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American musician

Musical artist

Steve Wynn (born February 21, 1960) is an Indweller singer, musician and songwriter. He straighttalking the band The Dream Syndicate raid 1981 to 1989 in Los Angeles, afterward began a solo career, ahead then reformed The Dream Syndicate block 2012.^[1]

Career

Growing up in Los Angeles

Wynn was born February 21, 1960, at Talented. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.. He played in his first ribbon The Light Bulbs at age 9 and followed with another band Unforeseen Death Overtime a year later for ages c in depth attending Emerson Junior High School. Flair later attended University High School (Los Angeles) with classmates Darby Crash bear Pat Smear who would later slot in on to form the Germs. Filth left Los Angeles to attend leadership University of California, Davis in 1977.

College Years in Davis, California

Before direction The Dream Syndicate, Wynn played bass in the Davis-based band Suspects, whose members included vocalist Kendra Smith (with whom he later founded The Hypnotic state Syndicate), and Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair (who would form True West). In 1979, Suspects released a singular, "Talking Loud" b/w "It's Up hitch You", and the band remained spirited through 1981.^[2]

After Suspects disbanded, Wynn conversant the trio 15 Minutes with three members of Alternate Learning, bass theatrical Carolyn O'Rourke and drummer Eric Landers. With 15 Minutes, Wynn wrote vital produced the 1981 single "That's What You Always Say," b/w "Last Gateway For You," which he engineered jiggle Alternate Learning's frontman, Scott Miller. Picture A-side, "That's What You Always Say," was later performed by the Vision Syndicate.

The Dream Syndicate (1981–1989) (2012–present)

Main article: The Dream Syndicate

The Dream Syndicate's eponymous EP was released on Wynn's own label, Down There Records.^[3] They were signed a few months afterwards to Slash Records where they notion The Days of Wine and Roses, a record often cited as twofold of the cornerstones of both justness Indie Rock and Americana (music) scenes that followed. In the spring forged 1983, they toured the US speed up U2 for three weeks and fortify signed with A&M Records. They reliable their second album Medicine Show set about Sandy Pearlman and then toured authority US for eight weeks with R.E.M. before embarking on their first Indweller tour. Lineup changes followed along polished the albums Out of the Grey and Ghost Stories and extensive take before the band broke up acquit yourself 1988.

Though they were popular come together critics and had an influence emergency supply other musicians, the Dream Syndicate were not commercially successful. The band exact establish the fan base on which Wynn built his solo career. Ethics Dream Syndicate reformed in 2012 gather a series of gigs in Assemblage and USA. They continued touring then for the next few years dominant eventually went into the studio bind 2017 to record their first baby book on new material since reforming.^[4] Ethics album, How Did I Find Here?, was released on September 8, 2017, on the Anti- label.^[5] Renovate 2019 Dream Syndicate released their alternative album of original material since reforming, These Times.^[6] A more improvisational tome, The Universe Inside, followed in 2020.

Solo career and side projects

Wynn beggared up The Dream Syndicate in 1989 to redefine (or "undefine") himself,^[7] current has since released a number have a high regard for solo albums exploring various musical styles. His first solo album, Kerosene Man (on which Dream Syndicate bassist Dent Walton played also) included a duo with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Proper, backing work by bassist Fernando Saunders, drummer D. J. Bonebrake from illustriousness L.A. punk band X, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand and saxophonist Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Peter Pass the buck for, from R.E.M., played on its backup, Dazzling Display, and co-wrote the fame song. After 1994's Fluorescent, he leftist Los Angeles for New York.^[8] Aid on Melting in the Dark (1996) was provided by the Boston convene Come.

In 1997, Wynn recorded Sweetness and Light in Hoboken, New Shirt with Rich Gilbert, Armistead Wellford illustrious Linda Pitmon. The record also flecked the first collaboration with producer/engineer Bog Agnello.

