Andy Sturmer
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Marvin Andrew Sturmer is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 musical artist, writer and producer. He was one of the founding members of the band Beatnik Beatch
Beatnik Beatch
Beatnik Beatch were a short-lived pop rock band and can be considered the predecessor of the band Jellyfish.They consisted of Chris Witt Kettner , Andy Sturmer , and George Cole...

, which led to the formation of Jellyfish
Jellyfish (band)
Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. It formed after Beatnik Beatch broke up in 1989. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr...

.

Jellyfish

Jellyfish released two albums, Bellybutton
Bellybutton (album)
Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed" , "That Is Why" , "Baby's Coming Back"Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed"...

 (1990)
and Spilt Milk (1993). Sturmer held the rare distinction of not only being a drummer who regularly sang lead in a rock group, but also one who played a stand-up drum set at the front of the stage instead of sitting on a throne at the rear of the band. Jellyfish failed to catch fire commercially, and intra-group friction led to Jellyfish's dissolution in early 1994.

Puffy AmiYumi

After Jellyfish's demise, Sturmer began a new career as a producer and writer, most notably for the Japanese pop band Puffy AmiYumi
Puffy AmiYumi
or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

. He was already a friend of main Puffy composer and producer Tamio Okuda
Tamio Okuda
is a singer, songwriter, and producer. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the band Unicorn. After Unicorn broke up, Okuda moved on to a solo career in 1994 with the single "Ai no Tame ni." He has written and composed many songs for various artists, particularly Puffy...

, and was credited as "The Godfather" of the band for giving them their name.

Puffy were approached by Cartoon Network to sing the theme song for their 2003 animated series Teen Titans. Originally suggested by the series' producer Sam Register
Sam Register
Sam Register is Executive Vice President, Creative Affairs, at Warner Bros. Animation.Formerly Vice President of Cartoon Network, Register was the brain behind CartoonNetwork.com, which was started in 1998. After creating CartoonNetwork.com, Register came up with the idea of Cartoon Orbit in 2000...

, creator Glen Murakami
Glen Murakami
Glen Murakami is an Emmy Award winning American animator, animation director, and producer best known for his work on Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.-Animation:...

 was delighted when he realised Andy Sturmer would be writing and producing the track.

A year later Puffy AmiYumi were looking to break through in the North American market. Sturmer was consulting producer for their TV show Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
is an American-Japanese animated series from Cartoon Network, produced by Renegade Animation. The show was created by Sam Register, who also serves as the series' executive producer....

and composed the theme song for this cartoon series as well. Following this he also composed theme songs for various other Cartoon Network series, including Ben 10
Ben 10
The Omnitrix was originally created by a Galvan named Azmuth. The Omnitrix was intended to allow beings to experience life as other species in order to bring understanding and foster peace in the universe....

along with the score composition, Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics series The Brave and the Bold which features two or more super heroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain...

, and a new theme for the third season of The Batman
The Batman (TV series)
The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It ran from 2004 to 2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids' WB...

animated series, replacing the original theme performed by The Edge
The Edge
David Howell Evans , more widely known by his stage name The Edge , is a musician best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist of the Irish rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 12 studio albums with the band and has released one solo record...

 of U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

. Sturmer also composed the score and theme song for the Disney series My Friends Tigger & Pooh
My Friends Tigger & Pooh
My Friends Tigger & Pooh is a computer animated television series, inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster...

, as well as performing the theme song for Transformers Animated.

After composing and producing most of the songs on Puffy AmiYumi's 2003 album Nice.
Nice.
Nice. is an album by Japanese pop group PUFFY, released in 2003 it is their third North American album. The US release featured a few track changes: "Atarashii hibi" and "Tomodachi" were replaced with "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme" and "Planet Tokyo", an English song with the melody of "Akai...

 and 2004 album 59
59 (Puffy album)
59 is an album by Japanese pop duo PUFFY, released in 2004.-Track listing:#"Teen Titans Theme"#"Sunrise"#"Joining A Fan Club"#"Kokoro ni Hana o"#"Kazemakase Futaritabi"#"Forever"#"So Long Zero"#"Teen Titans Theme"...

