Ryan Downe is an American musician and audio engineer. His debut album The Hypocrite was released in 1996 by Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company.[1] Two music videos were produced to promote this album: "Where Am I Gonna Run To" and "Scratch". Downe opened for both The Who and Iggy Pop during their 1997 tours.[2][3] Later he and his guitarist Johannes Luley opened Freudenhaus Recording Studio in San Francisco.[1] It was during this time that Downe is credited with co-engineering and playing/singing on the Grammy Award-nominated album, Arepa 3000, by Los Amigos Invisibles.[1] Downe then joined up with Luley, keyboardist Tom Lynham and drummer / co-lead-singer Matt Swindells to create the band Moth Vellum with whom he released one album.

Discography edit

Solo album edit

  • The Hypocrite (1996)

Track listing:

No.TitleLength
1."Judas" 
2."Vegas" 
3."Comets & Stars" 
4."Where Am I Gonna Run To" 
5."Through the Window" 
6."Damned With You" 
7."Scratch" 
8."I Shot You Down" 
9."Japan" 
10."The Machine" 
11."Mojo" 
12."Melancholy Baby" 
13."The Hypocrite" 

with Moth Vellum edit

  • Moth Vellum (2007)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Michael Sutton. "Ryan Downes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone gives lineup for The Who's 1997 Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "MTV gives lineup for Iggy Pop's 1997 Tour". MTV. Reuters. Retrieved 2007-08-05.