Ivan Julian was born on June 26,1955 and is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, and founding member of Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Lovelies.
13 Facts About Ivan Julian
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Ivan Julian has performed with The Isley Brothers, The Clash, Matthew Sweet, The Bongos, Richard Barone, and Shriekback, Jeremy Toback.
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Ivan Julian apparently went home and burned his Chuck Taylor shoes in his backyard - a symbolic gesture against conformity.
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The child of a Navy officer, Ivan Julian spent his formative years moving a great deal, spending time in Haiti and Cuba before the family settled in Washington DC He enjoyed spending time alone and was an avid reader of books by Edgar Allan Poe and Ovid.
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When he was 13, Ivan Julian sang in a Led Zeppelin cover band, which led him to pick up the guitar at 14.
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Ivan Julian spent his high school years as a part-time student in a college program studying music theory.
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Ivan Julian formed The Outsets just after the breakup of Richard Hell and the Voidoids in 1980.
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Ivan Julian remembered seeing Vinny DeNunzio of The Feelies playing with Richard Lloyd's band and being impressed.
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At this point there were more venues opening up such as the Mudd Club, Danceteria catering to a new minimal, percussive style of music and Ivan Julian wanted to be part of it.
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Ivan Julian persuaded Ivan Julian and the band to explore sounds outside of the boundaries of American pop music, most notably Fela Kuti.
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Garland Jeffreys approached Ivan Julian and offered to produce The Outsets forthcoming EP "The Ice Man", which involved Bob Clearmountain as engineer.
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Ivan Julian formed a group called Lovelies which included his then-wife, former Bush Tetras vocalist Cynthia Sley in 1988.
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Ivan Julian joined the touring lineup of The English band Shriekback for two tours of North America and Europe.