Stephen Malkmus

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Stephen Joseph Malkmus (born May 30, 1966 in Santa Monica, California ) is an American musician , guitarist and songwriter , who became known as the front man of the indie rock band Pavement and currently leads Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks .

biography

Stephen Malkmus live in New York , 2005

Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica to an insurance broker and grew up in Stockton, Northern California, from the age of 8 . He attended Tokay High School in nearby Lodi . As a teenager he taught himself to play guitar based on music recordings by Jimi Hendrix and played in several local punk bands; Among his childhood friends was the later Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg . Malkmus studied history at the University of Virginia . During his studies he worked as a DJ at the college radio station WTJU and got to know his fellow musician David Berman and the later Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. Working as a security guard at the Whitney Museum of American Art , he met the later Pavement drummer Bob Nastanovich know. After graduating, he founded Pavement with Scott Kannberg in 1989 and the group The Silver Jews with David Berman . In 1996 he starred alongside Janeane Garofalo in the film Sweethearts . In 1997 Malkmus released the live cover album Marquee Mark with members of the band Silkworm under the name The Crust Brothers , on which five Bob Dylan songs can be heard.

After separating from Pavement, Malkmus played with Kim Gordon , Ikue Mori , Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke for a short time under the name Kim's Bedroom from 1999 , but the group did not release any records.

In 2000 Malkmus recorded his first solo album. He was supported by the Decemberists drummer John Moen and bassist Joanna Bolme, who then also played in the band Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks . Two more albums followed, each of which received mostly positive reviews in media such as Pitchfork Media . Both albums made it into the Billboard charts , with Pig Lib reaching number 97 of the Top 100. On March 7, 2008 Malkmus' album Real Emotional Trash was released , on which the drummer Janet Weiss ( Sleater-Kinney ) can be heard instead of John Moen .

Malkmus married in 2006, has two daughters and lives in Portland, Oregon . Since August 2011 Malkmus has lived temporarily with his family in Berlin. During this time he performed the album Ege Bamyasi by the band Can together with Sebastian Blume (synthesizer), Felix Hedderich (bass), Jan Philipp Janzen (drums) and Phillip Tielsch (guitar) from the band Von Spar .

In 2016, he contributed the theme song and music to Will Arnett's Netflix series Flaked .

In March 2019, after many years of working with Groove Denied , Malkmus released his first solo album without an accompanying musician. On the album he approached electronic music . Traditional Techniques followed in the following year , which in turn is more strongly influenced by folk and was created with the support of guitarists Chris Funk ( The Decemberists ) and Matt Sweeney ( Zwan ).

Equipment

During his time at Pavement, Malkmus mainly used a Fender Stratocaster . He also played a Fender Jazzmaster , a Gibson Les Paul , a Gibson SG and a similar Guild S-100. He also played a Danelectro Silvertone.

His main amplifiers are a 1970s Marshall 4x12 Cabinet and an Orange Amplifiers Retro 50 50-Watt Vintage Tube Guitar Amp Head. He also uses various Fender and Marshall amplifiers as well as numerous effects pedals live.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2019: Groove Denied
  • 2020: Traditional Techniques

Pavement

The Silver Jews

  • 1994: Starlite Walker
  • 1998: American Water (2 songs by David Berman and Stephen Malkmus: Federal Dust and Blue Arrangements )
  • 2005: Tanglewood Numbers (Song The Farmer's Hotel , collaboration by David Berman, Stephen Malkmus, Gate Pratt and Jeff Grosfeld)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

  • 2001: Stephen Malkmus
  • 2003: Pig Lib
  • 2005: Face the Truth
  • 2008: Real Emotional Trash
  • 2011: Mirror Traffic
  • 2014: Wig Out at Jagbags
  • 2018: Sparkle Hard

The Crust Brothers

  • 1998: Marquee Mark

Stephen Malkmus and Friends

  • 2013: Can's Ege Bamyasi (live cover of the album of the same name by the band Can at the Cologne Weekend Festival in November / December 2012 together with Sebastian Blume (synthesizer), Felix Hedderich (bass), Jan Philipp Janzen (drums) and Phillip Tielsch ( Guitar) from the band Von Spar )

Soundtracks

  • 1996: SubUrbia - Sixpacks, Sex + Supermarkets (Director: Richard Linklater ) - Contribution by Stephen Malkmus & Elastica : Unheard Music (Cover of the song of the same name by Band X )
  • 1997: Sweethearts (Director: Aleks Horvath) - Contributed by Stephen Malkmus: Agony of the Stars
  • 2007: I'm Not There (directed by Todd Haynes) - Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad Of A Thin Man , Maggies Farm ; Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo - Can't Leave Her Behind
  • 2016: Flaked (Netflix series) - Theme melody and music by Malkmus

Contributions

  • 2001: All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 - A compilation of Artists from the Sonic Youth Edition of the ATP festival (compilation, contribution Good Kids Egg )
  • 2002: Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records (Flying-Nun-Tribute-Album, contribution Death & the Maiden ) (Cover of the song of the same name by the band Verlaines )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ magnetmagazine.com
  2. ↑ Dear Superstar: Stephen Malkmus ( Memento July 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Thomas Weiland: Stephen Malkmus is a guest in Berlin. Tip Berlin , August 25, 2011, accessed on August 30, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Thomas Vorreyer: WEEK-END FEST 2012 IN COLOGNE ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spex.de 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. . In: Spex, November 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Conor Dillon: US rock star Stephen Malkmus talks Krautrock . In: DW, December 4, 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Malkmus, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malkmus, Stephen Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica, California