Stephin Merritt
| Stephin Merritt | |
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Stephin Merritt at Cadogan Hall, London, July 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stephen Raymond Merritt |
| Born | February 9, 1965 |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments |
Guitar Ukulele Keyboard |
| Associated acts |
The Magnetic Fields The 6ths The Gothic Archies Future Bible Heroes |
| Website | HouseOfTomorrow |
Stephen Raymond Merritt (born February 9, 1965), better known as Stephin Merritt, is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the principal singer and songwriter of the band The Magnetic Fields. He is known for his distinctive and untrained bass voice.
Merritt created and played principal roles in the bands The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes. He briefly used the name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, entitled "Scream and Run Away". Further music was recorded for the audiobook versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies. The Tragic Treasury was released by Nonesuch Records in October 2006 along with the 13th and final book of the series.
Under his own name, he recorded and released the soundtracks to the films Eban and Charley and Pieces of April. The soundtrack to the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete featured many of his songs.
He and director Chen Shi-Zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre; The Orphan of Zhao (2003), Peach Blossom Fan (2004) and My Life as a Fairy Tale (2005). Selected tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title Showtunes.
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