Sam John Farrar (born June 29, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as a member of the

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band Maroon 5, in which he plays several instruments, most notably bass guitar. A frequent collaborator with the band since the 1990s, he joined as a touring member in 2012 and was promoted to an official member in 2016. He has also been the bassist for the rock band

Phantom Planet Phantom Planet is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1994. The band consists of Alex Greenwald (vocals, rhythm guitar), Darren Robinson (lead guitar), Sam Farrar (bass guitar) and Jeff Conrad (drums). The band is best known for ...

since their formation in 1994.

Career

1994–2012: Phantom Planet and other side projects

Farrar is the

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player for the American rock band Phantom Planet. He also joined the band Operation Aloha with members of Gomez and Maroon 5. He and his wife, Stephanie, have started their own music project, called Bubble and Strife.

2012–present: Maroon 5

In 2012, Farrar became a touring member of Maroon 5, playing various instruments, including guitars, occasional bass guitar, percussion and additional keyboards, singing backing vocals and providing samples and other special effects (using the MPC). A longtime collaborator of the band, he co-wrote and co-produced a few of the band's songs on almost all of their studio albums and also remixed one of their songs, which is called "Woman", on '' Call and Response: The Remix Album'', released in 2008. On August 31, 2012 – during a show in Argentina on the

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– Farrar filled-in for

Mickey Madden Michael Allen Madden (born May 13, 1979) is an American musician and a former bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Life and music career Madden was born in Austin, Texas. He began playing in junior high school at the Brentwood School in L ...

on the bass guitar for the first time since 2001. He subsequently filled-in for Madden on the next few shows of the tour. After touring with the band as a touring member for the next couple of years, Farrar appeared in an official, promotional photo of Maroon 5 for the first time, in late 2016. He is also featured on the cover of the band's sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2017) – all of this can be seen as confirmation, that Farrar became an official member of Maroon 5, making them a seven-piece band. He replaced Madden as bassist in 2020 following the former's departure from the band.

Personal life

Farrar was born in Los Angeles, California, to Australian parents. His father,

John Farrar John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Stra ...

, was a member of

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and also carved a successful songwriting career, penning many of

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's big hits as well as producing nearly every one of her albums during her most successful years. His mother,

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, was a successful Australian pop singer in the 1960s. He attended The Buckley School. Sam is married to Stephanie Eitel, formerly a member of the band Agent Sparks. Their daughter Vesper Pearl Farrar was born on August 6, 2009, and their son Flynn Roscoe Farrar was born on January 14, 2014. He graduated Pitzer College.

Discography

;With

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* '' Underneath'' (2004) ;With Operation Aloha * '' Operation Aloha'' (2009) ;With Sara Bareilles * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Once Upon Another Time'' (EP) (2012) ;With Bubble and Strife * ''My Lifetime for Blondes'' (EP) (2011) ;With Jasmine Ash * ''Beneath the Noise'' (2012) ;With John Travolta and

*'' This Christmas'' (2012) ;With

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*'' Wish Bone'' (2013) ;With Tony Lucca *''With the Whole World Watching'' (2013) ;With

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* ''Rozzi Crane'' (EP) (2013) * ''Space'' (EP) (2015) * ''Time'' (EP) (2015) ;With Shoffy * ''Lenses'' (2018) * ''Cool Again'' (2020) ;With

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* '' Naive'' (2019) ;With Yuna * '' Rogue'' (2019) ;With SuperM * '' Super One'' (2020) ;With

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* '' Small Town Boy'' (2020) ;With Band of Horses * '' Things Are Great'' (2022) ;With

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* '' In Real Life'' (2022)

Maroon 5

;As an outside collaborator * ''

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'' (2002) – programming (" She Will Be Loved") * ''

It Won't Be Soon Before Long ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' is the second studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on May 16, 2007, by A&M Octone Records, as the follow-up to their debut album, ''Songs About Jane'' (2002). The name was inspired by a ...

'' (2007) – production * '' Call and Response: The Remix Album'' (2008) – remix of a song ("Woman") * '' Hands All Over'' (2010) – songwriting (" Misery", "Stutter", "Don't Know Nothing", "Hands All Over" and "How") * '' Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition'' (2012) – producing ;As a touring member * '' Overexposed'' (2012) – production and songwriting ("Ladykiller", "Fortune Teller" and "Tickets"), backing vocals, programming * '' V'' (2014) – backing vocals ("Unkiss Me" and " This Summer" – the latter song is from the 2015 re-release of ''V''), programming ;As an official member * ''

'' (2017) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals * '' Jordi'' (2021) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals

Phantom Planet

* '' Phantom Planet Is Missing'' (1998) * '' The Guest'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Raise the Dead'' (2008) * '' Devastator'' (2020)

Remixes

2008 * "Woman" – Maroon 5 (Sam Farrar Remix) 2010 * "Unspoken" – Weezer (Sam Farrar Remix)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrar, Sam Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American people of Australian descent Planetshakers members 1978 births Phantom Planet members Maroon 5 members 21st-century American bass guitarists