Aimee Mann

 Aimee Mann  (born September 8, 1960) is an American rock singer,singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist. She was the bassist and a vocalist for the band 'Til Tuesday during the 1980s and since then she has primarily released albums and performed as a solo musician.

Early life
Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, and graduated from Open High School[ 1 ] in Richmond, Virginia. In 1978. Mann enrolled in Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She dropped out of Berklee and joined the Boston punk band The Young Snakes. In 1983, the band released the EP Bark Along with The Young Snakes.

1980s
In 1983, Mann co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman (who went on to manage her solo career). In 1985, the band released Voices Carry, the debut album with the title track inspired by Mann's breakup with Hausman.[ 2 ] It won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.

In 1986, the band released Welcome Home, their second album.

In 1987, she sang vocals with Geddy Lee on the single "Time Stand Still" by rock band Rush from their 1987 album Hold Your Fire. She also appeared in the music video for the song.[ 2 ]

In 1988, the band released Everything's Different Now, their third and final album. Shortly after its release, Mann said that she was much more pleased with it than the debut, primarily because she felt it made more of a personal statement about her life.[ 3 ] The band broke up in 1990 when Mann left to start her solo career.[ 2 ]

1990s
In 1993, Mann released her debut solo album, Whatever, which sold modestly but met with critical praise. In 1995, Mann released I'm with Stupid, her second album, through Geffen Records[ 4 ] which, like her debut, garnered positive reviews but modest commercial success.

In 1997, Mann married songwriter Michael Penn (brother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn), whom she met in the 1980s. They courted while Mann was recording Whatever.

In 1999, Mann recorded original material for the soundtrack to the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia, which earned both Academy Award and Grammy Award nominations for the song "Save Me." She also negotiated a contract release from David Geffen and founded her own label, SuperEgo Records.

2000s
Mann in concert on October 15, 2005<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2000, Mann released ''[http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bachelor_No._2 Bachelor No. 2], released on SuperEgo, which included some songs from Magnolia'' and new material. Also that year, she and her husband formed a concept called Acoustic Vaudeville, a mixture of music and stand-up comedy; among the comedians joining them for shows were Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt and David Cross.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 5 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2001, she joined the judging panel for the 1st Annual Independent Music Awards.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2002, Mann released Lost in Space, an album which features art bySeth. The following year she released Lost in Space Special Edition, which features a second disc containing six live recordings (including a version of Coldplay's "The Scientist") as well as two B-sides and two previously unreleased songs.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2004, Mann released Live at St. Ann's Warehouse, a live album and DVD recorded at a series of shows in Brooklyn,New York.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2005, Mann released The Forgotten Arm, a concept album set in the 1970s about two lovers who meet at the Virginia State Fair and go on the run. The Joe Henry-produced album, which was recorded mostly live with few overdubs, contains illustrations which reflected Mann's interest in boxing. She trained with the boxing trainer Freddie Roach;<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 6 ]the album's title is derived from a boxing move in which one arm is used to hit the opponent, causing him to "forget" about the other, which is then used to deliver a harsher blow. The following year Mann received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the album's artwork (shared with Gail Marowitz).

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2006, Mann released One More Drifter in the Snow, a Christmas album featuring both covers and new songs. The album's iTunes version replaced "Christmastime" (a duet with husband Michael Penn) with a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and "Clean Up for Christmas" from The Forgotten Arm; an updated version of the CD was released two years later with the Joni Mitchell cover.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2008, Mann released ''[http://www.wikiwand.com/en/@%26*!_Smilers @#%&*! Smilers]'', which features Grammy-nominated artwork by Gary Taxali. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 32 and on the Top Independent Albums chart at number 2.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 7 ] ''@#%&*! Smilerswas met with mostly praise, with Billboard stating that it "pops with color, something that gives it an immediacy that's rare for an artist known for songs that subtly worm their way into the subconscious... Smilers'' grabs a listener, never making him or her work at learning the record, as there are both big pop hooks and a rich sonic sheen."<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-amg_smilers_8-0" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 8 ] The music video for the song "31 Today," directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, features comedienne Morgan Murphy.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 9 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2009, Mann announced that she was working on a musical based on her album The Forgotten Arm<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 10 ] but later stated that it was put on hold owing to similarities to the film The Fighter (2010).

