Pete Yorn

Infobox musical artist
Name = Pete Yorn


Img_capt = Pete Yorn opening for the Dixie Chicks in Austin, Texas
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Peter Joseph Yorn
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Born = birth date and age|1974|7|27
Montville, New Jersey, U.S.
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Instrument = Vocals
Guitar
Harmonica
drums
Genre = Rock
Singer-songwriter
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Years_active = 2001 - present
Label = SonyBMG Trampoline Records
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URL = [http://www.peteyorn.com www.peteyorn.com]
Current_members = Minibar, Joe Kennedy
Past_members = Dirty Bird
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Peter (Pete) Yorn (b. July 27, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained international recognition when his music, including the song "Strange Condition", appeared in the 2000 film "Me, Myself & Irene". Yorn also wrote the film's score.

Early history

Pete Yorn was born in New Jersey to a dentist (father) and a former concert-pianist turned school-teacher (mother). Yorn taught himself to play drums at age nine and soon moved on to guitar. Yorn attended Montville High School in Montville, New Jersey. [ [http://www.montville.net/highschool/halloffame/index.asp?ID=24 "Hall of Fame Member profile: Pete Yorn"] .] In 1990, while drumming for his band in a high-school talent contest, someone suggested that he sing The Replacements' song "Talent Show." It went over well enough that a competing band requested that he sing Neil Young’s "Rockin’ in the Free World" with them.

Breakthrough

Yorn was encouraged enough to maintain a focus on music while attending Syracuse University (class of 1996) where he was a major in the department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. After graduating, Yorn moved to Los Angeles, where he began to attract a following with his performances at Cafe Largo. Film producer Bradley Thomas ("Kingpin" & "There's Something About Mary") liked Yorn's act enough to request Yorn send him some rough demos for possible inclusion in the Farrelly Brothers' film "Me, Myself and Irene". Soon after, Yorn landed a job scoring all of the music to the film and also contributed the songs "Strange Condition" and "Just Another" to the film and its soundtrack. "Just Another" was also featured on the television shows "Felicity", "Dawson's Creek", and "Smallville". In addition to appearing on the "Me, Myself, and Irene" soundtrack, Pete Yorn's recordings have appeared on other movie soundtracks, including " Orange County" (2001), " Spider-Man" (2002) and "Shrek 2" (2004).

After experiencing this taste of success, Yorn released his 2001 LP debut, entitled "musicforthemorningafter", which went gold on the strength of the album's lead single, "Life on a Chain." Rolling Stone Magazine named Yorn one of "Ten [artists] to Watch in 2001" and gave the album a favorable four-star rating.

Yorn went on to release the 2003 album "Day I Forgot" which has sold over 300,000 copies to date and scored a third radio hit with the song "Come Back Home."

In 2006, Yorn released his third album, "Nightcrawler".

Legendary guitarist Peter Buck of the band R.E.M. has made appearances on several Pete Yorn recordings, including instrumentation on the single version of "Strange Condition" and a number of songs from the "Day I Forgot" LP. Yorn has worked with producer Ken Andrews of Failure and Year of the Rabbit on all three of Yorn's studio albums, in addition to several other producers including Butch Walker and Sonic Youth producer Don Fleming.

Yorn has shared bills with the Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Foo Fighters, Weezer, Coldplay, The Dixie Chicks, Semisonic, and Say Anything, among others.

He is currently touring with the recently-reunited Crowded House on their first tour in over a decade. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003584949]

The Trilogy

Pete Yorn's third studio release, "Nightcrawler", completes a conceptual trilogy of sorts, [http://www.silentuproar.com/showinterview.php?ID=100] which spans his first three albums (EPs not included); beginning in the morning with the "musicforthemorningafter" LP, continuing through the day with the "Day I Forgot" LP, and arriving at nightfall with the "Nightcrawler" LP.

