Jeff Mangum

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Mangum
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 24, 1970(1970-10-24)
Age	54
Birthplace	Ruston
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Jeff Mangum Biography

Jeff Mangum is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on October 24, 1970 in Ruston, United States. Singer, lyricist, and guitarist for the band Neutral Milk Hotel, who released the albums On Avery Island and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. He also helped found The Elephant 6 Recording Company.

He covered the song “Sign the Dotted Line” for a 2009 Chris Knox tribute album called Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox.

Jeff Mangum (/ˈ m æ n . ɡ ʌ m / , born October 24, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the lyricist, vocalist and guitarist of the band Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as being one of the cofounders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. He is best known for his complex, lyrically dense songwriting, apparent on the critically lauded album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

Mangum left Athens and travelled around the United States, working on solo four-track tape recordings under the name Milk, which would soon become Neutral Milk Hotel. The earliest Neutral Milk Hotel releases included the Elephant 6 cassette Hype City Soundtrack, and Everything Is, a 7″ released by Cher Doll Records. Mangum recorded his debut LP On Avery Island at Robert Schneider’s Pet Sounds Studio in Denver, Colorado between 1994 and 1995. The album was released in 1996 on Merge Records in North America and Fire Records in the UK. Following the album’s release, Mangum expanded Neutral Milk Hotel to include his friends Scott Spillane, Julian Koster and Jeremy Barnes. The group returned to Denver in 1997 to record In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, which was released the following year and would become one of the most highly acclaimed indie rock albums of all time.

He married Astra Taylor, a documentary filmmaker, in 2008.

Jeff Mangum Net Worth

Jeff Mangum is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Mangum 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Ruston High School in Louisiana.

He was a contributor on the album New Magnetic Wonder by The Apples in Stereo.

Mangum was born in Ruston, Louisiana, where he met the other co-founding members of Elephant 6, Robert Schneider, Will Cullen Hart, and Bill Doss. Together they shared a passion for home recording, influenced by the likes of the Minutemen, John Cage, and 1960s psychedelia. Mangum’s earliest musical projects included Maggot (a punk group with Will Hart), Cranberry Lifecycle (an experimental pop project, also with Hart) and Synthetic Flying Machine (which featured Bill Doss). In the early 1990s Mangum, Hart and Doss moved from Ruston to Athens, Georgia and Synthetic Flying Machine evolved into Olivia Tremor Control, led primarily by Hart and Doss. Mangum has contributed vocals, drums and sound effects to many of the Olivia’s subsequent recordings, including their debut EP California Demise, released in 1994 on the Elephant 6 Recording Co. imprint.

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Who is Jeff Mangum Dating?

According to our records, Jeff Mangum married to Astra Taylor. As of December 1, 2023, Jeff Mangum’s is not dating anyone.

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In August 2005, Mangum appeared onstage with the Olivia Tremor Control at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom to sing “I Have Been Floated”. He made no further public appearances until October 2008, when he took part in the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise reunion tour, performing the Neutral Milk Hotel song “Engine” at several shows accompanied by Julian Koster on singing saw.

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In December 2009, Mangum contributed a cover of “Sign the Dotted Line” to a Chris Knox tribute album titled Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox. This was followed by an appearance at a Knox benefit show on May 6, 2010 at Le Poisson Rouge, where Mangum performed a number of acoustic Neutral Milk Hotel songs. On December 4, 2010, Mangum played an unannounced set at a loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Why did Jeff Mangum stop making music?

It took Mangum years to rebuild himself after this spiritual crisis—and since part of that crisis was his recognition that music would never save him from his demons , he couldn’t very well embark on another record.

Why did Neutral Milk Hotel stop?

While on tour, the band’s popularity grew through Internet exposure. This had a negative effect on Mangum, whose mental health began to deteriorate. He did not want to continue touring and Neutral Milk Hotel went on hiatus shortly after.

What did Jeff Mangum do after Neutral Milk Hotel?

After Neutral Milk Hotel That summer, Mangum released a compilation of field recordings of Bulgarian folk music on the Orange Twin label titled Orange Twin Field Works: Volume I. This was followed by a live solo album Live at Jittery Joe’s, recorded by filmmaker Lance Bangs in 1997.

Does Jeff Mangum still perform?

Even as his band’s seminal debut record, On Avery Island, celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, you won’t find any retrospective that includes Mangum’s perspective. Save for a few guest appearances and a brief reunion run in the mid-’10s, Mangum no longer plays live. His website hasn’t been updated since 2017.

Is Neutral Milk Hotel religious?

I don’t believe in Christ myself , but the sermon on the mount and all the “love your enemy stuff” is an awesome philosophy. And I believe in God, but it’s not something I talk about very much. And it’s new to me, and it’s weird. But I’ve always found music to be a really spiritual thing.