Jimmy Urine

James Euringer (born September 7, 1969), known professionally as Jimmy Urine, is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and programmer of electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence.

Jimmy Urine
Urine performing in 2013
Urine performing in 2013
Background information
Birth nameJames Euringer
Born (1969-09-07) September 7, 1969
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • synthesizer
  • programming
Member of

Early life

James Euringer was born in New York City on September 7, 1969. He has a brother named Markus. He graduated from a Catholic high school[1] and later attended an art school, but dropped out.[2]

Career

Mindless Self Indulgence
Urine performing in 2012

Before starting Mindless Self Indulgence, Euringer took on the stage name Jimmy Urine and worked with his brother, releasing an album titled Mindless Self-Indulgence. The brothers became the founding members of Mindless Self Indulgence and soon found guitarist Steve Montano (Steve, Righ?) and drummer Jennifer Dunn (Kitty). The brothers released a second album, Crappy Little Demo, before Markus left the group and was replaced by bassist Vanessa Y.T.

Other work

Urine has remixed songs by Serj Tankian, Grimes, Devo, Deep Forest, KoRn, and Serart. He has been known to completely restructure the songs he remixes as well as add his own vocal parts. He also produced the original version of "Revolution" by Aimee Allen.

Urine and his MSI bandmate Steve, Righ? have a side project called The Left Rights. They have released a self-titled album and a second album titled Bad Choices Made Easy.

Urine worked as a composer for the 2012 video game Lollipop Chainsaw,[3] in which he also voiced the character Zed. He provided the voice for The Body in M Dot Strange's 2012 animated film Heart String Marionette.[4] He also appeared in Darren Lynn Bousman's 2015 musical horror film Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.

Urine played a Ravager named Half-Nut in the 2017 film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 He also wrote a song for the film called "Un Deye Gon Hayd (The Unloved Song)", which is heard during the scene on the planet Contraxia. The song does not appear on the soundtrack album.[5] In 2017, the song was uploaded to YouTube.

Urine released a self-titled album under the name Euringer in October 2018.[6] The album features appearances from Tankian, Grimes, Gerard Way, and Chantal Claret.[6]

In 2020, Urine voiced Kid K Beatz in two episodes of the cyberpunk musical web series X-RL7.[7][8] That same year, Urine and Tankian released the collaborative album Fuktronic.

Personal life

Euringer married singer and musician Chantal Claret on January 18, 2008.[9][10][11] The couple relocated to New Zealand in 2018, settling in Wellington.[12] Their identical twin daughters were born in 2019.[13]

While performing with Mindless Self Indulgence in Michigan in 1999, Euringer was arrested for indecent exposure and spent a night in jail after he exposed his penis onstage.[14]

On August 9, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against Euringer in New York Supreme Court with the charge of sexual battery of a minor.[14] The accuser, whose identity was left anonymous because she was a minor at the time, claims that she had a sexual relationship with Euringer from January 1997 to June 1999 which started when she was 15 years old and Euringer was 27.[14] The suit alleges that Euringer "groomed and manipulated [her] into believing that his sexually assaultive behavior was not criminal and that by engaging in sexual activity with him [she] was actually helping to protect younger girls from sexual assaults".[14] Euringer also allegedly wrote her a letter wishing her a happy fifteenth birthday.[14] The suit added, "During this time, Euringer acted as and treated [her] as though she was his girlfriend and the two were in a consensual relationship."[14][15][16] It is alleged that Euringer took pictures of the plaintiff naked throughout the relationship and requested that she "act like a small child, suck her thumb, drool, and pee in her pants" during sexual acts.[14] Euringer also allegedly bought her a fake ID so she could go to concerts with him and drink alcohol.[14] After the girl was convinced they were in a relationship, Euringer allegedly tried to hide their relationship by telling her not to act affectionately with him while in public.[14] The lawsuit claims that the woman has suffered emotional distress since the relationship started.[14][17]

Discography

With Mindless Self Indulgence
Main article: Mindless Self Indulgence discography

With The Left Rights
  • The Left Rights (2002)
  • Bad Choices Made Easy (2010)

As Jimmy Urine
  • The Secret Cinematic Sounds of Jimmy Urine (2017)

As Euringer
  • Euringer (2018)

Jimmy Urine & Serj Tankian
  • Fuktronic (2020)

References
  1. Smyers, Darryl (March 23, 2012). "Jimmy Urine from Mindless Self Indulgence: "People Hear Us and Say, 'Where the Fuck Do They Come From?'"". Dallas Observer. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  2. Blair, Erid. "Mindless Self Indulgence talks with Eric Blair 2008". YouTube. blairingoutshow. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. Spencer (February 1, 2012). "Lollipop Chainsaw Boss Battle Composer Is Also A Zombie Boss". Siliconera. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  4. "Heart String Marionette". IMDb.com. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - Soundtrack.Net". Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. Sodomsky, Sam (August 13, 2018). "Grimes Appears on New Song by Mindless Self Indulgence's Jimmy Urine". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  7. "MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, PSYCHOSTICK Members Lend Voices to New Animated Music Series X-RL7". metalinjection.net. 31 July 2020.
  8. "X-RL7 - Episode 8 - Feel The Beatz". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  9. Wilson, Michael; Halbfinger, David M.; Otterman, Sharon (June 2, 2007). "Best Bar Mitzvah Ever!! with Chantal Claret". Eastvillageradio.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  10. "Mindless Self Indulgence". www.mindlessselfindulgence.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  11. "An interview in which Jimmy mentions drinking his urine". Archived from the original on 2000-08-23. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  12. "mxdwn Interview: Jimmy Urine Discusses Guest Appearances on Euringer, His Adopted Home and the Future of Mindless Self Indulgence". December 28, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  13. Stephenson, Sharon (21 Nov 2020). "James and Chantal Euringer on music, love and parenting twins". Stuff. Ne Zealand: Stuff Limited. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  14. Millman, Ethan (2021-08-09). "Mindless Self Indulgence Singer Jimmy Urine Sued for Sexual Assault of Minor". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  15. "Mindless Self Indulgence frontman Jimmy Urine sued for sexual assault of minor". NME. 10 August 2021.
  16. "Mindless Self Indulgence Singer Jimmy Urine Sued over Alleged Sexual Relationship with 15-Year-Old".
  17. "Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence Sued for Alleged Sexual Battery of a Minor in the Late '90s -". 9 August 2021.
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