{{BLP sources|date=June 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Greg Suran | image = Greg Suran (cropped).jpg | caption = Greg Suran with the B-52s at Boston Pops on June 14, 2017 | birth_name = | birth_place = | genre = {{hlist|Rock|new wave}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards|mandolin}} | years_active = 1995–present | associated_acts = The B-52's, Goo Goo Dolls }}
'''Greg Suran''' is an American musician who was the lead guitarist in the B-52s, a role he performed from 2013 to 2022.<ref name=b52s/><ref name=gbase/><ref name=cryptic/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=April 26, 2022 |title=The B-52s Announce Farewell Tour: 'It's Time for One Last Blowout' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/b-52s-farewell-tour-dates-2022-1235063529/ |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> He replaced Keith Strickland on the road after Strickland announced in December 2012 that he would no longer be touring with the B-52s but would continue as a member of the band.<ref name=newport/>
Suran performs in the American Idol house band.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Borg |first1=Janelle |title=“I'd try to bust out my best hot and fastest licks, and Joe would always be so helpful. He'd say, 'All those licks are cool. But just slow it down, man. Tell a story'”: Lionel Richie guitarist Greg Suran shares the solo advice he received from Joe Walsh |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lionel-richie-guitarist-greg-suran-shares-the-solo-advice-he-received-from-joe-walsh |website=Guitar World |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref> Prior to joining the B-52's, Suran had performed and toured with Joe Walsh, Mylene Farmer, Liz Phair, Jewel, Sunny Day Real Estate, and others.
He plays guitar and mandolin and sings backing vocals.
==Education== * Bachelor of Music, Northwestern University June 19, 1993<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/annualcommenceme1993nort/annualcommenceme1993nort_djvu.txt Annual commencement program, University of Notre Dame"]</ref>
==Career== Greg Suran is a guitarist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, now residing in Los Angeles.
He majored in classical guitar performance while also studying composition and arranging at Northwestern University, near his birthplace.
Throughout his life, though, Suran had played in well-known rock bands, including Sunny Day Real Estate, The Goo Goo Dolls (2002–2007),<ref name=goo/> Machines of Loving Grace, Local H, Cupcakes (a band he formed), which released an album on DreamWorks Records. He has also recorded and/or toured with a diverse range of pop artists such as Avril Lavigne, Liz Phair, Five For Fighting, Colbie Caillat, and Jewel. He has recorded guitar on feature film scores/soundtracks such as ''Rent'', ''Treasure Planet'', and ''Biker Boyz''. Suran had worked as a musician in theater for many years with the Blue Man Group and a production of ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch''.
He toured with Joe Walsh from 2011 to 2013 on the "Analog Man" tour, then also for two tours with French pop star Mylene Farmer in 2009 and 2013, then also with Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles, from 2013–present.
He worked as a session player and touring musician in Los Angeles until he joined the B-52s in 2013, after Keith Strickland left, and remained with the band until their farewell tour in 2022.<ref name=bso/> He has also been a guitarist in the house band for the television show, American Idol, since its reboot on ABC in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guitarist Greg Suran shares journey from rock bands to American Idol and The B-52s |url=https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/guitarist-greg-suran-shares-journey-from-rock-bands-to-american-idol-and-the-b-52s-e35e6325 |website=Guitar World |publisher=News Minimalist |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life==
For 6 years, by his own report, he has practiced a vegan diet.<ref>{{cite web |title=59. LIFERS - Greg Suran |url=https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c42957f8-b71c-492e-a1a0-e8afd2f6110f/episodes/8f258cc0-7cba-4ab0-b963-d40e4c622f6b/the-lifers-podcast-59-lifers---greg-suran |website=The Lifers Podcast |publisher=Amazon |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
==Albums== * Glee – ''The 3D Concert Movie'' [OST] (CD), with several other artists, September 8, 2011. * Cupcakes * Goo Goo Dolls – ''Gutterflower'' * Goo Goo Dolls – ''Live in Buffalo'' * Goo Goo Dolls – ''Let Love In'' * Jewel – ''Goodbye Alice in Wonderland'' * Jeremy Enigk – ''World Waits'' * Colbie Caillat – ''Breakthrough'' * Five For Fighting – ''Slice'' * Avril Lavigne – ''Best Damn Thing'' * BackStreet Boys – ''Never Gone'' * Jen Wood – ''Wilderness''
==References== <references>
<ref name=b52s>{{Cite news | first = Richard L. | last = Eldredge | title = Barnstorming days at an end for one B-52's member | work = Atlanta | date = January 4, 2013 | url = http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/barnstorming-days-at-an-end-for-one-b-52s-mem/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=gbase>{{Cite news | first = Tim | last = Pierce | title = Greg Suran – Guitarist for Joe Walsh – Don Felder – B 52's | publisher = gbase.com | date = February 17, 2017 | url = https://blog.gbase.com/greg-suran-guitarist-for-joe-walsh-don-felder-b-52s-guitar-lesson-tim-pierce/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=cryptic>{{Cite news | first = Diane | last = Woodcheke | title = The B-52S Rock the Space at Westbury, NY. 02-26-2016 | publisher = crypticrock.com | date = February 17, 2017 | url = http://crypticrock.com/the-b-52s-rock-the-space-at-westbury-ny-2-26-16/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=newport>{{Cite news | first = Jennifer Nicole | last = Sullivan | title = From Rhode Island to 'Rock Lobster' | publisher = Newport Mercury | date = June 19, 2013 | url = http://crypticrock.com/the-b-52s-rock-the-space-at-westbury-ny-2-26-16/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=goo>{{Cite news | first = Jae-Ha | last = Kim | title = Goo Goo Dolls not ready for shelf | work = Chicago Sun-Times | date = May 31, 2002 | url = http://www.jaehakim.com/entertainment-reviews/music-reviews/goo-goo-dolls-not-ready-for-shelf/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=bso>{{Cite news | title = Party with the B-52s and the Boston Pops! | publisher = Boston Pops Orchestra | url = https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/86099/ | access-date = June 15, 2017}}</ref>
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