Jinx Lennon

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Jinx Lennon
Birth nameDavid Lennon
Born (1964-08-20) 20 August 1964 (age 58)
Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Genres Rock music
Instrument(s)Vocals

David "Jinx" Lennon (born 20 August 1964 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland) [1] is an Irish punk [2] and urban poet. [3] As of Sep 2022, he has released 12 albums with songs on a broad range of themes. [4] [5] [6] He uses a rap-like vocal style, in a heavy Dundalk accent. [7] In October 2016, he released two new albums: Magic Bullets of Madness to Uplift the Grief Magnets and Past Pupil Stay Sane. Lennon says he found himself in a "bind" because he hated the characters he wrote about on a previous album, Trauma Themes, Idiot Times, and that it was too pessimistic. [8] He has no known connection to former Beatle John Lennon.[ citation needed ]

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Music

Lennon's work has been compared to Mark E. Smith and John Cooper Clarke for the "off-beat genius of his lyrics". [9] Themes which have been explored in his music include childhood, poverty inequality, the Celtic Tiger, domestic violence, mental health, loneliness, the importance of self-love, recession, emigration, anti-Irish sentiment, environmentalism, racism, the 2014 Garda whistleblower scandal, the Lisa Smith case as well as wider societal issues affecting the border region, Dundalk and Ireland at large. [10] In 2014, Lennon collaborated with Liverpool punk band Clinic. [11] A year later he contributed to Glór na hAoise - Songs of Solidarity and Resistance, a compilation album of music and poetry celebrating over 15 years of struggle against Shell at the Shell to Sea protest in north County Mayo. [12] Lennon performed at Rock Against Racism in Dundalk on 10 February 2018; an event organised by local artist and activist Sarah Jane Hopkins and supported by the Immigrant Council of Ireland. [13]

Discography

YearTitle
2000Live at the Spirit Store
2002Thirty Beacons of Light for a Land Full of Spite Thugs Drug Slugs and Energy Vampires
2006Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!!
2009Trauma Themes Idiot Times
2010National Cancer Strategy
2011Hungry Bastard Hibernia
2016Past Pupil Stay Sane
2016Magic Bullets of Madness to Uplift Grief Magnets
2018Grow a Pair!!!
2020Border Schizo Fffolk Songs for the Fuc**d
2021Liferafts For Latchicos
2022Pet Rent

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References

  1. ↑ "Jinx Lennon". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Murphy, Lauren. "Jinx Lennon takes the free way". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jinx Lennon plans Irish tour". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (21 October 2016). "Self-Esteem as Bollix: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Discography | Jinx Lennon". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jinx Lennon tours Ireland". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Boyd, Brian. "Jinx Lennon". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Carroll, Jim (19 October 2016). "Jinx Lennon: 'Dundalk was never a town that felt good about itself'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  9. ↑ O'Byrne, Ellie (12 May 2020). "Jinx Lennon's new album a unique take on modern Ireland". The Irish Examiner . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Murphy, Lauren (15 April 2022). "Jinx Lennon: Pet Rent – Unorthodox, intriguing and overlong". The Irish Times . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "JINX LENNON". Whelan's . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "GLÓR NA H-AOISE - ALBUM LAUNCH CONCERT - NOVEMBER 22ND 2015". shelltosea.com . 14 November 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Rock Against Racism". Immigrant Council of Ireland . 8 February 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

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