Stephen Lynch isn’t so much a comedian, more a singer who writes and sings funny songs. His sense of humour is not for the easily-offended, however, as many of his songs have a very black-comedy style. He is the kind of comedian one either loves or hates.

He started writing funny songs after being inspired by the film „Spinal Tap“ – a fake documentary about a tired 80′s Rock Band.

In 1996, after moving to New York to become an actor, a friend suggested that he should try playing some of these songs to an audience, and he quickly found a following. For the next few years, he toured Universities, Night-Clubs and theater type venues, deliberately avoiding the comedy club circuit, as he prefers music-club audiences.

Although primarily a US performer, he is quick to admit that the downloading and viral aspects of the Youtube era, have catapulted his popularity world-wide and created a cult following throughout the world and especially in Europe – enough for him to have performed in Cologne at the Gloria twice, and in Berlin as well. At the Gloria show, one fan actually took leave from his tour in Irak to be able to see his „3 Balloons“ tour live.

Lynch’s songs are a classic example of how to write a comic song : as a song lasts 2-3 minutes, it has to build on its basic joke, otherwise the joke gets stale, or the song has to be extremely short. Often he uses the first verse to lead the unsuspecting audience into what seems to be a conventional song, setting them up for a twist, such as in „Prettier than You“

But why am I telling you all this, when the man himself, in exclusive interview with us, can do so :

Johnny Hollywood interviews Stephen Lynch – Part 1:

Johnny Hollywood interviews Stephen Lynch – Part 2:

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My Name Is Satan :

Little Gay Robot & Prettier than You: