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Kevin Max

'born to be wild-er'

About Me

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OFFICIAL MYSPACE BIO
KEVIN MAX BIO-
He started singing when he was young. He grew up in Grand Rapids Michigan. He lived on a farm and rode horses and motorcycles. He was adopted as a baby by Max and Elaine Smith, and named Kevin Max Smith. People told him that he should be a professional singer. He became popular in highschool, to a degree, by singing in theatrical productions. He liked the sound of Bryan Ferry and Freddy Mercury's voices. He wrote poetry and enjoyed the lyrics of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. He was fond of watching The Smiths videos broadcast on tv, through Friday Night Videos. He was kicked out of Liberty University. He was fired from every job he ever had, including being a keyboard tech to Eddie DeGarmo. He became a founding member of dctalk. They won lots of awards and sold millions of records. His first solo project was produced by Adrian Belew. He got kicked off of Forefront Records as a solo artist. He wrote poetry and was published a few times. He completed a spoken word project with Adrian Belew and started his own imprint label, Blind Thief. He recieved a Scandanavian Artist award even though he is not Scandanavian. He has been known for speaking very honestly about himself and having strange views. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and wrote songs with VanDyke Parks, Mark Hudson and Warren Cuccurullo. He was asked to be the lead singer of Journey and declined. He has toured internationally as a solo artist since 2000. He performed as Joseph in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. He was married in Las Vegas at the Little White Wedding Chapel. He has 2 children by wife, Amanda Lynn Max. He moved back to Nashville in the fall of 2007. He released The Blood, a gospel and blues project, in the fall of 2007. He is currently writing and touring and can be found walking his dogs in East Nashville Tn..

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My Interests

the wife, the kids, travel, reading, antiquing, riding, loving, writing, singing, BE-ing.

I'd like to meet:

People who see other people as people and know that those people are people too.-KM

Music:

Elvis, Morrissey, Lou Reed, Beatles, Stones, Leonard Cohen, Peter Gabriel, Dylan, Bowie, U2, Zeppelin, The Smiths, R.E.M, Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Tom Waits, Roxy Music, T-Rex, AC/DC, Nico, Edith Piaf, Nusrat Feta Ali Kahn, Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, John Lennon, Captain Beefheart, Van Dyke Parks, Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley, Hank Williams SR, Johnny Cash, Kate Bush, Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, Talking Heads, Adrian Belew, Loverboy, Ultravox, Gary Numan, Rush, Steve Perry, Van Halen with David Lee Roth, The Police, Nik Kershaw, Don Henley, The Band, Jackson Brown, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Kasabian, Elbow, Daniel Lanois, The White Stripes, The Black Angels, Blind Willie Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, Buddy Guy, BRMC, Kings of Leon, Nat King Cole, Chuck Berry, The Killer, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Neil Young, Jon Anderson and Yes, King Crimson, The La's, The Zombies and James Brown.

Movies:

Kubrick, Polanski, Scorsese, Lynch, Mann, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ridley Scott not Tony, Tim Burton, Sean Penn, Kazan, and Clint Eastwood Westerns.

Television:

Dark Shadows, 5 Days, Tudors, Rome, Sopranos, Tales from the Crypt, Big Love. Gene Simmons Family Jewels. A&E. Ghosthunters. Six Million Dollar Man.

Books:

Songs of Innocence- William Blake
Paradise Lost- John Milton
Women- Charles Bukowski
The Lord of the Rings-J.R.R. Tolkien
How should We then Live?- Francis Schaeffer
The Great Divorce- C.S.Lewis
Ancient Evenings- Norman Mailer
The Flowers of Evil- Charles Baulderlaire
Hawk Of May- Gillian Bradshaw
etc etc.

Heroes:

Jesus, Elvis, Amanda Lynn Max, Max Smith, Elaine Smith, James Dean, John Lennon, Charles Bukowski, Rich Mullins, Francis Schaeffer, Larry Norman, Keith Richards, Daniel Day Lewis, Mother Theresa, The Edge, Bryan Ferry, The Smiths and William Blake.

My Blog

The Bridge @ Stone Mountain-this friday night!!!

06.20.08 City: Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Venue: The Bridge @ Mountain Park Address: 5485 Five Forks  Trickum Rd. Website: TBA Showtime: 7pm Contact info: 770-921-1452 Openers: Ticket price: $10 Advanc...
Posted by Kevin Max on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:38:00 PST

Singing all over the place this summer (details)

thanks for all of those interested in reading these blahgs.....i was asked by management and the label and my PR to keep doing it....it encourages 'record sales'....haha whatever....i get the privileg...
Posted by Kevin Max on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:22:00 PST

Greater Than Magazine.

www.greaterthanmag.comfeature is about 1 year old but focuses on Larry Normans impact on Kevin and the music world at large. www.kevinmax.com
Posted by Kevin Max on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:07:00 PST

New BBC review

http://www. bbc. co. uk/cornwall/content/articles/2008/05/16/faith_cdreviewmay200 8_feature. shtml
Posted by Kevin Max on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:20:00 PST

Red Blood From A White Rose

a spiritusa momentjust a thoughtjust a vapor and a movement in the shadowyou riseand yours is twicethe size of my heartbut you are ladenwith fear and doubtcast outcast outcast out that which you find ...
Posted by Kevin Max on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

Sixt.....

was the name of the rental car company that we used to drive from Holland to Germany last week.....cheers to Jonathan Brown for making the trip successful and memorable.....i have a blog up on faceboo...
Posted by Kevin Max on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:39:00 PST

Van Europa May 2008

i am off this friday on a jetplane to London Heathrow......yes i am back in lovely Europe for a quick juant about town......i recently was signed (again) to Fierce Distribution for The Blood project.....
Posted by Kevin Max on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:00 PST

no direction, but home.

thank you to everyone that came to the Greenville show....it was a wonderful time....Civil Twilight was an excellent opener.....i actually listened to them from backstage and had to come out sidestage...
Posted by Kevin Max on Fri, 02 May 2008 08:15:00 PST

thoughts this week.....

i am excited to let you all know that i am getting closer to really digging into the next project...i have written a few songs for "Modern Monastics" but i am now getting ready to go into the studio.....
Posted by Kevin Max on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

The Artist and the Devil

the artist and the devilto lift the penlike a wand in the airhovering over paperlevitating like a murderous lepersharp as a knifeshadow of the fallen angelon your doorthese thoughts were banned in the...
Posted by Kevin Max on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:09:00 PST