Gary Jules

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Instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, harmonica
Genre = Folk, Blues
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URL = [http://www.garyjules.com/ www.garyjules.com]
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Gary Jules (born March 19 1969 in Fresno, California as Gary Jules Aguirre) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of Tears for Fears' third single "Mad World", which he recorded together with friend Michael Andrews for the cult film "Donnie Darko". It became the UK Christmas Number One single of 2003. Since then it has been used on popular American TV shows, and most recently in the commercial for the Xbox 360 video game "Gears of War".

Some of his early projects / bands were "The Ivory Knights", "Our Town Pansies", "Woodenfish", "Kofi", "The Origin", "Invisible", "No poetry," and "Heroes and Heroin."

Personal

Jules' parents are Gary J. Aguirre and Marie Aguirre.

He attended and graduated from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California. He later went on to obtain a B.A. in English at UCLA.

He often expresses his passion for peoples right to Civil Unionship and it is rumoured he has recently collaborated with Sir Elton John on a new cover of a Tears For Fears song that is yet to be revealed.

He has a sister who currently lives in New York and works for the New York Times.

Discography

* 1998 - "Greetings from the Side"
* 2001 - "Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets"
* 2006 - "Gary Jules"

Songs

Gary Jules recorded a cover of the song "Mad World" (by Tears For Fears) for the film "Donnie Darko" and later released it as a single.

His song "Gone Daddy" is based upon his family and himself relocating to North Carolina. When living in L.A. a neighbor was gunned down at night. While the police were investigating the shooting, Gary approached one of the officers and explained that his child was trying to take a nap. Gary asked if the officer knew when they would be finished. The officer told Gary he did not know, but he could always leave L.A. So, Gary did.

His song "Wichita" was inspired by a class Gary took at UCLA regarding Native American history. There was a story about how the Native Americans followed the buffalo around the nation to survive, and when the "white men" finished the intercontinental railroad, the buffalo started to head back south. When they came upon the rail road, the buffalo would not cross it, and millions of them died. Gary has only spent one night in the actual city of Wichita.

Gary has stated that "No Poetry" is possibly his favorite song he has written.Fact|date=March 2008 His song "Something Else" was featured on the Season 5 episode "My Fallen Idol" of the NBC TV show "Scrubs".

Gary also sang on the [http://www.esquimaux.net Esquimaux] song "Honey & Dear" from their album Perfecto!

External links

* [http://www.garyjules.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/GaryJules Gary Jules collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
* [http://www.methodsreporter.com/mad-world/ Gears of War trailer] featuring Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"
* [http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/82/60/ Interview with WickedInfo.com]