John McKeown

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John McKeown
Born	February 17, 1971 (1971-02-17) (age 37) Bellshill, Scotland
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitars
Years active	1992–present

John McKeown is the former lead singer and guitarist for the Glasgow indie rock band The Yummy Fur.

Now known as Jackie McKeown, he is the frontman of a Scottish indie rock new band named 1990s (with Michael McGaughrin, a former drummer in band V-Twin and Dino Bardot, singer with Stinky Munchkins) and Bull Bill. They were signed to record label Rough Trade in December 2005.

[edit] Submission to the Guardian's 'Most Over-rated Albums' poll

In its Friday June 15, 2007 edition The Guardian newspaper journalist Paul Lester asked a number of renowned musicians to nominate what they consider to be the most over-rated albums in music, or as the article puts it, "the supposedly great records they'd gladly never hear again." Jackie McKeown nominated Meat Is Murder by The Smiths, with the following rationale:

"I'm a Smiths fan and I like most of their records, but this is the weakest link in the canon [...] It was a protest album, which defeats the idea of Morrissey as romantic. The cool-guy cover with Meat Is Murder written on his helmet rams it down your throat. The title track is offensive, not least because of the loud, gated drums and 80s production that you get on Huey Lewis and the News records. [...] [Morrissey] started panicking and pointing fingers at teachers at school and thinking up things like, "Oh, meat is murder and, oh, we're going to get attacked by thugs in Rusholme." Barbarism Begins at Home is where the Smiths betray their jazz-funk session-guy roots; it's absolutely treacherous to listen to, even if it was brilliant fun to record. You can just see the rolled-up jacket sleeves. It's everything Morrissey hated. Meat Is Murder is Red Wedge music for sexless students. It's like being stuck in a lift with a Manchester University Socialist Workers' Party convention." [1]