Kevin Parker

Rock Singer

Kevin Parker was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on January 20th, 1986 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 38, Kevin Parker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Kevin Richard Parker, Tame Impala
Date of Birth
January 20, 1986
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age
38 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Drummer, Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
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Kevin Parker Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 38 years old, Kevin Parker has this physical status:

Height
183cm
Weight
73kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Kevin Parker Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
John XXIII College
Kevin Parker Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Sophie Lawrence
Children
1
Dating / Affair
Juliana Melody Prochet (2012), Sophie Lawrence (2014-Present)
Parents
Jerry Parker, Rosalind Parker
Siblings
Stuart Parker (Older Brother)
Other Family
Rhonda (Step-Mother), Stephen (Half-Brother), Helen (Half-Sister)
Kevin Parker Life

Kevin Richard Parker (born 20 January 1986) is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer best known for his musical project Tame Impala, for which he writes, records, and produces the music.

He received two awards in the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, both Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year, for his contribution to Tame Impala's album Currents (2015). Parker, the drummer of Pond from 2009 to 2011. In addition to his appearances for Tame Impala, he was the drummer of the ensemble.

He remains the band's record producer, appearing on their studio albums, Beard, Wives, Denim (2012), Hobo Rocket (2013), Man, It Feels Like Space Again (2015), The Weather (2017), and Tasmania (2019).

Parker has collaborated with musicians including Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Melody's Echo Chamber, and The Flaming Lips.

Personal life

Parker had previously worked with Melody Prochet of Melody's Echo Chamber, and had produced the band's self-titled debut album in 2012. Sophie Lawrence, a winemaker in Western Australia, married Parker on February 9, 2019. In 2021, they had their first child, a daughter, born. He now divides his time between Perth and Los Angeles, where he owns a home in the Hollywood Hills.

Parker is a sponsor of the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League (AFL) and has been named as the club's number one ticket holder on May 22nd 2021. Parker performed an original "pump-up" song for the team, which is supposed to be played at its matches to show his appreciation for the service.

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Kevin Parker Career

Early life and career beginnings

Parker was born in Sydney but the bulk of his life has been spent in Perth, Western Australia. Jerry Parker's father, Jerry, was from Rhodesia, and his mother, Rosalind, is from South Africa. When Parker was three years old, his parents separated and divorced. He lived in Cottesloe with his father, stepmother Rhonda, and brother Stephen, until he, his older paternal half-brother, Stuart, remained in Brisbane (Queensland). Helen, his mother's second child, has a younger maternal half-sister.

Parker aspired to music from a young age. Parker's father "played a lot of music as a hobby" and was a "significant piece [Kevin's] musical upbringing." His first exposure to playing an instrument was accompanying his father on guitar. "I learned guitar by playing rhythm guitar to his Shadows leads," he said. Because Hank B. Marvin is a huge fan, he wanted to play the chords in the background." Parker's father performed in a cover band, The Beach Boys, and Supertramp, which Parker claims was where he "got [his] love of melody," which has been a huge part of Parker's music. When [his] mother was sweeping, Parker recalls "amusing [him]self by singing along to the vacuum cleaner." Kevin Parker's father bought him his first guitar in the late 1970s.

Parker picked up the drums at age 11, much like his brother, and later developed "excessively melodic music from the age of 12 to 15, which was "very weird and repetitive and almost entirely genreless" in lo-fi experiments. "I've always loved music," Parker said when he spoke to this site. I remember when I was 12 years old, I used to set up two tape machines and multi-track myself. I'd record a beat on the drums, then I'd turn the tape into another tape recorder while playing keyboard; then, I'd take the tape and play bass guitar alongside the drums and keyboard. I'd keep adding instruments. I did this for a long time before my father bought me an 8-track, and then I started recording music by myself, even though I was in other bands at the same time." Parker was "just doing music all the time," and I never did any homework; instead, I'd just spend every night on the garage recording collection." Parker made his first eight-track recorder at age 16.

Parker, a 13-year-old boy from Tame Impala, was in their music class at John XXIII College, Perth, where he discovered a musical affinity with him. Parker and Simper got off playing covers of Rage Against the Machine, Unwritten Law, Sunk Loto, and Korn songs, as well as Dan Debuf, who is now a host on 2Day FM. Parker discovered the many 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock artists with a major influence on his music, saying: "I fell into bands like Cream and Jefferson Airplane in a big way, and loved their songs." My friends were listening to Brainticket and Demon Fuzz, which opened my eyes to new ways of making music. The Beatles' way of singing vocal lines often crept into the recordings, but those of other bands' songs are rarely included in those bands we listen to."

Parker, who by then was 18 years old, was "playing in the pub scene" and at the time was writing "heavy 70's-style almost prog-rock songs, like Blue Cheer."

