Adam Marsland is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the leader of '90s power pop band Cockeyed Ghost and later for his extensive touring and sideman work.

Born in Greene, New York state, , Marsland relocated to Los Angeles and formed punk-flavored powerpop band Cockeyed Ghost in 1994 . Along with bands such as The Negro Problem, Baby Lemonade

Baby Lemonade

Baby Lemonade is a band in the neo-psychedelic genre formed in Los Angeles. Their 1998 album Exploring Music was produced by Darian Sahanaja of The Wondermints. The group was Love founder Arthur Lee's backing band prior to his incarceration, and after his release from prison in 2001 until his death...

 and Wondermints, Marsland and Cockeyed Ghost were driving forces in the popular mid '90s "pop underground" in Los Angeles and signed to Rkyodisc-distributed indie label Big Deal in 1996 . The band's debut album Keep Yourself Amused followed shortly thereafter and was acclaimed by The New York Press as "finest debut album of the rapidly aging year.". The band was noted for its high energy and work ethic, performing at the SXSW festival and touring with labelmates Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife, written in Japanese characters as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981...

 , as well as opening for Fastball

Fastball

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, Redd Kross

Redd Kross

Redd Kross, a rock band from Hawthorne, California had their roots in 1978 in a band called The Tourists begun by Jeff and Steve McDonald while the brothers were still in middle school...

, Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

 and others . The band was also featured on the cover of the L.A. Weekly in November 1997 , and appeared briefly in the television movie Friends 'Til The End

Friends 'Til the End

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 that same year .

Cockeyed Ghost made two further albums for Big Deal, Neverest and the critically acclaimed The Scapegoat Factory, the release of which coincided with Big Deal's bankruptcy in early 1999 .

After a final (and equally critically well-received) Cockeyed Ghost album, Ludlow 6:18, released in 2001 on his own Karma Frog label, Marsland embarked on a series of coast-to-coast solo tours, performing hundreds of shows a year and establishing a reputation as a DIY workhorse . His debut solo album was 2002's live CD 232 Days On The Road, followed by the studio album You Don't Know Me in 2004, which featured the first appearance of his "Chaos Band" and inaugurated his long-running collaboration with soulstress Evie Sands

Evie Sands

Evie Sands is a Brooklyn-born singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career began as a young teenager in the mid-1960s...

  (ex-Cockeyed Ghost guitarist Severo Jornacion also performed with the band until joining the Smithereens

Smithereens

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 in 2006 ).

With the Chaos Band, Marsland released Long Promised Road: Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson Live in 2007, recorded by Grammy-winning Beach Boys engineer Mark Linett

Mark Linett

Mark Linett is a record producer and audio engineer. He has done significant work with The Beach Boys, including re-mastering their recordings that appear on the "two-for-one" album re-releases. He also produced and engineered the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound version of Pet Sounds...

  : a highlight of the album is the only currently available version of Dennis Wilson’s 1971 unreleased gem “(Wouldn’t It Be Nice To) Live Again”. Marsland returned to original music with the compilation album Daylight Kissing Night in 2008, which, on the strength of a grass roots push, became a surprise best-seller . Marsland followed with the ambitious double album Go West in 2009, which garnered favorable comparisons to Elton John

Elton John

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's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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. His final album to date is Hello Cleveland, recorded on the road in less than 9 hours , and released in 2010.

Aside from his songwriting, Marsland has an extensive resume as a sideman in various capacities including guitar, keyboards, and vocals. His more notable credits include 2008 Tony Award Winner Stew

Stew

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/The Negro Problem , members of the Beach Boys , The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew

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 , Davie Allan

Davie Allan

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 , Carnie and Wendy Wilson, Wondermints, and many others. He performed on Badfinger

Badfinger

Badfinger were a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales, in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969,...

 vocalist Pete Ham's posthumous 7 Park Avenue

7 Park Avenue

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album and in 2011 was briefly a member of the Standells as vocalist/guitarist, appearing with the band at several concerts . That same year he also participated in comeback shows by SST art-punk band Trotsky Icepick

Trotsky Icepick

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and longtime collaborator Evie Sands. He also operates Karma Frog Studio.

Discography

Date	Label	Title	Released by
September 1996	Big Deal 9031-2	Keep Yourself Amused	Cockeyed Ghost
September 1997	Big Deal 9048-2	Neverest	Cockeyed Ghost
February 1999	Big Deal 9060-2	The Scapegoat factory	Cockeyed Ghost
October 2000	Karma Frog 618	Ludlow 6:18	Cockeyed Ghost
October 2002	Karma Frog 619	232 Days On The Road	Adam Marsland
October 2004	Karma Frog 620	You Don't Know Me	Adam Marsland
March 2007	Karma Frog 622	Long Promised Road: Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson Live	Adam Marsland
March 2008	Karma Frog 623	Daylight Kissing Night: Adam Marsland's Greatest Hits	Adam Marsland
August 2009	Karma Frog 624	Go West	Adam Marsland
April 2010	Karma Frog 625	Hello Cleveland	Adam Marsland