Adam Duritz
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964)<ref>https://www.upi.com/amp/Entertainment_News/2024/08/01/Famous-birthdays-for-August-1-Sam-Mendes-Adam-Duritz/5361722479853/</ref> is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> for which he serves as a founding member and principal composer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> released seven studio albums that have been certified gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Officialsite1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Duritz has recorded solo material of his own and has collaborated with other musical acts. He has also founded two record labels, E Pluribus Unum and Tyrannosaurus Records. His work scoring music for film earned an award from BMI for co-writing the song "Accidentally in Love" for the movie Shrek 2.
CareerEdit
Duritz and producer/guitarist David Bryson formed Counting Crows in San Francisco in 1991.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When Gary Gersh of Geffen Records heard the band's demo tape, he was "blown away". A bidding war between nine different record labels broke out in February 1992. In April, the band—which, by that time, included other members—"signed a deal with Gersh and Geffen believed to be so lucrative that industry wags dubbed them Accounting Crows".<ref name="auto3">Template:Cite news</ref>
The band's first album, August and Everything After, charted within the top five of the Billboard 200,<ref name="billboard.com">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the single "Mr. Jones" (1993) was a number-one hit in Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the band performed as the music guest on Saturday Night Live, "Mr. Jones" jumped 40 spots in the charts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.<ref name="riaa.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Six of the band's albums have charted on the Billboard 200<ref name="billboard.com"/> and four have been certified gold or platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.<ref name="riaa.com"/> Counting Crows was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1994.<ref name="grammy.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band also received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for the song "Accidentally in Love", which was included in the film Shrek 2.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="Officialsite1"/><ref>Kaufman, Gil. Jamie Foxx Gets Two Oscar Nods, 'Aviator' Leads Pack. MTV.com. January 5, 2005.</ref>
Duritz has collaborated with The Wallflowers (led by Jakob Dylan) on the album Bringing Down the Horse on the track "6th Avenue Heartache"; with Ryan Adams on Gold and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from Hard Candy; with Peter Stuart on Propeller and Daisy; with Live on V;,<ref name=Live>Template:Cite news</ref> with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from Dusk and Summer,<ref name=Dashboard>Template:Cite news</ref> with Maria Taylor on the song "Waiting In Line",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and with Nanci Griffith on the song "Going Back to Georgia" on her album Flyer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Duritz also contributed the songs "Spin Around", "You Don't See Me", and "You're a Star" to the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack that was performed by the film's fictional title band. Along with bandmates Dan Vickrey, Bryson, and Immerglück, Duritz co-wrote the song "Accidentally in Love" for the soundtrack of the movie Shrek 2, winning them each an award from BMI in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Duritz's lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured"<ref name="autogenerated1">Template:Cite news</ref> and as "wordy introspection",<ref name=RollingStone>Template:Cite news</ref> while his vocals have been called "expressive".<ref name="autogenerated1" />
In October 2018, Duritz co-founded the Underwater Sunshine Music Festival.<ref name="noise11.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Duritz co-founded the record label E Pluribus Unum in 1997.<ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="uncut.co.uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Before the label was purchased by new ownership,<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="uncut.co.uk"/> Duritz had signed Joe 90, Gigolo Aunts, and Neilson Hubbard.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2007, Duritz launched a record label called Tyrannosaurus Records.<ref name="uncut.co.uk" /> Debut artists on the label included Notar and Blacktop Mourning.<ref name="uncut.co.uk" /> Template:As of, the label was defunct.<ref name="nuvo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Duritz was executive producer for the film The Locusts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and produced the ensemble comedy film Freeloaders.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He appeared in the 2007 mockumentary film Farce of the Penguins.<ref name="Penguins">Template:Cite news</ref>
Duritz features prominently in Brian T. Atkinson's Love at the Five and Dime: The Songwriting Legacy of Nanci Griffith (Texas A&M University Press, 2024).
Personal lifeEdit
Duritz was born in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland to Gilbert and Linda Duritz, both physicians. <ref>https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/adam-duritz-talks-counting-crows-black-eyed-susan-concert/</ref>He has a younger sister, Nicole.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Duritz is Jewish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His family lived near Pimlico. They moved to California when he was a child. He graduated from Head-Royce School in Oakland, California and attended the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in English, although he later dropped out. He credited his college experience to learning about writing and epistemology.<ref>https://patch.com/california/berkeley/catching-up-with-adam-duritz-of-counting-crows#:~:text=The%20true%20identity%20of%20%22Mr,School%20and%20attended%20UC%20Berkeley.</ref><ref>https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/number-87-adam-duritz</ref> He is a fan of the California Golden Bears.<ref>https://www.gq.com/story/adam-duritz-is-just-happy-to-be-anywhere</ref>
Duritz has dissociative mental health issues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He disclosed this mental health issue publicly in 2008 and has noted his struggles with his relationships due to his issues.<ref name="auto4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Duritz briefly dated actress Jennifer Aniston in 1995 after mutual friends got them together at The Viper Room. He has also been linked to Courteney Cox and Mary Louise Parker.<ref>Aniston</ref> Duritz worked as a bartender at the venue for a period of time after the suicide of Kurt Cobain to help keep his head clear.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19518814/adam-duritz-interview/</ref>
In the summer of 2009, he started dating Emmy Rossum. The pair broke up in 2010.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emmy-rossum-and-adam-duritz-call-it-quits/</ref>
In August 2019, Duritz—who had "rocked voluminous dreadlocks" since Counting Crows was formed—traveled to London to shave them.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had previously revealed that the dreadlocks were extensions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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