, Sturmer has had a reduced contribution to the band's work.

Side projects

Sturmer has also appeared on various albums for back up vocals for artists like Bleu
Bleu
bleu or BLEU may refer to:* the French word for blue* Three Colors: Blue, a 1993 movie* Bilingual Evaluation Understudy, a machine translation evaluation metric* Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union...

's Redhead
Redhead (album)
Redhead is the major label debut album by Bleu. Released by the Columbia Records imprint Aware Records in 2003, the two versions featured various songs, including the single "Get Up," the song "Somebody Else" from Spider-Man, and "I Won't Go Hollywood" from American Dreamz and Win a Date With Tad...

, Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...

's Coverage
Coverage (album)
Coverage is the fourth album released by pop singer Mandy Moore, composed exclusively of covers of songs from the 1970s and 1980s. The album was released by Epic Records.-History:...

and the Switchfoot
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

 album Nothing Is Sound
Nothing Is Sound
Nothing Is Sound is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on September 13, 2005, and début at number three on the Billboard 200. The first single from this album was "Stars," which was the number one most-added song on Modern Rock Radio, and received...

. He also contributed backing vocals to some tracks on Winter Pays For Summer
Winter Pays For Summer
Winter Pays For Summer is an album released in 2005 by Glen Phillips. The album was Phillips' debut for Lost Highway/Universal Records. It was recorded during 2003 and 2004. It was produced by John Fields at Paramount Studios and Mansfield Lodge, and features guest appearances by Jon Brion, Sam...

by Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...

. Sturmer and former bandmate Roger Manning Jr. contributed a song, the early Beatles influenced I Don't Believe You
I Don't Believe You
"I Don't Believe You" is a song by American recording artist Pink. It was released as the sixth single from her fifth studio album, Funhouse.-Background:...

 as well as vocals and acoustic guitars on Ringo Starr's Time Takes Time
Time Takes Time
Although the booklet's credits include the statement "Tom Petty appears courtesy of MCA Records," Petty is not listed as a player or vocalist on any of the booklet's track-by-track personnel listings.-Personnel:...

 album in 1992.

Sturmer performed on two songs on Katey Sagal
Katey Sagal
Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She first achieved widespread fame as Peggy Bundy on the long-running Fox comedy series Married.....

's debut solo album, who is best known for her role as Peg Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children
Married... with Children
Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

. The album, entitled Well...
Well...
Well... is the first album released by singer and actress Katey Sagal. The album was originally released on April 19, 1994 by Virgin Records.-Track listing:#"Thunderhead "#"Can't Hurry the Harvest"...

was released by Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 in April 1994. Andy also co-wrote and played drums for Swedish pop band The Merrymakers
The Merrymakers
The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren...

' second album, Bubblegun.

Sturmer has recently surfaced as a collaborator with L.E.O.
L.E.O.
L.E.O. is an Electric Light Orchestra-style music project of a number of musicians. Spawned by an on-stage cover of ELO's "Telephone Line" by lead singer-songwriter Bleu and Mike Viola, it quickly produced an entire album of original songs similar in style to 1970s AM radio pop music.The project...

, a one-off supergroup also featuring, among others, pop auteur Bleu
Bleu
bleu or BLEU may refer to:* the French word for blue* Three Colors: Blue, a 1993 movie* Bilingual Evaluation Understudy, a machine translation evaluation metric* Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union...

, Hanson
Hanson (band)
Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...

, producer John Fields, and Mike Viola
Mike Viola
Michael "Mike" Viola is an American singer-songwriter best known as singer, songwriter and "musical architect" of a team he called the "Candy Butchers", a pop-rock band from New York City that recorded three critically acclaimed albums for Sony. A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Mike began his...

 of The Candy Butchers. The group and its album, Alpacas Orgling
Alpacas Orgling
Alpacas Orgling is an album by pop band L.E.O.. Released in October 2006 on Cheap Lullaby Records, it was mostly written and performed by Bleu, but also features performances by Hanson, Mike Viola, Jason Scheff of Chicago, Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish, Paula Kelley, and Matt Mahaffey of Self.A hidden...

