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Jon Leahy

From Cork [the REAL capital of Ireland!]

About Me


Jon grew up under the iron hand of a drugged up drunken father, crazy hippie mother and a handful of small minded people living in a small minded town. So far, an album of material to write about. But f**k that, Jon ain’t like the usual “singer/songwriter“..................................... ..... At sixteen BBC RADIO came calling and a live session was done. This session was shared with Jon’s artist sister Lou.......................................... Lots of band shit came after this which resulted in records being made, various songs appearing on compilation’s and shows with strange people.......................................... Two years later the United States of America offered opportunity so without having to think Jon was playing bass and rocking stages over the pond with grunge heads Paradox [Jetspeed Records, Hollywood], shooting low budget music videos in the Nevada desert and falling in love with a true US of A cello player called Zoë Kohen Ley. Happy days.......................................... After that period Jon left the whole band/ego scene behind in search of a straight forward life as a solo artist. This ideal would be comprised of solid songs, rock shows and no bullshit. Easy? No. But trying was interesting.......................................... Jon travelled alone around central Europe with a cheap acoustic in one hand and a bag of dirty washing in the other. Shows were played, drugs were tested, Jon was arrested on occasion and all the usual shit one encounters while doing Europe. Sometime in the haze an EP HAPPYSAD was quickly recorded, burned and passed around on the underground scene.......................................... Strangely enough some people liked the noise he was making so they captured him at a show one night and included his song Jealous Housemate on a live compilation. A few months later the song Our Special appeared on another two compilations which helped to spread his name around.......................................... Relentless touring, continuous song writing and the launch of his own official website brings us to today where Leahy is working on new EP DARKLIGHT in Dublin, Ireland with Aaron Kennedy on drums, Annette Buckley on vocals, with the rest of the vocals and instrumentation being performed by himself.[NOTE: THIS RECORD IS GOING TO F**KING ROCK]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/2/2006
Band Website: New site currently in construction--See MySpace :D
Band Members: Next recording line-up:AARON KENNEDY/Drums... JOHNNY O' BRIEN/Bass... ANNETTE BUCKLEY/Vocals... JON LEAHY/Guitar-Vocals
Influences: Positivity. Music. People. Love. Honesty. Friends. Women. Peace. Movies. Exercising. Sun glasses. Travel. Fully Human Fully Alive by John Powell. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Smoothies. Staying in touch. My flatmates. Laughing. Relationships. Familly. Massage, Reiki, Reflexology and Complimentary Therapies. Ireland. My home [where ever that may be at any particular time] and progression in everything I do.
Sounds Like: Rats on acid
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Tudors

I've just done some filming for the The Tudors, Series 2. 4am starts, long days, great experience. Got some footage so it may surface on the web at some stage. Expect to see it sometime in 2008. The ¬...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

Rock Rivals & The Cafe

Rock Rivals: A six part series for ITV where Big Brother meets the X Factor. Doing some work on this Simon Cowell production at the moment. Puke now if you like. If anyone has a tv on this thur...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:55:00 PST

Bury The Hatchet & Saturday Night With Miriam

We've finished shooting the tv show we've been working on, 'Bury The Hatchet'. It was a blast to do and very interesting if anything. I'm still not allowed to say anything more then this. Watch t...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:20:00 PST

Bassist: Check

Johnny O' Brien from Waterford band TASC [Tortured Artists Social Club] has officially been confirmed to play on the new record and join myself and Aaron in the crazy experience that is the live show...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:31:00 PST

LIVE IN DUBLIN

I'm doing a headline show in the Sundance Café, Dublin on Friday June 22nd. Plus special guest. It's free in. It's unplugged. New songs. Fun. Tapas. Be there or be square. Jon Leahy & special gue...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:34:00 PST

Drummer: Check

I'm fucking estatic to welcome amazing drummer and overall good guy Aaron Kennedy to the ranks. He'll be playing live with me in the near future and feature on my next recording. Aaron is the brainch...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Sun, 20 May 2007 03:30:00 PST

LATE ANNOUNCMENT of show this friday 18th May!

Late notice for a show I know but I'm playing a short set with a host of other bands and songwriters this friday as part of a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. ¬25 a head gets you dinner, DJ's and ...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:46:00 PST

TV

I'm involved with a new project for the television but it's too early to say anything about it just yet. When I'm allowed to say more be safe in the knowledge that I will. Peace.
Posted by Jon Leahy on Sat, 12 May 2007 06:16:00 PST

Poland Shows

I'll be heading over to Poland in June to do a show or two. Poland, be prepared to be rocked/shocked (delete as appropiate). Watch this space!
Posted by Jon Leahy on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:35:00 PST

New Song

Happy New Year and all that jazz to everybody out there in the real and fake world. Hope you all had a good 'un. I had an amazing new years in Holland. One word to describe it: Zombies! Anyways, just ...
Posted by Jon Leahy on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:49:00 PST