Jeff Mangum is the founder and driving force behind what was the band Neutr… Read Full Bio ↴Jeff Mangum is the founder and driving force behind what was the band Neutral Milk Hotel and one of the cofounders of the Elephant 6 Collective. Rob Schneider (of The Apples in Stereo), Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss (formerly of Olivia Tremor Control and now comprising Circulatory System and The Sunshine Fix, respectively) and Mangum all attended the same high school in Ruston, Louisiana in the late 1980's. The friends shared a passion for bands of the 60's such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Zombies, as well as an affinity for newer, noisier bands such as Sonic Youth and Minutemen. They reflected these influences in the tapes they recorded and shared with each other, forming the seeds of what would become the Elephant Six Collective. While Robert Schneider became the "popular" face of the collective with the eventual success of The Apples in Stereo, Mangum would ultimately release some of the collective's most interesting and enduringly popular music.
From the ashes of a band called Synthetic Flying Machine, Olivia Tremor Control was born, with an original line-up of Will and Bill on guitar and bass and Jeff on drums. Around 1995 Jeff decided to leave the group to focus on his own songs. A year of intensive songwriting (some of it accomplished, according to Jeff, while he was living in a haunted closet!) in Denver, Colorado with Rob Schneider at his Pet Sounds studio resulted in his debut album, On Avery Island, released in 1996, which was mostly Rob and Jeff playing Jeff's songs with a few helpful friends. Jeff eventually expanded the line up of Neutral Milk Hotel and in 1998 released what many consider the band's (and indeed, the Elephant Six Collective's) defining album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
The relative success of the album in addition to the pressures of being suddenly thrust into the spotlight took its toll on Mangum, who disbanded Neutral Milk Hotel in 1998 after a tour in support of their latest album. Jeff has kept out of the public eye since then (although not without rabid fans speculating on his whereabouts), rarely if ever playing acoustic sets and concentrating more on his recorded sound and music collages. Most recently he released a compilation of field recordings of Bulgarian folk music called Orange Twin Field Works Vol. 1 in the summer of 2000, followed by a live album on the Orange Twin label, Live at Jittery Joe's. The set was recorded in 1997 and was put out to squash the exhorbitant sums that Neutral Milk Hotel live albums were selling for on eBay. The cd features a Quicktime movie of the concert performance, but Mangum is backlit and cannot be seen throughout the video.
On August 2nd, 2005, Jeff Mangum joined Olivia Tremor Control onstage at New York's Bowery Ballroom to sing lead vocals on their songs I Have Been Floated and Shaving Spiders. Accounts say that he was wiping back tears; afterwards, he was pulled to the floor by OTC member Julian Koster and then dogpiled by the rest of the band. He was wearing a baseball cap and a blue button down shirt.
On November 17th, 2005, Jeff Mangum joined Elf Power, another former Elephant Six band, onstage at New York's Knitting Factory for the final chorus of only one song, The Arrow Flies Close, leaving the stage immediately afterwards.
From the ashes of a band called Synthetic Flying Machine, Olivia Tremor Control was born, with an original line-up of Will and Bill on guitar and bass and Jeff on drums. Around 1995 Jeff decided to leave the group to focus on his own songs. A year of intensive songwriting (some of it accomplished, according to Jeff, while he was living in a haunted closet!) in Denver, Colorado with Rob Schneider at his Pet Sounds studio resulted in his debut album, On Avery Island, released in 1996, which was mostly Rob and Jeff playing Jeff's songs with a few helpful friends. Jeff eventually expanded the line up of Neutral Milk Hotel and in 1998 released what many consider the band's (and indeed, the Elephant Six Collective's) defining album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
The relative success of the album in addition to the pressures of being suddenly thrust into the spotlight took its toll on Mangum, who disbanded Neutral Milk Hotel in 1998 after a tour in support of their latest album. Jeff has kept out of the public eye since then (although not without rabid fans speculating on his whereabouts), rarely if ever playing acoustic sets and concentrating more on his recorded sound and music collages. Most recently he released a compilation of field recordings of Bulgarian folk music called Orange Twin Field Works Vol. 1 in the summer of 2000, followed by a live album on the Orange Twin label, Live at Jittery Joe's. The set was recorded in 1997 and was put out to squash the exhorbitant sums that Neutral Milk Hotel live albums were selling for on eBay. The cd features a Quicktime movie of the concert performance, but Mangum is backlit and cannot be seen throughout the video.
On August 2nd, 2005, Jeff Mangum joined Olivia Tremor Control onstage at New York's Bowery Ballroom to sing lead vocals on their songs I Have Been Floated and Shaving Spiders. Accounts say that he was wiping back tears; afterwards, he was pulled to the floor by OTC member Julian Koster and then dogpiled by the rest of the band. He was wearing a baseball cap and a blue button down shirt.