Parker suffered with periods of loneliness and loneliness as a youth, adding, "I didn't have the most stable family life." I didn't have a solid base to fall back on there, so I was going through a lot of things on my own. And I was just lost. I remember thinking, 'I've got no one.' I remember once, when I was 15 or something, I was brushing my teeth and then broke down babbling. I just felt so alone." Parker also felt that Tame Impala's 2012 album Lonerism "validates" a lot of his adolescent's traumatic experiences. "It's got this weird hope to it," he said. Perhaps that's the point of it. "Maybe that's why it's been so popular."

Parker later worked as a court clerk, delivering court papers in Perth. He wrote songs in his head while doing so boredom. He resigned from his position after five years.

Parker's father was always cautioned against joining the bandwagon. "My dad used to warn me not to choose music as a career," Parker said. "If you do music as your career, as the thing that puts food on the table, then it will instantly destroy its magic,'" he said. Parker followed what his dad had told him and went back to university for a while to study engineering. "I wanted to please my dad in a way," the boy said. I had no idea what I wanted to do because I didn't like anything other than music." "I hated it," Parker said, and one day I decided to go back to astronomy. I knew that I would be ill, but I also wanted to do what was fun." Parker saw a slide that he would later paint for the Tame Impala EP's artwork during an astronomy lecture. Parker, on the other hand, did not abandon his original dream. "I was at uni, and a few months before we were signed, I had admitted that I wasn't going to be a well-known musician and that I should just get on with my career." So I began to knuckle down and actually do stuff at uni. However, I could never express myself in a manner other than music. It was, as it was, a disease. Since I'd just been thinking about my new song, I would not be able to listen to a word in lectures."

Parker was contacted by Modular Recordings who wanted to sign Tame Impala to their name on his way to his final astronomy exam. Parker's car turned around from the exam and sped away to make music after hearing this.

Though Parker was recording his first album, his father died as a result of a year of fighting with cancer. Jerry's death had a "massive" effect on Parker, who said, "It was a strange period, very confusing, and I didn't really know what to do with it."

Career

Parker is a member of Perth's huge and diverse music scene, where he appears in many bands in addition to his main project, Tame Impala. Parker said "it's a real close-knit scene, quiet, isolated from the rest of Australia." "Tame Impala is just one sliver of the massive amount of noise-making that we do as a family group of friends." I don't feel bad doing the recording by myself because I don't expect that input in their bands... To us, Tame Impala is just Kevin Parker's idea; everyone else has a budget."

Parker formed The Dee Dee Dums in 2005, which would later become the basis of Tame Impala. Originally a two piece project with Parker and Luke Epstein, Dominic Simper, a long-serving Tame Impala member, joined the band in 2007. The Dee Dee Dums won second place in the 2005 AmpFest and third place in the state final of The Next Big Thing later this year. In October 2006, Epstein was replaced by drummer Sam Devenport Epstein who went on to play with Sugarpuss. The Western Australia state final of the National Campus Band Competition was later won by the students. The band's two piece form can be seen on YouTube.

Parker renamed the band to Tame Impala in late 2007 and signed Jay Watson on drums; Devenport went on to pursue acting career.

Watson used to "go watch [The Dee Dums] all the time, and I was this young 17-year-old fan boy who was rocking up at their gigs before recruiting Jay Watson on drums. I knew it was a good band. They were actually my favorite band in Perth. I believe I told Kevin once that they were one of the top 20 bands ever."

Watson appeared in the band two months before Modular Recordings discovered them. "No one was concerned when we played those two months before (then)" said the author. We had been playing together for years, and we had a great two months of gigs to like seven people at our local pub before we were invited. And they were the best two months ever man!"

"There was a seismic shift in [Kevin's] stuff from the Cream-influenced Dee Dee Dums period, but there was a new one in Parker's music and his band," says Nick Allbrook, and the blissful, psychedelic thing happened fairly quickly. Then was a name change (to Tame Impala) and then a new drummer (Jay Watson) whose style was more mature than the last drummer."

Parker's psychedelic rock project, Tame Impala, is located in Tame Impala. He writes and records almost all of Tame Impala's songs, performs on stage, and performs live.

Tame Impala was signed to Modular Recordings after sending off about 20 songs, some of which were later leaked to YouTube. Parker revealed his hopes for recording after the debut of their 2008 debut EP: "The bulk of the songs on the EP were never intended to be heard by the rest of Perth, let alone the rest of the world." They were only recorded for my own listening pleasure, and after burning a CD of it and throwing it in my car and giving it to my friends."

After much touring in 2008 and 2009, Tame Impala's debut album, Innerspeaker, received widespread critical acclaim in 2010, winning a J Award and a Rolling Stone Award for Album of the Year and 5 nominations at the ARIAs. Parker's ability to take many elements of 1960s psychedelic rock and give it a modern twist, giving it a fresh and original sound was lauded. Parker has also been named as the Best Guitarist and the Year's Outstanding Breakthrough Songwriter.

