ADAM DURITZ
Name: Adam Duritz
Born: 1 August 1964
Adam Fredric 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" and
as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive".
Adam Duritz was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Early on he moved to Boston, then
El Paso, Texas, and Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Houston, Amsterdam and, most recently, New York City. As a student, he
attended Head-Royce School, the Taft School, the University of California,
Berkeley and the University of California, Davis, but dropped out before earning
a degree.
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.
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; and with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from
Dusk and Summer.
Duritz also contributed songs to the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack that
were performed by the film's fictional title band.
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, and 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 some fans,
chastising those involved in flame wars by quipping on his blog, "Some of you
are [...] incredibly unpleasant people."
Duritz has made two attempts to get involved in the music industry as a record
label owner: in 1997, Duritz co-founded E Pluribus Unum, an independent label.
Before the label was purchased by Interscope Records in 2000, Duritz signed Joe
90, Gigolo Aunts, and Neilson Hubbard – all of whom he took on the road to open
for Counting Crows.
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 Immergluck. He later announced, on January 15,
2007, that he was launching boutique record label Tyrannosaurus Records. His
debut artists include Notar and Blacktop Mourning. The label also re-released
the sole album by Duritz's former band The Himalayans.
Name: Adam Duritz
Born: 1 August 1964
Adam Fredric 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" and
as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive".
Adam Duritz was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Early on he moved to Boston, then
El Paso, Texas, and Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Houston, Amsterdam and, most recently, New York City. As a student, he
attended Head-Royce School, the Taft School, the University of California,
Berkeley and the University of California, Davis, but dropped out before earning
a degree.
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.
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; and with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from
Dusk and Summer.
Duritz also contributed songs to the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack that
were performed by the film's fictional title band.
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, and 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 some fans,
chastising those involved in flame wars by quipping on his blog, "Some of you
are [...] incredibly unpleasant people."
Duritz has made two attempts to get involved in the music industry as a record
label owner: in 1997, Duritz co-founded E Pluribus Unum, an independent label.
Before the label was purchased by Interscope Records in 2000, Duritz signed Joe
90, Gigolo Aunts, and Neilson Hubbard – all of whom he took on the road to open
for Counting Crows.
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 Immergluck. He later announced, on January 15,
2007, that he was launching boutique record label Tyrannosaurus Records. His
debut artists include Notar and Blacktop Mourning. The label also re-released
the sole album by Duritz's former band The Himalayans.