Blinker the Star explained

Blinker the Star
Origin:Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
Genre:Indie rock, Blues, Pop music
Years Active:-present
Label:Treat & Release
A&M
DreamWorks, Vibra Cobra Records
Current Members:Jordon Zadorozny

Blinker the Star is the recording and performance name of Jordon Zadorozny, a Canadian solo artist who has worked with various musicians to create eleven albums. Notable musicians who have appeared on Blinker the Star albums include Leland Sklar, Ken Andrews, and one of Jordon's childhood heroes, Lindsey Buckingham.[1] [2]

History

Zadorozny launched his musical career with a solo album created in his Pembroke basement. Aside from two songs featuring Reg Wick (a pseudonym for Doug Hempstead, who became a journalist and head of his own music project, Area Resident) on drums and Phil (last name unlisted) on bass (or "bace," as the credits spell it), and a guitar intro by Randy Pederson on one of those songs, he played all of the instruments and used elementary and improvised production techniques to create the self-titled album, which was released in 1993.[3]

Zadorozny moved to Montreal and on the strength of favourable reviews from the debut album,[4] which featured complex, hard guitar-pounding riffs mixed with softer, melancholy tracks, was signed to A&M Records. In 1996, with drummer Colin Wylie,[5] bass player Peder Jakobsen, and Guns N' Roses keyboardist Chris Pitman, Blinker the Star recorded the album A Bourgeois Kitten.[6]

In 1997, Zadorozny moved to Los Angeles, where he was tapped by Courtney Love, and her band Hole, to help with their 1998 album Celebrity Skin. Zadorozny contributed to the song Reasons to Be Beautiful.[7]

In Los Angeles, Blinker signed with DreamWorks Records and released the album August Everywhere in 1999.[8] [9] [10] Singles from the album, particularly "Below the Sliding Doors", enjoyed considerable airplay on Canadian radio stations such as 102.1 The Edge; the album was number 89 on The Edge's top 102 albums of 1999.[11]

After being dropped from DreamWorks, Blinker re-emerged in 2003 with the album Still in Rome,[12] [13] then, in the spring of 2012, We Draw Lines.[14] [15] [16] Blinker drew in several musicians for 2013's Songs From Laniakea Beach, then went solo again with 11235 (2015)[17] and 8 of Hearts (2017).[18] That was followed by Careful With Your Magic (2019),[19] Juvenile Universe (2020)[20] and another solo album, Arista (2021).[21] [22]

Zadorozny has put together live bands to open for Sam Roberts[23] and Sloan.[24] His band played Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern with Wide Mouth Mason, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Killjoys and Local Rabbits during Canadian Music Week,[25] and has played Edenfest[26] and the North by Northeast festival.[27] He last appeared at the Horseshoe Tavern in 2019.[28]

In November 2021, Buckingham gave Zadorozny and Brad Laner retroactive song-writing credit after it was found that he accidentally plagiarized their song "Swan Song".[29]

Discography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blinker The Star – Songs From Laniakea Beach, Credits . discogs.com . 29 January 2013 . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Blinker the Star - Flex Your Little Claws (in studio with Lindsey Buckingham) . youtube.com . 21 May 2013 . YouTube . 23 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Blinker The Star – Blinker The Star . discogs.com . 1994 . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Jeffries . Vincent . Blinker the Star Review . allmusic.com . AllMusic . 23 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Johnson . Emma . Six Months In A Leaky Boat...Dec 2020 . lightning100.com . 10 December 2020 . Lightning 100 . 23 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Raggett . Ned . Blinker the Star, A Bourgeois Kitten . allmusic.com . AllMusic . 2021-08-30.
  7. Web site: Helms . William Ruben . New Audio: Blinker the Star . joyofviolentmovement.com . 6 September 2019 . The Joy of Violent Movement . 2021-08-31.
  8. Web site: Lee . Catherine . Video Vision Exclusive Interview: Blinker the Star . videovision.org . Video Vision . 2021-08-31.
  9. . Chart Attack, interview by Daniel T. Smallegange, 1999
  10. Web site: Reyes-Kulkarni . Saby . Jordon Zadorozny Interview . popmatters.com . 17 December 2020 . Pop Matters . 2021-07-31.
  11. Web site: Edge.ca . Top 102 Albums of 1999 . CFNY . Dec 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090529000549/http://www.edge.ca/Music/Countdowns/1999Top102Albums.aspx . 2009-05-29 . dead .
  12. Web site: Blinker the Star - Still in Rome . silentuproar.com . Silent Uproar . 2021-08-30.
  13. Web site: Open Your Eyes to Blinker the Star . therevue.ca . 24 October 2013 . The Revue . 2021-08-30.
  14. Web site: Sylvester . Daniel . Blinker the Star - We Draw Lines . exclaim.ca . Exclaim! . 2021-08-30.
  15. Web site: Gahan . Sebastian . Blinker the Star - We Draw Lines . verbicidemagazine.com . Verbicide Magazine . 2021-08-30.
  16. Web site: Harrison . Tom . Blinker the Star: We Draw Lines . theprovince.com . The Province . 2021-08-30.
  17. Web site: Blinker The Star – 11235 . discogs.com . 7 December 2015 . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  18. Web site: MacIntyre . David . Blinker the Star - 8 of Hearts . taisawards.com . Tais Awards . 2021-08-31.
  19. Web site: Blinker the Star shares...Oct 2019 . medium.com . 8 October 2019 . GIGsoup . 23 January 2022.
  20. Web site: Doole . Kerry . Blinker The Star: Terror Of The Heart, Dec 2020 . fyimusicnews.ca . 2 December 2020 . FYI Music News . 23 January 2022.
  21. Web site: Lepage . Mark . Blinker the Star brightens the summer . montrealgazette.com . Montreal Gazette . 2021-08-31.
  22. Web site: Spill Album Premiere: Blinker the Star - Arista . spillmagazine.com . 28 June 2021 . The Spill Magazine . 2021-08-31.
  23. Web site: Blinker the Star - Below the Sliding Doors (live) . youtube.com . 29 March 2012 . YouTube . 23 January 2022.
  24. Web site: Sloan / Blinker The Star, Apr 2004 . concertarchives.org . Concert Archives . 23 January 2022.
  25. Web site: Canadian Music Week, March 1997 . concertarchives.org . Concert Archives . 23 January 2022.
  26. Web site: Eden Festival 1996 . concertarchives.org . Concert Archives . 23 January 2022.
  27. Web site: BLINKER THE STAR - SEPTEMBER ALREADY - DUNDAS SQUARE - NXNE 2013 . youtube.com . 24 June 2013 . YouTube . 23 January 2022.
  28. Web site: Blinker The Star - September Already (live) . youtube.com . 3 October 2019 . YouTube . 23 January 2022.
  29. Web site: Helman . Peter . Lindsey Buckingham Gives Retroactive Credit...Nov 2021 . stereogum.com . 23 November 2021 . Stereogum . 23 January 2022.
  30. Web site: Reg Wick . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022. and Phil.
  31. Web site: Kellii Scott . remo.com . Remo Inc. . 23 January 2022.
  32. Web site: Pete Frolander . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  33. Web site: Sofia Silva . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  34. Web site: Gilden Tunador . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  35. Web site: Tony Rabalao . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  36. Web site: Bob Wilcox . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  37. Web site: Jarek Leskiewicz . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  38. Web site: Chris Church . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.
  39. Web site: Gregory Macdonald . discogs.com . Discogs . 23 January 2022.

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