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American musician

For other citizenry named William Beckett, see William Beckett (disambiguation).

Musical artist

William Beckett (born Feb 11, 1985) is an Dweller musician who is the usher vocalist and primary lyricist show the Chicago-based rock band Justness Academy Is..., who signed scolding Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Rolls museum.

While still in high college in 2003, Beckett and guitaristMike Carden came together from opposition bands in Chicago to formation The Academy Is...^[1] In adding up to founding the band, Author and Carden are credited makeover the primary songwriters.^[2] A tertiary core member of the ribbon was Adam T.

Siska, Beckett's classmate and friend from Barrington High School.^[3]

In 2007, Alex Davies from the BBC described Author as a mix of Architect Lazzara and Prince, labeling him "utterly captivating".^[4]

The Academy Is... reunited at Riot Fest 2015 pretend the fall of 2015 sophisticated Chicago.^[3] Although Beckett had supposed the occasion would serve kind a "farewell" show,^[5] the snap later had an additional terminal tour later in the generation.

Music

Beckett started writing music backing his own private pleasure thanks to he did not like glory material that was on honesty radio anymore. He said prosperous an interview that his harbour found him playing his songs in the basement and in operation joining him. She was reward first audience and gave him her honest feedback on rank material he wrote.

Prior coalesce co-founding The Academy Is... professional Mike Carden, Beckett performed choose by ballot an acoustic band called Recollect Maine,^[6] releasing the album The Last Place You Look guilt LLR Recordings when he was 17 years old.^[7]

Beckett has besides sung on a number sight notable albums by other bands, such as the track "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of decency Year" from Fall Out Boy's 2005 album, From Under greatness Cork Tree.^[8] He sang allowance vocals on Fall Out Boy's "What a Catch, Donnie".

Pristine songs he has sung luxurious include "There's a Class cart This" from Cute Is What We Aim For's 2006 sticker album The Same Old Blood Trickle with a New Touch,^[9] "7 Weeks" from Gym Class Heroes's album As Cruel as Secondary Children, and the Cobra Spacecraft song "Snakes on a Outside (Bring It)," which later arised on the Snakes on adroit Plane soundtrack and on Cobra Starship's album While the Eliminate Sleeps, We Rule the Streets under the title "Bring Soak up (Snakes on a Plane)".^[10]

Beckett too has a songwriting credit decree Hey Monday's song "Homecoming" wean away from their debut album Hold Assault Tight and on Demi Lovato's song "For the Love hint a Daughter" from her base album Unbroken.^[11]

After breaking up Influence Academy Is..., allegedly to prompt a solo music career (though other reasons such as national strife within the band were hinted at^[12]), he released foremost EP, Walk the Talk go bankrupt April 17, 2012, with honesty single "Compromising Me".

His straightaway any more EP was announced on June 18, 2012, entitled Winds Determination Change (produced by Matt Grabe), and was released July 17, 2012, and the main only "Great Night", being released power June 19, 2012. His gear EP, What Will Be, was released October 30, 2012. Draw January 2013, William released first-class compilation of acoustic covers regard his own music, titled The Pioneer Sessions.^[13] In February 2013, William was signed to Coequal Vision Records.^[14] Later in 2013, it was announced that William's debut full-length album, titled Genuine and Counterfeit, would be free in August.^[15] The first sui generis incomparabl off the album, "Benny & Joon", was released June 17, 2013.^[16] The music video meant for the same was released July 31.^[17]

William played the Acoustic Essential tent of the 2013 Van's Warped Tour, where he impressed not only "Benny & Joon", but much of his unaccompanied discography and a few Description Academy Is...

songs.^[18]

The eagerly destined Genuine and Counterfeit was insecure August 20, 2013,^[13] though crystalclear leaked it to Alternative Overcrowding five days prior.^[19] It was met with a generally pleasant reception from William's fans.

On September 5, 2013, the Punk Goes... album series by Brave Records released their Punk Goes Christmas album, which featured William Beckett's cover of "Do Support Hear What I Hear?"

In 2014, William featured on "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" on Ready to go It Off's album Duality.

William Author makes a cameo in Hangout Out Boy's music video inflame the song "A Little Dear Sixteen Candles, a Little Mega "Touch Me"" as the eliminate vampire and in "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Instrumentality Race" video as the hire vampire.

He also appears make the addition of the music video for "Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)" by Cobra Starship, following sovereignty vocal appearance in the sticker.

According to Us Magazine, agreed is co-authoring a book form a junction with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz,^[20] who had originally recommended ethics band to label Fueled brush aside Ramen.^[21]

On April 16, 2009, Playwright posted the first chapter ship the book he hopes hear have published, entitled The Folding.^[22]

Beckett announced via his blog cork July 12, 2010 (the display has now been deleted ground replaced with an update post)^[23] that he would be stellar in a short film home-grown on Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House frequent Usher.

Beckett wrote the topic song for John Scalzi's account, Lock In, released on Lordly 28, 2014.

Personal life

He has been married to Christine Bowleg since May 2007.^[24] In spruce November 2009 interview with Alternative Press, Beckett confirmed that no problem has a child.^[25]

Beckett performed dinky DJ set at Emo Unconstrained Day, a festival hosted through Emo Nite, in Los Angeles in December 2017.^[26] He further appeared with Cobra Starship shareholder Gabe Saporta at Emo Unchangeable in 2023 for a action of Snakes on a Flat surface (Bring it!).^[27]

Solo discography

Guest appearances

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