Liam Lynch (musician)
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Liam Lynch is a musician
, puppeteer
, writer
and director
. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced MTV
's Sifl and Olly Show
.
Lynch also made the album Fake Songs
, released in 2003, produced by his own company, 111 Productions. This album featured the song "United States of Whatever
", which charted in the Top 10 in the United Kingdom
, and Australia
.
Lynch also directs music videos. He has worked with Queens of the Stone Age
, Eagles of Death Metal
, Spinnerette
, and No Doubt
. In 2003 he directed the UK
music video
for the Foo Fighters
single "Times Like These
", although it was rarely played in the United States
.
He directed the 2006 film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny after working with Tenacious D
in 2002, when he directed the video to the song "Tribute
", their most popular hit. He also directed several short films that played as part of their live show, as well as a documentary called On The Road with Tenacious D which was a featured part of their DVD collection, The Complete Masterworks. He directed Sarah Silverman
's movie, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
as well as a music video for Silverman called "Give the Jew Girl Toys". He wrote the original music used in the MTV
animated series
Clone High
and co-wrote a song in the feature film,
School of Rock
. Lynch has an ongoing podcast
available through his website that contains skits, videos he has created, and answering viewer mail.
, When he was three years old, he received a toy tape recorder
, which he used to make his own shows. Aged 9, his family moved to Hudson, Ohio
, a 'small town' where he rebelled against his confining surroundings. He learned to play his first guitar and write stories. He met his best friend and, later, creative partner, Matt Crocco, who had moved to Hudson from New York. In the fifth grade, Lynch was enrolled in a new "gifted" student program, where three days a week he left school to meet scientists, work at a TV studio, take poetry classes and visit art museums. He was also diagnosed with colorblindness, dyslexia
, attention deficit disorder and sequential order deficiency. This led him to describe himself later in life as a "watered-down idiot savant".
After graduating from Hudson High School
, Lynch went to Kent State University
. Matt Crocco followed him. "People were freakier than myself" at Kent, Lynch explained. He took classes in writing, African history, glassblowing and sculpture. He had his poetry published in a book, lectured at meetings to psychiatrists and teachers of artistic learning-disabled students. He collaborated with the Dean of Education to allow artistic students, with low grades in other subjects, to prove themselves academically in the areas where they excelled rather than being held back. While at Kent, Lynch's parents moved to Louisville, Kentucky
. Lynch eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee
after meeting composer Phil Copeland, got into studios, and learned about creativity with deadlines. He transferred to Belmont University
in Nashville, but left Belmont after only three days of classes.
He continued to play music, this time as the frontman in a band Owen's Ashes. The music was theatrical and complicated. He acquired studio time and arranged meetings all over Nashville's Music Row for his new band. While at 12th & Porter, Liam was introduced to Brian Hardin, who would record many demos with Owen’s Ashes at 16th Ave Sound, Quad Studios and Sound Barrier.
magazine
that Sir Paul McCartney
was going to open a unique performing arts school, LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
), and gave Lynch information on how to apply. Lynch, then 23, was one of 40 musicians chosen from around the world.
During this time, he created the concept of what was to become the Sifl and Olly Show. Lynch wanted to make something using the recordings he and Matt Crocco did a few years ago as a Christmas present for Matt. He originally wanted to do stop-action photography, but Lynch didn't have the money or the equipment for it. It was 3 A.M. and the only materials he could find were socks. He once said, "It could have easily been buckets." Making puppets out of his socks and borrowing a video camera from a friend, Sifl & Olly was born. Lynch sent a few tapes to MTV Europe in 1996, leaving them to become "idents," or short buffer clips played in between videos. A year later, these "idents" were half-hour shows. In 1997, he returned from Liverpool to Nashville to work on the Sifl and Olly Show pilot, briefly returning to Liverpool to finish his studies. MTV in America began airing Sifl & Olly in July 1998, but the show only lasted two seasons. A third season was released as a DVD available through the Sifl & Olly website.
The song "United States of Whatever" was featured during Season 1 in an episode of MTV's Sifl & Olly. When the Sifl & Olly Show was canceled, Lynch put the song on a sampler CD. "United States of Whatever
" topped the British charts. Lynch promptly licensed the song November 18, 2002 as a single in the UK on the Global Warming label. It was released on a three-track CD single. The song was used in a commercial for Tony Hawk's Underground
. Tony Hawk
had made a guest appearance on the third season of Sifl & Olly.
. Lynch released the Fake Songs CD on EMI
in the USA on April 9, 2003 (and in the UK two months later). The Fake Movies DVD that comes with the Fake Songs CD contains puppetry, computer animated shorts, skits, music videos, home movies and behind-the-scenes footage.
