Evan Taubenfeld
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| Evan Taubenfeld | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Evan David Taubenfeld | |
| Born | June 27, 1983 (age 23) | |
| Genre(s) | Rock / Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Years active | 2002 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Sire/Warner Bros. | |
| Associated acts |
Avril Lavigne's Former Guitarist / The Black List Club/ Spinfire/ Ditch Ruxton | |
Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is an American guitarist and musician. He is mostly known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist from spring 2002 to September 2004.
Taubenfeld was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Mark and Ami Taubenfeld, who ran a Kosher catering business.[1] He is Jewish.[2] Taubenfeld began his musical career playing drums in a local band, The Suburbanites, while in the seventh grade. Three years later, he learned to play the guitar and founded the band Spinfire, in which he was the lead singer and songwriter, although the band broke up in 2002. He graduated from McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland in June 2001, and intended to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he had been accepted to the previous fall.
In late 2002, Taubenfeld received a call from the vice president of Artists and Repertoire for Arista Records, who was seeking people to audition in New York with singer Avril Lavigne. Taubenfeld auditioned for a position as the drummer and the bass guitarist because he was told the guitarists' positions have already been given out, and was instead offered a contract as lead guitarist and backing singer when he was heard practicing on a guitar outside the audition room.
In June 2003, while on the road with Lavigne, he formed another band — a side project called Ditch Ruxton. Their first show took place at a Baltimore night club called Fletcher's. The band split after less than a year and never performed a second show.
In May 2004, Lavigne released her second album, Under My Skin. Her first single, Don't Tell Me, was co-written by Taubenfeld. He also co-wrote the songs Freak Out and Take Me Away, and was in the studio with Lavigne to record backing vocals, guitars, and drums on two of the tracks (he did not work on Take Me Away). Shortly afterwards, Taubenfeld signed as a staff writer with EMI Music Publishing, and left Lavigne's band in September 2004 to pursue his own projects.
In October 2004, Taubenfeld signed to Sire/Warner Bros. records, and his full-length album is due out with his new band, The Black List Club, in early 2007.
In February 2007 when Avril Lavigne's music video for her new single 'Girlfriend' is premiered, it's confirmed that Evan will be featured in it. On The Black List Club's latest blog, it mentions that Evan was busy playing guitar for the video.
Rumors have been set around that Evan will be Music Supervisor for upcoming MTV show "Kaya". Also that he will be writing and producing Kayas record and on set for musical supervision & direction. There has been no word yet if these rumors are true or not.
