Adam Duritz

Adam Frederic Duritz (born August 1, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland is an American musician and record producer. He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows. His lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured"^[1]and as "wordy introspection"^[2] and his vocals "expressive".^[1] Download high resolution version (1024x672, 691 KB) Adam Duritz, Singer of the Counting Crows. ... Download high resolution version (1024x672, 691 KB) Adam Duritz, Singer of the Counting Crows. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Counting Crows is an Academy Award nominated American alternative rock band originating from Berkeley, California. ...

History

Early history

Adam Duritz was born in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Early on he moved to Rhode Island, then El Paso, Texas, and Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and, most recently, New York City. As a student, he attended Head-Royce School, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Davis, but dropped out before earning a degree. “RI” redirects here. ... El Paso redirects here. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: , Country Province Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Head-Royce School (HRS or just Head-Royce) is a college-preparatory, K-12 school in Oakland, California. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ...

Musical history

Before forming Counting Crows, he was lead singer for San Francisco Bay Area bands, Mod-L Society and The Himalayans. He was also involved in another San Francisco-based band, Sordid Humor. USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Himalayans were a rock band formed in San Francisco in 1990 by Dan Jewett and Chris Roldan. ... Sordid Humor was a musical band formed in 1987 by the duo of Tom Barnes and Jim Gordon. ...

He has collaborated with The Wallflowers (led by Bob Dylan's son Jakob Dylan) on the album Bringing Down the Horse; with Ryan Adams on Gold and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from Hard Candy; with Peter Stuart on Propeller and Daisy; with Live on V^[3]; and with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from Dusk and Summer.^[4] The Wallflowers are a Grammy Award-winning rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Jakob Luke Dylan, born December 9, 1969 in New York City, is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers. ... Bringing Down the Horse is The Wallflowers second album. ... Not to be confused with Bryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. ... Gold, released in 2001, is a record by Ryan Adams in the alternative country genre. ... Hard Candy is the fourth studio album by Counting Crows released in 2002 on Geffen Records. ... Happy Nowhere album cover 1995 Dogs Eye View is an American rock band formed in 1994, best known for their 1995 Top 40 single Everything Falls Apart. Peter Stuart (vocalist/guitarist) started out by playing in the acoustic club circuit. ... 5th album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided By Voices. ... Live (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with five)[2] (also typeset as LIVE) is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals and guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass guitar) and Chad Gracey (drums). ... V, originally titled Ecstatic Fanatic, is Lives fifth album, released in 2001. ... Dashboard Confessional is an American band, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba, from Boca Raton, Florida. ... Dusk and Summer is the fourth studio album recorded by the band Dashboard Confessional. ...

Duritz also contributed songs to the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack that were performed by the film's fictional title band. Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 comedy film released by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ...

Relationship with fans

Since coming to fame with Counting Crows, Duritz has maintained an unusually open relationship with his fans. This has taken various forms including a diary on AOL ^[5] later a blog on the band’s official website. He also reads and responds to posts on the band’s messageboard, and recently started a feature called AskCrowsAsk where fans can email questions for band members to respond to. This relationship has not always been smooth; Duritz has clashed with fans and once said on his blog, "Some of you are [...] incredibly unpleasant people."^[6]

Record labels

Duritz has made two attempts to get involved in the music industry as a record label owner; In 1997, Duritz began E Pluribus Unum, an independent label. Before being purchased by Interscope Records in 2000, he signed Joe 90, Gigolo Aunts, and Neilson Hubbard – all of whom he took on the road to open for Counting Crows. Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Joe 90 Joe 90 is a roots rock band which was formed from a group based New York City, but was later relocated to Los Angeles. ... Gigolo Aunts is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Potsdam, New York as Sniper. ... Neilson Hubbard is an American singer-songwriter, Musician and Producer. ...

In November 2006, Adam Duritz began production on Chicago pop-punk band, Blacktop Mourning's debut record under the name "The Devil and Bunny Show" alongside Counting Crows guitarist David Immerglück. He later announced, on January 15, 2007, that he was launching boutique record label Tyrannosaurus Records. His debut artists include Notar and Blacktop Mourning Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Blacktop Mourning is an American pop-punk band from the Northeast Suburbs of Chicago, IL. Their debut record No Regret is slated for worldwide release on May 15th, 2007 through Adam Duritzs Tyrannosaurus Records. ... Counting Crows is an Academy Award nominated American alternative rock band originating from Berkeley, California. ... David Immerglück is a multi-instrumentalist who is probably best as a guitar player for adult alternative band Counting Crows and alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Blacktop Mourning is an American pop-punk band from the Northeast Suburbs of Chicago, IL. Their debut record No Regret is slated for worldwide release on May 15th, 2007 through Adam Duritzs Tyrannosaurus Records. ...

Film

In addition to his musical pursuits, Duritz was executive producer for the films The Locusts (1997) and Burn (1998). He had a cameo in the 2007 mockumentary film Farce of the Penguins in which his character asks, "Who wants to f*** the sensitive guy?"^[7] Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 direct-to-DVD parody film of the 2005 film March of the Penguins. ...

Personal life

Durtiz is currently one of only a few people to have dated both Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston from the show Friends.

Notes

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External links

• Adam Duritz at the Internet Movie Database
• Adam.CountingCrows.com - Personal website
• Adam Duritz at MusicBrainz
• Tyrannosaurus Records -Record label