Jean Beauvoir facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jean Beauvoir
Background information
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Rock, hard rock, pop rock, punk rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, drums
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Columbia, Interscope, Virgin, Now & Then, Voodoo Island, Frontiers, Avex
Associated acts	Crown of Thorns, Voodoo X, The Plasmatics, King Flux, The Ramones, Little Steven, Kiss, N'SYNC, Doro Pesch, the Pretenders, Debbie Harry, Glenn Hughes, Bruce Springsteen, Cameo, Nona Hendryx, John Waite

Jean Beauvoir is an American musician. He is a singer, bassist, and guitarist. He also plays many other instruments. Jean is also a songwriter, music producer, and business leader. He became well-known in the early 1980s. This was when he played with the punk band the Plasmatics. After that, he worked with many famous artists. These include Little Steven, Kiss, and the Ramones. He also had a successful solo career.

Jean Beauvoir's Early Life and Music Career

Jean Beauvoir was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were from Haiti. He started playing drums when he was a child. As a teenager, he switched to playing the bass guitar.

When he was just 14, Jean became the music director for the singer Gary U.S. Bonds. After this, he sang in a doo wop group called the Flamingos. He gained a lot of experience touring the United States. He performed at many concerts, including those organized by Dick Clark.

At 15, his father asked him to leave home. This was because Jean wanted to make music his full-time job. He lived with band members for a while. Then he lived on his own.

Joining The Plasmatics

Jean moved to New York City. This was during the time when punk rock music was becoming very popular. He saw an advertisement in a newspaper. It was for a bassist. This led him to join the Plasmatics. He played on three of their albums. While with the Plasmatics, Jean was famous for his bright blond mohawk. He kept this hairstyle for a long time.

He left the group after their album Beyond the Valley of 1984. Then he joined Steve Van Zandt's band. This band was called Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul. He played on two of their albums.

Solo Success and Working with Famous Bands

In 1985, Jean Beauvoir worked with Paul Stanley from the band Kiss. They wrote several songs together. These songs were for Kiss's album, Asylum. Jean even played bass and sang backup vocals on some songs. He filled in for Gene Simmons on "Who Wants to Be Lonely" and "Uh! All Night."

After working with Kiss, Jean started his own solo music career. His first solo album was Drums Along the Mohawk. It was released in the U.K. in 1986. That same year, a song from the album, "Feel the Heat," was chosen for the movie Cobra. This movie starred Sylvester Stallone. The song "Feel the Heat" became a big hit. It reached the Top 10 in Europe and Australia. It also reached No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. Because of the song's success, Drums Along the Mohawk was released in the U.S. It reached No. 93 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Music for Movies and TV

Jean Beauvoir has produced and co-written many songs. One famous song is "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" by the Ramones. He has also worked on music for many movies. These include:

• Pet Sematary (where he produced The Ramones' hit song)
• Shocker
• Flawless
• School of Rock (another Ramones song)
• Christmas with the Kranks (he produced and arranged "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" and performed the end title song "Merry Christmas To All of the World")
• RV
• Unthinkable
• Why Him?

He was also an executive producer for a TV show called "Hit" in 2014. In 2015, he was the U.S. CEO for a children's animated show called "City of Friends."

Recent Activities

Jean Beauvoir took a break from performing for about 6 and a half years. During this time, from 2004 to 2010, he was a CEO for Steven Van Zandt's company, Renegade Nation.

He continues to produce music and write songs. He also leads his own band, Crown of Thorns. In 2015, he released an album called "American Trash" with Micki Free. They used the project name Beauvoir/Free.

Jean Beauvoir has performed at many music festivals. These include Rockingham 2016, Bang Your Head Festival 2016, Graspop Festival 2016, Azkena Rock Festival 2016, and Ramblin Man Fair 2016.

