Parachute - Music

Born October 9 1975 Sean Taro Ono Lennon Is The Son Of Musicians And Peace Activists John Lennon And Yoko Ono. Kyoko Chan Cox And Julian Lennon Are His Half-Siblings. After Sean's Birth John Became A House Husband Doting On His Young Son Until His Murder In 1980. Sean Was Educated At The Exclusive Private Boarding School Institut Le Rosey Which Prince Edward Duke Of Kent King Albert II Of Belgium Dodi Al-Fayed As Well As Strokes Members Julian Casablancas And Albert Hammond Jr. Also Attended In Switzerland And Earlier At New York's Private Ethical Culture Fieldston And Dalton Schools. His First Appearance On Record Was On Ono's Album Season Of Glass 1981 Reciting A Story That His Father Used To Tell Him. At The Age Of 9 He Performed The Song "It's Alright" On The Yoko Ono Tribute Album Every Man Has A Woman 1984 . In 1988 Sean Was Featured In The Cast Of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. He Has Recalled Working With Jackson As A Positive Experience. Later In Life His Initial Efforts As A Serious Musician Came As Collaborations He Appeared On Lenny Kravitz's Album Mama Said 1991 And Formed Backing-Band IMA For His Mother's Album Rising 1995 . In 1997 Lennon Along With Fellow IMA Member Timo Ellis Joined New York-Based Japanese Duo Cibo Matto Miho Hatori & Yuka Honda For Their Second EP Super Relax. Through His Association With Cibo Matto He Was Approached By The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Who Expressed An Interest In His Music. Lennon's Debut Solo Album Into The Sun Was Released In 1998 On The Beastie Boys' Record Label Grand Royal Records. Regarding Grand Royal Sean Has Said "I Think I Found The Only Label On The Planet Who Doesn't Care Who My Parents Are And What My Name Is. It's A Good Feeling To Know That I Wouldn't Have Gotten The Offer If They Wouldn't Have Liked My Songs. That's Pretty Rare In The Music Business!". Into The Sun Was Produced By Fellow Cibo Matto Member And Then Girlfriend Yuka Honda Who Sean Claimed Was His Inspiration For The Album. A Music Video For "Home" A Single From The Album Was Directed By Spike Jonze And Enjoyed Extended Airplay On MTV. Cibo Matto Played As Sean's Backing Band On Into The Sun And Joined Him During The Closing Scene In The "Home" Music Video. In 1999 Sean's EP Half Horse Half Musician Was Released Featuring New Tracks Such As "Heart & Lung" And "Happiness" As Well As Remixes Of Songs From Into The Sun. Later In The Year Cibo Matto Released Their Second Album Stereo Type A. To The Dismay Of Many Cibo Matto Fans Stereo Type A Was To Be Their Final Album And The Group Has Since Disbanded. The Millennium Saw Sean Briefly Stepping Into The World Of Hip Hop Contributing Vocals To Del Tha Funkee Homosapien And Handsome Boy Modeling School In Which He Performed A Duet On "Sunshine" With Musician Josh Haden . In 2001 Sean Performed "This Boy" And "Across The Universe" Live With Rufus Wainwright And Moby For Come Together A Night For John Lennon's Words And Music. In The Following Years Sean Stayed Out Of The Spotlight Aside From Gaining Minor Media Attention When He Dated Elizabeth Jagger . However He Collaborated With Various Bands And Artists Either As A Session Musician Or As A Producer. After Grand Royal Records' Demise In 2001 Sean Signed With Capitol Records Yet No Solo Material Surfaced Until Early February 2006 When "Dead Meat" Was Released As The First Single From His New Album Friendly Fire. A Promotional Trailer For The CD/DVD Package Of Friendly Fire Was Leaked Online In Early 2006. The Trailer Featured Scenes From The Film Version Of The Album A DVD Of Music Videos Comprised Into A Film. In Actuality The Videos Were Screen Tests For Coin Locker Babies Another Project On Which Lennon Is Working And Rather Than Waste Film He Decided To Create A Cinematic Counterpart To His New Album. Friendly Fire Went On To Be Released In October 2006. Though Mixed Reviews However Mostly Positive Came From The Music Press The Album Was Highly Praised By Fans And Many Attribution Needed Consider It To Be Sean's Strongest Work To Date. The Night The Album Was Released Lennon Made His First Major Television Appearance Since 2001 Performing "Dead Meat" Live On The Late Show With David Letterman. Lennon Has Since Appeared On The Sharon Osbourne Show UK And Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Aside From His Solo Music 2006 Also Saw Lennon Collaborating With Jordan Galland And His Band Dopo Yume For Their Album The Secret Show As Well As The Strokes Guitar Player Albert Hammond Jr. On His Debut Solo Album Yours To Keep. Since 2006 Sean Has Been Touring Extensively In Promotion Of Friendly Fire And While In France Remixed His Song "Parachute" In Collaboration With French Artist -M-. The Remix Is Entitled "L'éclipse". Albums 1998 Into The Sun 2006 Friendly Fire EPs 1999 Half Horse Half Musician Singles 1998 "Home" 1999 "Queue Radio Mix " 2006 "Dead Meat" Producer 1999 Sean Lennon Half Horse Half Musician 2001 Valentine Original Soundtrack 2005 Esthero Wikked Lil' Grrrls 2006 Sean Lennon Friendly Fire 2007 Irina Lazareanu Some Place Along The Way Actor 1988 Moonwalker 2006 Friendly Fire 2008 In Production Coin Locker Babies Writer 2005 Smile For The Camera 2006 Friendly Fire 2008 In Production Coin Locker Babies read less