2010s
The Both in Philadelphia in May 2014<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2011, Mann joined the ninth-annual Independent Music Awardsjudging panel to promote independent musicians.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 11 ]<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 12 ]<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 13 ] She was also an inaugural member of the panel in 2002.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 14 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2012, Mann released Charmer, an album which features a duet with James Mercer of The Shins.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In February 2013, Mann and Ted Leo started playing together in a collaborative project called #BOTH and scheduled shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 15 ] In April 2014, her collaboration with Leo,The Both, released their first album.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 16 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">On July 22, 2013, Mann filed a lawsuit against MediaNet Digital Inc.claiming they were distributing 120 of her songs on an expired license agreement.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 17 ] She attempted to claim as much as $18 million instatutory damages.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 18 ] The case has since been dropped. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 19 ]

Discography

 * 1993 – Whatever
 * 1995 – I'm with Stupid
 * 2000 – Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo
 * 2002 – Lost in Space
 * 2005 – The Forgotten Arm
 * 2006 – One More Drifter in the Snow
 * 2008 – @#%&*! Smilers
 * 2012 – Charmer

<span class="mw-headline" id="Appearances_on_other_artists.27_albums" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Appearances on other artists' albums
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 1986, Mann provided backing vocals to Inside, Matthew Sweet's debut album.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 20 ] The same year, she performed backing vocals to "The Far Away Nearby", a song on Cyndi Lauper's second album, True Colors.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 1987, she sang on Rush's song "Time Stand Still" on the album Hold Your Fire. The single is credited as "Rush (featuring Aimee Mann)".

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 1995, she recorded a cover version of Harry Nilsson's "One" on the album For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson and in 1996, "Baby Blue" on the Badfinger tribute album Come and Get It. In 1997, Mann recorded a cover of "Nobody Does It Better", the theme song of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, on the album Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2004, Mann sang on the song "That's Me Trying" from William Shatner's album Has Been (co-written and produced by Ben Folds).

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2012, she contributed vocals to Steve Vai's album The Story of Light, on the song "No More Amsterdam". That same year, she recorded the song "Two Horses" for the soundtrack of the film Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, and contributed lyrics and vocals on the song "No More Amsterdam" for the Steve Vai album The Story Of Light. Her song "Wise Up" was also used for an organ-donor campaign in Ontario.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 21 ] She contributed vocals to the song "Bigger Than Love" on Ben Gibbard's album Former Lives.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 22 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2014, Mann contributed a version Styx's "Come Sail Away" to the Community episode "Geothermal Escapism".<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-AVClub_23-0" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 23 ]

<span class="mw-headline" id="Film_and_television_appearances" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Film and television appearances
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 1998, Aimee Mann made a cameo appearance in the iconic film The Big Lebowski as a German nihilist who sacrifices her green nail polished right little toe in a kidnapping scheme.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 24 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2002, Mann and her band appeared as themselves in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, performing her songs "This Is How It Goes" and "Pavlov's Bell" at The Bronze. She has one line in the episode: "Man, I hate playing vampire towns." The latter song also appears on the Buffy soundtrack album Radio Sunnydale. Also that year, she and her band appeared on The West Wing, where they performed a cover of James Taylor's "Shed a Little Light" at a Rock the Vote concert.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 25 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2006, Mann appeared on an episo<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 26 ]de of the television series Love Monkey. In 2007, she contributed two original songs, "The Great Beyond" and "At the Edge of the World", for the soundtrack to Arctic Tale.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2008, Mann appeared in the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil in a comedic interview conducted by comedian [http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Paul_F._Tompkins Paul F. Tompkins].

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2011, she appeared on the Independent Film Channel series Portlandia; in the sketch, she plays herself working as a cleaning woman, and tells Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein that she needs the second job to make ends meet.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 27 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2013, she had a cameo on the April 8 episode of The Daily Show in a mock appeal to preserve the "habitat" of the crab louse, in a comedy segment about pubic shaving.

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">In 2014, Mann voice acted on Steven Universe, providing the voice of Opal in episode "Giant Woman".

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">On November 20, 2014, Mann appeared with Dana Gould and Nick Offerman on @Midnight on Comedy Central.