Ben Kweller

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Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller (* 16th June 1981 in San Francisco , California as Benjamin Lev Kweller ) is an American musician from the fields of anti-folk and indie pop . He celebrated his greatest successes to date as a music nomad in the style of Paul Weller .

Life

Ben Kweller grew up in Texas and learned to write songs and play instruments at an early age. At the age of seven, his father tried to teach him to play the drums; At the age of eight, Ben played both drums and guitar. As a teenager, Kweller played in the bands Green Eggs & Ham and Foxglove . The young Ben Kweller was only able to celebrate his first successes with his third band, Radish . This band quickly became a local fixture in the Dallas area. The record company Mercury Records eventually signed Radish until the band split in 1999. The expected success had not materialized, only a Top 40 hit in the UK charts was granted to Radish.

From then on, Kweller appeared as a solo artist, later together with greats like Adam Green or The Strokes , but also with friends like Evan Dando or Ben Folds . As a solo musician, Ben Kweller has released six albums so far, four of them under the label ATO (which was founded by Dave Matthews and Michael McDonald), one under the Sony label Red Ink . The current album Go Fly a Kite was released in 2012 under the company's own label The Noise Company .

Discography

Albums

  • Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller (2000 / ATO Records)
  • Sha Sha (2002 / ATO Records)
  • On My Way (2004 / ATO Records)
  • Ben Kweller (2006 / ATO Records)
  • Changing Horses (2009 / ATO Records)
  • Go Fly A Kite (2012 / The Noise Company)

EPs

  • Phone Home (2001 / ATO Records)
  • Sundress EP (2006 / Red Ink.)
  • How Ya Lookin 'Southbound? Come in. (2008)

Singles

  • Wasted & Ready (2002)
  • Commerce, TX (2003)
  • Falling (2003)
  • The Rules (2004)
  • Tylenol (2004)
  • Sundress (2006)
  • Penny on the Train Track (2006)
  • Fight (2009)
  • Wantin 'her Again (2009)

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personal data
SURNAME Kweller, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American indie pop musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California, USA