Ricky Maymi
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Ricky Rene Maymi (my-mee) is a multi-instrumentalist
from San Francisco, California
. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
(BJM).
, fronted by Paul Simpson and has an ongoing working relationship with long-time friend Steve Kilbey
of The Church
.
Kilbey and Maymi have recently recorded an album entitled "The Wilderness Years by David Neil", to be released in July 2011. The David Neil referred to in the title of this album is a fictional rock star 'from days past' described in press material as the original song writer for the project.
This pseudonym was created, Maymi has explained, as a means for the duo to achieve "creative liberation by not exactly having to be `ourselves'". The name David Neil is also a portmanteau of David Bowie
and Neil Young
.
Maymi has also performed and recorded alongside Kilbey in (Underground Lovers
guitarist) Glenn Bennie's project GB3, for the "Damaged/Controlled" album, released in 2010 on Australian label Rubber Records. Kilbey and Maymi have also performed together in The Triffids
for their "Secret In The Shape Of A Song" concerts in tribute to the late Triffids vocalist David McComb
which took place in Sydney (2008), Melbourne (2008) and Perth (2009).
Maymi records and performs with the San Francisco-based rock band, Mellow Drunk featuring Leigh Gregory and is a founding member of the neo-psychedelic/surrealist rock band, The Imajinary Friends, in which he continues to work with today. The line-up of The Imajinary Friends spawned from the initial line-up of The BJM. The band currently includes Travis Threlkel (of Tipsy, and formerly of the BJM) and Tim Digulla (of Tipsy). Past members include Matt Hollywood
(of the BJM, The Out Crowd
, and The Rebel Drones
) and Graham Bonnar (of Swervedriver
and the BJM). Maymi has also performed and recorded in Los Angeles band, Smallstone with former BJM alumni Jeff Davies
and Mara Keagle.
2007: as Lead guitarist, Maymi recorded and toured Australia with The Black Ryder
for their album "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride" and toured the U.K. with (former Spacemen 3
and Spiritualized
member) Willie B. Carruthers in the Freelovebabies. San Francisco band LSD and the Search For God recorded an album and toured California with Maymi on drums.
In 2001 Maymi toured North America with Sonic Boom
's Spectrum
as guitarist.
He is also known for making guest appearances around the world with artists and groups including The Triffids
for their "Secret In The Shape Of A Song" tribute to David McComb concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and London. Other names include The Church
, Marty Willson-Piper
, Steven Roback of The Rain Parade, Twink
of Pretty Things
fame, The Clientele
, The Clean
, The Lea Shores
, The Koolaid Electric Company, The People's Revolutionary Choir, The Morning After Girls
and Jean-Jacques Perry.
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
from San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....
(BJM).
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
A founding member and original drummer of the BJM, he then switched to guitar and finally on to bass guitar before leaving the band in 1993. He rejoined as 12-string guitarist in 2003.Other projects
Ricky Maymi is in Liverpool's The Wild SwansThe Wild Swans (band)
The Wild Swans are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, which originally formed in 1980 shortly after Paul Simpson left The Teardrop Explodes and teamed up with Jeremy Kelly , Ged Quinn , James Weston and Justin Stavely...
, fronted by Paul Simpson and has an ongoing working relationship with long-time friend Steve Kilbey
Steve Kilbey
Steven John Kilbey is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter....
of The Church
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...
.
Kilbey and Maymi have recently recorded an album entitled "The Wilderness Years by David Neil", to be released in July 2011. The David Neil referred to in the title of this album is a fictional rock star 'from days past' described in press material as the original song writer for the project.
This pseudonym was created, Maymi has explained, as a means for the duo to achieve "creative liberation by not exactly having to be `ourselves'". The name David Neil is also a portmanteau of David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
and Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
.
