Adam Deibert (born August 12, 1976) is an American
musician and
voice actor
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, known for his work as a member of
The Aquabats
The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer the MC Bat Commander and bassist Crash McLarson have remained the band's two constant fixtur ...
from 1994 to 2004, where he played guitar, trumpet and keyboards under the
stage name of Prince Adam, and as the
bass guitar
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ist for the
indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...
band
Bikeride, among other projects. He also played trumpet in the Orange County Ska band The Goodwin Club in the early nineties.
Deibert worked as a composer for the
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
children's series ''
Yo Gabba Gabba!
''Yo Gabba Gabba!'' is a children's musical television series created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz. The series is about five costumed toys come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson). It is co-produced by Magic Stor ...
'', as well as providing the voice for the character of Muno the Cyclops.
An educated musician, Deibert studied at the
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...
as a music composition major.
Solo projects
Digital Unicorn
Electronic duo Digital Unicorn came into existence after an opening band at an Aquabats show was unable to attend. Deibert grabbed whatever was readily available for a costume, a mixtape and a keyboard and went onstage. The project soon evolved into a part-time two-member band, with Deibert (as "Mann: Realiser of Music") performing on keyboards, synthesizers and drum machines while a friend in a horse costume (stage name "Hoerse: Creator of the Dance") provided dancing accompaniment. The band released only one album, 2001's ''Theirs Travel Began and Loaded the Dream'' on
Horchata Records
The discography of The Aquabats, an Orange County, California-based rock band, consists of six studio albums, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, two EPs, one live album, one video album and three music videos, among other recordings. ...
, before entering a quasi-hiatus, reducing their concerts to at least once a year. Digital Unicorn last performed on July 31, 2010 in
Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Pol ...
.
Call Sound Call Noise
Call Sound Call Noise was one of Deibert's solo projects. He released a self-titled debut album on 13 March 2007.
References
External links
Adam Deibert's official websiteCall Sound Call Noise official websiteDigital Unicorn official websiteThe Aquabats official websiteInterview with Adam Deibert
Living people
The Aquabats members
American rock bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
American television composers
American trumpeters
American male trumpeters
American male voice actors
Musicians from Orange County, California
Guitarists from California
21st-century American keyboardists
1976 births
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