Patrick Krief is a Canadian

Canada

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 musician and singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. Krief is known as the guitar

Guitar

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ist for The Dears

The Dears

-History:The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, in 2000. Their orchestral, dark pop sound and dramatic live shows cemented The Dears at the foundation of the then-emerging Canadian indie renaissance...

 since 2004.

In 2004 he appeared on MTV Canada

MTV Canada

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's Project Moose Catch. He was a guest on Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross

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's show in 2005. In 2006, he made appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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, Last Call with Carson Daly

Last Call with Carson Daly

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, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

In August 2007 Krief released his debut solo EP Take It Or Leave, which was co-mixed by former Dears bandmate Murray Lightburn

Murray Lightburn

Murray Lightburn is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears.Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" due to his vocal similarity to the former The Smiths lead singer. Incidentally, The Dears toured as Morrissey's opening act during...

. He toured internationally, including in Mexico, to promote the EP and his new solo career under the name of Krief. In 2009 Krief released "Calm Awaits" with his new band Black Diamond Bay

Black Diamond Bay

Black Diamond Bay is Canadian independent rock band formed in 2006 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of Patrick Krief formerly of The Dears on lead vocals, George Donoso III on drums, Roberto Piccioni and Alexandre Lapointe .-History:Black Diamond Bay formed after Patrick...

. In addition to being a musician, Krief is also a producer

Record producer

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, he has self produced all his albums and has worked as a session musician

Session musician

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 on albums for bands such as New Wave Blues

New Wave Blues

New Wave Blues is an album by the Wandas, independently released in 2009. It is the band's third full-length album.-Track listing:# "New Wave Blues" – 4:39# "Bending Over Backwards" – 4:07# "Thank You Note" – 4:08# "Please Come Home" – 3:53...

; The Wandas

The Wandas

the WANDAS are an American rock band based out of Boston Massachusetts composed of Keith McEachern, Brent Battey, Ross Lucivero, and William Bierce. the WANDAS have been compared to Wilco, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and The Strokes....

' third LP released in January 2009.

Krief currently resides in Montreal.

External links

• Patrick Krief Official Site
• Black Diamond Bay Official Site
• Patrick Krief at MySpace
  MySpace
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