Adam Marsland

Marsland relocated to Los Angeles and formed punk-flavored power pop band Cockeyed Ghost in 1994.{{cite web|author=Adam Marsland |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/adam-marsland-p255525 |title=Adam Marsland - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} Along with bands such as The Negro Problem, Baby Lemonade and Wondermints, Marsland and Cockeyed Ghost were part of the mid-1990s "pop underground" in Los Angeles and signed to Rykodisc-distributed indie label Big Deal in 1996.{{cite web|author=Mouse : 6/04/2008 03:33:00 PM |url=http://www.la-underground.net/2008/06/los-angeles-needs-wednesday-update.html |title=Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update |publisher=La-underground.net |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092900/http://www.la-underground.net/2008/06/los-angeles-needs-wednesday-update.html |archivedate=2012-04-25 }}{{cite web|author=BILL LOCEY |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-14-me-52915-story.html |title=Power Times 3 - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2007-07-11 |access-date=2012-08-03}} The band's debut album Keep Yourself Amused followed shortly thereafter and was acclaimed by The New York Press as "finest debut album of the rapidly aging year.".{{cite web|last=Swihart |first=Stanton |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cockeyed-ghost-p200399 |title=Cockeyed Ghost - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} The band was noted for its high energy and work ethic, performing at the SXSW festival{{cite web|url=http://www.splendidezine.com/features/sxsw/sxswpage2.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913212055/http://www.splendidezine.com/features/sxsw/sxswpage2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-13 |title=SXSW |publisher=Splendidezine.com |accessdate=2012-08-03 }} and touring with labelmates Shonen Knife,{{cite web|url=http://www.shonenknife.com/skhob.html |title=skhob.html |publisher=Shonenknife.com |date=1997-02-09 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} as well as opening for Fastball, Redd Kross, Third Eye Blind and others. The band was also featured on the cover of L.A. Weekly in November 1997{{cite web|url=http://fastball.faithweb.com/amplifier.html |title=Fastball Interviewed |publisher=Fastball.faithweb.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} and appeared briefly in the television movie Friends 'Til The End that same year.{{cite web|author=John Kenyon at 10:26 PM |url=http://www.oocities.org/tubetune/2001_02_11_archive.html |title=Tube Tunes |publisher=Oocities.org |date=2001-02-15 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}

Cockeyed Ghost made two further albums for Big Deal, Neverest and The Scapegoat Factory, the release of which coincided with Big Deal's bankruptcy in early 1999.{{cite web|last=Swihart |first=Stanton |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/scapegoat-factory-r396578 |title=Scapegoat Factory - Cockeyed Ghost : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1999-02-23 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10328-highlights.html |title=Highlights | Nypress.com - New York's essential guide to culture, arts, politics, news and more |publisher=Nypress.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}}[http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers-book-music-hobby-stores-stores/10563169-1.html]{{dead link|date=August 2012}} Cockeyed Ghost released their final album, Ludlow 6:18, in 2001 on Marsland's own Karma Frog label.

Marsland embarked on a series of coast-to-coast solo tours, performing hundreds of shows a year [http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=288166&paper=60&cat=226]{{dead link|date=August 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hyperbolium.com/2009/01/03/adam-marsland-daylight-kissing-night-adam-marslands-greatest-hits/ |title=Adam Marsland: Daylight Kissing Night – Adam Marsland's Greatest Hits « Hyperbolium |publisher=Hyperbolium.com |date=2009-01-03 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} and establishing a reputation as a DIY workhorse.{{cite web|url=http://aokgraphics.com/drupal/Adam%20Marsland |title=Adam Marsland | Powerpopaholic |publisher=Aokgraphics.com |date=2011-03-08 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blacklistedjournalist.com/column80k.html |title=THE BLACKLISTED JOURNALIST, ADAM MARSLAND: 232 DAYS AND COUNTING BY Gary (Pig) Gold |publisher=Blacklistedjournalist.com |date=2002-12-01 |accessdate=2012-08-03}}{{cite web|author=Jimmy Magahern |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2003-09-18/news/ghost-radio/ |title=Ghost Radio - Page 1 - News - Phoenix |publisher=Phoenix New Times |date=2003-09-18 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} He released his debut solo album, the live CD 232 Days On The Road, in 2002. The album was produced by Robbie Rist, who also participated in sessions for The Scapegoat Factory.

Marsland's album You Don't Know Me was released in 2004 and featured the first appearance of his "Chaos Band," inaugurating a long-running collaboration with soulstress Evie Sands. Ex-Cockeyed Ghost guitarist Severo Jornacion also performed with the band until joining the Smithereens in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://drbristol.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/new-album-smithereens-tommy/ |title=NEW ALBUM! Smithereens: Tommy | Dr. Bristol's Prescription |publisher=Drbristol.wordpress.com |date= 22 April 2009|accessdate=2012-08-03}}

With the Chaos Band and Alan Boyd, Marsland released Long Promised Road: Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson Live in 2007, recorded by Grammy-winning Beach Boys engineer Mark Linett.{{cite web|author=Mark Linett |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-linett-p98667/credits/date-desc |title=Mark Linett - Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} A highlight of the album was the, currently unavailable at the time, version of Dennis Wilson’s 1971 unreleased composition, "(Wouldn’t It Be Nice To) Live Again," featuring Sands on lead vocals.

Marsland returned to his original music with the compilation album Daylight Kissing Night in 2008. Marsland followed in 2009 with a 23-track double album, Go West, and six months later with Hello Cleveland, which was recorded on the road in less than 9 hours.{{cite web|last=Gallucci |first=Michael |url=http://www.clevescene.com/c-notes/archives/2009/10/16/adam-marsland-says-hello-cleveland |title=Adam Marsland Says "Hello Cleveland" | C-Notes: Scene's Music Blog |publisher=Clevescene.com |date=2009-05-29 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} Both Daylight Kissing Night and Go West briefly charted on Amazon's top 40 best seller list on the strength of a grass-roots push to fans.{{cite web|url=http://www.adammarsland.com/news.html |title=Adam Marsland's News Page |publisher=Adammarsland.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/25/tunesday-daylight-kissing-night/ |title=TunesDay: daylight kissing night |publisher=Scholars and Rogues |date=2008-03-25 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} After a three-year hiatus, he released The Owl And The Full Moon in Spring 2013, which was promoted by tours in the US and, for the first time, Europe. Four years later, he released the southeast Asian-influenced Bulé, partly recorded in Bali.

Aside from his songwriting, Marsland has an extensive resume as a sideman in various capacities including guitar, keyboards, and vocals. His more notable credits include working with 2008 Tony Award winner Stew/The Negro Problem,{{cite web|last=Mason |first=Stewart |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-negro-problem-p225310/biography |title=The Negro Problem - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} members of the Beach Boys,{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~fun_fun_fun/9-10-05.html |title=Al Jardine Concert-September 10, 2005 |publisher=Members.tripod.com |date=2005-09-10 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} The Wrecking Crew,{{cite web|author=|url=http://highwiredaze.com/marslandnews1 |title=Adam Marsland returns with the highly successful "Adam's 70′s Show" for a 2010 year end finale! |publisher=HighWire Daze |date=2010-11-27 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} Davie Allan,{{cite web|url=http://www.mwe3.com/reviews/DavieAllanRetro/ |title=CD/DVD Reviews |publisher=Mwe3.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} Wondermints, Carnie and Wendy Wilson of Wilson Philips, and many others. He performed on Badfinger vocalist Pete Ham's posthumous 7 Park Avenue album {{cite web|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~crimson3/reviews.htm |title=WITHOUT YOU: The Tragic Story of Badfinger press reviews |publisher=Mindspring.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-03}} and was a member of a latter-day incarnation of the Standells, as vocalist/guitarist prior to leaving the band in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.freepresshouston.com/music/testify-larry-tamblyn-of-the-standells/ |title=Testify – Larry Tamblyn of The Standells |publisher=Free Press Houston |date=2011-05-23 |accessdate=2012-08-03}} That same year he also participated in comeback shows by SST art-punk band Trotsky Icepick{{cite web|url=http://blurt-online.com/features/view/927/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714190813/http://blurt-online.com/features/view/927/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-14 |title=L.A. PUNK ALMOST-LEGENDS Trotsky Icepick on Blurt Online |publisher=Blurt-online.com |date=2011-07-15 |accessdate=2012-08-03 }} and longtime collaborator Evie Sands. His numerous production credits include Beach Boy David Marks' 2016 album Back In The Garage. He also operates [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMTv_sj1F4 Karma Frog Studio].

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