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Joshua Keith "Josh" Ostrander (born April 8) is an American singer-songwriter and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now based in Los Angeles, California and records under the alias Mondo Cozmo. His music is in folk rock, indie rock and alternative rock.
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- Piper interviews josh ostrander mondo cozmo
- Mondo Cozmo Plastic Soul Live on Soundcheck
- Laguardia 20002005
- Eastern Conference Champions 2005 2015
- Other collaborations
- Mondo Cozmo 2015present
- Albums
- Singles
- References

Mondo Cozmo — 'Plastic Soul,' Live on Soundcheck
Laguardia (2000–2005)

Ostrander fronted the alt-rock band Laguardia from 2000 to 2005. It included Joshua Ostrander, Greg Lyons, Lee Bernstein and Michael Morpurgo and was signed to Universal Records and Republic Records released the album Welcome to the Middle in 2003 with "Holy Ghost" from the album released as a single. Laguardia Ostrander's band should not be confused with the famous Spanish Pop rock band La Guardia active 1983–1997 and relaunched in 2003.
Eastern Conference Champions (2005-2015)

Ostrander later became the front man of Eastern Conference Champions (ECC), whom he started with his friend and collaborator Greg Lyons from Laguardia and Vern Zaborowski from CKY. The band also included Melissa Dougherty. The band came about when Ostrander and Lyons signed with Geffen Records and released the EP called The Southampton Collection under the ECC moniker. Three studio albums followed: Ameritown in 2007, Santa Fe in 2009 and SPEAK-AHH in 2010, and a number of EPs as Eastern Conference Champions. ECC disbanded in August 2015.
Other collaborations

Along with producing their own releases, Ostrander produced for such bands as Voxhaul Broadcast and worked on projects with such producers as Brendan O'Brien, Owen Morris, Brad Wood, Thom Panunzio, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Ostrander works out of his downtown LA studio called Santa Fe Studios.
Mondo Cozmo (2015–present)
Ostrander began recording under the name Mondo Cozmo in 2016, and his single "Shine" hit #1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart in January 2017. During his 2017 tour, Ostrander's opening act is Illinois. His debut album "Plastic Soul" was released on August 4th, 2017.
On his 2016-2017 tour, Mondo Cozmo is playing live shows with a full backing band composed of Drew "The Kid" Beck on electric guitar, Chris Null on acoustic guitar and bass, James Gordon on synth and keys, and Andrew Tolman on drums.