Sam Farrar

• Name — Sam Farrar • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Sam John Farrar • Born — 29 June 1978 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Children — 2 • Parents — * John Farrar (father) • Pat Carroll (mother) • Occupation — * Guitarist • record producer

Farrar is the bass guitar player for the American rock band Phantom Planet. He also joined the band Operation Aloha with members of Gomez and Maroon 5. He and his wife, Stephanie, have started their own music project, called Bubble and Strife.

• Illustration — Farrar (back; left) performing with Maroon 5 in Sydney, Australia in February 2019 In 2012, Farrar became a touring member of Maroon 5, playing various instruments, including guitars, occasional bass guitar, percussion and additional keyboards, singing backing vocals and providing samples and other special effects (using the MPC). A longtime collaborator of the band, he co-wrote and co-produced a few of the band's songs on almost all of their studio albums and also remixed one of their songs, which is called "Woman", on Call and Response: The Remix Album, released in 2008. On August 31, 2012 – during a show in Argentina on the Overexposed Tour – Farrar filled-in for Mickey Madden on the bass guitar for the first time since 2001. He subsequently filled-in for Madden on the next few shows of the tour. After touring with the band for the next couple of years, Farrar was named an official member in late 2017, with the release of Red Pill Blues. He replaced Madden as bassist in 2020.

Farrar was born in Los Angeles, California, to Australian parents. His father, John Farrar, was a member of The Shadows and also carved a successful songwriting career, penning many of Olivia Newton-John's big hits as well as producing nearly every one of her albums during her most successful years. His mother, Pat Carroll, was a successful Australian pop singer in the 1960s. He attended The Buckley School. Farrar married Stephanie Eitel in 2007, formerly a member of the band Agent Sparks. Their daughter was born in 2009, and their son in 2014. He is the older brother of musician, composer and producer Max Farrar, who is the keyboardist and guitarist of the rock band Azura, and whose work also ranges from The Script to Lewis Capaldi.

• As an outside collaborator • Songs About Jane (2002) – programming ("She Will Be Loved") • It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) – production • Call and Response: The Remix Album (2008) – remix of a song ("Woman") • Hands All Over (2010) – songwriting ("Misery", "Stutter", "Don't Know Nothing", "Hands All Over" and "How") • Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition (2012) – producing • As a touring member • Overexposed (2012) – production and songwriting ("Ladykiller", "Fortune Teller" and "Tickets"), backing vocals, programming • V (2014) – backing vocals ("Unkiss Me" and "This Summer" – the latter song is from the 2015 re-release of V), programming • As an official member • Red Pill Blues (2017) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals • Jordi (2021) – producing, keyboards, bass guitar, synthesizer, samples, lead and rhythm guitar, programming, backing vocals • Love Is Like (2025) – bass; additional keyboards; percussion; programming; co-producer; additional producer; engineering

• Phantom Planet Is Missing (1998) • The Guest (2002) • Phantom Planet (2004) • Raise the Dead (2008) • Devastator (2020)

2008 • "Woman" – Maroon 5 (Sam Farrar Remix) 2010 • "Unspoken" – Weezer (Sam Farrar Remix)