Ryan Pardey is a musician, singer, songwriter, promoter, tour manager, actor, left-handed guitar player, and DJ from Las Vegas.
16 Facts About Ryan Pardey
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Ryan Pardey is best known as the singer and songwriter for Halloween Town, which has featured members of The Killers, Louis XIV, and The Shys.
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Ryan Pardey appeared as Santa again for The Killers in the two sequel Christmas singles, I Feel It in My Bones and Dirt Sledding.
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Ryan Pardey appears in the videos and as illustrations in the artwork for both singles.
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Ryan Pardey's brother is Rodney E Pardey, who is a professional poker player and musician.
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Ryan Pardey attended high school at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts in Las Vegas during the late '90s.
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Ryan Pardey continued as tour manager for The Killers until the release of Hot Fuss in June 2004, when he was replaced by long time tour manager Jeremy Bates.
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In 2008, while writing for the album, Ryan Pardey test performed the songs for live audiences, opening for such acts as The Whigs, Tokyo Police Club, and The Silent Comedy.
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Ryan Pardey continued to utilize The Shys primarily as his live band, while he began recruiting members of Louis XIV as his studio band, along with The Killers bassist Mark Stoermer.
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Ryan Pardey toured the Midwest as a solo artist in December 2009.
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Between shows and traveling, Ryan Pardey took up a DJ residency at the Beauty Bar in the Fremont East music district where he began hosting a karaoke night.
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In June 2010, Ryan Pardey returned to Las Vegas to perform new songs from his forthcoming Halloween Town album at a benefit for Arbo De Vivo, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping impoverished people of the world.
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The album was named after the street Ryan Pardey grew up on, and features collaborations and production by a star lineup of musicians, which include Shaun Cornell, and Michael Stratton, Mark Stoermer and Dave Keuning of The Killers, Jason Hill and Brian Karscig of Louis XIV, and Matt Dublin of The Red Romance and Ambulance LTD.
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In October 2015, Ryan Pardey led the second reopening of the Las Vegas venue bar known as The Bunkhouse.
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Ryan Pardey was brought on as Entertainment Director when the venue reopened for a second time in late 2015.
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In November 2015 Ryan Pardey appeared in the Matthew Gray Gubler-directed music video for the song Dirt Sledding by The Killers.