Biography
Born and raised in New York City, James Euringer performs as Jimmy Urine and is recognized above all as the irreverent cofounder and frontman of the boundary-pushing electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence. A solo album issued under the name Euringer appeared in 2018.
Alongside his brother Markus, Euringer launched MSI in the mid-1990s, and the pair have since chronicled their restless mixture of lo-fi punk, industrial textures, and hip-hop on numerous albums, EPs, and singles. Outside that group, Urine has issued material as Left Rights together with MSI associate Steve, Righ?, while also supplying remixes for Grimes, Deep Forest, Korn, Serj Tankian, and Serart. Acting credits include a role opposite his wife, Morningwood vocalist Chantal Claret, in Darren Lynn Bousman’s Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival, as well as the part of the Ravager Half-Nut in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
In 2017 he assembled the compilation Secret Cinematic Sounds of Jimmy Urine, which collected his scores for video games and films. The following year Metropolis Records released the full-length Euringer, featuring guest appearances by Grimes, Tankian, Claret, and Gerard Way. Euringer set out to merge the sensibilities of Depeche Mode, J Dilla, and Frank Zappa, and the resulting tracks showcase his characteristic vocals and unorthodox production choices alongside covers of Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” and the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes.”
Alongside his brother Markus, Euringer launched MSI in the mid-1990s, and the pair have since chronicled their restless mixture of lo-fi punk, industrial textures, and hip-hop on numerous albums, EPs, and singles. Outside that group, Urine has issued material as Left Rights together with MSI associate Steve, Righ?, while also supplying remixes for Grimes, Deep Forest, Korn, Serj Tankian, and Serart. Acting credits include a role opposite his wife, Morningwood vocalist Chantal Claret, in Darren Lynn Bousman’s Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival, as well as the part of the Ravager Half-Nut in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
In 2017 he assembled the compilation Secret Cinematic Sounds of Jimmy Urine, which collected his scores for video games and films. The following year Metropolis Records released the full-length Euringer, featuring guest appearances by Grimes, Tankian, Claret, and Gerard Way. Euringer set out to merge the sensibilities of Depeche Mode, J Dilla, and Frank Zappa, and the resulting tracks showcase his characteristic vocals and unorthodox production choices alongside covers of Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” and the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes.”
Singles