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'{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Patrick Carney | image = Patrick Carney Concert for Valor 11-11-14.jpg | caption = | image_size = 250 | landscape = Yes | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Patrick James Carney | alias = The Salesman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|15|mf=yes}} |birth_place =[[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | instrument = [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] | genre = [[Blues rock]], [[garage rock]], [[indie rock]] | occupation = | years_active = 2000–present | label = | associated_acts = [[The Black Keys]], [[Blakroc]], [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]], [[The Sheepdogs]], [[The Rentals]], [[Dan Auerbach]] | website = {{URL|http://www.theblackkeys.com}} | notable_instruments = [[Ludwig Drums]]<br/>[[Paiste|Paiste Cymbals]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=image&imgnum=1&endorserid=4870 |title=Artists - Patrick Carney (image) |publisher=Paiste |date=2007-02-08 |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> }} '''Patrick James Carney''' (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician best known as the drummer for [[The Black Keys]], a [[blues rock]] band from [[Akron, Ohio]]. He also has a side-project rock band called [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]]. ==Early life== Carney's father, Jim, was a reporter until his retirement from the [[Akron Beacon Journal]] in Ohio, where his stepmother, Katie Byard, still works. His mother, Mary Stormer, is an Akron Municipal Court deputy clerk and is a former member of the Akron Board of Education. His stepfather, Barry Stormer, owns B. A. Stormer Construction Services. His uncle, [[Ralph Carney]], is a professional sax player, and has played with [[Tom Waits]], among others. After Carney's parents divorced when he was 8, he lived part of the time with his mother, Mary Stormer, and part of the time with his father, Jim Carney, who had moved to a different neighborhood on the west side of Akron, Ohio. [[Dan Auerbach]] also lived in this neighborhood, and the two met and played tag football with Auerbach's friends, although they did not become friends until high school. As a teenager, Carney was musically influenced by bands such as [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Captain Beefheart]] and fellow Akron band [[Devo]].<ref>[http://www.hotfeeder.com/entertainment/hilarious_black_keys_drummer_patrick_carney_on_not_growing_a_beard_damon_dash_and_danger_mouse_2560508 ] {{wayback|url=http://www.hotfeeder.com/entertainment/hilarious_black_keys_drummer_patrick_carney_on_not_growing_a_beard_damon_dash_and_danger_mouse_2560508 |date=20110227083607 }}</ref> ==Music career== [[File:Patrick Carney Central Park Summerstage 2010.jpg|thumb|Carney playing with The Black Keys in 2010]] In 2001 Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed [[The Black Keys]], releasing their debut album ''[[The Big Come Up]]'' less than a year later. This was followed by ''[[Thickfreakness]]'' in 2003 and ''[[Rubber Factory]]'' in 2004. The band's fourth album ''[[Magic Potion (album)|Magic Potion]]'' was released in 2006. ''[[Attack & Release]]'', their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow up in 2010 titled ''[[Brothers (The Black Keys album)|Brothers]]''. In 2011, the band released the album ''[[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|El Camino]]''. The band's latest album is ''[[Turn_Blue_(album)|Turn Blue]]'', released in 2014. Both Carney and Auerbach record with [[Nonesuch Records]]. In 2009, Carney joined the 9th annual [[The Independent Music Awards|Independent Music Awards]] judging panel to support independent musicians' careers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2010.asp |title=9th Annual Judges |publisher=Independent Music Awards |date= |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref><ref>[http://miccontrolblog.com/2009/05/27/the-independent-music-awards-announces-judges-for-9th-annual-imas/ MicControl]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news/Charts-Awards/She-&-Him-The-Black-Keys-Mark-Hoppus-Aimee-Mann-And-Bettye-LaVette-Join-Judging-Panel-For-The-9th-Annual-Independent-Music-Awards/48785.html |title=Top40-Charts.com |publisher=Top40-Charts.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> Carney has produced records for Beaten Awake, [[Houseguest (band)|Houseguest]], Churchbuilder, and The Black Keys. He is the founder of [[Audio Eagle Records]]. ===Drummer=== In 2009, while fellow Black Keys member Dan Auerbach was on his solo tour, Carney formed a new band called [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]] in which he played bass. Each of the band's members had played drums in another band. They released ''[[Feel Good Together]]'', their debut album in the same year. ==Other ventures== In 2012, he produced the [[The Sheepdogs (album)|self-titled album]] for Canadian rockers [[The Sheepdogs]]. Atlantic Records released it on September 4 of that year. In 2011, he produced the second studio album by [[Tennis (band)|Tennis]], titled ''[[Young & Old]]'', which was released on Fat Possum