Instruments Drums | Name Nabil Ayers Role Musician | |
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Associated acts The Lemons, Alien Crime Syndicate, The Long Winters, Tommy Stinson Music groups The Long Winters, The Lemons (1994 – 1996) Record labels The Control Group, Barsuk Records, Mercury Records, V2 Records, Lakeshore Records Albums Putting the Days to Bed, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm, When I Pretend to Fall, Sturdy, Ultimatum Similar John Roderick, Sean Nelson, Chris Walla, Michael Schorr | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, entrepreneur | ||
Couch Riffs : SLAVES & BULLDOZERS by Soundgarden with guest Nabil Ayers
Nabil Ayers is an American entrepreneur and musician. He is the U.S. Label Manager for UK-based record label 4AD where he has led album campaigns for The National, Grimes, St. Vincent, Purity Ring, Deerhunter, tUnE-yArDs, Future Islands and others. Ayers co-founded Seattle’s Sonic Boom Records store with his business partner, Jason Hughes, and founded the independent record label The Control Group. As a drummer, he has performed with various acts, most recently The Long Winters and Tommy Stinson.
Ayers currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. In March 2016, Brooklyn Magazine named Ayers #7 in a list of "The 100 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Culture.”
In July 2016, it was announced that Sonic Boom Records was sold to a longtime customer. Ayers published a memoir about the store that was published in Seattle newspaper, The Stranger.