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| Birth name | Gary Jules Aguirre |
| Born | March 19, 1969 , Fresno, California, United States |
| Genre(s) | Folk, Blues |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, harmonica |
| Website | www.garyjules.com |
Gary Jules (born March 19, 1969 in Fresno, California as Gary Jules Aguirre) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of Tears for Fears' third single "Mad World", which he recorded together with friend Michael Andrews for the cult film Donnie Darko. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics " Mad World " is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are " Mad World " is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Michael Andrews is an American musician and Film score composer Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring It became the UK Christmas Number One single of 2003. Each year record companies compete for the Christmas number one single spot on the British charts. See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels Since then it has been used on popular American TV shows, and most recently in the commercial for the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Gears of War is a tactical Third-person shooter Video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
Some of his early projects / bands were The Ivory Knights, Our Town Pansies, Woodenfish, Kofi, The Origin, "Invisible", "No poetry," and "Heroes and Heroin. "
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Personal
Jules' parents are Gary J. Aguirre and Marie Aguirre.
He attended and graduated from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California. The Bishop's School is a private college preparatory Episcopalian day school located in La Jolla California, USA La Jolla (ləˈhɔɪə "luh-HOY-uh") is a wealthy Seaside resort community of up to 42808 residents within the city of San Diego, California California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He later went on to obtain a B. A. in English at UCLA. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United
He has a sister who currently lives in New York and works for the New York Times.
Discography
Songs
Gary Jules recorded a cover of the song "Mad World" (by Tears For Fears) for the film Donnie Darko and later released it as a single. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Greetings from the Side is an album by Gary Jules. Track listing Greetings from the Side St Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets was a 2001 album release by Gary Jules under the Sanctuary Records label Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gary Jules is the third studio album by singer Gary Jules. Track listing Falling Awake The Devil Keeps Grinning Gone Daddy Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring
His song "Gone Daddy" is based upon his family and himself relocating to North Carolina. When living in L. A. a neighbor was gunned down at night. While the police were investigating the shooting, Gary approached one of the officers and explained that his child was trying to take a nap. Gary asked if the officer knew when they would be finished. The officer told Gary he did not know, but he could always leave L. A. So, Gary did.
His song "Wichita" was inspired by a class Gary took at UCLA regarding Native American history. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States There was a story about how the Native Americans followed the buffalo around the nation to survive, and when the "white men" finished the intercontinental railroad, the buffalo started to head back south. When they came upon the rail road, the buffalo would not cross it, and millions of them died. Gary has only spent one night in the actual city of Wichita.
Gary has stated that "No Poetry" is possibly his favorite song he has written. His song "Something Else" was featured on the Season 5 episode "My Fallen Idol" of the NBC TV show Scrubs. The following is a complete episode list for the television show Scrubs, which began being broadcast on October 2 2001 Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC.
| Preceded by Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground |
UK Christmas Number One single | Succeeded by Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas |
External links
- Official Website
- Gary Jules collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Gears of War trailer featuring Gary Jules cover of "Mad World"
- Interview with WickedInfo.com
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