Logan Lynn

Logan Dennis Lynn (born October 15, 1979) is an American musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist.

Lynn later moved from rural York, Nebraska to Olathe, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, and befriended Jim Suptic, Ryan Pope and Rob Pope of The Get Up Kids at Olathe South High School from 1995–96 and spent much of his time in Kansas City.

The party outlet led him to begin working as a DJ, and he started to write songs after he moved to Portland, Oregon in 1996.

After moving to Portland from the Midwestern United States, Lynn caught the attention of Portland band The Dandy Warhols, Elliott Smith and other local bands who were starting to take off in the mainstream.

It’s these artists who would shepherd Lynn’s career in the early days, with The Dandy Warhols ultimately signing him to their label.

Since 1998 he has released ten studio albums, and he is the former host of Logo's weekly music video countdown cable television show "NewNowNext Music".

Lynn is signed to record label Kill Rock Stars.

Lynn is the spokesperson for the .gay domain, previously founded the Keep Oregon Well campaign to eliminate social stigma surrounding mental health through music and the arts, and launched the PTM Foundation with Alternative Rock Band Portugal. The Man.

Lynn was born to William Dennis Lynn, a Christian minister, and Debra Lynn "Debby" Lynn (née Stockburger).

Lynn's paternal grandmother, LaVanda Mae Fielder, was a piano and vocal instructor who worked out of her home.

One of her pupils was a young Johnny Cash.

Lynn's father was a traveling preacher and proponent of a Christian touring sermon series known as "The Strong Family Seminar".

In 2007, Lynn was signed to Beat The World Records, a Caroline Records and EMI Records subsidiary, run by The Dandy Warhols.

Lynn performed at New York City Gay Pride celebration in 2007 and his performance was seen by a representative from MTV's Logo network.

The LGBT-interest channel was interested in building its offering of artists and acts and recruited Lynn.

The following year, he made his first TV appearance as host of Logo's hour-long NewNowNext music video countdown.

During this time, Lynn overdosed on a mixture of crack cocaine and alcohol and suffered a TIA pre-stroke attack in 2008.

He spent a large portion of the year in drug rehabilitation in St. Helens, Oregon.

He was released later that year and has remained clean.

In 2009 Lynn's album, From Pillar to Post, was released and he was given an industry showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon festival that year.

In July 2010 Lynn announced that he was leaving the label and parting ways with The Dandy Warhols.

Following his departure from Beat the World Records, Lynn self-released the album he had been working on for the label, "I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday", on August 31, 2010 as a benefit for Portland's Q Center.

In the fall of 2011 Lynn contributed a song, "Movies", to Live From Nowhere Near You (Volume 2).

Lynn released a ten-song album on December 4, 2012 titled Tramp Stamps and Birthmarks.

The record was named "Album of the Year" by multiple media outlets.

In June 2013, Lynn headlined the Queer Music Summer Tour alongside queer rapper Big Dipper and others.

Later that year Lynn released a cover of "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus, produced by Gino Mari.

New York Magazine called Lynn's version "dreamy, guitar-heavy" and The Huffington Post wrote that it was "bold" and "warmer" than the original.

Cyrus went on to perform Lynn and Mari's arrangement of the song on Saturday Night Live on October 5, 2013.

In 2016, Lynn released his eighth studio album, ''Adieu.

Willamette Week called the record his "most uncomfortable album yet".

Lynn was then the subject of a story in the October 2016 issue of Innocent Words Music Magazine, in which they called him "a modern day Gene Kelly".

In March 2017, Lynn appeared on an episode of Jay Mohr's Mohr Stories podcast.

Lynn and Mohr discussed music, addiction recovery, overcoming childhood trauma, and mental health at length, as well as a forthcoming Lynn album that was inspired by Lynn’s relationship with Mohr.

In October 2018, Lynn's Jay Mohr-produced, ninth studio album My Movie Star was released.

In a review of the record, Billboard said “For nearly 20 years, dance-pop artist Logan Lynn has made a career out of crafting catchy, disorderly songs that almost all include big beats, fun melodies and cheeky lyrics.

But on his latest album, My Movie Star, Lynn has traded in his signature sound for a more somber, melancholy tone — a dynamic new album consisting of Lynn’s new piano-driven songs and filled with remixes and covers by other industry greats.”

In 2019 Lynn released a single titled "Name Your Trouble", which was written and produced with Styrofoam (musician) for the EastSiders season 4 soundtrack on Netflix, one of 5 songs by Lynn on the soundtrack.

In 2020 Portland, Oregon-based record label Banana Stand released a live Logan Lynn EP featuring Glasys on keys titled “Unpeeled”.

Toronto’s Disarm Music Magazine premiered the first two live performances videos from the release.