While working on the album Lynch directed a music video for the Foo Fighters
(UK version of "Times Like These"), worked on DVDs for No Doubt
, Tenacious D
, and Eagles of Death Metal
, Sarah Silverman, Queens of the Stone Age and finished composing music for the MTV animated series, Clone High
. Lynch also co-wrote music for the Jack Black film School of Rock
. He released several of his albums, "We're All-Nighters", How to Be a Satellite in 2006. He released his album Get Up On The Raft in 2008. He also has released two volumes of songs from his podcast Lynchland. Lynch collaborated on and directed Sarah Silverman's film Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
and also co-wrote and produced the soundtrack. The movie he directed — and for whose album of the same name he helped write and played guitar,
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, debuted in late 2006. In 2009, he directed a music video for the song Craigslist
by "Weird Al" Yankovic
.
Liam is also credited for the graphics and artwork on Them Crooked Vultures
debut self-titled release.
, LynchLand, which features video animations, songs from his albums, and guests. He also features his cats and other animals around his home. His video podcast has over 90,000 viewers. Lynch sells t-shirts, albums and other items on his website to offset the costs of the podcast.
Alex Albrecht
, formerly of TechTV
's The Screen Savers
and current co-host of the Revision3 podcast
s,
Diggnation
and The Totally Rad Show
, made a cameo appearance in a musical number on an early podcast, #6. Albrecht is a personal friend of Lynch's. Friend Dhani Harrison
, son of former Beatle George Harrison
, made an appearance in episode #3 of LynchLand. Also making appearances on the podcast are Ringo Starr
, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
, Sarah Silverman
, Jack Black
, Tony Hawk
, Tim Robbins
, Shirley Manson
of Garbage
, and "Weird Al" Yankovic
.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, puppeteer
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Sifl and Olly Show
Sifl and Olly
The Sifl and Olly Show is a comedy TV series that used sock puppets, animation, and music. Musicians Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco, friends since childhood, created and performed the series. The first episode aired on MTV in 1997. The show was cancelled in 1999...
.
Lynch also made the album Fake Songs
Fake Songs
Fake Songs is an album created by Liam Lynch. It was released in 2003, and it features his best-known song "United States of Whatever", which was released as a single in 2002.- Background :...
, released in 2003, produced by his own company, 111 Productions. This album featured the song "United States of Whatever
United States of Whatever
"United States of Whatever" is a comedy song written by Liam Lynch for his 2003 album Fake Songs. It was the only single released from that album...
", which charted in the Top 10 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Lynch also directs music videos. He has worked with Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
, Spinnerette
Spinnerette
Spinnerette is an alternative rock, indie rock solo project of Australian musician Brody Dalle. For this project she has collaborated with Tony Bevilacqua , Jack Irons and Alain Johannes...
, and No Doubt
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
. In 2003 he directed the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
single "Times Like These
Times Like These (song)
"Times Like These" is the second single released from the Foo Fighters' fourth album One by One. It was released on two main discs in 2003....
", although it was rarely played in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
He directed the 2006 film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny after working with Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
in 2002, when he directed the video to the song "Tribute
Tribute (song)
"Tribute" is a tribute to "The Greatest Song in the World" and is the first single of Tenacious D's self-titled debut album. It was released July 16, 2002....
", their most popular hit. He also directed several short films that played as part of their live show, as well as a documentary called On The Road with Tenacious D which was a featured part of their DVD collection, The Complete Masterworks. He directed Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is a Jewish American comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion....
's movie, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is a 2005 comedy written by Sarah Silverman, directed by Liam Lynch and distributed by Roadside Attractions....
as well as a music video for Silverman called "Give the Jew Girl Toys". He wrote the original music used in the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
animated series
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
Clone High
Clone High
Clone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon....
and co-wrote a song in the feature film,
School of Rock
School of Rock
School of Rock, also called The School of Rock, is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black...
. Lynch has an ongoing podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
available through his website that contains skits, videos he has created, and answering viewer mail.
Early years
Lynch was born William Patrick Niederst in Akron, OhioAkron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
, When he was three years old, he received a toy tape recorder
Tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel-to-reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds, including articulated voices, usually using magnetic tape, either wound on a reel or in a cassette, for storage...
, which he used to make his own shows. Aged 9, his family moved to Hudson, Ohio
Hudson, Ohio
Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,262 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent exurban community and is part of the Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, a 'small town' where he rebelled against his confining surroundings. He learned to play his first guitar and write stories. He met his best friend and, later, creative partner, Matt Crocco, who had moved to Hudson from New York. In the fifth grade, Lynch was enrolled in a new "gifted" student program, where three days a week he left school to meet scientists, work at a TV studio, take poetry classes and visit art museums. He was also diagnosed with colorblindness, dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
, attention deficit disorder and sequential order deficiency. This led him to describe himself later in life as a "watered-down idiot savant".
