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Debut release: Muy Rico!
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Jacknife Lee
Person · male · Ireland · Ireland · recording since 1999
Irish music producer
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Also known as Garret Lee · Garrett "Jackknife" Lee · Garrett Noel Lee · 傑克耐夫·李
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 5★ Debut release 1
1990s
2000s
2020s
Biography
English biography302 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374205040
Biography
Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including the Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, AFI, the Hives, Weezer, One Direction, Silversun Pickups, Editors, Modest Mouse, Lonnie Holley and Taylor Swift.
Biography
Lee started as a guitarist for the Dublin garage/punk band Compulsion, formerly Thee Amazing Colossal Men, then pursued a solo career in the field of electronica after the band's break-up. His first solo work, the EP A Dog Named Snuggles, was released under the name "Jacknife" in 1998 by Pussyfoot Records, a label founded by Howie B. By the next release, the name had been expanded to "Jacknife Lee".
Lee released his first album, Muy Rico, in 1998. His second album Punk Rock High RollerPunk Rock High RollerSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks11970's Dictator Chic3:182Aloha Satellite Special4:233Do Your Thing Cornball3:494I Love Your Sauce4:125I Think About You3:526Easy3:377Cookies4:238Juice Machine4:209Shush Dafty4:2410My Baby Got the Beat5:1411Bursting Off the Backbeat3:4612Jacknife Is Your Friend, Let Me In5:05 was released in 2001 by Palm Pictures. To Hell With You I'll Make My Own People was recorded as Jack Planck for the One Little Indian label. Jacknife Lee released his self-titled third solo album in 2007.
Jacknife Lee has also remixed a variety of artists' work including a version of Run-DMC's "It's Tricky 2003", the Future Sound of London's "The Mello Hippo Disco Show" and versions of U2's "Vertigo" which was limited released onto 7", 10" and 12" vinyl, Christina Aguilera, TLC, Pink, Blur, Radiohead, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, the Raveonettes, Kraftwerk, New Order and Kasabian.
In 2008, he produced R.E.M.'s Accelerate, Bloc Party's Intimacy, Two Door Cinema Club and Crystal Castles. In 2010 he produced R.E.M.'s last album Collapse into Now, released in 2011.
Lee supported Bono's "Stories of Surrender" theater tour in 2022 and 2023 as musical director, keyboardist and percussionist.
On 24 July 2023, Lee, Lol Tolhurst and Budgie announced their album Los Angeles, released on 3 November by PIAS Recordings.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 25 | 55.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (12 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:01
1Here Kitty Kitty4:132Cookies4:573Missy Whopper4:334Brown Glitter4:425A Dog Named Snuggles5:106Spermy Daydream7:117Toot Sweet Boogie Woogie2:168Sweet Potato4:449Kati Rocky2:152000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:23
11970's Dictator Chic3:182Aloha Satellite Special4:233Do Your Thing Cornball3:494I Love Your Sauce4:125I Think About You3:526Easy3:377Cookies4:238Juice Machine4:209Shush Dafty4:2410My Baby Got the Beat5:1411Bursting Off the Backbeat3:4612Jacknife Is Your Friend, Let Me In5:052007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:08
1Fear of Nothing2:422I Like It, Yeah3:263Making Me Money2:434I Love the Useless3:065I Cut Your Hair3:006Run Me Over3:477Bands4:108Want3:169Monkey in the Night5:4010The Academy3:182020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 39:41
1Flutter3:262I’m Getting Tired3:233What Does It Mean?1:014Hit the Bell3:235Hell0:586Firewalls4:107Sisa Wabaya3:588The Studio4:439I Gave You Everything4:1310That’s What All Boy Do2:0911Wawa Mouth3:5312Made It Weird1:3813Flow2:462022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 48:47
1Bi Ye Tulonba Ye5:352Shezita (Take a Seat)5:043Kurunba4:264N'yanyan3:365Anw Tile (It's Our Time)5:336Soyi N'galanba5:567Bambougou N'tji4:228Dunden4:499Mayougouba4:2610Mansa Soyari5:00
Single · 7
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Kitty LitterSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 12:391Cookies4:13 2Here Kitty Kitty (feat. The Cat In The Heat)3:46 3Brown Glitter4:40 | 1999 | ||
| 1999 | Bursting Off the BackbeatSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 13:001Bursting Off the Backbeat3:48 21972 Square Dance Documentary in Sound4:32 3Bursting Off the Backbeat (Jacknife Lee mix)4:40 | 1999 | ||
| 2000 | EasySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:561Easy3:37 2Easy (Adrian Loves Garret mix)4:19 | 2000 | ||
| 2007 | Making Me MoneySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 15:031Making Me Money2:43 2Making Me Money (Phones Paid for Love mix)5:56 3Making Me Money (Switch remix)6:24 | 2007 | ||
| 2020 | Hit the Bell / FirewallsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAHit the Bell BFirewalls | 27 March 2020 | ||
| 2020 | I’m Getting Tired / The StudioSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAI’m Getting Tired BThe Studio | 27 March 2020 | ||
| 2024 | Shezita (Louie Lion ’Don’t’ take a Seat remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:361Shezita [Louie Lion ’Don’t’ take a Seat remix]4:36 | 31 July 2024 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jacknife Lee head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 25 | 55.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tired Pony(band) | — | present | |
| Telefís(band) | — | present | |
| Savile Robots(band) | — | present | |
| Lol Tolhurst, Budgie & Jacknife Lee(band) | — | present | |
| Listen... Tanks!(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f209a93f-6169-4e31-91b7-b24d6468ee8bdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f209a93f-6169-4e31-91b7-b24d6468ee8bcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679333seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacknife_Leebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacknife_Lee
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Irish musicians
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Wikidata: Q679333 · MusicBrainz: f209a93f-6169-4e31-91b7-b24d6468ee8b
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