Stephin Merritt (born January 17 1966) is an American singer-songwriter based in New York City, best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields. He is distinctive for his untrained bass voice.[LINK: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print] [1] Musical projects He created and played principal roles in the following bands: · The Magnetic Fields · The 6ths · The Gothic Archies · Future Bible Heroes He briefly used the name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, entitled "Scream and Run Away." Further music was recorded for the audiobook versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies. The Tragic Treasury was released by None

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