After graduating from Hudson High School
Hudson High School (Ohio)
Hudson High School, part of the Hudson City School District, is a public high school located at 2500 Hudson-Aurora Road in Hudson, Ohio, United States. The school sits on a campus that has been developed to include a variety of athletic fields, such as six tennis courts, a lighted baseball field,...
, Lynch went to Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
. Matt Crocco followed him. "People were freakier than myself" at Kent, Lynch explained. He took classes in writing, African history, glassblowing and sculpture. He had his poetry published in a book, lectured at meetings to psychiatrists and teachers of artistic learning-disabled students. He collaborated with the Dean of Education to allow artistic students, with low grades in other subjects, to prove themselves academically in the areas where they excelled rather than being held back. While at Kent, Lynch's parents moved to Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
. Lynch eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
after meeting composer Phil Copeland, got into studios, and learned about creativity with deadlines. He transferred to Belmont University
Belmont University
Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...
in Nashville, but left Belmont after only three days of classes.
He continued to play music, this time as the frontman in a band Owen's Ashes. The music was theatrical and complicated. He acquired studio time and arranged meetings all over Nashville's Music Row for his new band. While at 12th & Porter, Liam was introduced to Brian Hardin, who would record many demos with Owen’s Ashes at 16th Ave Sound, Quad Studios and Sound Barrier.
The 1990s
A friend found a story in Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
that Sir Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
was going to open a unique performing arts school, LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is, despite its young age, one of the United Kingdom's leading institutions for the performing arts. The university is situated in the English city of Liverpool...
), and gave Lynch information on how to apply. Lynch, then 23, was one of 40 musicians chosen from around the world.
During this time, he created the concept of what was to become the Sifl and Olly Show. Lynch wanted to make something using the recordings he and Matt Crocco did a few years ago as a Christmas present for Matt. He originally wanted to do stop-action photography, but Lynch didn't have the money or the equipment for it. It was 3 A.M. and the only materials he could find were socks. He once said, "It could have easily been buckets." Making puppets out of his socks and borrowing a video camera from a friend, Sifl & Olly was born. Lynch sent a few tapes to MTV Europe in 1996, leaving them to become "idents," or short buffer clips played in between videos. A year later, these "idents" were half-hour shows. In 1997, he returned from Liverpool to Nashville to work on the Sifl and Olly Show pilot, briefly returning to Liverpool to finish his studies. MTV in America began airing Sifl & Olly in July 1998, but the show only lasted two seasons. A third season was released as a DVD available through the Sifl & Olly website.
The song "United States of Whatever" was featured during Season 1 in an episode of MTV's Sifl & Olly. When the Sifl & Olly Show was canceled, Lynch put the song on a sampler CD. "United States of Whatever
United States of Whatever
"United States of Whatever" is a comedy song written by Liam Lynch for his 2003 album Fake Songs. It was the only single released from that album...
" topped the British charts. Lynch promptly licensed the song November 18, 2002 as a single in the UK on the Global Warming label. It was released on a three-track CD single. The song was used in a commercial for Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
. Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American retired professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision...
had made a guest appearance on the third season of Sifl & Olly.
The 2000s
Between the first and second seasons of the Sifl & Olly Show Liam recorded a solo album, Fake SongsFake Songs
Fake Songs is an album created by Liam Lynch. It was released in 2003, and it features his best-known song "United States of Whatever", which was released as a single in 2002.- Background :...
. Lynch released the Fake Songs CD on EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in the USA on April 9, 2003 (and in the UK two months later). The Fake Movies DVD that comes with the Fake Songs CD contains puppetry, computer animated shorts, skits, music videos, home movies and behind-the-scenes footage.
While working on the album Lynch directed a music video for the Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
(UK version of "Times Like These"), worked on DVDs for No Doubt
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
, Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
, and Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
, Sarah Silverman, Queens of the Stone Age and finished composing music for the MTV animated series, Clone High
Clone High
Clone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon....
. Lynch also co-wrote music for the Jack Black film School of Rock
School of Rock
School of Rock, also called The School of Rock, is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black...
. He released several of his albums, "We're All-Nighters", How to Be a Satellite in 2006. He released his album Get Up On The Raft in 2008. He also has released two volumes of songs from his podcast Lynchland. Lynch collaborated on and directed Sarah Silverman's film Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is a 2005 comedy written by Sarah Silverman, directed by Liam Lynch and distributed by Roadside Attractions....
and also co-wrote and produced the soundtrack. The movie he directed — and for whose album of the same name he helped write and played guitar,
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, debuted in late 2006. In 2009, he directed a music video for the song Craigslist
Craigslist (song)
"Craigslist" is the name of a song and single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a style parody of The Doors, and contains lyrics inspired by postings at the online classified advertising service, Craigslist. Yankovic described the idea of the song coming about thinking how it would be...
by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
.
