Adam Payne

There are three artists currently operating under the name Adam Payne. Though all are very different stylistically, each brings a refreshing cool breeze to their respective genres. Adam Payne (MA) Albums: The Quelling, 2ADAM12, Just Me, Chiclets in my Pocket (single), Colder Now (single) Adam Payne (CA) Album: Organ Adam Payne (GA) Albums: Untitled, Please Try Again Adam Payne (MA) "Adam is about as eclectic as his sound.

Adam Payne (MA) Albums: The Quelling, 2ADAM12, Just Me, Chiclets in my Pocket (single), Colder Now (single)

Adam Payne (CA) Album: Organ

Adam Payne (GA) Albums: Untitled, Please Try Again

Adam Payne (MA)
"Adam is about as eclectic as his sound. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts to an Italian mother and African American father. In the late eighties, Adam and his family moved to Sarasota, Florida. By the age of 8, Adam drew his musical inspiration not from haughty music teachers, such as Mozart or Beethoven, but from Saturday morning cartoons, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario. Adam picked up the piano as he mimicked the music from cartoons and video games. During his senior year of High School he took on the drums, and later in college, he picked up the guitar. Although music is a major part of who he is, there's much more to him than that.

Adam earned a B.A. in Psychology with a Minor in Statistics and was a founding father of the Eta Psi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Central Florida. He continued on to earn a M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Payne was featured three times on CBS Channel 4 Boston's 'Sundays with Liz Walker' and he was also generously recognized in the Boston Globe. "Recognition is not something I strive for..." says Payne - "Connecting with the audience and putting on a good show is more important to me than that. But, it's always nice to get a tip of the hat from people whom you respect."

These days, Adam can be found vibing out solo, with full band 2ADAM12 or even with his beatboxing compadre Adrian Reid. His solo show is always entertaining, with Adam making up songs on the spot with words from the audience, doing on-the-fly guitar, vocal, and percussion loop arrangements, or simply delivering the message of an original tune or eclectic cover. The full band presents some of the finest players in the Greater Boston area, with pieces ranging from the standard four to the gargantuan eight. Adam's performances with Adrian Reid are a testament to the power of communication through music, with Adrian holding down the beat while Adam sings, raps and plays guitar. No matter the line-up, an Adam Payne show is surely one to remember.

Adam Payne (CA)
Adam Payne was born in 1983 in Los Angeles, California. While athletically gifted, Mr Payne claims he never met anyone cool enough to hang out with like he did when playing music. A move to Santa Cruz introduced Adam to the music of Six Organs of Admittance and an early version of Comets on Fire. While working at a pizza restaurant with Ethan Miller Adam was encouraged to make his own music. Inspired by the SST catalog, classic rock and the current flow of psychedelic reissues Payne recorded a solo LP and called the ?group? the Residual Echoes. That group was eventually fleshed with real people and hit the road in 2006 with Mammatus for a national tour. A few more albums were recorded and Adam decided it was time to return to Los Angeles where he formed yet another version of the group which continued living all over your daydream nation. In 2007 Adam Payne recorded Organ as a solo album which was released under his own name by Holy Mountain in January 2009.

More of Adam's music can be found under the names:

Residual Echoes
and
Adam Payne's Residual Echoes

Adam Payne (GA)
The third (and first, actually) Adam Payne lives in Athens, Georgia, and has been creating music for over a decade. Along with the Adam Payne Band, this artist has a knack for catchy lyrics, deep melodies, and above all, commanding vocals. Paynes has seen a number of successes in his career, and continues to deliver powerful lives performances in the Athens area on a regular basis. This Adam Payne and Adam Payne MA do a joint show, entitled 'The Adam Payne Squared Show' during the Athens Music and Arts Festival every year.