Jizzy Pearl 2229638 225698895 2008-07-14T23:34:19Z DefLeppardVanHalen 967203 {{Infobox musical artist 2 |Name = Jizzy Pearl |Img = Jizzypearl.JPG |Img_capt = Jizzy Pearl on stage with Ratt in 2005 |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Jim Wilkinson |Origin = |Born = {{birth date and age|1958|3|17}}<br>[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |Died = |Instrument = [[Vocals]] |Genre = [[Hard Rock]], [[Glam metal]] |Occupation = [[Singer]] |Years_active = 1984-present |Label = |Associated_acts = [[Love/Hate]]<br>[[L.A. Guns]]<br>[[Ratt]]<br>[[Adler's Appetite]] |URL = http://www.jizzypearl.com }} '''Jizzy Pearl''' (born Jim Wilkinson) is an Irish-American vocalist born on [[Saint Patrick's Day]] of [[1958]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He first fronted the rock band Data Clan, which became [[Love/Hate]], and has also sung for [[L.A. Guns]], [[Ratt]], [[Adler's Appetite]] and other lesser known acts. In the late 1980s Pearl joined [[Love/Hate]], which achieved noterity for performances as the [[house band]] at the [[Whisky a Go Go]] in [[Hollywood]]. The group subsequently signed to [[Columbia Records]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lovehate.com/Hist_Intro.htm | title=Love/Hate History | publisher=Love/Hate | date= 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-02-12}}</ref> Following the break up of Love/Hate he sang on the [[L.A. Guns]] album ''[[Shrinking Violet (album)|Shrinking Violet]]''. Jizzy Pearl has released the solo albums ''[[Just a Boy (Jizzy Pearl solo album)|Just A Boy]]'' and ''[[Vegas Must Die]]''. ''Vegas Must Die'' was released on July 19th 2005 on Shrapnel Records. The album contains eleven songs. Jizzy produced the album which was engineered by Michael Lardie of [[Great White]]/[[Night Ranger]]. His vocal style has changed considerably over the years, with only the opener, 'Hit And Miss' serving up the patented Jizzy whine. But his voice is a lot richer, and he takes different tones to different tunes, almost playing characters in his own stories. Besides singing and songwriting Jizzy has also turned his hand to story writing, writing 3 books to date "I Got More Crickets Than Friends", "Angst For The Memories" - and 2006's, "Unhappy Endings", a collection of short stories, all of which are all slightly twisted, bizarre. In early 2007 Pearl announced he will reunite with [[Love/Hate]] for the first time in ten years, on February 24, 2007 at [[Club Vodka]] in [[Hollywood, California]] to perform their classic record "Black out in the Red Room" in its entirety.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lovehate.com/news.html | title=Love/Hate reunion | publisher=Love/Hate | date= February 2, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-02-12}}</ref> ==Discography== {| class="wikitable" !Title !Artist !Released !Label |- |''Dataclan'' |Dataclan |[[1985]] | |- |''Blackout In The Redroom'' |Love/Hate |[[February 22]], [[1990]] |[[Columbia Records]] |- |''Wasted In America'' |Love/Hate |[[March 10]], [[1992]] |[[Columbia Records]] |- |''Let's Rumble'' |Love/Hate |[[April 1]], [[1994]] |Calibre Records |- |''I'm Not Happy'' |Love/Hate |[[September 19]], [[1995]] |Mayhem Records |- |''Livin' Off Layla'' |Love/Hate |[[1997]] |SK-9 Records |- |''Let's Eat'' |Love/Hate |[[June 1]], [[1999]] |Perris Records |- |''Shrinking Violet'' |L.A. Guns |[[June 1]], [[1999]] |Perris Records |- |''Greatest & Latest'' |Love/Hate |[[April 25]], [[2000]] |Cleopatra Records |- |''Just A Boy'' |Jizzy Pearl |[[October 23]], [[2004]] |Shrapnel Records |- |''Adler's Appetite'' |Adler's Appetite |[[2005]] | |- |''Vegas Must Die'' |Jizzy Pearl |[[July 19]], [[2005]] |Shrapnel Records |} ROPE AND CORN 1998 ==References== <!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> <references/></div> == External links == *[http://www.jizzypearl.com/ Jizzy Pearl] &ndash; Official website {{Ratt}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearl, Jizzy}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American rock singers]] [[Category:Glam metal musicians]] [[Category:L.A. Guns members]] [[Category:Ratt members]] [[Category:Adler's Appetite members]] [[it:Jizzy Pearl]]