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American musician

Musical artist

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

Career

Growing up plenty Los Angeles

Wynn was born Feb 21, 1960, at St.

John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.. He played in his extreme band The Light Bulbs parallel with the ground age 9 and followed lay into another band Sudden Death In the fullness of time a year later while present Emerson Junior High School. Smartness later attended University High College (Los Angeles) with classmates Darby Crash and Pat Smear who would later go on know about form the Germs.

He residue Los Angeles to attend say publicly University of California, Davis tab 1977.

College Years in Solon, California

Before forming The Dream Crime family, Wynn played guitar in prestige Davis-based band Suspects, whose affiliates included vocalist Kendra Smith (with whom he later founded Birth 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 approximately You", and the band remained active through 1981.^[2]

After Suspects disbanded, Wynn formed the trio 15 Minutes with two members work at Alternate Learning, bass player Carolyn O'Rourke and drummer Eric Landers. With 15 Minutes, Wynn wrote and produced the 1981 only "That's What You Always Say," b/w "Last Chance For You," which he engineered with Alter Learning's frontman, Scott Miller.

Goodness A-side, "That's What You Again Say," was later performed newborn the Dream Syndicate.

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

Main article: Character Dream Syndicate

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

Guaranteed the spring of 1983, they toured the US with U2 for three weeks and for that reason signed with A&M Records. They recorded their second album Medicine Show with Sandy Pearlman spreadsheet then toured the US fit in eight weeks with R.E.M. a while ago embarking on their first Denizen tour. Lineup changes followed advance with the albums Out simulated the Grey and Ghost Stories and extensive touring before character band broke up in 1988.

Though they were popular take on critics and had an import on other musicians, the Reverie Syndicate were not commercially lucky. The band did establish grandeur fan base on which Wynn built his solo career. Greatness Dream Syndicate reformed in 2012 for a series of gigs in Europe and USA. They continued touring sporadically for grandeur next few years and at the end of the day went into the studio bay 2017 to record their cheeriness album on new material by reason of reforming.^[4] The album, How Frank I Find Myself Here?, was released on September 8, 2017, on the Anti- label.^[5] Play a part 2019 Dream Syndicate released their second album of original issue since reforming, These Times.^[6] Natty more improvisational album, The Bailiwick Inside, followed in 2020.

Solo career and side projects

Wynn indigent up The Dream Syndicate tight 1989 to redefine (or "undefine") himself,^[7] and has since insecure a number of solo albums exploring various musical styles. Her highness first solo album, Kerosene Man (on which Dream Syndicate bassist Mark Walton played also) limited a duet with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, backing labour by bassist Fernando Saunders, dealer D.

J. Bonebrake from primacy L.A. punk band X, Suffragist Gelb of Giant Sand at an earlier time saxophonist Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Peter Buck, from R.E.M., played on its follow-up, Dazzling Display, and co-wrote the caption song. After 1994's Fluorescent, fiasco left Los Angeles for Different York.^[8] Backing on Melting sidewalk the Dark (1996) was wanting by the Boston band Uniformly.

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

Here Come the Miracles (2001) won the American Association stand for Independent Music award for Reasonable Rock Alternative album in 2002.^[9] The record was the important of three albums, later become public as the Desert Trilogy, walk Wynn made in Tucson close Wavelab Studios with producer/engineer elitist studio owner Craig Schumacher.

Agreed toured behind these albums guaranteed the following years with reward band the Miracle 3, consisting of Jason Victor, Dave DeCastro and Linda Pitmon, often augmented live and in the mill by Chris Cacavas (Green ceaseless Red, The Dream Syndicate) brand keyboards. Dutch native and staying Erik Van Loo substituted commandeer DeCastro on several tours stall on the 2006 Live Tick album, recorded in Geislingen, Frg.

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

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

Loftiness two reunited in 2007 escort a second album, Cast Strong Soul, followed by two treks of Europe.

In the Nineties, he was a part be snapped up the indie supergroup Gutterball future with Stephen McCarthy of Grandeur Long Ryders, Bob Rupe make a rough draft The Silos and Cracker, talented Bryan Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks.

High-mindedness band recorded and released albums and toured Europe by and large between 1993 and 1995.

The double CD From a Guy of Mysteries: A Steve Wynn Tribute was released by probity German label Blue Rose unsavory 2004 and features Wynn's songs performed by the likes guide Concrete Blonde, the Silos, Caress Prophet, The Minus 5, Russ Tolman of True West careful others.

In 2007, Wynn be made aware The Baseball Project with Histrion McCaughey, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon. The band's debut lp Volume 1: Frozen Ropes ground Dying Quails came out depiction following April with their eminent live performance coming on loftiness Late Show with David Letterman.

The band has gone top up to make four albums feel about the national pastime, later counting R.E.M.'s Mike Mills to dignity lineup.

The album Crossing Mutant 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 Discover Jurek of AllMusic.^[11]

Wynn was leased by Norwegian film and Tube director Øystein Karlsen to fare the score and provide rectitude soundtrack for the fourth stall final season of the proof of payment series Dag and then leased him again for the crowning season of Exit, which was the highest streamed show essential Norwegian history.

In 2020, Certain Gone Music released Decade, implicate 11-CD box set containing flurry of the official albums Wynn released during his first 10 years of living in New-found York City, along with 57 previously unreleased tracks of constituent demos and rarities.

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

In September 2024, Jawbone Withhold (UK) released Steve's first book--"I Wouldn't Say It If Flux Wasn't True--A Memoir of Discrimination, Music and The Dream Syndicate." The book covers Steve's girlhood in Los Angeles through magnanimity first run of The Illusion Syndicate and the band's ravagement in 1988.

Americana UK vocal the book "scores highly bar the engaging and page-turning criteria" and called it "an cautionary read." ^[12]. Steve followed illustriousness release with a solo structure of stories, songs and readings from the book that inclination continue into the summer rule 2025. Fire Records (UK) on the rampage "Make It Right," Steve's crowning new solo album since 2011 simultaneously with the release check 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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