James Patrick Lynch (born July 29, 1979) is an American musician. He is a guitarist and a vocalist of the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys. Lynch joined the band in 2000 to record the album '' Sing Loud, Sing Proud''. He was previously a member of the Boston-based bands

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and The Pinkerton Thugs. When

Marc Orrell Marc John Orrell (born November 7, 1982) is an American guitarist known for being a former member of the Boston Celtic Punk band the Dropkick Murphys. He joined the band in 2000, he was 17 years old, while they were recording '' Sing Loud, Sin ...

left the band in 2008, Lynch was asked to move up to lead guitar, but declined because he enjoyed his position in the band where he only played one instrument. Instead Tim Brennan was moved up to lead guitar and

Jeff DaRosa Jeffrey DaRosa (born July 31, 1982) is an American musician who is a multi-instrumentalist and a member of the Boston-based Dropkick Murphys. Early life and career Growing up in Watertown, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston) and Somerville, Mas ...

was brought on to play banjo and mandolin. Lynch also played in the band Gimmie Danger along with

, Tim Brennan, and Ben Karnavas.

Gear

Lynch plays a black early 80s

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and a black 1981

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as both his primary and backup guitars for live performances and studio recordings. He also uses a white 1986 or 87

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for, as his tech puts it, "slower, ballad-ey type songs" like "Broken Hymns" and "Cruel", both off of ''

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''. Lynch runs his guitars through two

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Rocker 30 (not to be confused with Orange's better known ''Rockerverb'' amps) thirty watt amp heads connected to 4x12

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cabinets. While the Rocker 30s are Lynch's preferred amps, he has also been known to use

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, Marshall

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signature and Silverface

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amps onstage and in the studio as well.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, James 1979 births Living people American people of Irish descent American male singers American punk rock musicians Singers from Massachusetts Dropkick Murphys members Guitarists from Massachusetts American male guitarists 21st-century American singers