Pete Yorn

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At an appearance in 2006
At an appearance in 2006
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Music for the morning after
  US 111 07/14/2001 (43 weeks)
Day I Forgot
  US 18th 05/03/2003 (10 weeks)
Nightcrawler
  US 50 09/16/2006 (3 weeks)
Back & Fourth
  US 32 04/07/2009 (5 weeks)
Break Up (with Scarlett Johansson )
  DE 89 09/18/2009 (1 week)
  CH 58 09/20/2009 (6 weeks)
  US 41 October 03, 2009 (9 weeks)
PY
  US 66 10/16/2010 (1 week)
Arranging time
  US 63 04/02/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Relator (with Scarlett Johansson )
  DE 91 09/18/2009 (3 weeks)
  CH 57 October 04, 2009 (9 weeks)

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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  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE - CH - US
  2. ↑ 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]
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sweetjanemusic.de

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personal data
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