Records on February 14, 2012. Carney also contributed the main title music to the 2014 Netflix show ''[[BoJack Horseman]]''. Carney is the drummer on [[The Rentals|The Rentals']] 2014 album ''[[Lost in Alphaville]]''. <ref name="rollingstone12-5-2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rentals-sign-to-polyvinyl-for-first-album-in-15-years-20131205 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media LLC]] |title=The Rentals Sign to Polyvinyl for First Album in 15 Years |date=December 5, 2013 |accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> ===Audio Eagle Records=== In 2005, Carney created [[Audio Eagle Records]]; an independent [[record label]]. It signed acts such as [[Houseguest (band)|Houseguest]], [[Royal Bangs]] and Carney's own side-project [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]]. Carney shut the label down in 2010. ==Personal life== Carney married his first wife, writer Denise Grollmus, in 2007.<ref>http://www.salon.com/2011/03/03/grollmus_divorce_from_black_keys</ref> The couple acrimoniously divorced in 2009. Both talked about the messy breakup in the media, Patrick in the [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone's'']] May 27, 2010, issue and Denise in her essay, entitled ''Snapshots From a Rock 'N' Roll Marriage'', published on [[Salon (website)|''Salon'']] on March 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/03/03/grollmus_divorce_from_black_keys/singleton/ |title=Snapshots of a Rock n' Roll Marriage |publisher=Salon |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2012-05-15}}</ref> [[File:Patrick Carney at the H.O.B. in New Orleans, LA - Sept. 21, 2010.JPG|left|thumb|Patrick Carney, playing at the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA, on September 21, 2010.]] In 2010, Carney and his bandmate, [[Dan Auerbach]], moved from [[Akron]], OH, and purchased homes in [[Nashville]], TN.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/music/headlines/20101230-black-keys-make-a-move-to-nashville-from-akron.ece</ref> They recorded their [[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|''El Camino'']] album at Auerbach's newly completed Nashville studio, Easy Eye Sound Studio. On February 13, 2011, hours before the [[2011 Grammy Awards|Grammys]] in Los Angeles, CA, Carney proposed to his girlfriend, Emily Ward. They married on September 15, 2012, in the backyard of their Nashville home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-keys-patrick-carney-gets-engaged-20110215 |title=Black Keys' Patrick Carney Gets Engaged &#124; Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2011-02-15 |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> The wedding ceremony was officiated by actor [[Will Forte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/news/black-day-for-auerbach/story-fnejlvvj-1226576417835|title=Black day for Auerbach|work=news.com.au|publisher=[[News Limited]]|date=2013-02-12|accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref> The wedding party included Ward's siblings Danielle Shuster & Henry Ward, Carney's brothers Will Carney, Michael Carney, & Barry Stormer, and the couple's Irish wolfhound, Charlotte. Wearing [[Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)|Carolina Herrera]], Ward walked down the aisle to ''[[Crimson and Clover]]'' by [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]. Carney and Ward invited 350 guests, including bandmate [[Dan Auerbach]] and professional snowboarder [[Shaun White]], who was later arrested and charged with vandalism and public intoxication at a hotel in Nashville, TN after the wedding reception.<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20631815,00.html</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/09/shaun-white-arrested-charged-with-vandalism-and-public-intoxication/</ref> ==Discography== {{mainlist|The Black Keys discography}} ;The Black Keys * ''[[The Big Come Up]]'' (2002) * ''[[Thickfreakness]]'' (2003) * ''[[Rubber Factory]]'' (2004) * ''[[Magic Potion (album)|Magic Potion]]'' (2006) * ''[[Attack & Release]]'' (2008) * ''[[Brothers (The Black Keys album)|Brothers]]'' (2010) * ''[[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|El Camino]]'' (2011) * ''[[Turn_Blue_(album)|Turn Blue]]'' (2014) ;Drummer * ''[[Feel Good Together]]'' (2009) ;The Rentals * ''[[Lost in Alphaville]]'' (2014) ===Producer=== * ''[[The Sheepdogs (album)|The Sheepdogs]]'' (2012) * ''[[Young & Old (album)|Tennis]]'' (2012) * ''[[Tobias Jesso Jr.]]'' (2015) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Patrick Carney}} *[http://theblackkeys.com The Black Keys official website] *[http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys The Black Keys official Myspace page] *[http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com The Black Keys Fan Lounge] {{The Black Keys}} {{The Rentals}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carney, Patrick}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American rock drummers]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Musicians from Ohio]] [[Category:People from Akron, Ohio]] [[Category:University of Akron alumni]] [[Category:American rock bass guitarists]] [[Category:The Black Keys members]]'