Patrick Stickles

Patrick Stickles (born July 28, 1985){{cite web | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/who-the-hell-are-titus-andronicus/ | title=Who the Hell Are Titus Andronicus? | work=Consequence of Sound | date=28 July 2015 | accessdate=25 December 2015 | author=Phillips, Lion}} is an American musician and the lead singer, frontman, and songwriter of New Jersey–based punk rock band Titus Andronicus.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/arts/music/13punk.html | title=Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind | work=New York Times | date=13 March 2010 | accessdate=25 December 2015 | author=Caramanica, Jon}}

Stickles grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey, and graduated from Glen Rock High School as part of the class of 2004.Aberback, Brian. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130134/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/glen-rock-s-titus-andronicus-to-play-at-soon-to-shut-maxwell-s-1.637545 "Glen Rock's Titus Andronicus to play at soon-to-shut Maxwell's"], The Record (Bergen County), July 10, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. accessed August 30, 2018. "'It's important to support local business,' said Stickles (Glen Rock High School class of 2004)."

Musical career

Stickles started Titus Andronicus in 2005 when he was a student at Ramapo College.{{cite web | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-02/entertainment/ct-ott-0503-titus-andronicus-20130502_1_tour-bus-patrick-stickles-titus-andronicus | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503111122/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-02/entertainment/ct-ott-0503-titus-andronicus-20130502_1_tour-bus-patrick-stickles-titus-andronicus | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 3, 2013 | title=Titus Andronicus is (still) poised for launch | work=Chicago Tribune | date=2 May 2013 | accessdate=25 December 2015 | author=Knopper, Steve}} As of 2008, when Titus Andronicus was still relatively obscure, he lived with his parents in their suburban New Jersey home.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/28/titus-andronicus-patrick-stickles-interview | title=Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles: 'I'm out on the open road now' | work=The Guardian | date=28 October 2012 | accessdate=25 December 2015 | author=Hotz, Alexander}} In addition to performing in Titus Andronicus, he has worked at Brooklyn DIY concert venue Shea Stadium as a ticket-taker, where his band practiced until its closing in 2017.{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/featured/titus-andronicus-patrick-stickles-the-most-lamentable-tragedy-new-album-interview/ | title=Punk Begins at 30: A Titus Andronicus Story in Five Acts | work=Spin | date=28 August 2015 | accessdate=25 December 2015 | author=Unterberger, Andrew}}

References

Category:1985 births

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Category:Ramapo College alumni

Category:American punk rock singers

Category:Musicians from Bergen County, New Jersey

Category:Glen Rock High School alumni

Category:People from Glen Rock, New Jersey

Category:21st-century American singers

Category:Singers from New Jersey