On November 17th, 2005, Jeff Mangum joined Elf Power, another former Elephant Six band, onstage at New York's Knitting Factory for the final chorus of only one song, The Arrow Flies Close, leaving the stage immediately afterwards.
Naomi
Jeff Mangum Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Naomi' by these artists:
Ban-T Naomi Naomi (Naomi) You come to the city you tell you…
Beatenberg I feel so innocent, I feel so guilty I'm staying at…
Cjb Okay let's go I need me a bad bitch like Kylie For…
Compiled by J.P.Rigaud Moje hlava nenechá mě odejít Checkuju okolí, je celkem zmate…
Dre Now walk it like that chick Naomi I wanna hit it…
Eduardo Gatti Paloma, flor del edificio del ocho de Diciembre viejo asce…
Eli Njuchi Mmmmm Naomi dzuka kwacha (Naomi dzuka kwacha) Nthawi silinaw…
Freddy Hale There was one, there will always be one you don't…
Jack Droppers & the Best Intentions Backyard afternoon Cloud coverage, all grey Till the light p…
K.DOT Moje hlava nenechá mě odejít Checkuju okolí, je celkem zmate…
Karpe Diem [Fadlabi] Til en påfugl på veien til første skoledag Til d…
Keri Sreb Model like Naomi 24 like I'm Kobe Come to my adobe I want…
Libby Koch His name was Eugene He was my mama′s daddy He wore horned…
LIVING ROOM - Lupe Fiasco Can you see it? You see it I know you see…
M.A.N.D.Y. Yea Eh, eh eh Eh eh Eh I got the moves Like pretty Madonna A…
Mr. T Experience Your days of going through a phase Are finally lashing back…
Naomi Jon Do you wanna be me I got a recipe Can't cook s…
Neutral Milk Hotel Your prettiness is seeping through Out from the dress I took…
RaiNao El tiempo soy yo, el ahora soy yo Y yo les…
Ralph McTell Age has made her frail I'm scared to take her in…
Rob De Nijs De paarden boven haar bed zijn verdwenen Er hang nu een…
SEEYASIDE Сука поет как Naomi Campbell, у меня одно на уме Я…
Shoshana Bean Now I was in bed with my man Dead asleep last…
Slick Idiot Oh, Naomi, Naomi, There's So Much You Can Show Me, There Is…
The Hollies And what I do is what I feel And what I…
The Mr. T Experience Your days of going through a phase Are finally lashing back…
Visiting Wine I′m not tired I'll be here in the morning I′m not…
Yann Tiersen Strange prophecies Anew! She wrote She wrote "The ke…
Zo Moeilijk Dit is zo juist Dit is voor alle lieve mensen Die denken…
黎子明 你悄然走进我眼界 穿着深蓝色的礼服 温暖了四周的一切 今晚再冷我也满足 我傻傻地握着你的手 害怕一松手你会消失 让时间在…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jeff Mangum:
Engine For I am an engine And I'm rolling on The world is…
Gardenhead There are beads that wrap Around your knees that crackle int…
I Love How You Love Me I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
I Will Bury You in Time I will bury you in time when the sea begins…
Oh Comely Oh comely I will be with you when you lose your…
Oh Sister Oh sister, don't be afraid of me I won't be nailing…
Sailing Through Sailing through Your disease and you. your disease and you …
Sign the Dotted Line Let′s descend through fog and rain And see if we can…
Two Headed Boy Two headed boy All floating in glass The sun it has passed N…
Two Headed Boy Part Two Daddy, please hear this song that I sing In your heart…
Up and Over We Go Up and over, we go through the wave and undertow I…
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Lethean Mist
He's staring at the camera the whole time, this guy really doesn't like being recorded.
LukiBoy
I get it though
VanquishinGrace
@Based Julius lmaooooooooooo 😂😂😂
Based Julius
HEY! ARE YOU RECORDING ME! ARE YOU RECORDING MEEEEEEEE!
sikk cops
Don't worry guys, that's just how he looks. There's a vid of him playing Itaots in 1997 and he still looks like he wants to kill the audience.
Drew B
@henkka most songs on itaots were written and performed live before 98
lxithium
@ghouby oh haha maybe i’m wrong, ITAOTS album was recorded in 97-98 i’m pretty sure, maybe the songs were written slightly before then even... best album ever written (IMO) either way...
ghouby
@lxithium oh i just thought he was talking about the song cause the guy who made the original comment was
lxithium
@ghouby he meant the album wasn’t released in 97’
ghouby
@henkka https://youtu.be/JNOCUHuRSX4?t=877