In September 2006, while interviewing with silentuproar.com, Yorn elaborated on his true intentions behind the trilogy, remarking that it was at least partially a conscious trilogy but wasn't meant to be taken too seriously: "I didn't mean like a "Star Wars" Trilogy where it's one story at all." Yorn expressed that the "trilogy" was more of a diary of sorts; a person gaining new life experiences and simply commenting on them in linear order. "So it's a sort of continuing analysis of those topics, and the Night "Nightcrawler" LP would represent a later phase," Yorn said. [http://www.silentuproar.com/showinterview.php?ID=100]

Discography

tudio albums

*"musicforthemorningafter" (2001) #111 US
*"Day I Forgot" (2003) #18 US
*"Nightcrawler" (2006) #50 US

Live albums

*"Live at the Roxy" (2001) #131 US
*"Live from New Jersey" (2004)

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*"Sunset EP" (2000)
*"Westerns EP" (2006)
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*"Live from SoHo" iTunes-exclusive EP (2007)

ingles

Non-album tracks

*"Knew Enough to Know Nothing at All" - from the Japanese import of "musicforthemorningafter"
*"Seventeen" - from the Japanese import of "Day I Forgot"
*"Drive Away" - from the Japanese import of "Day I Forgot"
*"Hunter Green" - from "Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 1"
*"Suspicious Minds (Dusk Version)" - from the "Suspicious Minds" CD Single
*"Suspicious Minds (Dawn Version)" - from the "Suspicious Minds" CD Single
*"I Feel Good Again" - from "Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 2" and "Concert Series Volume 1"
*"Do They Know It's Christmas?" - from "The Year They Recalled Santa Claus"
*"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - from "We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to the Ramones"
*"Ever Fallen in Love" - from the "Shrek 2" soundtrack
*"Red Right Hand" - from the "Hellboy" soundtrack
*"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - from the "Just like Heaven" soundtrack
*"Skinny, Mean Man"-from Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre"

*"Undercover" was also released on the "Spider-Man" soundtrack
*"Splendid Isolation" was also released on "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon"
*"I Belong" from the Open Season soundtrack
*""Where the Streets Have No Name," "Alice in My Fantasies," "I Feel Good Again," and "Chimes of Freedom" on "Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume One"

Unreleased songs

*"Farmer vs. River"
*"Soggy Underneath"
*"Model American"
*"Rooftop"
*"When She's Mine"
*"You Never Knew"
*"James in Liverpool"

Videography

* For Nancy ('cos it already is) [Directed by Malik Sayeed]
* Life On A Chain (2001) [Directed by Sam Bayer]
* Strange Condition (2002) [Directed by Marcos Siega]
* For Us (2006) [Directed by Robert Hales]
* Come Back Home
* Crystal Village

Backing band

Pete Yorn's current backing band "Minibar" hails from Britain and includes the following members:

*Simon Petty - back vox/ guitar
*Tim Walker - guitars
*Joe Kennedy - piano/guitar/backing vox (not part of Minibar)
*Sid Jordan - bass/backing vox
*Malcolm Cross - drums

Pete Yorn's former backing band went by the name "Dirty Bird" and includes the following members:

*Jason Johnson - guitar
*Terry Borden - bass/backing vox
*Joe Kennedy - piano/guitar/backing vox
*Luke Adams - drums
*R. Walt Vincent - bass

Pete Yorn's "eternal bandmates":

*WAZ - bass/guitar/back vox
*Joe Kennedy - piano/guitar/backing vox

References

ources

* www.billboard.com
* www.first-avenue.com
* www.imdb.com
* www.silentuproar.com

External links

* [http://www.peteyorn.com Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/peteyorn Myspace site]
* [http://www.silentuproar.com/showinterview.php?ID=100 Interview with Silent Uproar]
* [http://www.pyclownpenisdotfart.com/ PYclownpenisdotfart]
* [http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/lifestudies/articles/2008/02/yornbrothers Men's Vogue article on the Yorn brothers]