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Gary Jules

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Biography

Gary Jules (born March 19, 1969 in Fresno, California as Gary Jules Aguirre) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of Tears for Fears' third single "Mad World", which he recorded together with friend Michael Andrews for the cult film Donnie Darko. It became the UK Christmas Number One single of 2003. Since then it has been used on popular American TV shows, and most recently in the commercial for the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War and a Season 5 episode of the medical drama House.

Some of his early projects / bands were The Ivory Knights, Our Town Pansies, Woodenfish, Kofi, The Origin, Invisible, No poetry and Heroes and Heroin.[citation needed] His 2003 residency at the Los Angeles Hotel Café helped develop the venue as a successful singer/songwriter venue.

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  1. Greetings From The Side 1998

    Greetings From the Side

    Reviewed by Niky Daley

    On the back of his xmas smash hit 'Mad World', Gary Jules' debut album gets a timely...

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