Dictionary Definition
adored adj : regarded with deep or rapturous love
(especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized
wife" [syn: idolized,
idolised, worshipped(a)]
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Pronunciation
Verb
adored- past of adore
Extensive Definition
The Adored is a power pop band
based in Los Angeles,
California.
Until 2007, they were signed to V2 Records in
North America (reportedly signed by former Black
Flag and Circle Jerks
frontman Keith
Morris). They released a 5-song EP in 2005, which
featured guest vocals by Pete Shelley
of Buzzcocks on 2
songs; and their debut LP, A New Language , was released in
2006.
The band is made up of Ryan George
(vocals), Nathanael Keefer (drums), Drew 17 (guitar) and Max
Humphrey (bass). George and Keefer originally met as Central
Coast teenagers, through George's straight
edge hardcore
punk band Carry
On, with whom Keefer later played drums. Keefer later left
Carry On and moved to Los Angeles, and George followed suit shortly
after release of their LP A
Life Less Plagued .
The band has moved from playing "wired discopunk"
(-NME) in their
early days to a more recent straightforward punk rock
style, with strong power pop,
Oi, new wave
and Britpop
influences. Their relationship with the Buzzcocks began when Pete
Shelley met the band at their first New York
City show in 2004. The most obvious and frequently cited source
of the band's name is the Stone Roses
song "I Wanna
Be Adored."
Following a Los
Angeles Times feature in 2005,
Alternative Press named The Adored one of their 100 Band You
Need To Know , and A New Language earned them positive reviews from
publications like the Washington
Post, URB,
power-pop magazines like Amplifier and PopMatters, and "Band of the
Day" features on SPIN.com
and NPR.org.
Tours with Buzzcocks (in the
UK and US), The Rakes and
The
Damned followed, as did a stint on Warped Tour
In 2007, however, following the collapse of V2 Records in
North America, Ryan George appeared to have left the band. In
spring 2007, several members of The Adored were reportedly backing
up Annie
Hardy of Giant Drag at
Los Angeles-area shows.
The song "Not Having It" was featured in the
two-part Grey's
Anatomy episode "The
Other Side of This Life", which doubled as a backdoor pilot for
the spinoff series Private
Practice.
Footnotes
Not associated with the current band Autovein,
formerly The Adored.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admired, appreciated, beloved, cherished, darling, dear, dearly beloved, esteemed, favorite, held dear, held in
respect, highly considered, honored, in high esteem,
loved, much-admired,
pet, popular, precious, prestigious, prized, respected, revered, reverenced, treasured, valued, venerated, well-beloved,
well-considered, well-liked, well-thought-of, worshiped