Tal Bachman

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Talmage "Tal" Bachman (born August 13, 1968 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian musician . He is the son of Canadian rock musician Randy Bachman .

Life

Tal Bachman's breakthrough came after he signed a deal with Columbia Records. He got the contract at the request of EMI Music Publishing , who were listening to a Tal Bachman demo tape. Together with Bob Rock , a producer with Aerosmith and Metallica , he produced the single She's So High , which reached number 14 in the American charts. His first album "Tal Bachman" was released in 1999.

He released his second album "Staring Down The Sun" in 2004. The single for the album "Airplane" made it to number 20 in the Canadian charts. The song "Airplane" was also featured in the soundtrack for the teen film American Pie: The next generation .

Bachman grew up as a Mormon and was also a missionary in Argentina for two years . In 2003, however, he had doubts about the church founder and left the Mormons. Since then he has been helping other people to start over after leaving the tightly organized religious community.

Bachman is also a qualified political scientist, and as such he also makes political contributions to Canadian television and the newspaper The National Post .

In 2007, Bachman was interviewed for the documentary The Mormons .

Works

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Tal Bachman
  US 124 09/04/1999 (10 weeks)
Singles
She's so high
  US 14th 06/19/1999 (28 weeks)
  UK 30th 10/30/1999 (2 weeks)
  DE 71 08/09/1999 (9 weeks)

Albums / Singles / EPs

  • She's So High (single, 1999)
  • Tal Bachman (album, 1999)
  • If You Sleep (EP, 2000)
  • Airplane (single, 2004)
  • Staring Down The Sun (album, 2004)

Soundtrack participation

  • Here On Earth: Music From The Motion Picture (2000)
  • Fitmix: Walking (2003)
  • Soundtrack American Pie presents: Band Camp (2004)
  • Rock Of The '90s (2004)
  • Forever '90s (2005)

Awards

Third Annual Canadian Music Awards (2000):

  • Best Newcomer: Contemporary Hit Radio
  • Best newcomer: pop / rock singer
  • Best newcomer solo singer

29th Annual Juno Awards (2000):

  • Best Newcomer: Best Producer (She's So High, single); with Bob Rock

Nominations

  • Best Pop Music Album (2000)
  • Best Songwriter (2000)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
personal data
SURNAME Bachman, Valley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bachman, Talmage
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada