Jakko Jakszyk

Michael Jakko Jakszyk, , is an English singersongwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. As of 2013, he is the current lead singer and second guitarist in King Crimson and also pursues a solo career. His work has been variously credited as Jakko, Jakko Jakszyk, and Jakko M. Jakszyk.

Jakszyk was born at Whittington Hospital in Archway, London, the son of Irish singer Peggy Curran and an unknown American airman. Atmonths of age, he was adopted by two European refugees who had settled in England after World War II Polish Norbert Jakszyk and his French wife, Camille. Jakszyk grew up in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, and would later describe his childhood as unhappy his adoptive parents nationalities led to an unsettled homelife. He explained, There was a lot of confusion English was second language for both of them, so although I could understand them both, they often couldnt understand each other it led to all sorts of daft misunderstandings and rows. Jakszyk was frequently in conflict with Norbert, although the two would reconcile later in life. In 1977, he tracked down his birth mother Peggy, who had settled in Arkansas he and Peggy would eventually meet in 1984. Jakszyk would later reconstruct his complex family history in an extended radio piece, The Road t

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