Greer was senior editor and senior writer at Spin[2] magazine in New York City in the early 1990s, during which time he helped define the generational cohort that became later widely-known as Generation X.[3]
He wrote and performed all instruments/vocals on the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on the EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast by Guided By Voices. He was the bassist in the band from 1994 to 1996.[4][5]
Greer started a band in 2012 with musician Lola G. called DTCV.[6] Pronounced "detective", it was an indie rock duo from Joshua Tree, California. The band released a double album called Hilarious Heaven in 2013 on Xemu Records, followed by a compilation of their early singles and EPs, The Early Year. The duo released their second studio album, Uptime!, in 2015.[7] In April 2016 the band released its third and final studio album, entitled Confusion Moderne, on Xemu Records.[8]
Novelist/Authoredit
Greer has published three novels: Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006),[9]The Failure (Akashic, 2010).[10]Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction.[11] and Bad Eminence (And Other Stories, 2022), which Andrew Gallix in The Irish Times called "this year's cult classic," writing that the novel was "hilarious, exhilarating and mind-blowing" [12]
In 2013 Greer released his first book of short fiction, titled Everything Flows, via Curbside Splendor. Publishers Weekly said of the book "Halfway between the mind of God and a vivid dream, Everything Flows is proof that there remain new places to go, both on paper and in the known universe."[13]
FICTION
Artificial Light (2006)
The Failure (2010)
The Speed Chronicles (2011)
Everything Flows (2013)
Bad Eminence (2023)
NON-FICTION
R.E.M.: Behind the Mask (1992)
Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll (2005)
2017 - A Walk Across the Human Bridge (Video short)
2016 - Bourgeois Pop (Video short)
2015 - Miley Cyrus Wins the Race (Video short)
2008 - La femme qui n'était rien (Short)
2008 - Diegesis (Short)
2006 - Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft (Video short)
2006/II - Mimesis (Short)
Referencesedit
^"James Greer is comfy under the magnifying glass in new band Détective". Denverpost.com. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
^Crew, Adrienne (August 8, 2006). "Interview in LAist discussing Greer's "influence on a generation of music journalists"". Laist.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^"Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Kurt Cobain and birth of Generation X". March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^"James Greer: Making the World His Bitch (and Elephants)". www.vice.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^"Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer". Los Angeles Times. April 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^"DTCV AllMusic Biography". AllMusic.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
^"DTCV | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^"Consequence of Sound Advance Stream of Confusion Moderne". consequence.net. April 1, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
^Jaime-Becerra, Michael (October 8, 2006). "Los Angeles Times review of Artificial Light". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^Baron, Zach (March 24, 2010). "Review of The Failure in the Village Voice". Villagevoice.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^Official California Book Awards Site Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^"James Greer's Bad Eminence: A wicked thrill opened at your peril".
^"Fiction Book Review: Everything Flows by James Greer".
^Kroll, Justin (July 18, 2017). "Juno Temple to Co-Star With Claire Foy in Steven Soderbergh's Next Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
^Busch, Anita (February 1, 2018). "Studio 8 Acquires 'Planet Kill' For Steven Soderbergh To Produce, May Direct". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^"Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer". Los Angeles Times. April 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.