Dylan Keefe
| Dylan Keefe | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
April 11, 1970 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Genres | Alternative rock, grunge, folk rock, modern rock, pop rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock |
| Instruments | Bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Deep South Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Marcy Playground, John Wozniak |
| Notable instruments | |
| Epiphone bass guitar | |
Dylan Keefe (born April 11, 1970 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the bassist and one of the founding members of the multi-platinum selling alternative rock band Marcy Playground.
Keefe, along with vocalist John Wozniak and drummer Jared Kotler, founded Marcy Playground in 1994.
Although Keefe grew up in the same city as Wozniak, the two never met until both moved to NY and met through a mutual friend, acclaimed jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Before joining Marcy Playground, he attended the Berklee Music College of Boston with the band's ex-drummer Dan Reiser, with whom he played in various jazz projects together.
Keefe is known for being the shy yet funny guy in Marcy Playground. Aside from providing bass guitar for Marcy Playground, he contributed backing vocals on many of the songs on the band's second album, Shapeshifter. His musical influences include Radiohead, classic rock, and jazz.
A quote from Dylan Keefe about a day that forever changed his life:
"I can divide my personal history into two distinct parts; pre and post May 31, 1995.
On that day my father, an accomplished artist and architect, took his own life. He had always been my greatest inspiration, my wisest confidant, my biggest fan, and my best friend. He was insanely talented, amazingly kind, and aggressively charming. But most of all, although we played in different mediums, he was my artistic soul mate. Somehow, with him in the world, it was easier to chose [sic] a life in the ridiculous pursuit of artistic endeavors. Being totally and completely understood by someone has a way of dissolving self-doubt into bite size pieces.
That very same late spring day, before I received that heart-crushing news, I also met John Wozniak. As Minneapolis ex pats living in New York City, we quickly learned that we were from the same town, grew up with similar record collections, and had poor but intellectually stimulating parents that sent us to experimental grade schools. The Marcy Open School was the sister to mine on the other side of town. We were kindred misfit guinea pigs that had been tagged and released into to wild of the normal world.
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