Jack Lee (musician)

Alongside Case and Paul Collins, Lee formed the seminal, yet short-lived power pop trio the Nerves in 1974.^[5] The band self-released one self-titled EP in 1976, which included "Hanging on the Telephone". After relocating to Los Angeles in 1977, the Nerves broke up in 1978.^[4]

Lee only recorded two solo albums after the Nerves: 1981's Jack Lee's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, through his own Maiden America label, and a self-titled album in 1985 on the French label Lolita Records.^[3] His songs have been recorded by artists such as Blondie, Paul Young, and Suzi Quatro.^[4]

Subsequently, Lee more or less disappeared from the music scene, although he kept performing from time to time with his band Jack Lee Inferno.^[3][6] A proposed album never materialized, but in 2016, Lee's two out-of-print albums from the 1980s were reissued by Alive Naturalsound Records on the compilation Bigger Than Life.^[3]

Lee continued to write songs and work on his music in private^[3] until his death from colon cancer in Santa Monica, California on May 26, 2023, at the age of 71.^[4]

• The Nerves (EP) (1976, Maiden America)

• Jack Lee's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1981, Maiden America)
• Jack Lee (1985, Lolita)
• Bigger Than Life (2016, Alive Naturalsound) – compilation containing Lee's first two albums

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