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Jesse Malin (born January 26, 1968 in Whitestone, Queens, New York, USA) is a rock musician. He has played for various bands during their career such as Heart Attack and most notably D Generation. He is currently a solo recording artist.
Biography
Malin began his music career, at the age of 12, as the front-man for the seminal New York City hardcore band Heart Attack. Following the demise of that band in 1983, Jesse worked on several other projects, including the band Hope, before forming glam punk band D Generation, for which he was the lead singer for eight years.
Early on with D Generation, critics quickly dismissed them as "Johnny Thunders copycats", but after releasing albums they were warmed to. As one of New York City's most noted bands of 1990s, the band released three albums, including No Lunch before eventually disbanding in April 1999.
Malin didn't stop writing music and went on to form two other projects, PCP Highway (with former D Generation bandmates Howie Pyro and Joe Rizzo) and Bellvue (also named Tsing-Tsing for a brief time); the latter band released one album, To Be Somebody on Goldenseal Records.
Solo career
Being a fan of Neil Young, Tom Waits and Steve Earle affected his work; he spent the next two years working on a fresh sound. Former Whiskeytown front-man Ryan Adams, who'd been a friend of Malin since the D Generation days, was impressed with Malin's new material. Adams offered to produce Malin's debut album despite the fact that he'd never produced a record before. The two headed into Loho Studios in New York in January 2001 and made an album in just six days. A deal with Artemis Records soon followed. The Fine Art of Self Destruction appeared in the United Kindgom in October 2002; lead off first single, "Queen of the Underworld" was a moderate hit and the British press quickly hailed Malin's debut as one of the year's best.
Stateside fans were eventually able to purchase the album "The Fine Art of Self-Destruction' in January 2003. Tour dates followed, both in America and the United Kingdom. Malin contributed to two cover albums, first he covered "Hungry Heart" for Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, and then he recorded a cover of The Clash's "Death Or Glory" on the tribute White Riot Vol. 2: A Tribute to The Clash. He also picked up a nomination for the Shortlist Music Prize.
By November of 2003 he was back in the studio recording tracks his second album, The Heat, which was released in June 2004, accompanied by a string of tour dates on both sides of the Atlantic.
The cover of Jesse Malin's third album, Glitter in the GutterMalin has also collaborated with Ryan Adams to form the band The Finger (the pair adopted the pseudonyms "Irving Plaza" and "Warren Peace" respectively) who released two EPs which were later collected into the album We Are Fuck You.
Malin's newest album Glitter in the Gutter was released on March 20, 2007. It featured a cover of The Replacements' "Bastards of Young" and a duet with Bruce Springsteen on "Broken Radio." A music video was also made to accompany "Broken Radio."
Discography
With D Generation
No Way Out - Single - (1993)
Re-released in 1994 and 1996.
Wasted Years - Single - (1993)
No God / Degenerated - Single - (1994)
D Generation - (1994)
No Lunch - (1996)
She Stands There - Single - (1996)
Capital Offender - Single - {1997)
Prohibition - EP - (1998)
Helpless - Single - (1998)
Re-released in 1999.
Through The Darkness - (1999)
As a Solo artist
169 - EP - (2000)
The Fine Art of Self Destruction - (2002)
Queen of the Underworld - Single - (2003)
Wendy - Single - (2003)
The Wendy EP - EP - (2003)
Happy Holidays 2003 - Single - (2003)
Messed Up Here Tonight - Live - (2003)
Mona Lisa - Single - (2004)
The Heat - (2004)
Glitter in the Gutter - (2007)
With Bellvue
To Be Somebody - (2001)
With Heart Attack
Toxic Lullabies: 1980-1984 - Compilation - (2002)
With The Finger
We Are Fuck You - (2002)
