
Gary Wilson is an internationally renowned experimental music composer, recording
artist, and performer. As a teenager, Wilson studied composition privately with John
Cage, and since his 1977 self- released classic You Think You Really Know Me, he has
spent a lifetime building a fervent underground audience around the world. Esteemed
artists Beck, Tyler the Creator, Ariel Pink, Questlove, Earl Sweatshirt, Peanut
Butter Wolf, Foxygen, and Dam Funk have all cited Gary Wilson as a source of
inspiration. He is the subject of the 2005 documentary, You Think You Really Know Me:
The Gary Wilson Story, and is mentioned by name in Beck’s 1996 classic “Where It’s
At”.
In the summer of 2013, the Metropolitan Museum of Art included Gary in the
exhibition PUNK: Chaos to Couture, and the underground legend has graced the pages
of The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Record Collector Magazine. Wilson’s
music has been featured in an episode of Narcos (2015) as well as during the Golden
Globes (2017), and his track “You Were Too Good to Be True” appears as a sample on
Earl Sweatshirt’s track “Grief”” (2015). In recent years, Wilson has shared the bill at live
performances with Todd Rundgren, Ariel Pink, Foxygen, Colin Caulfield (Diiv), Crush,
and Black Lips.
Gary Wilson has performed on national TV on both The Tonight Show with Jimmy
Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! He continues to diligently compose, record, and release
new music, including 2019’s The King of Endicott (Cleopatra Records) and his summer
2019 collaborative album with home recording legend R. Stevie Moore, titled Fake
News Trending (O Genesis, Burger Records).
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