Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Birth Name: James Bernard O'Rourke 

Member of:
Sonic Youth
Gastr Del Sol
Loose Fur
Brise-Glace
Yona-Kit
Mimir
Illusion of Safety
Diskaholics Anonymous
The Red Krayola
Indicate
The Elvis Messiahs
Original Silence
The Supreme Indifference

Associated Acts:
Collaborations with: Fennesz & Rehberg
Henry Kaiser
Gunter Muller
White Out
Michael Prime & Eddie Prevost
Nurse with Wound
K.K. Null
Loren Mazzacane Connors
Tony Conrad
Wilco
Sakata Akira
Voice Crack
Faust
Stereolab
Organum
Smog
John Fahey

Genres:
Experimental Rock
Avant Garde
Post Rock
Indie Rock

Instruments:
Guitar
Synthesizer

Debut Album: Some Kind of Pagan (1989)