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1982 –
The tie, exactly: Benjamin Nicholas Hunter Goldwasser was born December 17, 1982, in Mishawaka and raised in Westport, New York — Indiana Music Makers spells the town "West Port" — and this entry claims exactly the birth and nothing past it.
The course, at birth-tie size: Goldwasser met Andrew VanWyngarden as a freshman at Wesleyan University, and the two formed the band that became MGMT. Its first album, Oracular Spectacular (2007), carried "Time to Pretend," "Electric Feel" and "Kids" around the world; the band was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2010 and has released Congratulations (2010), MGMT (2013), Little Dark Age (2018) and Loss of Life (2024). A Mishawaka birth certificate stands behind one half of one of the century's defining indie bands; the raising was New York's, and both halves are printed.
Sources:
- Indiana Music Makers roster (birth at Mishawaka; raised in Westport)
- Wikipedia, "Ben Goldwasser" and "MGMT," read November 2026 (the Wesleyan meeting; discography; Grammy nomination)