{{short description|American vocalist and guitarist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jeff Mueller | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} | birth_place = | genre = Math rock, post-hardcore, post-rock | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar, vocals | label = | years_active = 1991–present | associated_acts = June of 44, Rodan, Shipping News | website = }}
'''Jeff Mueller''' is an American vocalist and guitarist best known as a member of the math rock bands Rodan, Shipping News and June of 44.<ref name="trouserpress">{{cite magazine |first1=Ira |last1=Robbins |first2=Mark |last2=Woodlief |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=rodan |title=Rodan |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=April 14, 2016}}</ref> His bands have been critically recognized for being key forerunners in the development of post-rock, math rock and post-hardcore. Additionally, Mueller released a single solo album, entitled ''Fold and Perish,'' in 1999 on Monitor Records.<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web |first=Mike |last=DaRonco |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000230800|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jeff Mueller: Biography |website=Allmusic |accessdate=March 29, 2013}}</ref> He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.<ref name="epitonicint">{{cite web |first=Parker |last=Langvardt |url=http://www.epitonic.com/features/interviews/interview-jeff-mueller-rodan-june-44-shipping-news/ |title=Interview: Jeff Mueller of Rodan, June of 44, and Shipping News |publisher=Epitonic |year=2013 |accessdate=April 13, 2016}}</ref>
== Biography == Jeff Mueller attended college at Kansas City, Missouri at the Art Institute of Kansas City for two years. While in high school, Mueller struck up a bond with guitarist Jason Noble, who shared his musical interests.<ref name="ahbint">{{cite web |first=Alec |last=Hanley Bemis |url=http://ahb.brassland.org/2012/08/06/jason-noble/#more-4464 |title=Deep Thoughts on Jason Noble |publisher=ABH |date=August 6, 2012 |accessdate=April 13, 2016 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425015157/http://ahb.brassland.org/2012/08/06/jason-noble/#more-4464 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1991 they founded the Hip Hop project King G & the J Krew.<ref name="epitonicint"/> Along with Noble, Jeff Mueller founded the band Rodan in Louisville, Kentucky in 1992. The group released one album for Quarterstick Records, titled ''Rusty'', in 1994. After Rodan dissolved in 1995, Mueller formed June of 44 with bassist Fred Erskine, drummer Doug Scharin and guitarist Sean Meadows. After 1999, the band would lay dormant for 19 years until their reunion in 2019. In 1996, he formed Shipping News with former Rodan bandmate Jason Noble.<ref name="trouserpress"/> Shipping News disbanded immediately following the death of Noble in 2012.
In 2025, Mueller collaborated with Meadows to form Flowting Clowds (stylized as FLOWTING CLOWDS). Their first single "There are Rivers" along with a cover of Love and Rockets' "Earth, Sun, Moon" was made available on Bandcamp, and released on vinyl on November 14, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth, Sun, Moon / There are Rivers by FLOWTING CLOWDS |url=https://flowtingclowds.bandcamp.com/album/earth-sun-moon-there-are-rivers |access-date=23 Sep 2025 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref>
== Discography == *''Fold and Perish'' (Monitor, 1999)
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