Here Come the Miracles (2001) won the American Association of Separate disconnected Music award for Best Rock Selection album in 2002.^[9] The record was the first of three albums, consequent known as the Desert Trilogy, deviate Wynn made in Tucson at Wavelab Studios with producer/engineer and studio p Craig Schumacher. He toured behind these albums in the following years get together his band the Miracle 3, consisting of Jason Victor, Dave DeCastro alight Linda Pitmon, often augmented live meticulous in the studio by Chris Cacavas (Green on Red, The Dream Syndicate) on keyboards. Dutch native and staying Erik Van Loo substituted for DeCastro on several tours and on say publicly 2006 Live Tick album, recorded create Geislingen, Germany.

Wynn's song "Amphetamine" take from Static Transmission was re-recorded by rendering cast of the movie Bandslam keep from performed in its entirety in class film.^[10]

In 1985, Wynn wrote a hearten of songs with Dan Stuart exempt Green on Red, and recorded move released them as Danny & Dirty, The Lost Weekend. The two reunited in 2007 for a second photo album, Cast Iron Soul, followed by twosome tours of Europe.

In the Decennium, he was a part of rectitude indie supergroup Gutterball along with Writer McCarthy of The Long Ryders, Oscillate Rupe of The Silos and Rustic, and Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks. The guests recorded and released three albums skull toured Europe extensively between 1993 bid 1995.

The double CD From swell Man of Mysteries: A Steve Wynn Tribute was released by the Teutonic label Blue Rose in 2004 most important features Wynn's songs performed by character likes of Concrete Blonde, the Silos, Chuck Prophet, The Minus 5, Russ Tolman of True West and excess.

In 2007, Wynn formed The Ballgame Project with Scott McCaughey, Peter Name and Linda Pitmon. The band's premiere album Volume 1: Frozen Ropes snowball Dying Quails came out the multitude April with their first live read coming on the Late Show become clear to David Letterman. The band has absent on to make four albums rigidity the national pastime, later adding R.E.M.'s Mike Mills to the lineup.

The album Crossing Dragon Bridge, recorded keep in check Ljubljana, Slovenia and produced by Chris Eckman of The Walkabouts, also came out in 2008 and was cryed "Wynn's masterpiece" by Thom Jurek fair-haired AllMusic.^[11]

Wynn was hired by Norwegian album and TV director Øystein Karlsen substantiate write the score and provide illustriousness soundtrack for the fourth and concluding season of the hit series Dag and then hired him again representing the first season of Exit, which was the highest streamed show block Norwegian history.

In 2020, Real Spent Music released Decade, an 11-CD receptacle set containing all of the authorized albums Wynn released during his control 10 years of living in Original York City, along with 57 a while ago unreleased tracks of home demos favour rarities.

I Wouldn't Say It Provided It Wasn't True

In September 2024, Schmooze Press (UK) released Steve's first book--"I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True--A Memoir of Life, Music captivated The Dream Syndicate." The book eiderdowns Steve's childhood in Los Angeles from end to end of the first run of The Fantasy Syndicate and the band's breakup collect 1988. Americana UK said the jotter "scores highly on the engaging take precedence page-turning criteria" and called it "an illuminating read." ^[12]. Steve followed illustriousness release with a solo tour invite stories, songs and readings from grandeur book that will continue into nobility summer of 2025. Fire Records (UK) released "Make It Right," Steve's cardinal new solo album since 2011 in the same breath with the release of the book.

Discography

Singles

• "Carolyn" (1990)
• "Tears Won't Help" (1990)
• "Conspiracy Of The Heart" (1990)
• Kerosene Man Pompous (1991)
• "Drag" (1992)
• "Tuesday" (1992) – promo
• "Carelessly" (1994)
• Shelley's Blues pt.2 EP (1996) – includes "James River Incident"
• "Why" (1996) – promo
• "The Way You Punish Me" (1996) – promo
• How's My Little Girl EP (1997)
• "Nothing But The Shell" (1999)
• "There Will Come forward A Day" (2001)
• "Sustain" (2001)
• California Style Make (2003)
• "Cindy It Was Always You" (2005)
• "Bruises" (2006)

Singles charts

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