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Patrick J. Carney (born April 15, 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist best known as the drummer for The Black Keys, a blues-rock band from Akron, Ohio. In 2009, he created the rock band Drummer and released their debut album Feel Good Together on his Audio Eagle Records label.
Early life
After Patrick's parents divorced when he was 8, Patrick 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 in West Akron. Dan Auerbach also lived in this neighborhood and they 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, Captain Beefheart and fellow Akron band Devo.
Music career
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 was released in 2006. Attack & Release, their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow up in 2010 titled Brothers.In 2011, the band released the album El Camino.
Both Carney and Auerbach record with Nonesuch Records. In 2009, Carney joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to support independent musicians' careers. Carney has produced records for Beaten Awake, Houseguest, Churchbuilder and The Black Keys and 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 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
Audio Eagle Records
In 2005, Carney created Audio Eagle Records; an independent record label. It signed acts such as Houseguest, Royal Bangs and Carney's own side-project Drummer. Carney shut the label down in 2010.
Personal life
His father, Jim, and stepmother, Katie Byard, are reporters for the Akron Beacon Journal. His mother, Mary Stormer, is an Akron Municipal Court deputy clerk and is a former member of the Akron Board of Education. His uncle, Ralph Carney is a professional sax player, and has played with Tom Waits, among others. Carney was in a nine year relationship with the writer Denise Grollmus, whom he married in 2007. The couple divorced in 2009, just before the band recorded Brothers. Grollmus wrote about the couple's split for Salon. On February 12, 2011, Carney became engaged to Emily Ward of California. Carney proposed in Los Angeles hours before the 2011 Grammy Awards. Carney lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
