24 Facts About Justin Vernon

Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon was born on April 30,1981 and is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Justin Vernon is best-known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver.

Justin Vernon is a member of the bands Volcano Choir, Big Red Machine, the Shouting Matches, and Gayngs, and was previously a member of the now-defunct band DeYarmond Edison.

Justin Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides today.

Justin Vernon formed his first band, Mount Vernon, in 1997 after meeting its members at a Wisconsin high school jazz camp.

Justin Vernon majored in Religious Studies and minored in Women's Studies.

Justin Vernon went on to release two other solo albums, namely Self Record in 2005, which was followed shortly thereafter by Hazeltons in 2006.

Justin Vernon founded the band DeYarmond Edison in 2001 while still in college.

Justin Vernon came to international prominence with For Emma, Forever Ago, his first album as Bon Iver, which he recorded isolated in a northern Wisconsin cabin during the winter months of 2006 and 2007, while he was going through health and personal difficulties.

On September 25,2012, Justin Vernon walked away from Bon Iver temporarily, virtually putting an end to the band for the time being.

The band's fourth studio LP is vocal-heavy and features dozens of collaborators, emulating the message Justin Vernon intended to send when working with Aaron Dessner in producing Big Red Machine.

Justin Vernon is a part of other musical groups, including Volcano Choir, which consists of Justin Vernon and the members of the band Collections of Colonies of Bees.

Justin Vernon contributed vocals as Orpheus to seven songs on Anais Mitchell's 2010 album Hadestown, based on the Greek legend Orpheus and Eurydice.

Justin Vernon is one third of the Shouting Matches, a blues-garage rock trio, along with Laarks and Peter Wolf Crier drummer Brian Moen, and former DeYarmond Edison bandmate Phil Cook.

Justin Vernon has on several occasions served as backing vocalist for West at his live performances, notably at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2011 and Glastonbury Festival in 2015, where West introduced Justin Vernon as "one of the baddest white boys on the planet".

In 2009, Justin Vernon collaborated with Aaron Dessner on the song "Big Red Machine" for the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Justin Vernon has produced albums for other artists, including Land of Talk's 2008 album Some Are Lakes and Kathleen Edwards' 2012 album Voyageur.

In 2012, Justin Vernon began Chigliak, an imprint of Jagjaguwar, dedicated to albums that have had limited or non-commercial releases.

In 2017 Justin Vernon collaborated with Mouse on Mars on their album Dimensional People who used his studio April Base.

In late August 2018, Justin Vernon released the eponymous debut album of duet Big Red Machine alongside the National's Aaron Dessner.

In March 2020 the Ryan Olson-produced album Sorry You Couldn't Make It by Swamp Dogg was released, with Justin Vernon playing guitar on all tracks.

Later in 2020, Justin Vernon collaborated with Taylor Swift to write and feature on the song "Exile", with an instrumental credit on "Peace", for her eighth studio album Folklore.

Justin Vernon co-wrote the title track and played other instruments as well as performed background vocals on several tracks.

Justin Vernon founded and curated the Eaux Claires music and arts festival along with Aaron Dessner of the National.