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John Lennon Send to Friend Picture Browser < Previous Next > Born Oct 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England Died Dec 8, 1980 in New York, NY Years Active 1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 Genre Styles Pop/Rock Rock & Roll Singer/ Songwriter Pop/Rock Album Rock Moods Instruments Rousing Intimate Acerbic Passionate Gentle Bittersweet Sentimental Amiable/ Good-Natured Cathartic Cynical/ Sarcastic Earnest Visceral Reckless Poignant Freewheeling Fiery Reflective Rambunctious Earthy Rebellious Angry Guitar Keyboards Vocals Other Entries Movie Entry Classical Music Entry AMG Artist ID P 4744 Corrections to this Entry? Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting -- and frustrating -- solo career. Lennon was capable of inspired, brutally honest confessional songwriting and melodic songcraft; he also had a tendency to rest on his laurels, churning out straight-ahead rock & roll without much care. But the extremes, both in his music and his life, were what made him fascinating. Where Paul McCartney was content to be a rock star, Lennon dabbled in everything from revolutionary politics to the television talk-show circuit during the early '70s. After releasing a pair of acclaimed albums, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, in the early '70s, Lennon sunk into an infamous "lost weekend" where his musical ... Read More...