Liam Lynch (born September 5, 1970) is a musician, puppeteer, writer and director. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced the MTV's Sifl & Olly Show.
Lynch also made the album Fake Songs, released in 2003, produced by his own company, 111 Productions. This album featured the song "United States of Whatever", which charted in the Top 10 in the United Kingdom & Australia. It is one of the shortest songs to get to the Top 10 in both countries. The song did get Lynch a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for shortest UK song to go top ten. Liam Lynch is also known for directing music videos. He's worked with Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Spinnerette, and No Doubt. In 2003 he directed the UK music video for the Foo Fighters single "Times Like These", although it was rarely played in the United States. He finished shooting the film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny in July 2005, and he worked with Tenacious D in 2002 on directing the video to the song Tribute, their most popular hit. He also directed several short films that played as part of their live show, as well as a documentary called "On The Road with Tenacious D" which was a featured part of their DVD collection, "The Complete Masterworks". He directed Sarah Silverman's movie, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic as well as a music video for Silverman called "Give the Jew Girl Toys". He wrote the original music used in the MTV animated series Clone High and co-wrote a song in the feature film "School of Rock". He also has an ongoing podcast available through his website that contains skits, videos he has created, and answering viewer mail.
Discography
* Eel
* Fake Songs (2002)
* History of America? (with Matt Crocco)
* Camp Sunny Side Up (with Matt Crocco)
* We're All Nighters (2008)
* How to Be a Satellite (2006)
* Songs from Lynchland
* More Songs from Lynchland
* Get Up on the Raft (2008)
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