Sam Farrar

Farrar is the bass guitar player for the American rock band Phantom Planet. He also joined the band Operation Aloha with members of Gomez and Maroon 5.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/first-listen-maroon-5-phantom-planet-gomez-members-form-band/ |title=First Listen: Maroon 5, Phantom Planet, Gomez Members Form Band |publisher=SPIN.com |date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=July 8, 2011}} He and his wife, Stephanie, have started their own music project, called Bubble and Strife.

In 2012, Farrar became a touring member of Maroon 5, playing various instruments, including guitars, occasional bass guitar, percussion and additional keyboards, singing backing vocals and providing samples and other special effects (using the MPC).

A longtime collaborator of the band, he co-wrote and co-produced a few of the band's songs on almost all of their studio albums and also remixed one of their songs, which is called "Woman", on Call and Response: The Remix Album, released in 2008. On August 31, 2012 – during a show in Argentina on the Overexposed Tour – Farrar filled-in for Mickey Madden on the bass guitar for the first time since 2001.{{cite web |last1=Carmichael |first1=Jesse |title=news |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010822130935fw_/http://maroonmusic.com/news.html |website=Maroon 5.com |access-date=15 November 2022}} He subsequently filled-in for Madden on the next few shows of the tour.{{cite web|url=http://voice21.justyouth.org.uk/features/maroon-5-line-up-change/ |title=Maroon 5 line up change |publisher=Voice21 |access-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025093339/http://voice21.justyouth.org.uk/features/maroon-5-line-up-change/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014}}

After touring with the band for the next couple of years, Farrar was named an official member in late 2017, with the release of Red Pill Blues.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/maroon-5-adam-levine-lower-voice-8031107/ |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=November 9, 2017 |title=Maroon 5 Says Adam Levine Is ‘Exploring the Lower End’ of His Voice on ‘Red Pill Blues’ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 28, 2025}} He replaced Madden as bassist in 2020.

Farrar was born in Los Angeles, California, to Australian parents. His father, John Farrar, was a member of The Shadows and also carved a successful songwriting career, penning many of Olivia Newton-John's big hits as well as producing nearly every one of her albums during her most successful years. His mother, Pat Carroll, was a successful Australian pop singer in the 1960s. He attended The Buckley School.

Farrar is married to Stephanie Eitel, formerly a member of the band Agent Sparks.{{cite web |url=http://eagleear.com/meetthebirds.html |title=Eagle Ear Entertainment : Meet the Birds |publisher=Eagleear.com |access-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710162232/http://eagleear.com/meetthebirds.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011 }} Their daughter was born in 2009, and their son in 2014.{{cite web|author=Name Sam Farrar Location Los Angeles Bio warbears central |url=https://twitter.com/samfarrar |title=Sam Farrar (samfarrar) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=July 8, 2011}}

With Hanson

• Underneath (2004)

With Operation Aloha

• Operation Aloha (2009)

With Sara Bareilles

• Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)
• Once Upon Another Time (EP) (2012)

With Bubble and Strife

• My Lifetime for Blondes (EP) (2011){{cite web|title=M.L.F.B.|url=http://bubbleandstrife.com/?page_id=38|website=Bubble.and.Strife website|access-date=December 6, 2017}}

With Jasmine Ash

• Beneath the Noise (2012)

With John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

• This Christmas (2012)

With Oh Land

• Wish Bone (2013)

With Tony Lucca

• With the Whole World Watching (2013)

With Rozzi Crane

• Rozzi Crane (EP) (2013)
• Space (EP) (2015)
• Time (EP) (2015)

With Shoffy

• Lenses (2018)
• Cool Again (2020)

With Andy Grammer

• Naive (2019)

With Yuna

• Rogue (2019)

With SuperM

• Super One (2020)

With Duncan Laurence

• Small Town Boy (2020)

With Band of Horses

• Things Are Great (2022)

With Mandy Moore

• In Real Life (2022)

{{Main|Maroon 5 discography}}

;As an outside collaborator

• Songs About Jane (2002) – programming ("She Will Be Loved")
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) – production
• Call and Response: The Remix Album (2008) – remix of a song ("Woman")
• Hands All Over (2010) – songwriting ("Misery", "Stutter", "Don't Know Nothing", "Hands All Over" and "How")
• Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition (2012) – producing

;As a touring member

• Overexposed (2012) – production and songwriting ("Ladykiller", "Fortune Teller" and "Tickets"), backing vocals, programming
• V (2014) – backing vocals ("Unkiss Me" and "This Summer" – the latter song is from the 2015 re-release of V), programming

;As an official member

• Red Pill Blues (2017) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals
• Jordi (2021) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals

{{Main|Phantom Planet discography}}

• Phantom Planet Is Missing (1998)
• The Guest (2002)
• Phantom Planet (2004)
• Raise the Dead (2008)
• Devastator (2020)

2008

• "Woman" – Maroon 5 (Sam Farrar Remix)

2010

• "Unspoken" – Weezer (Sam Farrar Remix)

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