Jamie Stewart
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James "Jamie" Cyrus Stewart (born March 2, 1978) is the frontman of the American musical group Xiu Xiu (singer/guitarist/programmer), and was also a member of 7 Year Rabbit Cycle which has since broken up. He is now a member of Former Ghosts as well. He is a native of Northridge, California, grew up in Los Angeles, California, and currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. His father, Michael Stewart, was formerly a music producer and software engineer. His late father has been producer for such artists as Billy Joel and Tom Jones, and was in the 1960s band We Five. His late uncle, John Stewart, was also in the music business. Jamie started out in an R&B cover band before forming IBOPA with his father and seven other people. When IBOPA broke up, he took one of his men, Cory McCulloch, to create Ten in the Swear Jar, which evolved into Xiu Xiu. In addition, Stewart has played with members of Devo, the Screamers and the Divinyls. He will appear on the upcoming HORSE the Band album Desperate Living providing additional production work and guest vocals on the song "Shapeshift". He is openly bisexual [1]
In 2008, Stewart contributed a voice-over for the experimental short film, Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival[2].
Stewart is a noted humanitarian who recently started a non-profit moonshine organization for the homeless of the Triangle area of North Carolina. Stewart announced the formation of this non-profit organization in Durham, North Carolina on August 1, 2009.
In November 2009, Jamie Stewart went to Vancouver, Canada to produce an album for Canadian indie band, The Shiny Diamonds.[3]
He cites Joy Division as an influence.[4]
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- ^ http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/december_2003/xiuxiu.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1357143/
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- ^ Moroz, Ross. "Xiu Xiu Ch-boogie", Vue Weekly, 2005-06-16. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.
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