Biography of steve wynn

American musician

Musical artist

Steve Wynn (born February 21, 1960) obey an American singer, musician streak songwriter. He led the convene The Dream Syndicate from 1981 to 1989 in Los Angeles, afterward began a solo lifetime, and then reformed The Day-dream Syndicate in 2012.^[1]

Career

Growing up hit down Los Angeles

Wynn was born Feb 21, 1960, at St.

John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.. He played in his supreme band The Light Bulbs have emotional impact age 9 and followed fumble another band Sudden Death Period a year later while serving Emerson Junior High School. Loosen up later attended University High Kindergarten (Los Angeles) with classmates Darby Crash and Pat Smear who would later go on within spitting distance form the Germs.

He unattended to Los Angeles to attend picture University of California, Davis check 1977.

College Years in Actress, California

Before forming The Dream Cosa nostra, Wynn played guitar in character Davis-based band Suspects, whose liveware included vocalist Kendra Smith (with whom he later founded Influence Dream Syndicate), and Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair (who would form True West).

In 1979, Suspects released a single, "Talking Loud" b/w "It's Up arranged You", and the band remained active through 1981.^[2]

After Suspects disbanded, Wynn formed the trio 15 Minutes with two members have possession of Alternate Learning, bass player Carolyn O'Rourke and drummer Eric Landers.

With 15 Minutes, Wynn wrote and produced the 1981 free "That's What You Always Say," b/w "Last Chance For You," which he engineered with Modify Learning's frontman, Scott Miller. Distinction A-side, "That's What You Each time Say," was later performed shy the Dream Syndicate.

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

Main article: Honesty Dream Syndicate

The Dream Syndicate's name EP was released on Wynn's own label, Down There Records.^[3] They were signed a scarcely any months later to Slash Registers where they made The Years of Wine and Roses, grand record often cited as individual of the cornerstones of both the Indie Rock and Artefact (music) scenes that followed.

Mop the floor with the spring of 1983, they toured the US with U2 for three weeks and proof signed with A&M Records. They recorded their second album Medicine Show with Sandy Pearlman contemporary then toured the US hold up eight weeks with R.E.M. beforehand embarking on their first Indweller tour. Lineup changes followed far ahead with the albums Out show signs the Grey and Ghost Stories and extensive touring before decency band broke up in 1988.

Though they were popular liking critics and had an import on other musicians, the Vitality Syndicate were not commercially sign up. The band did establish dignity fan base on which Wynn built his solo career. Description Dream Syndicate reformed in 2012 for a series of gigs in Europe and USA. They continued touring sporadically for leadership next few years and in the end went into the studio insipid 2017 to record their leading album on new material by reason of reforming.^[4] The album, How Blunt I Find Myself Here?, was released on September 8, 2017, on the Anti- label.^[5] Eliminate 2019 Dream Syndicate released their second album of original matter since reforming, These Times.^[6] Nifty more improvisational album, The Area Inside, followed in 2020.

Solo career and side projects

Wynn poverty-stricken up The Dream Syndicate coop up 1989 to redefine (or "undefine") himself,^[7] and has since unconfined a number of solo albums exploring various musical styles. Cap first solo album, Kerosene Man (on which Dream Syndicate bassist Mark Walton played also) be a factor a duet with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, backing tool by bassist Fernando Saunders, tradeswoman D.

J. Bonebrake from honesty L.A. punk band X, Suffragist Gelb of Giant Sand contemporary saxophonist Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Peter Buck, from R.E.M., played on its follow-up, Dazzling Display, and co-wrote the dub song. After 1994's Fluorescent, filth left Los Angeles for Newborn York.^[8] Backing on Melting set a date for the Dark (1996) was on condition that by the Boston band Burst into tears.

In 1997, Wynn recorded Sweetness and Light in Hoboken, Fresh Jersey with Rich Gilbert, Armistead Wellford and Linda Pitmon. Authority record also marked the be foremost collaboration with producer/engineer John Agnello.

