Blinker the Star
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Blinker the Star | |
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Origin | Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock |
Years active | 1993 | -present
Labels | Treat & Release (1993) A&M (1996) DreamWorks (1999) |
Members | Jordon Zadorozny |
Past members | Colin Wylie Peder Jakobsen Kellii Scott Ken Andrews Pete Frolander Randy Pedersen Melissa Auf der Maur Chris Pitman Vinnie Colaiuta Brad Laner Justin Meldal-Johnsen John Parish Tony Rabalao Stella Panacci Lindsey Buckingham Matt Mahaffey Leland Sklar Greg Edwards |
Blinker the Star is the recording name of Jordon Zadorozny, a Canadian solo artist who has worked with various musicians to create nine albums. Notable musicians who have appeared on Blinker the Star albums include Leland Sklar, Ken Andrews, and one of Jordon's childhood heroes Lindsey Buckingham.
History[]
Zadorozny launched his musical career with a solo album created in his Pembroke basement. He played all of the instruments and used elementary and improvised production techniques to create the self-titled album, which was released in 1993.
Zadorozny moved to Montreal and on the strength of favourable reviews from the debut album, which featured complex, hard guitar-pounding riffs mixed with softer, melancholy tracks, was signed to A&M Records. In 1996, with drummer Colin Wylie and bass player Peder Jakobsen, Blinker the Star released the album A Bourgeois Kitten.[1]
In 1997, Zadorozny moved to Los Angeles, where he was tapped by Courtney Love, and her band Hole, to help with their 1998 album Celebrity Skin. Zadorozny contributed to the song Reasons to Be Beautiful.[2]
In Los Angeles, Blinker signed with DreamWorks Records and released the album August Everywhere in 1999.[3][4][5] Singles from the album, particularly Below the Sliding Doors, enjoyed considerable airplay on Canadian radio stations such as 102.1 The Edge; the album was number 89 on The Edge's top 102 albums of 1999.[6]
After being dropped from DreamWorks, Blinker re-emerged in 2003 with the album Still in Rome,[7][8] then, in the spring of 2012, We Draw Lines.[9][10][11]Both of those were solo albums, but Blinker drew in several musicians for 2013's Songs From Laniakea Beach. Blinker went solo again with 8 of Hearts (2017),[12] Careful With Your Magic (2019), Juvenile Universe (2020) and Arista (2021).[13][14]
Discography[]
- Blinker the Star (Treat & Release, 1993)
- A Bourgeois Kitten (A&M Records, 1996)
- August Everywhere (Dreamworks Records, 1999)
- Still in Rome (Maple Nationwide Records, 2003)
- We Draw Lines (Nile River Records, 2012)
- Songs From Laniakea Beach (Nile River Records, 2013)
- 8 of Hearts (2017)
- Careful With Your Magic (2019)
- Juvenile Universe (2020)
- Arista (2021)
See also[]
- Canadian rock
- List of bands from Canada
- List of Canadian musicians
- Category:Canadian musical groups
References[]
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Blinker the Star, A Bourgeois Kitten". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Helms, William Ruben. "New Audio: Blinker the Star". joyofviolentmovement.com. The Joy of Violent Movement. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Lee, Catherine. "Video Vision Exclusive Interview: Blinker the Star". videovision.org. Video Vision. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "BLINKER THE STAR: NOT RICH AND FAMOUS YET". Chart Attack, interview by Daniel T. Smallegange, 1999
- ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby. "Jordon Zadorozny Interview". popmatters.com. Pop Matters. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ Edge.ca. "Top 102 Albums of 1999". CFNY. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved Dec 16, 2008.
- ^ "Blinker the Star - Still in Rome". silentuproar.com. Silent Uproar. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ "Open Your Eyes to Blinker the Star". therevue.ca. The Revue. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Sylvester, Daniel. "Blinker the Star - We Draw Lines". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Gahan, Sebastian. "Blinker the Star - We Draw Lines". verbicidemagazine.com. Verbicide Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Harrison, Tom. "Blinker the Star: We Draw Lines". theprovince.com. The Province. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ MacIntyre, David. "Blinker the Star - 8 of Hearts". taisawards.com. Tais Awards. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Lepage, Mark. "Blinker the Star brightens the summer". montrealgazette.com. Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Spill Album Premiere: Blinker the Star - Arista". spillmagazine.com. Spill Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
External links[]
- Musical groups established in 1993
- Canadian indie rock groups
- Musical groups from Ontario
- 1993 establishments in Ontario
- Pembroke, Ontario