About Will Cullen Hart
William Cullen Hart (June 14, 1971 – November 29, 2024) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and visual artist. He was a co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Company, as well as the rock band the Olivia Tremor Control. Following that band's breakup, Hart and several other former members regrouped to create Circulatory System. Hart's music was characterized by its blend of indie rock, Beatlesque psychedelic pop and musique concrète. == Recording career == === Early years === Will Cullen Hart was born on June 14, 1971 in Ruston, Louisiana. His parents, both interior designers, divorced and moved around the country, leading Hart to spend parts of his childhood in Alabama, Colorado, and Texas before returning to Ruston in ninth grade. Among his friends there were future Elephant 6 collaborators Bill Doss, Jeff Mangum and Robert Schneider. The teenagers shared a passion and interest in home recording, influenced by John Cage, punk rock, krautrock, and 1960s psychedelic bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Zombies. Some of his earliest musical projects were his solo recording moniker The Always Red Society, which released its sole tape Giant Chocolate Think Tank Blues in 1993 and reissued 2014, and Cranberry Lifecycle with Mangum, a "little 4-track pop thing," which were spoken of very highly by Schneider and remained highly sought after by fans until finally leaked in 2023. Mangum, Doss, and Hart then formed the group Synthetic Flying Machine, which evolved to become The Olivia Tremor Control.
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