Personal Life

Jean Beauvoir lives in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Discography

The Plasmatics

• New Hope for the Wretched (Stiff Records, 1980)
• Metal Priestess (Stiff Records, 1981)
• Beyond the Valley of 1984 (Stiff Records, 1981)

Solo Albums

• Drums Along the Mohawk (Virgin Records, Columbia Records, 1986)
• Jacknifed (Columbia Records, 1988)
• Rockin' in the Street (Virgin Records, 1996)
• Bare to the Bones (Frontiers, Point Records, 2001)
• Chameleon (Edel Records, 2003)
• Rock Masterpieces Vol 1 (Voodoo Island, 2017)
• Rock Masterpieces Vol 2 (Voodoo Island, 2017)

Solo Singles

• "Feel the Heat" (1986) - from Cobra film, Billboard Hot 100 #73
• "Missing the Young Days" (1986)
• "Gamblin' Man" (1988)
• "Here She Comes" (2001) - from The Guilty film
• "Monday" (2001)
• "Merry Christmas To All of the World" (2004) - from Christmas With the Kranks film
• "Jean Beauvoir AKA Voodoo Man" "The Rhythm" (2012)

Crown of Thorns

• Crown of Thorns (1993)
• Raw Thorns (1994)
• 21 Thorns (1995)
• Breakthrough (1996)
• Lost Cathedral (1998)
• Destiny Unknown (2000)
• Karma (2002)
• Crown Jewels (greatest hits) (2004)
• Faith (2008)
• "Are You Ready" (single)

Voodoo X

• Vol. 1 The Awakening (1989)

Beauvoir-Free

• American Trash (2015)

Production and Songwriting for Other Artists

Jean Beauvoir has worked with many other artists. He has produced their music, written songs for them, or played instruments on their albums.

• Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul – bass and vocals on Men Without Women (1982) and Voice of America (1983)
• Kiss – songwriter, bass, and backing vocals on songs like "Thrills in the Night" and "Who Wants To be Lonely" (1984-1987)
• Ramones – producer, mixing, songwriter, and instruments on many songs including "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" and "Pet Sematary" (1986-2006)
• John Waite – songwriter on "Dark Side of the Sun" (1984)
• Nona Hendryx – songwriter on "I Need Love" (1985)
• Cameo – guitar on Machismo (1988)
• Glenn Hughes – songwriter on "The Liar" (1994)
• NSync – songwriter on "Forever Young" (1997)
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – duet on "Hungry Heart" (1999)
• Doro – songwriter and guitar on "Salvaje" and "Sister Darkness" (2002)
• School of Rock (soundtrack) – producer and songwriter for Ramones' "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" (2003)
• Christmas with the Kranks (soundtrack) – producer for Ramones' "Merry Christmas to All of the World" (2004)
• Joey Ramone – producer for songs like "There's Got to Be More to Life" (2012)
• Debbie Harry – songwriter on "Do It Yourself" (2012)
• Shinee – songwriter for "Everybody" (2013)
• Jonghyun – songwriter/producer for EP "Base" (2015)
• Lordi – co-songwriter for "Scream Demon" and "Like a Bee to the Honey" (2020-2021)

Selected Film, Television, and Video Work

• Cobra (1986) – music producer, songwriter, performer for "Feel the Heat"
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004) – performer, producer, songwriter for "Merry Christmas to All of the World"
• Pet Sematary (1989) – producer of the title track
• The Guilty (2000) – music producer, songwriter, performer for "Here She Comes"
• Flawless (1999) – music producer, songwriter for "La Chica Marita"
• Shocker (1989) – songwriter of the title track and "The Awakening"
• School of Rock (2003) – music producer, songwriter for "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down"
• Rock 'n Roll High School Forever (1991) – music producer, songwriter for "Cut Me To Pieces"
• RV (2006) – music producer, songwriter for Ramones' "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" (commercial)
• Why Him? (2017) – music producer for Ramones' "Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight"

See also

In Spanish: Jean Beauvoir para niños