A New York City-raised singer, songwriter, film and video game music composer, and multi-instrumentalist,
James Euringer, better known by his stage name
Jimmy Urine, is best known as the co-founder and frontman of the genre-bending electropunk outfit
Mindless Self Indulgence.
Euringer and his brother Markus founded the group in the mid-'90s, and have documented their nervy blend of lo-fi punk, industrial, and hip-hop on multiple albums, EPs, and singles. In addition to his work with
MSI,
Urine has recorded under the moniker
Left Rights with
MSI co-conspirator Steve, Righ?, and has done remixes for
Grimes,
Deep Forest,
Korn,
Serj Tankian, and
Serart. He has also done some film acting as well, appearing alongside his wife,
Morningwood vocalist
Chantal Claret, in Darren Lynn Bousman's Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival, and as a Ravager named Half-Nut in director James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy 2. In 2017 he released
Secret Cinematic Sounds of Jimmy Urine, a compilation of his video game and film music. ~ James Christopher Monger