James Kennedy (musician)

James Kennedy (born 15 March 1980) is a singer, songwriter, musician and author from South Wales, UK. He was formerly the singer / guitarist in the Alternative Rock band Kyshera (disbanded in 2018), he has released 4 solo albums and is the author of the rock memoir 'Noise Damage - My Life as a Rock'n'Roll Underdog'.. Kennedy also runs the independent record label and music publishing company, Konic Records. Notable features of his work are diverse musical eclecticism and topical lyrics. His latest album is the politically themed 'Make Anger Great Again' released on September 25th 2020. 
==Kyshera==
Kennedy formed the alternative rock band, Kyshera, in 2005https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/leisure/the_guide/9929569.meet-the-band-kyshera/. During the bands ten year history they released three albums and toured with bands including Snothttps://www.timeout.es/barcelona/es/musica/snot-sunflower-dead-kyshera, Delainhttps://planetmosh.com/delain-marble-factory-bristol-221015/, Boy Hits Carhttps://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/leisure/music/11332445.boy-hits-car-to-headline-night-of-local-music-in-london-streets-sanctuary-on-july-27/ and Electric Maryhttps://myglobalmind.com/2014/12/02/electric-mary-live-borderline-london-november-13th-2014/. The band had several lineup changes with its final lineup consisting of James Kennedy on Guitar and Vocals, Matt Warr on Bass and Glyn Bateman on Drumshttps://www.metaltalk.net/the-sunday-supplement-james-kennedy-on-being-a-rock-n-roll-underdog.php. Kyshera disbanded in 2018https://guitar.com/features/interviews/james-kennedy-on-his-love-hate-relationship-with-life-as-an-unsigned-musician/. 
==Musical Style==
Throughout his career, Kennedy has released music in many different genres including progressive rock, experimental music, alternative rockhttps://www.puremzine.com/james-kennedy-home-album-review/ and acoustic music. His early releases with Kyshera featured frequent use of odd time signatures, multiple genres, unconventional song structures and use of electronic sounds - similarly, his debut solo album experimented with musique concrete, polyrhythms, noise and microtoneshttps://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Noise_Damage/Qvr1DwAAQBAJ?hl. However, his style has become more song orientated on subsequent albums which have included soft rock and acoustic songs. Kennedy's latest solo album 'Make Anger Great Again' is a return to his earlier heavy sound but without the experimental elements.
==Personal life==
At the age of ten, Kennedy was diagnosed with advanced bilateral cholesteatoma, a destructive expanding growth in both of his middle ears which required 3 major ear operations. As a result of the surgery, Kennedy lost 40% of his hearing in both ears and developed constant white noise Tinnitus in his left ear. In 2013 he won a court case against the record label 'Rising Records' over the release of the Kyshera album 'Made in China'. Kennedy has spoken openly about struggling with depression and he has abstained from drinking alcohol since May 23rd 2018https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Noise_Damage/Qvr1DwAAQBAJ?hl/
==Discography==
;With Kyshera
*Paradigm (2010)
*Made in China (2012)
*Circle (2015)
;As James Kennedy
*9.i.P (2012)
*The National Health Service (2013)
*Home (2017)
*Make Anger Great Again (2020)
==Bibliography==
*Noise Damage : My Life as a Rock'n'Roll Underdog (2020)
==In the media==
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Category:1980 births
Category:British singers
Category:British songwriters
Category:British musicians
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