Jonathan Donahue
- Alternative rock
- indie rock
- chamber pop
- neo-psychedelia
Jonathan Daniel Donahue (born May 6, 1966)[1] is an American rock musician. He is best known as the frontman and a founding member of Mercury Rev, with whom he has released nine studio albums since 1991. He is also a former member of The Flaming Lips and recorded two albums with the group in the early 1990s.
Career
Donahue helped form Mercury Rev,[2][3] along with vocalist/guitarist David Baker, bassist Dave Fridmann, guitarist and clarinetist Grasshopper (born Sean Mackowiak), rooster-tail bass flutist Suzanne Thorpe, and drummer Jimy Chambers, in the late 1980s as a source to create soundtracks to the members' personal student films. The members were further encouraged to explore their talents by their mentor, minimalist composer and multimedia artist Tony Conrad.
Donahue also doubled as a concert promoter in Buffalo. After billing the Butthole Surfers and their opening act The Flaming Lips, Donahue joined The Flaming Lips around 1989/1990 as their guitar technician. He later joined the band as the full-time lead guitarist and played on the albums In a Priest Driven Ambulance and Hit to Death in the Future Head.[4]
After being a member of The Flaming Lips for approximately two years, Donahue and The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne began to disagree over creative issues. Donahue left the band shortly after recording Hit to Death in the Future Head and was replaced by Oklahoma City guitarist Ronald Jones.
After leaving The Flaming Lips, Donahue returned to Buffalo and focused his time on reforming Mercury Rev. Donahue was credited as having played the clarinet line for The Chemical Brothers' 1997 cult hit "The Private Psychedelic Reel", which has been the on and off closing song to their shows ever since. The clarinet part was actually played by former Mercury Rev reed player, Mark Marinoff.
Personal life
Donahue was born in Kingston, New York.[5]
References
- ^ Mercury Rev unofficial FAQ
- ^ Hoskyns, Barney (17 August 2001). "'Most people wait till later for substance abuse. We went right in with album number one'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-08 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue struggles with self doubt in his songwriting abilities". www.irishexaminer.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- ^ Hewitt, Ben (24 March 2016). "The Flaming Lips – 10 of the best". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-08 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Perry, Andrew (20 January 2005). "Orchestral survivors in the dark". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-08 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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- In a Priest Driven Ambulance
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- Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
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- It Overtakes Me
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- 24 Hour Song Skull
- A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
- Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
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- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips
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- "Do You Realize??"
- "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"
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- "The Golden Path"
- "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)"
- "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)"
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- Atlas Eets Christmas (as Imagene Peise)
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- Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
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