Lennon Murphy
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Lennon Anne Murphy, named after rock and roll legend John Lennon [1], is a singer/songwriter from Hendersonville, TN. Born in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY on March 31, 1982, Lennon and her mother moved to Hendersonville when she was four years old. Lennon began playing piano at a young age and performed her first gig in front of people when she was fifteen.
One day, Lennon came home after school to find her mother, her only parent, dead in her closet from an allergic reaction to some pills she had taken. This was just a few days after Lennon's eighteenth birthday and just before she signed with Arista records.
Still Lennon prevailed, fighting for custody of her younger sister Mariella (which she eventually won) and releasing her debut album, 5:30 Saturday Morning, on the historic date of September 11, 2001. Her only single from that album was a song called "Brake of your Car". Lennon ended up leaving Arista because, "I wanted a career as a rock act, and an album I could be proud of, and staying with Arista I really didn´t see that happening,".
In 2004, Lennon released 2 albums and a DVD. One album is a strictly acoustic release entitled Career Suicide, released on September 24, 2004. It was just Lennon and her piano, which makes sense since Lennon has said, "I write on piano, which I’ve been playing all my life". Most songs were remakes of songs from 5:30 Saturday Morning but the new ones were also well received. On December 27, 2004, she released another album entitled I Am. She also released a DVD entitled My Crazy Life. She released them all independently on John Galt Entertainment, a record label she founded with her manager.
In August of 2006, Lennon released a DVD entitled Beyond Warped: Live Music Series DVD featuring 6 tracks. The DVD is described as capturing "Lennon's unique blend of aggressive nu-metal and introspective singer-songwriting on the 2004 Van's Warped Tour.
On September 5, 2006, Lennon kicked off a tour opening for Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe to support the September 19, 2006 release of her album Damaged Goods. The lead single is the track Where Do I Fit In?, which is a revamp of the track My Beautful from her Arista debut. While on tour, she is also headlining gigs at local clubs along the way. Often those who hold tickets for the Aerosmith/Mötley Crüe show in the area can get into the smaller venue to see Lennon for free.
[edit] Trivia
Lennon enjoys watching Law and Order, Wonton Soup, Disney's Aladdin, and playing onstage.[citation needed]
At Rick's American Cafe in East Lansing, Michigan on February 22, 2006 she stated she likes the show "House" because she is "obsessed with older men she would like to fuck". [citation needed]
Lennon has, at times, driven her own tour bus. [2]
Lennon has opened for such bands as Alice Cooper, The Cult, Otep, Mushroomhead, Drowning Pool, Tesla, Nazareth, Stereomud, Slaves on Dope, Stabbing Westward, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe to name a few.
Lennon's opinion on the music industry: “In an industry where you have four weeks to hit and then they move on to the next thing, a career is the last thing corporate America is considering. By putting the DVD, I Am and Damaged Goods out through my own company, I want to give myself the chance of still being around in 10 years." [3]
Lennon performed on the Girlz Garage tour and the Vans Warped Tour. [4]
