Ryan Jarman

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Ryan Jarman
Jarman at Abbey Road Studios in 2011
Born
Ryan James Jarman
Occupations
  • Musician
  • record producer
  • songwriter
Years active2000–present
Relatives
Musical career
OriginWakefield, West Yorkshire England
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Member of
Websitethecribs.com

Ryan James Jarman is a British musician who is the guitarist and one of the vocalists of lo-fi indie rock band the Cribs.

The Cribs

Jarman formed the Cribs in 2001 with his twin brother Gary and younger brother Ross.[1]

The band have released six albums on the Wichita label, the first two being The Cribs (produced by Ed Deegan and Bobby Conn), and The New Fellas (produced by Edwyn Collins, singer in influential indie band Orange Juice).

The Cribs' third album, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever was released in May 2007; the record was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand.

Their fourth studio album Ignore the Ignorant, released in September 2009 included ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr; Ignore the Ignorant was produced by Nick Launay in Los Angeles. The Cribs' fifth album, In the Belly of the Brazen Bull produced by Dave Fridmann and Steve Albini was released in May 2012.

The Cribs later released the compilation album Payola, which featured some of their greatest hits and rarities.

Their sixth studio album, For All My Sisters, was released in March 2015.

Playing style

Jarman is known primarily for his repetitive, high pitched and catchy guitar riffs. In a recent poll of the Cribs back catalogue, NME claimed that "Another Number" was an "early indication of Ryan's status as one of the best – and most underrated – guitarists of his generation"[2] For Ignore the Ignorant, Jarman and Johnny Marr would refer to each other as "axe-bro's", as Marr told Total Guitar in October 2010: "We're very deliberate about being a twin guitar assault, Ryan is a busy player and I am too, so we both fizz and whoever comes to the top is backed up. Ryan is one of the best guitarists to come out of British pop culture. He's in an elite handful of people doing innovative, unexpected things".[3]

Gear

Up until the Cribs' third album, Jarman played Fender Mustang guitars. He discovered the Gibson ES-335 in recording Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, and took to using it almost exclusively live afterwards. He now uses a Squier Venus for his Cribs work, and an Epiphone Coronet for his side project. He has also been seen using a vintage Mosrite Ventures, and a Pawn Shop series Fender Mustang (well known as Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Special) in 'Lake Placid' blue as well as a Sonic Blue Fender Mustang with a black hotrails pickup.[4]

Signature Squier Guitar

After using Fender guitars for many years, Jarman was given his own signature model in 2016, released through the

Jag-Stang.[6]

Amps and effects

Although sparingly spotted with

Electro Harmonix Poly-Chorus regularly both live and in the studio.[9] Jarman also claims to use the thickest possible strings, both for tonal reasons and to minimise any string bend, giving his playing a more robotic feel. Rotosound custom make his own gauge for him.[10]

Production

As well as producing/co-producing many tracks with the Cribs, Jarman has also produced records by various other bands. From Springtime Studios, which Jarman set up with his brothers in Wakefield in 2002, he engineered and worked with various local bands as well as numerous records for Leeds-based noise label

Frankie & the Heartstrings, Kate Nash and has produced the debut record by This Many Boyfriends.[12]

Personal life

At the 2006

DJ Zane Lowe. Jarman was bleeding profusely and another ambulance was called to return him to hospital. He received both external and internal stitches to repair a rip to the membrane around the kidney that the first surgeon had missed. Jarman was discharged the next morning.[14]

Jarman was in a four-year relationship with Kate Nash, however it was announced in 2012 that the pair had split.[15]

In 2015, it was reported that Jarman had been in a two-year relationship with musician

Jen Turner.[16]

References

  1. ^ "The Cribs Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ "NME Music Blogs". NME. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ Total Guitar magazine, October 2010, interviewed by Henry Yates
  4. ^ Inc., Equipboard. "Ryan Jarman's Equipboard". Equipboard. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Squier unveils The Cribs signature Ryan Jarman guitar and Gary Jarman bass models". 2 March 2016.
  6. ^ "The Cribs talk signature Squiers, guitar geekery and lessons of longevity". 8 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Videos featuring premier content from the guitar world – GuitarPlayer.com". Guitarplayertv.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. ^ Inc., Equipboard. "Ryan Jarman's Equipboard". Equipboard. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ Inc., Equipboard. "Ryan Jarman's Equipboard". Equipboard. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "THE CRIBS – ROTOSOUND". rotosound.com.
  11. ^ "Howl of the Lonely Crowd Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  12. ^ "Recreating "that golden period of 80s indie": Best Fit meets This Many Boyfriends".
  13. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 May 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  14. ^ Bassil, Ryan (1 October 2014). "Zane Lowe Has Been Producing For Future, Tinie Tempah and Pretty Much Everyone". Vice. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  15. ^ "The Cribs' Ryan Jarman reveals 'psychological' illness – NME". NME. 19 March 2012.
  16. ^ "The Cribs talk depression, rebirth and moving to America". The Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2018.