Jeremy Ward (musician)
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Birth name | Jeremy Michael Ward |
Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | May 5, 1976
Died | May 25, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 27)
Genres | Experimental music, dub, noise, reggae, salsa, ambient |
Occupation(s) | Sound technician Vocal operator Guitarist |
Instruments | Various Effects Equipment Guitar Vocals |
Years active | 1994–2003 |
Associated acts | The Mars Volta De Facto Omar Rodríguez-López |
Jeremy Michael Ward (May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003) was an American musician, best known as the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and De Facto.
Biography[]
Jeremy Ward was born in Fort Worth, Texas and later moved to El Paso.[1] He was a cousin of Jim Ward and was loosely associated with Jim's band At the Drive-In since its formation in 1994.[2] After that band split for the first time in 2001, members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López invited Ward to contribute vocals and electronic effects to their interim project De Facto, and then their more permanent band The Mars Volta.[3] He contributed to that group's debut album De-Loused in the Comatorium,[4] and his experimental sound manipulations have been cited as integral to that album's sound.[3]
Less than a month before the album was released, Ward was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose on May 25, 2003.[3] Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López have stated that Ward's death inspired them to kick their own addictions.[5] Ward had also worked as a repo man, and an anonymous diary that he had found while repossessing a car became the basis for the lyrics in the next Mars Volta album, Frances the Mute.[6] Some of Ward's experimental recordings were used posthumously on later albums by The Mars Volta and Omar Rodríguez-López, and Lopez created the full-length album Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward from such compositions in 2008.[7]
Discography[]
With At the Drive-In[]
- In/Casino/Out (1998)
With De Facto[]
- How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub, You Plug Dub In (1999/2001)
- 456132015 (2001)
- Megaton Shotblast (2001)
- Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues (2001)
With The Mars Volta[]
- Tremulant (2002)
- De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
- Octahedron (2009)
With Omar Rodríguez-López[]
- A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 (2004)
- Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008)
- Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008)
- Telesterion (2011)
Equipment[]
With De Facto[]
- Yamaha QY100
- Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer
- Digitech Multi chorus
- Guyatone MD-3 Digital delay
- Ibanez DE-7 delay/Echo
- Boss DD-6 delay
- Boss HR-2 Harmonist
- Maxon Rotary phaser
- Korg KP2 Kaoss pad
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "THE MARS VOLTA PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD FRIEND". NME. 2003-06-25. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (2003-05-28). "Mars Volta's Ward Dies". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Mars Volta Keyboardist Found Dead". Billboard. 2003-05-28. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Mars Volta: De-Loused in the Comatorium". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "The Mars Volta: Spaced Out". Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "DecompositionMagazine.com". decompmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward - Omar Rodríguez-López, Jeremy Michael Ward | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-11-24
- 1976 births
- 2003 deaths
- Deaths by heroin overdose in California
- 20th-century American guitarists
- Guitarists from Texas
- American male guitarists
- The Mars Volta members
- 20th-century American male musicians
- De Facto (band) members