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The Rembrandts

Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genre(s) Pop-rock
Adult alternative
Rock
Powerpop
Years active 1990–1996
2000–present
Label(s) Warner/Atco/EastWest
Website TheRembrandts.net
Members
Danny Wilde
Phil Solem

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History

Before the foundation of The Rembrandts, Solem and especially Wilde were well-regarded music industry veterans. Wilde was a member of 1970s cult recording act The Quick, and had released several mildly successful solo albums in the 1980s. As well, Wilde and Solem had together been in the well-reviewed (but commercially unsuccessful) power-pop quartet Great Buildings, a band which released one album for CBS in 1981 before dissolving.

After establishing themselves as The Rembrandts in 1989, Solem and Wilde recorded a self-titled album largely in Wilde's home studio. From this album, the group had their first hit in 1990 with "Just the Way It Is, Baby", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard singles chart. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 The self-titled album reached number 88 on the album charts.

The 1992 follow up album Untitled featured the minor hit "Johnny Have You Seen Her". Another track from the album, "Rollin' Down The Hill", was used in the movie Dumb & Dumber.

However, The Rembrandts are most famous for the song "I'll Be There for You," the theme for the popular sitcom Friends. "I'll Be There for You", performed by The Rembrandts is the Theme song to the hit American sitcom Friends Friends was an It reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard charts, despite never being released as a single. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The single has been released in other countries, including the UK, where it went to number 3 in 1995 and number 5 in 1997. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The success of Friends has led to a greater awareness of the band, and to greater sales of their recorded albums. Friends was an The song was also featured on the Friends Soundtrack album. This is a discography of music related to the American Sitcom Friends.


In 1997, the duo split, with Solem returning to Minneapolis to concentrate on his band Thrush. In 1998, Wilde released the album Spin This, credited to "Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts". But by 2000 Solem and Wilde reunited, and in 2001 released the album Lost Together as The Rembrandts. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In 2005 the band released an album of re-recorded favorites called Choice Picks. There are two versions of Choice Picks, one released through Awarestore which features the new track "Chasin' Down A Rainbow". The other version was released on the Fuel 2000 label, with the new track "Don't Give Me Up".

In 2006, Rhino released a collection called The Rembrandts' Greatest Hits, a 20 song career-spanning retrospective that included material from the lone Great Buildings album, Apart From The Crowd.

The duo continues to write new songs and tour, while also working on material and producing for other artists, including Plain White T's, Katie & Katie, Gin Blossoms, Evan & Jaron, and Glen Phillips (Wilde) and Catchpenny, Christo Savalas, and The Melismatics (Solem. This article is about the band Gin Blossoms for the medical condition known by the term see Rosacea. )

In the early 90's the song "Someone" in their self titled album was hit and had wide radio airplay in the Philippines.

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