Jon Carin

Jon Carin

Jon Carin
Background information
Born (1964-10-21) October 21, 1964
New York City
Genres Pop, synthpop, new wave, rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s) Musician, artist, producer, singer, engineer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, guitar, drums, bass
Years active 1981–present
Associated acts Pink Floyd
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Industry
Richard Butler
The Who
The Psychedelic Furs
Gipsy Kings
Trashmonk
Website joncarin.com

Jon Carin was born in October 21, 1964, in New York City and is a producer, artist and musician, best known for his association with Pink Floyd and, more specifically, its guitarist David Gilmour and former member Roger Waters. In the early 1980s, he gained fame as the frontman for the new wave band Industry. During his time with Industry, the band had a breakthrough hit single with "State of the Nation", in 1983, being followed by the successful album Stranger to Stranger.

Biography

As a teenager, Jon Carin started his professional musical career with the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter. In 1983, he was asked by Industry's producer, Rhett Davies, to work with Bryan Ferry for his Boys and Girls album. Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at Live Aid, to perform and meet Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

That year, Jon Carin would collaborate as a musician and writer for Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason album, as a keyboardist and programmer. He is a writer for the hit song "Learning to Fly" from that album, their first hit song since the departure of Roger Waters. He then participated in the support tour for the album and appeared on the 1988 Pink Floyd double live album, Delicate Sound of Thunder. In 1992, Carin participated for the recording of the soundtrack for La Carrera Panamericana. Two years later, in 1994, Carin played keyboards, synthesizers, arranged and programmed for Pink Floyd's The Division Bell album. He also participated on The Division Bell support tour and was featured on the Pulse CD and DVD.

Carin performed with The Who, playing Quadrophenia in its entirety, in the summer of 1996, at London's Hyde Park, which led on to an extensive tour throughout much of 1996–97. On August 16, 1998, he produced and played keyboards and drums for Pete Townshend for a concert to raise money for the Maryville Academy. In 1999, a CD of this concert was released, being produced by Carin.

Throughout the summers of the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was on tour with former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters, for his In the Flesh tour. This makes him one of few musicians who has played with both Roger Waters and Pink Floyd after Waters' departure from the band. In October 2001, he performed with The Who at The Concert for New York City, a tribute concert to the lives lost on September 11. In January 2002, a recording of the tribute was released on CD and DVD.

He performed with Pink Floyd at their reunion with Roger Waters on July 2, 2005, for Live 8 at Hyde Park. In 2005, a three-disc DVD recording of The Who's 1996 performance of Quadrophenia was released. He played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour, in support of On an Island. From June 2006, he played on Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour, with dates in 2007 and 2008.

Carin has worked with such organizations as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and 4 Seasons of Hope for fundraising events, playing with Seal, Elvis Costello, the Chieftains, Spinal Tap, and many others.

In 2006, Carin worked on the self-titled solo album by The Psychedelic Furs' frontman Richard Butler. He wrote, arranged and played all of the instrumental parts, as well as producing and engineering the album. The album was dedicated to his father.

Carin performed on keyboards, guitar and lead vocals with Roger Waters at the Live Earth event on July 7, 2007, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. He was also one of the performers on the Syd Barrett tribute at the Barbican in London, performing with Roger Waters, the members of Pink Floyd (billed as Rick Wright, David Gilmour and Nick Mason) and Captain Sensible.

He has also programmed the sounds for The Rascals reunion shows in Port Chester, New York, the Capitol Theatre in December 2012.

Carin performed with Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder for the "12/12/12" Hurricane Sandy benefit concert.

He performed with Roger Waters tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, and programming.

In 2014, Carin performed in Kate Bush's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years.

Carin performed with David Gilmour on his Rattle That Lock World Tour 2015–16.

Selected discography

Industry

Pink Floyd

Roger Waters

David Gilmour

The Who

Pete Townshend

Kate Bush

Richard Butler

Trashmonk

Dream Academy

Martha Wainwright

Bryan Ferry

Soul Asylum

The Psychedelic Furs

Gipsy Kings

David Broza

Fields of the Nephilim

Kashmir

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