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Ryan Jarman in 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ryan James Jarman |
| Born | 20 October 1980 |
| Origin | Wakefield, West Yorkshire England |
| Genres | Indie rock Power pop Punk rock Lo-Fi |
| Occupations | Singer, Songwriter, Producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, Accordion, Organ, Piano, Violin |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Labels |
Warner Bros. Records (USA) Universal Records(Philippines) |
| Associated acts | The Cribs Kate Nash |
| Website | Official Website Myspace |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Mustang Epiphone Coronet Gibson ES-335 |
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Ryan James Jarman[1] (born 20 October 1980 in Wakefield, United Kingdom) is the guitarist and vocalist with English rock band The Cribs.
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Ryan formed The Cribs in the early 2000s with his identical twin brother Gary and younger brother Ross. The band are known for their short, punchy tunes with pop riffs and a lo-fi sound - influenced by bands like Huggy Bear, Comet Gain and Beat Happening. The Cribs have released four albums on the Wichita label, the first two being The Cribs (produced by Ed Deegan and Bobby Conn), and The New Fellas (produced by Edwyn Collins, singer in influential indie band Orange Juice).
The Cribs' third album, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever was released on 21 May 2007; the record was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand.
Their fourth studio album Ignore the Ignorant, released on 7 September 2009 included ex The Smiths guitarist, Johnny Marr; Ignore the Ignorant was produced by Nick Launey in Los Angeles.
Up until The Cribs' third album, Jarman played Fender Mustang guitars. He discovered the Gibson ES-335 in recording "Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever," and took to using it almost exclusively live afterwards. He has now moved back to a Fender Mustang, in particular the Pawn Shop series with Fender wide range humbuckers
Although sparingly spotted with Vox amplifiers in the early days of The Cribs, Jarman has almost always played through Orange amps. Jarman has been quoted as saying that, out of habit, he runs both an AD30 combo and head at the same time with the combo on top of an Orange cabinet and the head hidden out of view [1]. In situations where taking both would be impractical, he uses just the AD30HTC head and matching cabinet. For effects, his regular pedals are the Fulltone OCD and the Ibanez Tube Screamer, which was his pedal of choice until 2008.
Jarman has made some memorable TV appearances, including music panel show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, where he took credit for inspiring Live 8, by texting Bob Geldof and suggesting a Live Aid 2.
At the 2006 NME Awards, Jarman was seriously injured when he collected an award on behalf of Franz Ferdinand. In his haste to accept it, he jumped across the Kaiser Chiefs' table, breaking a large jar containing 'Flying Saucer' sweets and stabbing himself in the back on one of the shards.[2] He spent 4 hours in hospital receiving 15 stitches before returning to party at the awards, where he went missing, only to be found by Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe bleeding heavily. Another ambulance was called and he returned to hospital, where he received both external and internal stitches to repair a rip to the membrane around the kidney that the first surgeon had missed and then discharged the next morning.
At Glastonbury 2007 Jarman declared; "The mainstream attitude of indie bands today is a bigger problem than global warming", a quote which led to a lengthy interview in the NME.[3]
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