Liam is also credited for the graphics and artwork on Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures is a rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by John Paul Jones , Dave Grohl , and Josh Homme . The group also includes guitarist Alain Johannes during live performances...
debut self-titled release.
Podcast
Lynch has a podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
, LynchLand, which features video animations, songs from his albums, and guests. He also features his cats and other animals around his home. His video podcast has over 90,000 viewers. Lynch sells t-shirts, albums and other items on his website to offset the costs of the podcast.
Alex Albrecht
Alex Albrecht
Alexander Jennings Albrecht is an American television personality, actor and podcaster who resides in Brentwood a suburb of Los Angeles, California...
, formerly of TechTV
TechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
's The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world...
and current co-host of the Revision3 podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
s,
Diggnation
Diggnation
Diggnation is Revision3's flagship video podcast produced weekly. It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, who had previously hosted TechTV's The Screen Savers together. Its main purpose is to discuss some of the top stories from Digg, the social news and bookmarking website developed by Rose...
and The Totally Rad Show
The Totally Rad Show
The Totally Rad Show is a formerly weekly, now daily, video podcast produced by Team Awesome, LLC and distributed by Revision3. TRS consists primarily of reviews and commentary on pop-culture phenomena such as movies, video games, television programs, and comic books...
, made a cameo appearance in a musical number on an early podcast, #6. Albrecht is a personal friend of Lynch's. Friend Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison is an English musician and the son of George Harrison of The Beatles and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician when completing his father's final album Brainwashed after George Harrison's death in November 2001...
, son of former Beatle George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
, made an appearance in episode #3 of LynchLand. Also making appearances on the podcast are Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is a Jewish American comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion....
, Jack Black
Jack Black
Jack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 1970s UK punk band The Boys...
, Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American retired professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision...
, Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon...
, Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson
Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and...
of Garbage
Garbage (band)
Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
, and "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
.
Solo albums
- Eel
- Sifl & Olly - Songs of Season One (with Matt Crocco) (2001)
- Fake SongsFake SongsFake Songs is an album created by Liam Lynch. It was released in 2003, and it features his best-known song "United States of Whatever", which was released as a single in 2002.- Background :...
(2002) - We're All NightersWe're All NightersWe're All Nighters is a CD made by Liam Lynch.-Background:According to Liam in Lynchland Viewer Mail Episode 10, the album was recorded at night and all the songs were written between midnight and six in the morning, which is why he titled the album "We're All Nighters". He describes the album as...
(2002) - History of America?History of America?History of America? is an album created by Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco. In the framing sequence, Lynch plays Uncle Dr. Sam, an enthusiastic and patriotic inventor, and Croco plays Ross, seemingly a disaffected American teen. Uncle Dr. Sam meets Ross in an arcade and is sad to find that his new...
(with Matt Crocco) - Camp Sunny Side UpCamp Sunny Side UpCamp Sunny Side Up is a comedy album by Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco, which contains 35 songs.The tracks "Sunny Side Up", "Performance Art", "Oh, When I'm Dead", "Trucks and Cars", and "Prostitute Laundry" later appeared on Sifl and Olly episodes in re-recorded form, which Lynch and Crocco also...
(with Matt Crocco) - How to Be a SatelliteHow to Be a SatelliteHow To Be A Satellite is an album by Liam Lynch. Lynch released several of the music videos on his Podcast liamlynch.net.How To Be a Satellite is Liam Lynch's seventh album, recorded throughout 2005 and 2006. The album differs greatly in style from his previous albums, Fake Songs and We're...
(2006) - Get Up on the RaftGet Up on the RaftGet Up On The Raft is an album recorded by Liam Lynch. The album was released in 2008 as a solely digital release. It is Lynch's 4th solo album. Lynch released the album himself.-Background:...
(2008) - Songs from Lynchland
- More Songs from Lynchland
- The Middle (2011)
Other appearances
- School of RockSchool of RockSchool of Rock, also called The School of Rock, is a 2003 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black...
- Official soundtrackSchool of Rock (soundtrack album)- Awards :The soundtrack was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 2004 for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.-Charts:...
(2003) - Eagles of Death MetalEagles of Death MetalEagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
- Death by SexyDeath by SexyDeath by Sexy is the title of the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006....
(2006) - Sarah SilvermanSarah SilvermanSarah Kate Silverman is a Jewish American comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion....
- Jesus Is MagicSarah Silverman: Jesus Is MagicSarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is a 2005 comedy written by Sarah Silverman, directed by Liam Lynch and distributed by Roadside Attractions....
(2006) - Tenacious DTenacious DTenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
- The Pick of Destiny (2006) - Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
- Era VulgarisEra Vulgaris (album)Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length studio album by American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. The album was completed in early April 2007 and released on June 8, 2007 in some countries, June 11, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 12, 2007 in the United States...
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