Remember The Time Ryan Gosling Released a Perfect Halloween Album?

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Ryan Gosling’s ultimate off-screen legacy will likely include the likes of that Feminist Ryan Gosling meme, his charming banter during interviews, breaking up a street fight that one time in New York, and that unforgettable on-stage kiss with Rachel McAdams at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Though, one area that shouldn’t go overlooked is his brief, but particularly spooky music career with the band Dead Man’s Bone. Their lone record deserves it place as a Halloween classic.

While the actor-turned-musician trend has been rightfully critiqued in recent years, it’s no secret that aspiring talents of the golden age were once expected to be triple threats with the skillset to sing, dance, and act. Anyone that knows their ‘90s history is aware that Gosling grew up performing on Disney’s The New Mickey Mouse Club alongside pop icons Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake. As their careers ascended into global stardom, Gosling veered far away from the Magic Kingdom toward the grittier parts of Hollywood that would eventually earn him Oscar nominations instead of his former cast mate’s Grammy awards.
Over the decades, Gosling has starred in a carousel of beloved indie films while also turning on the charm in the occasional romantic comedy. Somewhere in the midst of all that, the Canadian heartthrob decided to start a band with Zach Shields called Dead Man’s Bones. According to Rolling Stone, the pair met through his ex-girlfriend and The Notebook co-star McAdams. In 2009, the duo dropped their debut self-titled album on ANTI- Records which earned a respectable 7.1 rating on Pitchfork. Given that it came out after Gosling’s role in the dark sex doll comedy Lars and the Real Girl, the eerie vibes feel very aligned.

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