Ryan Adams, our favorite music hero, is like most fairy tales or all the legendary heroes that people like in real life. When he first came to this world, he was just an ordinary man of humble origin. 1974165438+1October 5th, the night of the traditional British holiday, when people lit bonfires and held a grand parade with torches to celebrate the historic victory of Protestantism over Catholicism in British history, David Ryan Adams, the protagonist of our heroic story, was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Looking at the remote and isolated environment where Ryan grew up, it seems hard to imagine that this child who came out of here will become a shining rock hero in the future. However, things are unpredictable. When Ryan came across Smith's album Hatful of Hollow, he immediately knew the direction he should work hard in his life. He knew that God had arranged a successful path for him.
Ryan's first musical instrument was the drum, and the first step of his musical adventure was to join his first band. When he got the first guitar in his life, Ryan, who was in a restless adolescence, began to write lyrics and compose music, which gave him a place to vent his adolescent hormone excess and pushed his musical adventure to a higher level. Soon he was deeply addicted to creation. According to Ryan's own words, even if you are not addicted to drugs or sex, you must find something to do to kill time!
Besides Smith, Ryan Jr. was also influenced by all kinds of music, from punk, junk rock to rolling stones. There is also a kind of music that has a strong influence on Ryan Jr.' s future music career, and that is the sound he heard from his grandmother's collection of country music records. From country to rock, little Ryan has been looking for a music form that can fully express his inner feelings.
In high school, Ryan joined a band called Patty Duke Syndrome. The name of the band is a bit odd, but it is just right for our maverick hero. During his two years in this band, Ryan received various trainings and learned a lot. His leaving the band also indicates that a real music hero will be born. 1994, Ryan formed a band with drummer skil Park Jung Su Guilmault, violinist Caitlin Cary, guitarist Wandscher and bassist Steve Grothman. This is the "Whisky Town" that we are familiar with and love.
Success and failure
The City of Whisky wrote a strong stroke in our hero's musical adventure, which brought Ryan initial success and fame, but its final dissolution also brought Ryan infinite sadness and loss. At the beginning of the establishment of Whisky City, with the talents of its members, it quickly won a reputation among fans and signed a contract with the record company "Mood Food". Everything seems to be on track. This new band has a bright future in every way. They will leave their names in the history of music just like their predecessors. There are countless money, honors and screams of crazy fans waiting for them. However, the development of the band is not smooth sailing. When we look back on the history of Whisky City, we can see that it has experienced all kinds of troubles and failures. The members worked hard and resisted earning, and finally failed.
Whisky City disappeared after numerous membership changes, but it left us with beautiful music. From its establishment to its final dissolution, the band released two well-received and blockbuster albums: Streets Without Faith and Yearbook of Strangers. Before the band broke up, they recorded an album called Pneumonia. At the time of recording this album, only Caitlin Gary and Ryan were left in the band, and the album was not released immediately after completion.
Ryan believes that the dissolution of Whisky City is partly due to the differences and disharmony between members in art and personality, and partly because members are afraid that they can't meet the requirements of enthusiastic fans and constantly doubt themselves and lose confidence, as well as their problems of drinking and abusing drugs. "After all, we used to be called the Whisky City," Ryan joked helplessly.
The dissolution of Whisky City made many fans who loved them sad and sorry, and Ryan was also depressed. But to some extent, this is undoubtedly a relief for Ryan. Ryan himself told reporters in a later interview: "At the end of Whisky City, sometimes I felt that the band was more like a noisy prison for me, but now I am completely free from the imprisonment of the band."
After bidding farewell to Whisky City sadly, after a period of rest and self-reflection, Ryan found the opportunity to start his life and creation again in a brand-new city. New york is this magical city, where our hero will start an exciting new adventure and turn a new page in his life. Ryan has settled in new york, and he keeps getting new inspiration from this all-inclusive city. However, when his personal career just started to improve a little, as if God had tested our hero, Ryan was hit hard again. Amy Lombardi, his long-time girlfriend, broke up with him, which was an extremely heavy blow to Ryan, but the pain of breaking up with his lover made our hero create his most touching and emotional work: Broken Heart. This is Ryan's first solo album after solo flight. This album, full of Ryan's painstaking efforts and sincere feelings, won unanimous praise from critics and fans as soon as it was released. Ryan even gained a high reputation like elton john and Noel Gallagher.
At the same time, Ryan is also negotiating with the record company about the release of the last album "Pneumonia" recorded by Whisky City. Finally, Pneumonia was released by Road Record Company in May, 20001year. Ryan's second solo album "Gold" was also released by the record company.
After breaking up with his girlfriend, our hero began to travel around. After a free cruise, he settled down in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, the city of angels, has given Ryan new inspiration and creative inspiration. Our hero has made a new start in his personal life. He met the actress winona ryder. He fell in love with this beautiful little woman at first sight, and they fell in love. The acquaintance with Winona has brought great changes to Ryan's life, which is also reflected in Ryan's works. The song style in his second album "King" has changed a lot compared with "Broken Heart". There are many lively and energetic songs in the album. Despite being criticized by some critics, the sales of "Gold" are still quite good and have achieved great commercial success. It has also been affirmed by the majority of fans, and it is a work that laid Ryan's position in the music industry. Many singles in "Gold" have entered the top 40 best-selling singles charts in Britain and America. "Gold" also won Ryan the nomination of "Grammy Best Rock Album" in 2002, and the single "new york, NY" in the album was nominated for "Grammy Best Male Singer Performance Award".
After the success of "Gold", Ryan collaborated with many artists of different styles to record a series of works. He selected some songs that he liked and was satisfied with from these works, and included them in the album "Destruction Plan" published in 2002. This album also maintained the high standard of Ryan's album and did not disappoint his expanding fan base.
Stick to old habits
2003 was an extremely busy year for Ryan. He released a rock album by Qvanxian Zhang, and also released two EP's "Love is Hell, Part 1" and "Love is Hell, Part 2". Ryan said that the publication of these works is very important to him. He dedicated them to those who like and need them, and they reflected his thoughts and living conditions for a period of time. Fans who are familiar with and like Ryan find that rock music is very different from his previous albums. Many fans have long accepted and liked Ryan's golden style. He could have continued and developed this style into a unique style of Ryan Adams and a symbol of Ryan Adams, but Ryan didn't, and he couldn't stop exploring music. In this regard, Ryan said: "For me, it is very important for every record to be innovative, which is different from me before. I don't like to keep repeating myself. I haven't fully established my style yet. I'm still young, and I don't want to stereotype myself too early, so music will lose a lot of fun for me, won't it? And I make music just to find more fun in life. "
In the past few years of solo flight, Ryan, our beloved music hero and former head of Whisky City, has been making all kinds of news and catching people's attention during his personal development. Ryan always knows how to put himself in the spotlight. As Ryan became more and more famous, he was criticized by many media because of his wild and unruly performance and public occasions. However, with our hero's personality of going his own way and daring to do things, he certainly won't deliberately please the media and won't admit defeat in the face of media criticism. If he knew, he wouldn't be Ryan Adams. Of course, as Ryan Adams, he is also tit for tat to the media: "I don't like the media, and I don't like their reports on me. Whether positive or negative, the influence of the media is sometimes devastating, but unfortunately, there are some things I have to do, and I can't control their gossip. " How does Ryan respond to media accusations that he is not a serious musician? He said: "For a time, it was almost the crazy period of the publication of Sad Man. Critics and the media always ask me some seemingly serious questions about rock and roll and life, and their constant seemingly serious questions make me tired. In fact, I know nothing about the so-called rock theory. I only know that music makes me feel comfortable and brings me fun. I love music, and recording records is my way of expressing my love and thoughts about music. First of all, I guess I am a die-hard music fan, so I can sacrifice for the music I love. I don't judge myself, I won't use some meaningless theories to limit my creation, and I won't talk about those great truths with dignity. Music is a very simple thing for me. I always let everything go with the flow when I create. People always like to find some deeper meaning in the music they hear. I think if a person really finds a deeper meaning from music, it is also the result of his own feelings and experiences. I just provide music for people, not tell people how to feel and experience, not limit people's thoughts with some boring words. "
"Forgive me, angel, forgive me. My love for you is in danger of becoming boring." Ryan sang this song in Boys, but fans who love our music hero will never have to worry, and Ryan will never become boring. At least in his music, we can always find novel interests. His music sings many feelings in our lives, although most of us don't have the courage to speak out some of our deepest feelings like Ryan. Maybe that's why we regard Ryan as our hero. Sometimes we don't say it, but it doesn't mean we don't feel it; Just because we didn't say it doesn't mean nothing happened. Beneath our calm appearance, we screamed as loudly as Ryan. And Ryan, our hero, his musical journey will continue, and we are waiting for him to bring us the next surprise, and this hero who doesn't play by common sense will certainly bring us more surprises.