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Adam Duritz

Adam Frederic Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is a U.S. musician and record producer. He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Adam Duritz grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, then El Paso, Texas, and Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and, most recently, New York City. As a student, he attended Head-Royce School, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Davis, but dropped out before earning a degree. Before forming Counting Crows, he was lead singer for San Francisco Bay Area bands, Mod-L Society and The Himalayans. He was also involved in another San Francisco-based band, Sordid Humor.

He has collaborated with The Wallflowers (led by Bob Dylan's son Jakob Dylan) on the album Bringing Down the Horse; with Ryan Adams on Gold and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from Hard Candy; with Peter Stuart on Propeller and Daisy; with Live on V; and with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from Dusk and Summer.

In 1997, Duritz began his own record label, E Pluribus Unum. Before being purchased by Interscope Records in 2000, he signed Joe 90, Gigolo Aunts, and Neilson Hubbard – all of whom he took on the road to open for Counting Crows.

In addition to his musical pursuits, Duritz was executive producer for the films The Locusts (1997) and Burn (1998). He had a cameo in the 2007 mockumentary film Farce of the Penguins in which his character asks, "Who wants to f*** the sensitive guy?"

Duritz has dated actresses Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, who appeared in the music video "Long December", Mary Louise Parker, Monica Potter and Winona Ryder.

In an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Duritz was parodied by Mike Nelson as the most repulsive thing in the known universe, and the only thing that could repel an attacking alien from their spaceship.

In November 2006, Adam Duritz began production on Chicago pop-punk band, Blacktop Mourning's debut record under the name "The Devil and Bunny Show" alongside Counting Crows guitarist David Immerglück.

Duritz announced on January 15th, 2007 that he was launching boutique record label, Tyrannosaurus Records. His debut artists include Notar and Blacktop Mourning

• Adam.CountingCrows.com - Personal website
• Adam Duritz at MusicBrainz
• Tyrannosaurus Records -Record label