Kevin Max

Bio:

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Kevin Max is a maker of art.

(bio- cliff notes version)
Abstract boy is born in a smallish no name town, just across the Grand River in Michigan. He grows into a curious prose spouting youth, is sent off to private college where is ejected because of 'an edgy lifestyle.' Just a few months later he meets up with a couple of cohorts and is asked to join pop supergroup dctalk. After years of rapid success and isolation within the microscopic world of the Christian music subculture, he is again ejected because of 'an edgy worldview.' Today said curious, enigmatic boy is a man with children of his own, making pop art, curious literary projects, fantastically dramatic and progressive music.

(bio-extended version)
Kevin Max is not a faker of art. After a long and successful career with group dctalk, he began his own musical odyssey with Stereotype Be, produced by Adrian Belew. Max brought together incomparable talents such as Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel) and Matt Chamberlin (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple) as well as Belew himself to create the 'Alternative Pop, World Music' masterpiece. iTunes praised the project as 'warranting multiple listens' and straying far from the expected pop formula that made dctalk a success. Since early 2000, Max has been adhering to the 'road less traveled' mentality. After being dropped from his Christian music label (Forefront Records, label home to dctalk since 1989) he began to create independent projects through his own label 'Blind Thief.' Between the Fence and the Universe and Ravensongs 101 with Adrian Belew were released in early 2003 and were met with critical and alternative music praise. Max uprooted himself from Nashville and moved to Los Angeles, California, and began to write with such noted outsiders as Warren Cuccurullo of Missing Persons and Vandyke Parks. During a combination of performances at the world famous Viper Room club and a short stint at Off Broadway performances in The Technicolor Dreamcoat, he was approached by Northern Records to record his next full length album. Turning down an offer by John Kalodner of Sanctuary Records to become the new frontman for Journey, Max instead turned his talents to recording The Imposter. The Imposter became a benchmark release for Northern Records and saw Max touring the project from the clubs of Sunset Strip to South America and Europe. Max soon became desperate for another musical shift and released the 'blues gospel apparent' The Blood, while moving back to his old hometown of East Nashville, Tennessee. Since returning to the clutches of Music City, he has released the EP Crashing Gates and is readying for release Cotes d' Armor (true rebels), featuring production by UK electronic band Pop Will Eat Itself. For the past 2 years, Max has also been crafting a novel and graphic novel titled Fiefdom of Angels - a science fiction representation of the origin of angels.

Member Since:

June 07, 2006

Members:

Kevin Max- Vocals, Keyz, Tamborine, Handclaps, Bgv's
Erick Cole- Guitarz
Jonathan Smith- Drumz
William Owsley- Guitarz
Adrian Belew- Guitarz, String Arrangements.
Andrew Prickett- Guitarz, Programming
Tony Levin- Bass
John Painter- Bass, Horns, String Arrangements
Matt Chamberlin- Drumz
Frank Lenz-Drumz
Aaron Sterling- Drumz
Bobby Huff- Drumz
Phil Madiera- Keyz, and B3'z
Lord Byron Hagen- Keyz

Influences:

Elvis
David Bowie
Roxy Music
John Lennon
William Blake
Charles Bukowski
James Dean

..MANAGEMENT..
Greg Carnes
Greg Carnes Productions, Inc


..BOOKING..
For concert bookings in the US and abroad, contact greg@gregcarnesprod.com

Sounds Like:

Enigmatic

Record Label:

dpulse/ingrooves/universal