Jakko Jakszyk
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| Birth name | Michael Lee Curran |
| Born | 8 June 1958 |
| Origin | Archway, London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Website | http://www.jakko.com |
Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran; 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. As of 2013, he is the current lead singer and second guitarist in King Crimson: an accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he also pursues a solo career. His work has been variously credited as "Jakko", "Jakko Jakszyk", and "Jakko M. Jakszyk".
As a solo artist, Jakszyk has released six studio albums. Prior to joining King Crimson in 2013, he had fronted multiple bands and projects over the course of three-and-a-half decades (including 64 Spoons, Dizrhythmia, 21st Century Schizoid Band, Jakszyk Fripp Collins and Rapid Eye Movement) and had also been a member of Level 42, The Lodge and The Tangent. He has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians (including Tom Robinson, Peter Blegvad, Danny Thompson, Gavin Harrison, Warren Harry, Pandit Dinesh, and Dave Stewart) as well as following an extensive and well-respected career as a session musician and soundtrack producer.
Jakszyk was born at Whittington Hospital in Archway, London, the son of Irish singer Peggy Curran and an unknown American airman. At 18 months of age, he was adopted by two European refugees who had settled in England after World War II: Polish Norbert Jakszyk and his French wife, Camille. Jakszyk grew up in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, and would later describe his childhood as unhappy; his adoptive parents' nationalities led to an unsettled homelife. He explained, "There was a lot of confusion - English was [a] second language for both of them, so although I could understand them both, they often couldn't understand each other - it led to all sorts of daft misunderstandings and rows." Jakszyk was frequently in conflict with Norbert, although the two would reconcile later in life. In 1977, he tracked down his birth mother Peggy, who had settled in Arkansas; he and Peggy would eventually meet in 1984. Jakszyk would later reconstruct his complex family history in an extended radio piece, The Road to Ballina.
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