Lonerism's next Tame Impala album was already underway, with a display of Parker's work ethic. Lonerism debuted on October 5th, 2012 to widespread critical acclaim, winning several Album of the Year awards from NME, Rolling Stone, and Triple J. Lonerism is a continuation of Parker's music, featuring synths and poppier melodies as well as a more lush, lush, and expansive sound. Parker referred to the new find's sound, saying that "[Lonerism] would be the kind of music that I felt like doing during Innerspeaker, but that it was too much of a leap. I remember feeling like this was a compromise to what we do when I was doing Innerspeaker. Well, I now know that it isn't." He received two trophies, Engineer of the Year, and Producer of the Year for his contribution to Tame Impala's Currents (July 2015); the group also won three additional categories at the awards: Best Group, Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Album. The band performed live on Saturday Night Live on March 30, 2019. Tame Impala, a headlining act of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, performed on April 13, 2019. The group appeared on the Other Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, June 28. On February 14, 2020, Tame Impala's fourth album, The Slow Rush, was released.

After being recruited by fellow Tame Impala members Jay Watson and Nick Allbrook in late 2009, Parker joined Pond live on drums. Parker later joined Pond in the studio on drums for the album Beard, Wives, Denim, and also produced it, bringing his own production sound on the record. Cameron Avery appeared on Parker's 2012 tour later, while Parker was putting the finishing touches on the second Tame Impala album, Lonerism. Parker appeared on Pond on June 28, 2012, when he was joined by legendary Can frontman Damo Suzuki. Parker played drums and guitar later in his one-off, entirely improvised performance with Suzuki, one of his musical heroes. Hobo Rocket, Man It Feels Like Space Again, The Weather, and Tasmania are among Parker's recordings.

Parker formed Mink Mussel Creek in 2005, alongside other musical collaborators, including Tame Impala musician Nick Allbrook and Shiny Joe Ryan. Parker began playing on the drums with founding member Sam Devenport. However, Sam will leave the band in 2007 and Parker will switch to the drums. Parker's drumming was a key component of the band's sound, which in turn propelled the Mink Mussel Creek brand of "heavy psych" forward. Mink Mussel Creek gradually gathered a fanbase in Perth and was a hit live show.

Mink Mussel Creek's first album was released in 2008 after receiving an AUS$10,000 government grant. The album was never released, owing to circumstances out of the band's control, mainly concerning a failing producer and a dysfunctional recording process, and the band members' separate ways with other musical projects.

Mink Mussel Creek reformed in 2011, and Parker produced and performed drums on Mink Manticore, an album that was recorded live at the Norfolk Basement, a week ago. It was then launched on a USB wristband. The album has been re-released on CD as well as on vinyl as of 2015.

Parker collaborated with Melody Prochet, a French singer and then girlfriend, for her ultimate pop psychedelic project, Melody's Echo Chamber, in 2012. After Prochet gave Parker a CD with songs from her other band, My Bee's Garden, the two met. The opening of My Bee's Garden resulted in a support slot for My Bee's Garden, which opened in Tame Impala. Their collaborative self-titled album was released on October 2, 2012, to critical acclaim. Tim Sendra of Allmusic called it "a rather impressive debut." Parker performed drums and bass guitar, as well as a guitar solo on the track 'I Follow You,' which featured his unique spacey, phased guitar sound with Prosy's dreamy vocals, and he also produced the album.

Space Lime Peacock was a short-lived psychedelic funk band that formed in 2008 and featured Parker in a variety of positions, including drums, backing vocals, guitar, and bass. Jay Watson and Nick Allbrook of Tame Impala appeared in Space Lime Peacock. They released an album's worth of demos, but they were leaked on the internet. On the demos, Parker's quickly evolving and distinctive guitar tones can be heard.

Throughout Tame Impala's existence, Parker has collaborated with Australian electronic duo, Canyons. Canyons have remixed several Tame Impala songs, and Parker repaid the favor by appearing on their album Keep Your Dreams' album "Tonight" and "When I See You Again" in 2011. Parker's bearded Parker was also featured in their music video for 'When I See You Again,' a portrait in which Parker has been cloned several times on an outdoor staircase.

Parker later described how his musical ties with Canyons came to be: "They used to run a brand that Tame Impala used to sort of be on." We did get a 12" vinyl with them on one side, and on the other hand, it had three Tame Impala songs, and on the other, it was the same three songs remixed by Canyons, which was really cool, since it was a really casual relationship. We always discussed getting things out of the house, but we never got around to it because I'd just go round to his house and talk about music for a while. So we never really got any pressures until we had signed Modular, and then we went back and did stuff with Canyons."

