Jimme O'Neill is a Scottish singer and guitarist who has been the lead singer of Scottish rock band The Silencers since 1984. Having started his musical career with

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in Fingerprintz in the

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scene, they joined Martin Hanlin and Joseph Donnelly in the 1980s to create the band The Silencers.

Career

Born in

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, Scotland with Irish roots, his first group, named Fingerprintz, recorded three albums from 1977 to 1981. A skilled composer, he has also written songs for artists such as

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, Rachel Sweet and

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. Alongside The Silencers (the rock band he is the lead singer of), O'Neill released a solo album in 2008, entitled ''Real''. He also sings in French. In 2010, he formed a new group: The Honkytonk Hicks. A self-produced album was released in April 2011. In 2015 he joined the collective The Celtic Social Club where he became the guitarist and lead singer alongside members of Red Cardell and Ronan Le Bars Group and guests as Winston McAnuff and Roy Harter.

Personal life

He is also a painter and, being a multi-linguist, has lived in

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for some time.

References

21st-century Scottish male singers Musicians from Glasgow Scottish rock singers Scottish pop singers Scottish expatriates in France Living people Year of birth missing (living people) The Silencers (band) members 20th-century Scottish male singers {{UK-singer-stub