Pete Yorn
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Peter "Pete" Yorn (born July 27, 1974 in Montville , New Jersey ) is an American singer-songwriter .
Life
Yorn grew up as the son of a dentist and a teacher in New Jersey. His first instrument was his brother's drums ; at the age of 12 he started playing the guitar .
Yorn graduated from Syracuse University , then moved to Los Angeles , where he was discovered by film producer Bradley Thomas , which resulted in Yorn's songs Strange Condition and Just Another in 2000 to the soundtrack of the film Me, both & she contributed. Just Another later also became Bandits! and the television series Dawson's Creek , Felicity, and Smallville .
In 2001, Yorn's debut album Musicfort was released after Columbia Records . The album placed on the Billboard charts , where it came to number 111, and reached gold status in the United States in April 2002 . For his second work Day I Forgot , which was published in 2003, Yorn worked with Peter Buck and Josh Freese , among others ; in the American charts he made it with this album to 18th ranked Three years later, another studio album was released: On Nightcrawler include Dave Grohl and the Dixie Chicks -members Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines to hear.
In 2009, Yorn first released the album Back & Forth , which was recorded by Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis . In September of that year, Break Up was also released , which includes duets by Yorn with actress Scarlett Johansson .
Influences and relationships with other artists
Yorn is also responsible for a large number of cover versions: he recorded the Buzzcocks classic Ever Fallen In Love for the film Shrek 2 , and pieces by the Smiths , the Ramones , Elvis Presley , Bruce Springsteen and on his albums and various samplers Warren Zevon . He went on tour with REM , Dixie Chicks, David Bowie , Sunny Day Real Estate , Foo Fighters and Coldplay , among others. Phantom Planet and JJ72 acted as support bands for his own concerts . The Vines name Yorn as an influence. Yorn describes the Smiths, Velvet Underground , the Rolling Stones , the Stooges , Bob Dylan , the Beach Boys , Pavement and Guided by Voices as influences of his own .
Discography
Studio albums
- 2001: Musicforthemorningafter
- 2003: Day I Forgot
- 2006: Nightcrawler
- 2009: Back & Fourth
- 2009: Break Up (with Scarlett Johansson )
- 2010: Pete Yorn
- 2016: ArrangingTime
- 2019: Caretakers
Live albums
- 2001: Live at the Roxy
- 2004: Live from New Jersey
EPs
- 2000: Sunset
- 2006: Westerns
- 2006: You & Me Acoustic: Live from ...
- 2007: Live from SoHo (iTunes exclusive)
- 2009: The Demos: Garage Sessions Vol. 1
- 2009: Paradise Cove
- 2018: Apart (with Scarlett Johansson )
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- ↑ Chart sources: DE - CH - US
- ↑ Matt Diehl (Interviewer): Much is made of the influence of Nirvana on the Vines, but you're also into Ryan Adams and Pete Yorn. - Craig Nicholls : Pete Yorn and Ryan Adams are like Nirvana - they're less heavy, but really universal, emotional, intelligent and serious [1]
- ↑ Interview with sweetjanemusic.de (Dennis Grenzel), September 2003: Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Official website
- Pete Yorn in the All Music Guide (English)
- Pete Yorn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yorn, Pete |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yorn, Peter (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montville , New Jersey , USA |