Jinx Lennon | |
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Birth name | David Lennon |
Born | Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland | 20 August 1964
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]
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]
Year | Title |
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2000 | Live at the Spirit Store |
2002 | Thirty Beacons of Light for a Land Full of Spite Thugs Drug Slugs and Energy Vampires |
2006 | Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!! |
2009 | Trauma Themes Idiot Times |
2010 | National Cancer Strategy |
2011 | Hungry Bastard Hibernia |
2016 | Past Pupil Stay Sane |
2016 | Magic Bullets of Madness to Uplift Grief Magnets |
2018 | Grow a Pair!!! |
2020 | Border Schizo Fffolk Songs for the Fuc**d |
2021 | Liferafts For Latchicos |
2022 | Pet Rent |
Jinx Lennon | |
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Birth name | David Lennon |
Born | Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland | 20 August 1964
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]
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]
Year | Title |
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2000 | Live at the Spirit Store |
2002 | Thirty Beacons of Light for a Land Full of Spite Thugs Drug Slugs and Energy Vampires |
2006 | Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!! |
2009 | Trauma Themes Idiot Times |
2010 | National Cancer Strategy |
2011 | Hungry Bastard Hibernia |
2016 | Past Pupil Stay Sane |
2016 | Magic Bullets of Madness to Uplift Grief Magnets |
2018 | Grow a Pair!!! |
2020 | Border Schizo Fffolk Songs for the Fuc**d |
2021 | Liferafts For Latchicos |
2022 | Pet Rent |