Dustin Kensrue

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Dustin Kensrue (born november 18, 1980) is vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist in the Orange County post-hardcore quartet Thrice, as well as a solo artist.

Although Thrice is not considered a Christian band, Kensrue himself is a Christian. Some of his lyrics are inspired by Christian morals and their place in society today, with Kensrue drawing much lyrical inspiration from the 20th century author C.S. Lewis, who penned the well-known Chronicles Of Narnia books and countless books on Christianity. He has a tattoo on his left wrist which is a passage from the bible written in Hebrew.

Kensrue, Teranishi and the Breckenridge brothers have toured the U.S. opening for My Chemical Romance, fronted by Kensrue’s close friend, Gerard Way, and in the U.K. Thrice played a VS Tour with prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria, fronted by another of Dustin’s friends, Claudio Sanchez. They have also played alongside The Used and Thursday, both of which Kensrue has mentioned having greatly enjoyed touring with.

Dustin also has a solo acoustic side project under his own name. He had toured in past years on his own under the moniker “Ursus Veritas”, but decided to drop the name in favor of simplicity since “people have enough trouble just pronouncing last name to begin with.” The name was a play-on-words of its Latin components: Ursus meaning bear, and Veritas meaning truth. Kensrue has been quoted as saying there is no real special significance to the name, other than he likes bears, and thought it sounded cool.

1	I Knew You Before full track	379
2	Pistol full track	365
3	Please Come Home full track	349
4	Blanket of Ghosts full track	274
5	I Believe full track	270
6	Consider The Ravens full track	261
7	Blood & Wine full track	253
8	Weary Saints full track	227
9	Blood And Wine	15
9	Madman	15
11	Nothing Compares to You	10
11	Round Here	10
13	Creep	9
13	Secret of the Easy Yoke	9
15	Nothing Compares to You-Sinead O'Connor	7

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JoJodingens wrote:
22 days ago

He's actually one of the best songwriter I've ever heard.

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Trainspotting00 wrote:
last month

Wikipedia says that Dustin is going to have a second solo Album coming out soon. Great. Can't wait.

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ruffleader wrote:
last month

Dustin is a lyrical genius, if you listen to every song they all have a pure message, and to get such lyrics with such a great sound behind it just gives promise for the future. Really do hope we hear more solo work from him, although a major fan of Thrice, his solo work has something else to it

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ThunderBeard wrote:
last month

anyone know where to get all these bootlegs?

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Pablorawr wrote:
last month

I love his music. This guy is incredible. Thrice too. The lyrics of Please Come Home are amazing.

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deadhippie61 wrote:
last month

I hate thrice, but his solo stuff is so legit

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last month

a fun song to sing/play
etrenocturne wrote:
June 2008

BLOOD & WINE!!!!!!

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littleintoagirl wrote:
May 2008

if this is folk its the best folk I ever heard

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jetsetvenom wrote:
April 2008

Seen him twice solo. Once in June 2006, and once in June 2007. Both of these times he's not only played fantastic, but he's sat down, and chatted with fans, and been such an awesome guy. I really respect him, and love his music.

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Fatty3 wrote:
March 2008

such a good album. full of biblical allusions, but not in an importunate way. good lyrics, strong voice. I am not christian myself, but I can fully relate to his doubts whether God is real or not.

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Daeeve wrote:
March 2008

I definately don't agree with hurricane_xX. We need a Thrice tour in the UK/Europe damnit! But yeah, after Thrice have that done, Dustin should do a solo tour, this is good stuff.

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Waiting4aSign wrote:
March 2008

Totally agree with hurricane_xX. Dustin definitely needs to do another tour.

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hurricane_xX wrote:
February 2008

I hope he can go on his own tour after the Circa/Thrice tour :)

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gradez28 wrote:
February 2008

This man is genious

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WorstChance wrote:
February 2008

just great. great singer great lyrics every thing of Dustin Kensrue is great

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C_Sznajder wrote:
February 2008

His cover of Radio Radio is awesome.

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nataaa_ wrote:
February 2008

where you can find so much songs? o.o

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Veektoreeah wrote:
January 2008

When is Dustin gonna tour the UK with the solo stuff?! Can't wait for it.

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CharlessCraver wrote:
January 2008

so good.

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