José Ayerve (born April 28, 1974) is a recording artist/singer and songwriter and the front man for northeast-based indie rock groups Spouse and Nuclear Waste Management Club. He has released a number of singles and albums on vinyl and CD and is a frequent collaborator with a number of musicians and bands (see Discography).
He has also helped co-write the single "Pega Luna Manny" along with Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers, a song about former Boston Red Sox player Manny Ramírez. which enjoyed moderate success when the Boston Red Sox won the world series that year, for the first time in 86 years. It was included in the credit roll at the end of the 2005 film, Fever Pitch.
Ayerve began studying music at the age of nine. He transitioned from piano to guitar at 13, and became a multi-instrumentalist by the time he reached college in 1992. After 1992 he relocated to Portland, Maine and would eventually join the Portland-based group Bullyclub in 1999. Though Ayerve has performed with innumerable bands throughout his career, his main pursuit since 1995 has been the schizophrenic, indie-pop group, Spouse. He currently resides in Western Massachusetts, but spends much of his time touring and/or collaborating on various projects.
Discography
Albums
Cinco Pesos (as José Ignacio Ayerve, released: 01/02, Pigeon Records)
