Jakko

Jakko M. Jakszyk (born as Michael Lee Curran on 08 June 1958 in London, United Kingdom) is an British guitarist and vocalist who has played with a number of British groups as well as releasing his own albums. He has been actively recording and performing in a wide circle for several decades. Jakko released material under his own name, as a member of the King Crimson offshoot, 21st Century Schizoid Band, Dizrythmia and as a duo with Tom Robinson. He was a touring guitarist with Level 42 and sessioneer with everyone from Swing Out Sister to Peter Blegvad. He is regularly associated with current Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison, who has played on most of his releases. He has also worked with various members of Japan, Brand X, Simple Minds and Bruford. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.