Once rented Christina Applegate's house (Late 1990s)
After the overnight multi-platinum success of the Counting Crows debut album ("August and Everything After"). Adam decided to find a real job for a "reality check" between albums. So he bartended at the The Viper Room in Hollywood. Which at the time was still owned by Johnny Depp.
Adam Duritz Detailed Biography
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Adam Duritz
Duritz is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows. Before forming Counting Crows he was lead singer for Bay Area band The Himalayans. He was also involved in another San Francisco-based band, Sordid Humor.
He has collaborated with The Wallflowers (led by Bob Dylan's son Jakob Dylan) on the album Bringing Down The Horse (1996), with Ryan Adams on the album Gold (2001), Peter Stuart on the albums Propeller and Daisy and with Live on V (2001).
In addition to his musical pursuits, Duritz has had a hand in producing the movies The Locusts (1997) and Burn (1998).
In 1997, he began his own record label, E Pluribus Unum. He signed bands Joe 90, Gigolo Aunts and Neilson Hubbard, all of which he took on the road to open for Counting Crows. In 2000, E Pluribus was put to rest when it was purchased by Interscope.
Duritz dated actresses Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Mary Louise Parker and Monica Potter.
His blog-style musings can be found at Adam's Personal Web Site
