Joshua Keith Ostrander (born April 8), also known as Mondo Cozmo, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from

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, Pennsylvania. He is now based in Los Angeles, California. His solo music has been described as "chorus-heavy folk-rock."

Biography and career

Laguardia (2000–2005)

Ostrander fronted the alt-rock band Laguardia from 2000 to 2005. It included Joshua Ostrander, Greg Lyons, Lee Bernstein and Michael Morpurgo and was signed to Universal Records and Republic Records released the album ''Welcome to the Middle'' in 2003 with "Holy Ghost" from the album released as a single. Ostrander's band, Laguardia, should not be confused with the famous Spanish Pop rock band La Guardia active 1983–1997 and relaunched in 2003.

Eastern Conference Champions (2005–2015)

Ostrander later became the front man of

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(ECC), which he started with his friend and collaborator Greg Lyons from Laguardia and Vern Zaborowski from

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. The band also included Melissa Dougherty. The band came about when Ostrander and Lyons signed with

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and released the EP called ''The Southampton Collection'' under the ECC moniker. Three studio albums followed: ''Ameritown'' in 2007, ''Santa Fe'' in 2009 and ''SPEAK-AHH'' in 2010, and a number of EPs as Eastern Conference Champions. ECC disbanded in August 2015.

Other collaborations

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. Ostrander works out of his downtown LA studio called Santa Fe Studios.

Mondo Cozmo (2015–present)

Ostrander began recording under the name Mondo Cozmo in 2016, and his single "Shine" hit No. 1 on

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's Adult Alternative Songs chart in January 2017. His name comes from a combination of his dog's name, Cozmo, and the 1969 John Waters comedy "Mondo Trasho." His debut album "Plastic Soul" was released on August 4, 2017. Ostrander's debut headlining tour as Mondo Cozmo began on July 12, 2017 at the

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. The tour ran nineteen shows and concluded on October 28, 2017. The touring band was composed of Drew "The Kid" Beck on electric guitar, Chris Null on acoustic guitar and bass, James Gordon on synth and keys, and

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on drums. Mondo Cozmo continues to tour and opened for Vance Joy in summer 2018.

Discography

Albums

;with Laguardia *2004: ''Welcome to the Middle'', Universal Republic – Singer/Songwriter Co-Production ;with Eastern Conference Champions *2005: ''The Southampton Collection'', Geffen Records – Singer/Songwriter-Producer *2007: ''Ameritown'', Interscope Records – Singer/Songwriter – Co-Production *2009: ''Santa Fe'', RockHampton Records – Singer/Songwriter- Production *2010: ''SPEAK-AHH'', RockHampton Records – Singer/Songwriter – Production ;as Producer *2009: "Blaggers and Liars", KAV – 2009 – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Fact, Fiction and Turquoise", Voxhaul Broadcast – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Mios", Corband – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Untitled", Two Years Before The Mast – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Lay Alone" single, The Brothers Movement – Mixer *2010: "Untitled", KAV – 2010 – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2017: "Plastic Soul", Republic Records - Producer *2020: “New Medicine”, Last Gang Records - Executive Producer *2022: "This Is For The Barbarians", Last Gang Records - Executive Producer

Singles

;as Mondo Cozmo

Notes

References

External links

Interview: Josh Ostrander about Mondo Cozmo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrander, Josh Living people Musicians from Philadelphia Republic Records artists Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania Place of birth missing (living people) 1979 births