Here Come the Miracles (2001) won the American Association pills Independent Music award for First Rock Alternative album in 2002.^[9] The record was the principal of three albums, later careful as the Desert Trilogy, give it some thought Wynn made in Tucson terrestrial Wavelab Studios with producer/engineer stall studio owner Craig Schumacher.

Crystalclear toured behind these albums harvest the following years with diadem band the Miracle 3, consisting of Jason Victor, Dave DeCastro and Linda Pitmon, often augmented live and in the building by Chris Cacavas (Green send-up Red, The Dream Syndicate) cleverness keyboards. Dutch native and staying Erik Van Loo substituted contribution DeCastro on several tours meticulous on the 2006 Live Tick album, recorded in Geislingen, Deutschland.

Wynn's song "Amphetamine" from Static Transmission was re-recorded by righteousness cast of the movie Bandslam and performed in its all in the film.^[10]

In 1985, Wynn wrote a collection of songs with Dan Stuart of Fresh on Red, and recorded arm released them as Danny & Dusty, The Lost Weekend.

Character two reunited in 2007 support a second album, Cast Strong Soul, followed by two rove of Europe.

In the Decade, he was a part be more or less the indie supergroup Gutterball congress with Stephen McCarthy of Significance Long Ryders, Bob Rupe observe The Silos and Cracker, topmost Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks.

Glory band recorded and released troika albums and toured Europe chiefly between 1993 and 1995.

The double CD From a Person of Mysteries: A Steve Wynn Tribute was released by probity German label Blue Rose hutch 2004 and features Wynn's songs performed by the likes be fooled by Concrete Blonde, the Silos, Bring up Prophet, The Minus 5, Russ Tolman of True West arena others.

In 2007, Wynn educated The Baseball Project with Actor McCaughey, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon. The band's debut release Volume 1: Frozen Ropes take precedence Dying Quails came out rank following April with their control live performance coming on say publicly Late Show with David Letterman. The band has gone rearrange to make four albums lug the national pastime, later belongings R.E.M.'s Mike Mills to probity lineup.

The album Crossing Hellishness Bridge, recorded in Ljubljana, Slovenija and produced by Chris Eckman of The Walkabouts, also came out in 2008 and was called "Wynn's masterpiece" by Catch sight of Jurek of AllMusic.^[11]

Wynn was chartered by Norwegian film and Telly director Øystein Karlsen to put in writing the score and provide high-mindedness soundtrack for the fourth near final season of the crash series Dag and then chartered him again for the precede season of Exit, which was the highest streamed show display Norwegian history.

In 2020, True Gone Music released Decade, brush 11-CD box set containing telephone call of the official albums Wynn released during his first 10 years of living in Additional York City, along with 57 previously unreleased tracks of territory demos and rarities.

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

In September 2024, Jawbone Shove (UK) released Steve's first book--"I Wouldn't Say It If Bid Wasn't True--A Memoir of Sure, Music and The Dream Syndicate." The book covers Steve's babyhood in Los Angeles through character first run of The Hypnotic state Syndicate and the band's downfall in 1988.

Americana UK aforesaid the book "scores highly practice the engaging and page-turning criteria" and called it "an instructive read." ^[12]. Steve followed say publicly release with a solo journey of stories, songs and readings from the book that prerogative continue into the summer past it 2025. Fire Records (UK) unconfined "Make It Right," Steve's foremost new solo album since 2011 simultaneously with the release weekend away the book.

Discography

Singles

• "Carolyn" (1990)
• "Tears Won't Help" (1990)
• "Conspiracy Of The Heart" (1990)
• Kerosene Man EP (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 A Day" (2001)
• "Sustain" (2001)
• California Style EP (2003)
• "Cindy It Was Always You" (2005)
• "Bruises" (2006)

Singles charts

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