The Thorns
| The Thorns | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 2002 |
| Founding members | |
Singing , various instruments |
Shawn Mullins |
Singing, various instruments |
Matthew Sweet |
Singing, various instruments |
Pete drug |
| Session members | |
| Jim Keltner | |
| Roy Bittan | |
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Chart positions Explanation of the data |
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The Thorns is an American rock group that was founded in 2002 as a joint project by three singer-songwriters Shawn Mullins , Matthew Sweet and Pete Droge .
Band history
Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge and Shawn Mullins, three multi-instrumentalists, music producers and songwriters, initially only knew each other briefly, but always worked with the same people. In the spring of 2002, the idea for a joint project emerged, which initially only took place on a small scale, but then the interest of the label Aware Records , who signed the still nameless project. The first demo recordings are made , which are later edited by producer Brendan O'Brien , keyboardist Roy Bittan and drummer Jim Keltner . The name comes about by chance when Rolling Stone confused the song Thorns with the band name in an interview .
The self-titled debut album was released on July 7, 2003 and reached number 62 on the Billboard charts . The Thorns toured Germany in the summer of the same year as the opening act for Dixie Chicks . In the US, the group toured as an acoustic project and in support of the Jayhawks and later with John Mayer . The project has played a few concerts since then.
Music genre
Their only album to date, The Thorns, is at home in rock / folk rock and stylistically located between the Eagles , America and Crosby, Stills & Nash . Giuliano Benassi from Laut.de criticized the somewhat too smooth production and the lack of originality.
Web links
- The Thorns at Allmusic (English)
- Fan Site (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE UK US
- ↑ Biography of The Thorns. Laut.de , accessed on December 1, 2010 .
- ↑ Biography. Fansite, accessed December 1, 2010 .
- ↑ The Thorns at Allmusic (English). Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ Review. Laut.de , accessed on December 1, 2010 .