26 Facts About Ty Segall

Ty Garrett Segall was born on June 8,1987 and is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer.

Ty Segall is best known for his solo career, during which he has released fifteen studio albums alongside various EPs, singles, and collaborative albums.

Ty Segall is a former member of the Traditional Fools, Epsilons, Party Fowl, Sic Alps, and the Perverts.

Ty Segall has played with the Sleeper Band, consisting of Sean Paul, Andrew Luttrell and Moothart.

Ty Segall's hometown is San Francisco, California and he returns regularly.

Ty Segall is the adopted son of a Laguna Beach, California family; his father is a lawyer and his mother is an artist.

Ty Segall began surfing at age ten; he was in high school when he became interested in music.

Ty Segall describes his teenage self as emotionally unstable, a "very existential eighteen-year-old drinker," whose instability was temporarily mended by the escapism music provided him.

Ty Segall began his recording career as a part-time musician in various underground bands in Orange County and the San Francisco Bay Area including Epsilons and Evil Robots, before beginning a solo career in 2008.

The studio album Melted followed in 2010; in 2011, Ty Segall signed to Drag City and released the album Goodbye Bread in June.

In 2014, Ty Segall released Manipulator, his first to integrate some psych music.

Ty Segall toured in support of the release, with support from Wand, whom he had signed to his label.

In 2015, Ty Segall produced the debut album by Peacers, featuring his former Sic Alps bandmate Mike Donovan.

In November 2015, Ty Segall announced a new studio album, Emotional Mugger, by sending a VHS tape to Pitchfork.

The video introduces The Muggers, which, upon the album's release, Ty Segall formed as a backing band.

Also following the album's release, Ty Segall began touring with the backing band that recorded the album, which was now named The Freedom Band.

The ten-minute-long centerpiece of the album is "Warm Hands ", which starts with Ty Segall's characteristic punk-inspired thrashing guitar, but becomes open and spacey around the five-minute mark, before reprising the melody from "Freedom".

Comparisons have been drawn between this most recent album and Ty Segall's 2012 release Twins, which was a compilation of Ty Segall's various influences and styles up to that point in his career.

Ty Segall released the album Freedom's Goblin on January 26,2018.

Ty Segall composed the theme music for three Comedy Central television programs, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and Corporate, and Klepper.

Ty Segall surprise-released his thirteenth studio album, Harmonizer on August 3,2021.

Ty Segall released Three Bells on January 26,2024, his fifteenth studio album.

Later that same year, Ty Segall released the instrumental album, Love Rudiments, on August 30,2024.

Ty Segall's music has been described as garage rock, garage rock revival, lo-fi, indie rock and psychedelic rock.

Ty Segall has stated in interviews that his favorite band of all time is Hawkwind.

In 2014, Ty Segall signed fellow-garage rock act Wand to the label and subsequently invited them to join him on tour.