, are a pastiche
Pastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...

 tribute in the style of Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

. Sturmer provided additional vocals on the song "I Should've Been After You" on Rooney
Rooney (band)
Rooney is an American rock band from Los Angeles, currently self-produced and formerly signed to Geffen Records. The band is now composed of Robert Schwartzman , Louie Stephens , Taylor Locke , Ned Brower , and Brandon Schwartzel...

's 2007 album Calling the World, according to the album credits.

Music credits

(With Beatnik Beatch
Beatnik Beatch
Beatnik Beatch were a short-lived pop rock band and can be considered the predecessor of the band Jellyfish.They consisted of Chris Witt Kettner , Andy Sturmer , and George Cole...

):
  • Beatnik Beatch
    Beatnik Beatch
    Beatnik Beatch were a short-lived pop rock band and can be considered the predecessor of the band Jellyfish.They consisted of Chris Witt Kettner , Andy Sturmer , and George Cole...

     - At the Zula Pool (1986)
  • Beatnik Beatch
    Beatnik Beatch
    Beatnik Beatch were a short-lived pop rock band and can be considered the predecessor of the band Jellyfish.They consisted of Chris Witt Kettner , Andy Sturmer , and George Cole...

     (1988)


(With Jellyfish
Jellyfish (band)
Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. It formed after Beatnik Beatch broke up in 1989. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr...

):
  • Bellybutton
    Bellybutton (album)
    Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed" , "That Is Why" , "Baby's Coming Back"Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed"...

    (1990)
  • Spilt Milk (1993)

Post-Jellyfish

  • Ringo Starr
    Ringo Starr
    Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

     -
    Time Takes Time
    Time Takes Time
    Although the booklet's credits include the statement "Tom Petty appears courtesy of MCA Records," Petty is not listed as a player or vocalist on any of the booklet's track-by-track personnel listings.-Personnel:...

    (1992)
  • Katey Sagal
    Katey Sagal
    Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She first achieved widespread fame as Peggy Bundy on the long-running Fox comedy series Married.....

     - Well...
    Well...
    Well... is the first album released by singer and actress Katey Sagal. The album was originally released on April 19, 1994 by Virgin Records.-Track listing:#"Thunderhead "#"Can't Hurry the Harvest"...

    (1994)
  • The Black Crowes
    The Black Crowes
    The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...

     - Amorica
    Amorica
    Amorica is the third album by The Black Crowes. It was released in late 1994 on American Recordings and re-issued in the US and UK in 1998 with two bonus tracks. The album cover's depiction of pubic hair, from a 1976 United States Bicentennial issue of Hustler magazine, caused controversy...

    (1994)
  • The Merrymakers
    The Merrymakers
    The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren...

     -
    Bubblegun (1997)
  • Puffy AmiYumi
    Puffy AmiYumi
    or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

     -
    Solo Solo
    Solo Solo
    solosolo was PUFFY's second album. It was the group's solo album. Each one sang their own set of songs. It was released in 1997.-Track listing:Disc 1 by Ami Onuki#"" - #"Love Depth" -...

    (1997)
  • Puffy AmiYumi
    Puffy AmiYumi
    or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

     -
    Spike (2000)
  • Puffy AmiYumi
    Puffy AmiYumi
    or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

     - Nice
    Nice
    Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

    (2003)
  • Mandy Moore
    Mandy Moore
    Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...

     - Coverage (2003)
  • Bleu
    Bleu
    bleu or BLEU may refer to:* the French word for blue* Three Colors: Blue, a 1993 movie* Bilingual Evaluation Understudy, a machine translation evaluation metric* Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union...

     - Redhead (2003)
  • Puffy AmiYumi
    Puffy AmiYumi
    or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

     - Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
    Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
    is an American-Japanese animated series from Cartoon Network, produced by Renegade Animation. The show was created by Sam Register, who also serves as the series' executive producer....