Maymi has also performed and recorded alongside Kilbey in (Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers are an Australian alternative rock band and one of the most lauded music acts in the country's alternative scene throughout the 1990s. While the band has experienced many lineup changes during its existence, the nucleus of the band since its inception has been Vincent M...
guitarist) Glenn Bennie's project GB3, for the "Damaged/Controlled" album, released in 2010 on Australian label Rubber Records. Kilbey and Maymi have also performed together in The Triffids
The Triffids
The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...
for their "Secret In The Shape Of A Song" concerts in tribute to the late Triffids vocalist David McComb
David McComb
David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
which took place in Sydney (2008), Melbourne (2008) and Perth (2009).
Maymi records and performs with the San Francisco-based rock band, Mellow Drunk featuring Leigh Gregory and is a founding member of the neo-psychedelic/surrealist rock band, The Imajinary Friends, in which he continues to work with today. The line-up of The Imajinary Friends spawned from the initial line-up of The BJM. The band currently includes Travis Threlkel (of Tipsy, and formerly of the BJM) and Tim Digulla (of Tipsy). Past members include Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
(of the BJM, The Out Crowd
The Out Crowd
The Out Crowd was a U.S. indie rock band featuring bass guitarist Matt Hollywood, a former member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He formed the group in late 2001 in Portland, Oregon with drummer Stuart Valentine, guitarist Elliott Barnes, bassist Joe Patterson and tambourine player Sarah Jane.Go...
, and The Rebel Drones
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
) and Graham Bonnar (of Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band went on hiatus in 1998 before reforming in 2008 for a world tour, which included a performance at the high-profile Coachella Festival...
and the BJM). Maymi has also performed and recorded in Los Angeles band, Smallstone with former BJM alumni Jeff Davies
Jeffrey Davies
Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington...
and Mara Keagle.
2007: as Lead guitarist, Maymi recorded and toured Australia with The Black Ryder
The Black Ryder
The Black Ryder are an alternative band that originates from Sydney, Australia.Their debut album Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride was released on 6 November 2009 through The Anti-Machine Machine / EMI Music in Australia, and also through Mexican Summer Records on 21 September 2010.- History :The Black...
for their album "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride" and toured the U.K. with (former Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...
and Spiritualized
Spiritualized
Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3...
member) Willie B. Carruthers in the Freelovebabies. San Francisco band LSD and the Search For God recorded an album and toured California with Maymi on drums.
In 2001 Maymi toured North America with Sonic Boom
Peter Kember
Peter Kember is a British musician and producer, more usually known as Sonic Boom, and was a founding member of alternative rock band Spacemen 3....
's Spectrum
Spectrum
A spectrum is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. The word saw its first scientific use within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism; it has since been applied by...
as guitarist.
He is also known for making guest appearances around the world with artists and groups including The Triffids
The Triffids
The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...
for their "Secret In The Shape Of A Song" tribute to David McComb concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and London. Other names include The Church
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...
, Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church.After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia...
, Steven Roback of The Rain Parade, Twink
Twink
Twink may refer to:* Chaffinch, a small bird in the finch family* Twink , a term for young or young-looking gay or bisexual men* Twink, a character from the Nintendo 64 game Paper Mario* Twinking, a role-playing game behavior, esp...
of Pretty Things
Pretty Things
The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
fame, The Clientele
The Clientele
The Clientele are a London-based British band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on violin, keyboards, backing vocals and percussion....
, The Clean
The Clean
The Clean are an influential Indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to their well-known and current line-up with bassist Robert Scott...
, The Lea Shores
The Lea Shores
-History:The Lea Shores formed in 2005. Their name was taken from a song written by David Crosby for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, called "The Lee Shore", which is a nautical term for a sheltered shoreline...
, The Koolaid Electric Company, The People's Revolutionary Choir, The Morning After Girls
The Morning After Girls
The Morning After Girls are an Australian neo-psychedelia band. The group was originally formed in Melbourne, Victoria around 2003 by founding members Sacha Lucashenko and Martin B. Sleeman , who relocated the group to New York City in 2008...
and Jean-Jacques Perry.