Asa Taccone
Taccone performing at theMontreux Jazz Festival
Background information
Born	(1983-09-21)September 21, 1983 (age 42) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupations	Musician songwriter producer
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	Jorma Taccone (brother) Tony Taccone (father)

Asa Taccone (born September 21, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, andfrontman of the bandElectric Guest with whom he has released four albums since 2012. He is noted as a close collaborator ofThe Lonely Island, and has contributed to their musical work onSaturday Night Live and a number of their films. He also has written music for other comedy film and television projects includingAmerican Dad! andPortlandia.

Asa Taccone was born on September 21, 1981, the second son of Suellen Ehnebuske andTony Taccone (a theater director) inBerkeley, California. His brother isJorma Taccone, a former writer forSaturday Night Live and one third of the comedy music trioThe Lonely Island. He is of mixed Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry on his father's side.^[1]

His interest in music began playing trumpet in his elementary school choir during religious holidays; the choir director included a bongo section where he and other children could sing and play the drums.^[2] During high school, he became interested in jazz, continuing to play trumpet in the band.^[3] Taccone was eventually kicked out of his high school, and sent to a boot camp that he could only leave on the weekends.^[4]

While there, he began to frequent a localDunkin' Donuts.^[5] There, he met an elderly woman who remarked that he was "an electric guest of the universe."^[5]

Taccone had long been a fan of hip hop music, and was influenced by Bay Area rappers likeSouls Of Mischief,E-40, andMac Dre.^[2] He moved on to synths and started producing hip hop music, however, he eventually grew weary of the "bullshit" of the hip-hop world.^[3]

One day — while visiting an incarcerated friend — another inmate recognized Taccone, requesting that they work together after his release.^[3] The incident rattled Taccone, and he left the genre for good. His already budding interest in 1960s music increased, and he began making music that stemmed from that era.^[3]

Taccone's older brother,Jorma, joined the writing staff ofSaturday Night Live in 2005, and enlisted Asa in composing music for the show'sDigital Shorts performed by his comedy groupThe Lonely Island.^[6]

Jorma asked his friend Brian Burton (professionally known asDanger Mouse) to listen to some of Asa's music over the phone.^[4] Burton provided positive feedback, encouraging the younger Taccone to continue making music. At the age of 24, Asa made the move from his hometown toLos Angeles to pursue a music career.^[7] Burton recommended that Asa take his former room in a boarding house full of musicians.^[4][8]

Initially, Taccone found it difficult to collaborate with others creatively, after years of writing alone.^[3] He kept "grinding,"^[4] producing and writing music for projects that includedDigital Shorts on comedy showSaturday Night Live, as well as scores for his father's theatrical productions, making enough money to support himself and his own music.^[4] He wrote music forLady Gaga’s episode onThe Simpsons,Kanye West’s episode onThe Cleveland Show, as well asCharles Bradley andThe Weeknd's episodes onAmerican Dad.^[9] Taccone was a co-writer and co-producer on thePortugal The Man hit“Feel It Still.”^[9] The song became number one, and garnered the band a 2018 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.^[9]

In April 2018,Universal Music Publishing Group signed Taccone to a global administration deal.^[9]

Taccone is credited as a writer and the sole producer of the Portugal the Man single, “Dummy.”^{[citation needed]}

The Guardian calls Taccone "a strutting juniorJagger with an androgynous falsetto prepared to front EG's tunes with as much gall as it takes."^[11]

• Mondo (2012)
• Plural (2017)
• Kin (2019)
• 10K (2025)

• Saturday Night Live (2005–2008) – composer/additional music; 17 episodes
• Hot Rod (2007) – songwriter
• Incredibad (2009) – The Lonely Island
• MacGruber (2010) – additional instrumentations; film
• "Motherlover" (2011) – fromThe Lonely Island albumTurtleneck & Chain
• The Wack Album (2013) – The Lonely Island
• 7 Days in Hell (2015) – music consultant; TV film
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Original Soundtrack) (2016) — The Lonely Island

• Bridge and Tunnel (2006) – music^[12]
• Taking Over (2009) – music^[13]
• Lemony Snicket’s The Composer Is Dead (2010) – film underscoring^[14]
• American Dad (2011–2020) – composer/voice actor; 7 episodes
• Neal Brennan: 3 Mics (2017) – composer

• 2009 - Nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – "Dick in a Box"^[15]

• 1983 births
• American indie rock musicians
• American people of Dutch descent
• American people of German descent
• American people of Finnish descent
• American people of Italian descent
• American musicians of Puerto Rican descent
• Living people
• Musicians from Berkeley, California

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