    (2004)
  • Glen Phillips
    Glen Phillips
    Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...

     - Winter Pays for Summer
    Winter Pays For Summer
    Winter Pays For Summer is an album released in 2005 by Glen Phillips. The album was Phillips' debut for Lost Highway/Universal Records. It was recorded during 2003 and 2004. It was produced by John Fields at Paramount Studios and Mansfield Lodge, and features guest appearances by Jon Brion, Sam...

    (2005)
  • Switchfoot
    Switchfoot
    Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

     - Nothing is Sound
    Nothing Is Sound
    Nothing Is Sound is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on September 13, 2005, and début at number three on the Billboard 200. The first single from this album was "Stars," which was the number one most-added song on Modern Rock Radio, and received...

    (2005)
  • L.E.O.
    L.E.O.
    L.E.O. is an Electric Light Orchestra-style music project of a number of musicians. Spawned by an on-stage cover of ELO's "Telephone Line" by lead singer-songwriter Bleu and Mike Viola, it quickly produced an entire album of original songs similar in style to 1970s AM radio pop music.The project...

     - Alpacas Orgling
    Alpacas Orgling
    Alpacas Orgling is an album by pop band L.E.O.. Released in October 2006 on Cheap Lullaby Records, it was mostly written and performed by Bleu, but also features performances by Hanson, Mike Viola, Jason Scheff of Chicago, Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish, Paula Kelley, and Matt Mahaffey of Self.A hidden...

    (2006)
  • Rooney
    Rooney
    Rooney may refer to:People*Rooney , the forename of various people*Rooney , the surname of various people*The Rooney family, of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise...

     - Calling the World
    Calling the World
    Calling the World is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Rooney. It was released on July 17, 2007.The album is the result of almost three years of recording, with over 50 songs recorded during the sessions. "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?", was released as the lead single....

    (2007)

Soundtracks

  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold
    Batman: The Brave and the Bold
    Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics series The Brave and the Bold which features two or more super heroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain...

  • The Batman
  • Ben 10
    Ben 10
    The Omnitrix was originally created by a Galvan named Azmuth. The Omnitrix was intended to allow beings to experience life as other species in order to bring understanding and foster peace in the universe....

  • Ben 10: Alien Force
    Ben 10: Alien Force
    When it recalibrated it gained a more watch-like shape, a green wristband, became smaller and sleeker, and the face dial became black and green. The inside of the hourglass shape glows in different colors at special moments; these colors signify the state that the Omnitrix is presently in...

  • Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
    Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
    Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens is a Science fiction CGI film that is set to premiere on Cartoon Network sometime in 2012. It is based on the original animated series Ben 10. It was officially unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011. This is Cartoon Network Studios Asia's first film...

  • Fish Hooks
    Fish Hooks
    Fish Hooks is an American animated television series created by Noah Z. Jones. Twenty-one episodes have been ordered for the first season. It premiered on September 24, 2010. An 11-minute preview was shown on September 3, 2010, following the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam...

  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
    Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
    is an American-Japanese animated series from Cartoon Network, produced by Renegade Animation. The show was created by Sam Register, who also serves as the series' executive producer....

  • The Looney Tunes Show
    The Looney Tunes Show
    The Looney Tunes Show is a packaged show, created for Cartoon Network, and broadcast from 2002 to 2005. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The show featured cartoon shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon series produced from 1930 to 1969.-External links:...

  • Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh
    My Friends Tigger & Pooh
    My Friends Tigger & Pooh is a computer animated television series, inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster...

  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  • Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
    Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
    Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare is the fifteenth direct-to-DVD movie based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons, released on September 14, 2010, seven months after the release of the Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo...

  • Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
    Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
    Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur is the sixteenth Direct-to-DVD movie based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons, to be released on September 6, 2011, postponed from July 6th...

  • Teen Titans
  • Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
    Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
    Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes is a 2010 animated direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be produced without any of its original creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera...

  • Transformers Animated

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