![]() It starts with me, goes to you, comes back to me, and ends as this weird other thing. MAX TANNONE: Also when you record your demo or your vocals and send it back, I get ideas of how to change things in the music. Then I get to think about how I can react to what that sound is. But this way, you’d send me a beat and it’s already this whole musical idea. I had a little bit of a problem when I would write songs, because I got so into how it felt to play it on the guitar.ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: Later I’d be like, “Wow, that song actually sounds terrible, but it feels so cool to play.” I don’t think any of them were any good. Both of you sent me beats was a really easy way to work because I used to cover people’s songs. But then I was at a party with Bridget, I drank a bottle of champagne, and the next day she was like “Whoa, you really became Champagne Jerry last night.” Bridget had just learned my first name was Jerry, and she called me Champagne Jerry. We did that skit, it was us being like, “What will we do?” and talking in old timey accents. It was funny.ĪD-ROCK: If this gets into the piece, the particular thing we’re looking at right now needs a link.ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: That picture’s crazy. MAX TANNONE: Yeah, I have a picture of us three from backstage. We were doing greatest hits of something… Where, at Joe’s Pub?ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: Yeah, it was at Our Hit Parade. That’s how we all musically got started.ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: Adam, were you there when you did the cover of “Paul Revere” dressed in revolutionary war clothes?ĪD-ROCK: I never even heard that you did that until just now. I started performing for her backing band. MAX TANNONE: Also out of softball, I got involved with Our Hit Parade, a monthly countdown music show that Neal was one of the founders of with Bridget Everett, who also played softball. ![]() ![]() When Ada and Kathleen met that’s when we all started being friends-and softball really brought out the best of us. ![]() She did a couple shows, and Ada, Neal’s wife, came to interview Kathleen for a publication. That’s how I met Champagne Jerry.ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: And I met you, Adam, through Ada, at an art opening.ĪD-ROCK: My wife, Kathleen Hanna, had an art gallery for a minute. I started playing on his softball team in his softball league. MAX TANNONE: Adam is an old family friend. They spoke about all things The Champagne Room as well as Danimals drinkable yogurt, a vampire in a hot tub, and pie.ĪD-ROCK: We’ve all worked together before, so how and when did we first meet each other? Why don’t we start there?ĬHAMPAGNE JERRY: We mostly all met through softball, I think. Other works have been shown at institutions including the New Museum in New York and the Andy Warhol Museum.īefore the album’s release, Champagne Jerry, Max Tannone, and Ad-Rock (otherwise known as Adam Horovitz) sat down at Horovitz’s New York apartment. He’s performed at venues like The Kitchen and festivals such as Live Art Festival in Hamburg, Germany. Staying true to Champagne Jerry’s obsession with pop culture and all things Tampa, Florida, the guests who will appear all thrive of cheap gold, dance, and of course, those wonderful memories that last a lifetime.Īs Neal Medlyn, the Texas-born, New York-based artist has become known for his “Pop Star Series,” performances based upon the music and multiple personalities of Lionel Richie, Prince, Britney Speaks, Miley Cyrus, and other icons. Each night, a rotating cast of artists will compose his posse, referred to as “The Champagne Club,” and a series of real and invented bands will also perform. On The Champagne Room, listeners hear more R&B inflections as well as more straightforward singing, as opposed to the purely rap elements of For Real-though he certainly retains the unique swagger for which we originally praised him.īeginning next Wednesday, Neal Medlyn will open for Champagne Jerry (to be clear: yes, Medlyn will open for himself) during five performances at New York Live Arts. “I love the idea of one song featuring so many people.”Ĭhampagne Jerry’s debut album, For Real, You Guys, was released in 2014, and since then his rap alias has taken a life of its own. “There was that Kanye West song, ‘ All of the Lights,’ where he features 11 people,” Champagne Jerry (aka Neal Medlyn, née Jerry Neal Medlyn) says. The album, which epitomizes the phrase “NSFW,” includes beats by Ad-Rock and Max Tannone and guest vocals by Bridget Everett, Erin Markey, Murray Hill, Larry Krone, Jim Adralis, and more. ![]() It is also the title for a series of performances, the first time the artist has ever made a second project under the same name, and an extremely collaborative effort. Champagne Jerry’s forthcoming LP The Champagne Room is more than just an album release. ![]()
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