVD '' Guster on Ice''. Brian Rosenworcel provides backing vocals during the "na na na nas" on "Careful". This is only the second time he has been credited with vocals. References Guster songs 2003 singles 2003 songs Song recordings produced by Ron Aniello Reprise Records singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |