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For|others with the same name|Adam Green (disambiguation)Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Green|image = AdamGreen.jpg| caption = Adam Green in 2005| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and_age|mf=yes|1981|5|28| birth_place = Mount Kisco, New York|Mount Kisco , New York | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Guitar , human voice|vocals , harmonica , keyboard instrument|keyboards , piano , tuba | genre = Indie rock , Anti-folk | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1998–present| label =| associated_acts = The Moldy Peaches | website = http://www.adamgreen.net www.adamgreen.net| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Adam Green (born May 28, 1981, Mount Kisco, New York|Mount Kisco , New York ) is an United States|American singer-songwriter , artist and filmmaker .
Green's off-kilter style has achieved a moderate college radio following in the United States, and enjoys increasing popularity in a number of European countries, particularly Germany . cite news|url= http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,blame-it-on-the-teutons,389135,22.html |title=Adam Green's Teutonic Love |publisher= Village Voice |accessdate=2008-03-30 |date=2008-03-25 |last=Benaim |first=Lex | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080331033825/ http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,blame-it-on-the-teutons,389135,22.html| archivedate= 31 March 2008 | deadurl= no
Career
Music
Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before leaving to concentrate on his music, going on to co-found The Moldy Peaches with Kimya Dawson . In 2004, the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus, and both Green and Dawson embarked on solo careers.
Green released several albums on Rough Trade Records . Among his better known songs are "Jessica" (about singer Jessica Simpson ), "Novotel", "Friends of Mine", "Dance with Me", "Carolina" and "Emily", and in the United Kingdom|UK , his cover version|cover of The Libertines track " What a Waster ". "Jessica" (#63, 2004) and "Emily" (#53, 2005) both appeared in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 235
Prior to Jacket Full of Danger in 2006, all of Green's albums had been released on the 22nd of the month.
In January 2008, The Moldy Peaches began having a resurgence in popularity, due to their music being included in the hit indie film , Juno (film)|Juno . Most notably, a duet between Green and Dawson, the Moldy Peaches song "Anyone Else But You" was featured in the film, and also in a scene which featured the film's lead actors, Michael Cera and Ellen Page performing the song together. The soundtrack album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 record chart|chart on its third week of release.
Art
In 2005, Green entered the professional art world with his exhibition of a series of drawings titled “Animal Dreams” at Loyal Gallery in Stockholm .citeweb|url= http://www.loyalgallery.com/gl002_adam_green.html/ |title=Adam Green "Animal Dreams"|publisher=LoyalGallery Green’s art exhibition “Teen Tech” was displayed at New York’s Morrison Hotel Gallery for 10 days in April 2010 and consisting of twelve plaster sculptures, eighteen watercolor and acrylic large-scale (30” x 40”) paintings, nineteen drawings, twenty collages and papier-mâché and mixed-material works.cite web|url= http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2010/04/23/adam-greens-nyc-art-debut-teen-tech-at-the-morrison-hotel-gallery-bowery/ |title=Adam Green’s NYC Art Debut: Teen Tech at the Morrison Hotel Gallery Bowery|date=April 23, 2010|publisher=Sentimentalist A portion of “Teen Tech’s” proceeds went to benefit Artists for Peace and Justice , an effort to re-create and cultivate sustainability in Haiti .citeweb|url=https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/set/default.aspx? setID=1306/|title=Adam Green comes to the Bowery|publisher=Morrison Hotel Gallery In 2012 Green announced plans for an exhibition of new works titled “Cartoon & Complaint” at the Intercourse in Red Hook, Brooklyn cite news|url= http://www.papermag.com/2012/05/a_preview_of_adam_greens_new_a.php|title=A Preview of Adam Green's New Aladdin-Themed Art Exhibit "Cartoon and Complaint"|date=May 16, 2012|publisher= Paper (magazine)|Paper
Film
On April 4, 2011, Green released his first film, entitled The Wrong Ferarri . The project, shot entirely on iPhone , was written, directed, and performed in by Green who claims to have conceived it under the influence of ketamine .cite news|url= http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/adam_green_explains_his_macaul.html|title=Adam Green Explains His Macaulay Culkin–Starring, Ketamine-Influenced iPhone Movie The Wrong Ferrari |date=April 4, 2011|publisher= New York (magazine)|New York Others appearing in the film included BP Fallon , Alia Shawkat , Devendra Banhart , Pete Doherty , Dev Hynes , Jeffrey Lewis , Sky Ferreira , Cory Kennedy and Macaulay Culkin .cite news|url= http://www.nme.com/news/adam-green--2/55971|title=Pete Doherty and Macaulay Culkin star in 'ketamine'-fuelled Adam Green film|date=April 7, 2011|publisher= NME
Personal life
Green was brought up in a secular Jew ish home, his grandparents were very religious.cite news|url= http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/features_and_reviews/? content_id=3308|title=Green And Moldy|publisher= Totally|Totally Jewish |work=|date=2006-04-21|quote = |accessdate=2012-04-23|first=Sam|last=Paersecite news|url= http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/1940|title=Adam Green - The Junction|publisher= Varsity (Cambridge)|Varsity |work=|date=2010-02-04|quote = |accessdate=2012-04-23|first=David|last=Pegg His great-grandmother, Felice Bauer, was engaged to Franz Kafka ; her family fled the Nazi s in the late 1930s and relocated to New York. http://www.cd-kritik.de/frameset/frset.htm? /rueck/green.htm Adam Green Interview / CD-Kritik Thema
Green's brother Joel, an astronomer, has appeared as an accompanying musician on several recordings. http://joelgreen.net/music.html Music: From Woodwinds to Indie Folk Rock
He was married, for a short period in 2008, to Loribeth Capella.cite news| url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/adam-green/2008/12/05/1228257306473.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Adam Green | date=December 5, 2008
Green is a friend of the musician Carl Barât , appearing in a documentary with him in 2005, following the pair on a night out in London, for the European television culture channel Arte . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0567292/ "Durch die Nacht mit..." Carl Barât und Adam Green (2005)
Discography
Albums
Garfield (album)|Garfield (October 22, 2002)
Friends of Mine (Adam Green album)|Friends of Mine (July 22, 2003)
Gemstones (album)|Gemstones (February 22, 2005)
Jacket Full of Danger (April 24, 2006)
Sixes & Sevens (March 18, 2008)
Minor Love (January 8, 2010)
MusiK For A Play (May 11, 2010)
Singles
"Baby's Gonna Die Tonight" (Promo 2002)
"Dance With Me" (2002)
"Jessica" (2003)
"Friends Of Mine" (2004)
"Emily" (2005)
"Carolina" (2005)
"Nat King Cole" (2006)
"Novotel" (Promo 2006)
"Morning After Midnight" (Promo / Download 2008)
"Twee Twee Dee" (Promo / Download 2008)
"What Makes Him Act so Bad" (Promo / Download 2009)
"Buddy Bradley" (Promo /Download 2010)
Collaborations and compilations
"Never My Love" with Har Mar Superstar (appears on Whip It (film) , 2009)
"Lady Boy" with The Paddingtons (appears on The Lady Boy Tapes , 2010)
Books
Adam Green: Magazine . Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag , 2005, ISBN 3-518-12405-6
Martin Büsser: Antifolk. Von Beck bis Adam Green . Mainz: Ventil Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-931555-93-3
Albert Koch: Fuck Forever. Der Tod des Indie-Rock . Planegg: Hannibal Verlag, 2007. ISBN 3-85445-282-9
Silke Leicher, Manuel Schreiner: Skizzenbuch Unterwegs . Schlüchtern: Rockbuch Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-927638-08-0
Films
The Wrong Ferarri – directed by Adam Green (2011)
References
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External links
http://www.adamgreen.net www.adamgreen.net Official website
Use mdy dates|date=September 2010
http://thewrongferarri.com thewrongferarri.com Official film website
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