Patrick Carney
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Patrick J. Carney (born April 15, 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist best known as the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues-rock band from Akron, Ohio. In 2009, he created the rock band Drummer and released their debut album Feel Good Together on his Audio Eagle Records label.
Early life
Patrick Carney's parents divorced when he was 8. Patrick chose to live with his father Jim, who had moved to a different neighborhood in Akron, Ohio. Dan Auerbach also lived in the neighborhood and they met and played tag football with Auerbach's friends, although they did not become friends until high school. Carney has described himself as a normal teenager who smoked marijuana with his friends including Auerbach. As a teenager, Carney was musically influenced by bands such as Pavement, Captain Beefheart and fellow Akron band Devo.[2]
Music career
In 2001 Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed The Black Keys, releasing their debut album The Big Come Up less than a year later. This was followed by Thickfreakness in 2003 and Rubber Factory in 2004. The band's fourth album Magic Potion was released in 2006. Attack & Release, their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow up in 2010 titled Brothers.
Both Carney and Auerbach record with Nonesuch Records. In 2009, Carney joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to support independent musicians' careers.[3] [4] [5] Carney has produced records for Beaten Awake, Houseguest, Churchbuilder and The Black Keys and is the founder of Audio Eagle Records.
Drummer
In 2009, while fellow Black Keys member Dan Auerbach was on his solo tour, Carney formed a new band called Drummer in which he plays bass. It was named this due to the fact that each of its members had played drums before in another band. They released Feel Good Together, their debut album in the same year.
Other ventures
Audio Eagle Records
In 2005, Carney created Audio Eagle Records; an independent record label for mostly artists in Ohio. It has signed acts such as Houseguest, Royal Bangs and Carney's own side-project Drummer. The label closed down in 2010.
Personal life
His father, Jim, is a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, whilst his uncle, Ralph Carney is a sax player for Tom Waits. As of February 12, 2011, Carney is engaged to Emily Ward, to whom he proposed in L.A. hours before the Grammys took place.[6] Carney resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Discography
- The Black Keys
- The Big Come Up (2002)
- Thickfreakness (2003)
- The Moan (2004)
- Rubber Factory (2004)
- Magic Potion (2006)
- Attack & Release (2008)
- Brothers (2010)
- Blakroc
- Drummer
- Feel Good Together (2009)
References
- ^ http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=image&imgnum=1&endorserid=4870
- ^ http://www.hotfeeder.com/entertainment/hilarious_black_keys_drummer_patrick_carney_on_not_growing_a_beard_damon_dash_and_danger_mouse_2560508
- ^ Independent Music Awards - 9th Annual Judges
- ^ MicControl
- ^ Top40-Charts.com
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-keys-patrick-carney-gets-engaged-20110215
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