Parker collaborated with French electronic duo Discodeine in 2013 for their track 'Aydin,' from their EP Aydin. Parker performed on the track, and the track was accompanied by vocals. Also in 2013, Parker revealed that a new musical project involving French drummer (and Tame Impala live drummer) Julien Barbagallo (which translates in English to "long distance relationship") had been initiated. After attending a few small shows in France, they hope to see more shows, with the possibility of a formal announcement.

Parker and Cam Avery formed Kevin Spacey, a slew of words that included Parker's first name and the space rock band's name) on July 22, 2013. Parker on drums, Avery on bass, and Cam Parkin on keys, with fellow Perth musician Cam Parkin on keys. Felicity Groom, a Perth musician and close friend, was recruited as a fundraiser for another Perth artist and close friend who had her car stolen. Their set featured five improvised jams, with Groom joining them on vocals for one of the jams. Kevin's old musical acquaintance made a complete video of the gig on YouTube, which was shot on YouTube by an old musical acquaintance of Kevin's. Kevin Spacey appeared onstage for his second appearance under the name The Golden Triangle Municipal Funk Band on December 21, 2013, when live footage of a Parker on drums (later known as "Daffodils") appeared on the internet, as well as the guitar played by former frontman of Perth band The Chemist, Ben Witt. The group renamed AAA Aardvark Getdown Services, where they appeared on February 22nd, 2014 at a performance hosted by local record label Spinning Top, alongside fellow Perth acts Pond, The Silents, Felicity Groom, and Peter Bibby. There's also a live video from the company's previous gig videos, which include the bulk of the company's set.

Parker also performed on "Le Monde Möö," a French psychedelic rock band. Moodod is Pablo Padovani, the live guitarist for Melody's Echo Chamber, who performed in a musical performance.

Parker on Ronson's album Uptown Special teamed with Mark Ronson on the tracks "Summer Breaking," "Daffodils," and "Leaving Los Feliz." "Daffodils" premiered on November 11, 2014, was mainly written by Parker and performed with his funk/disco band AAA Aardvark Getdown Services in late 2013 and early 2014.

Parker's debut album, "Slow One," was released on November 11, 2014. Parker discovered them when "two local groups, Child's Play and nu-jazz quartet Kashikoi, a young hip-hop trio, decided to meet in Fremantle for an experimental jam night, with Parker in attendance. On Rottnest Island, Koi Child received a support slot for Tame Impala.

On the singer's album, "Rogue Waves," Parker remixed Miguel's "Waves." Julien Barbagallo's song "Longue la nuit" was also a remix by him.

Parker appeared on Lady Gaga's album Joanne. Parker, Gaga, Mark Ronson, and BloodPop's first single, "Perfect Illusion," is a project by Parker, Gaga, Mark Ronson, and BloodPop.

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As backstage ahead of his fight against Daniel Dubois, Jarrell Miller launches an all-English refereeing line up, before insisting that he is 'going to kill' his British opponent with a "no decision."

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 23, 2023
Jarrell Miller has fallen out of the all-English judging and referee line up that will decide his match against British fighter Daniel Dubois. The two will meet together on 'Day of Reckoning,' with the American hoping to continue his unbeaten record against Dubois, who comes from the aftermath of a tense loss to Oleksandr Usyk. John Latham, Mark Lyson, and Kevin Parker, all from England, will adjourn the contest, with referee Michael Alexander, also of England, judging the contest.

Rain on Man City Parade can't dampen the city's treble heroes

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 12, 2023
JACK GAUGHAN IN MANCHESTER: In an unconventional way, Manchester City's players took the tram to the bus. Well, three open-top buses. Since the thunderstorms that were headed our way seemed particularly bad, we had three more with roofs close by. The city has spent the past 15 years ripping through the traditional upper crust, and when they reached the Treble summit, a new kind of hurricane threatened to blow them over while surveying the course trodden. Fortunately, it wasn't. But first, the tram. A metro from Velopark to Deansgate isn't exactly a glamorous route, especially after a few beers and an Ibiza hangover. It went through New Islington, Piccadilly, and around the back of the main eventual stage at St Peter's Square. There was a parade prior to the parade. On the windows, a group of young lads dancing and banging, something that is nothing new in this part of the world. Any given Saturday, there will be a vacancy. Ruben Dias, the company's father, had to direct one straggler to the correct coach. No prizes for guessing who it was. Any given Saturday, there will be another.

Bop Shop: Songs From Thundercat And Tame Impala, Aiza, Honey Revenge, And More

www.mtv.com, April 28, 2023
It's been a long hunt for the elusive "bop" elusive. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? For a hand-picked collection of songs from the MTV News staff, visit Bop Shop. This weekly collection does not discriminate by gender and can include anything — it's a snapshot of what's on our minds and what sounds good. We'll keep it fresh with the latest hits, but we'll still have a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while. Prepare: The Bop Shop is now open for business.
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