Джон С. Холл: Американдық ақын, жазушы, әнші және заңгер

American poet, author, singer and lawyer (born 1960)

John S. Hall (born John Charles Hall, September 2, 1960) is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant garde band that he co founded in 1986 and has since led in various incarnations.

John S. Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Manhattan's West Village. He recalls being "very quiet and shy" as a child In 1978 he graduated from Stuyvesant High School.

Hall's writing varies in format from straightforward narrative to abstract, disjointed free verse. The writing frequently contains absurdist imagery (e. g., "A giant testicle rolled over a Waffle House, killing several clowns") and/or adynata (e. g., "P]igeons came along and ate his eyes, and seagulls ripped his stomach out, and pelicans ate his liver, and his spleen popped out all on its own and turned into a harmonica and played a pleasant little tune. Then out came his pancreas, which turned into the dog that bit him last week, and it bit him again and again and again many times").

After the collapse of the second incarnation of King Missile, Hall decided to attend law school. and after graduation co founded Heraty Hall, a law firm specializing in entertainment law.

Hall has used his vehement dislike of President George W. Bush and his administration as subject matter for several King Missile III songs, including "The President," "Suggested Response to the Coming Crises," and "Another Political Poem." He campaigned for Democratic candidate John Kerry in the United States presidential election of 2004. Hall considers himself both Buddhist and agnostic.

American rapper MC Lars acknowledges Hall in his song "My Rhymes Rhyme": "Shout outs to Wesley Willis, Adam G. and John Hall / Word to MC Paul Barman; hey, return my call!" Lars also praises King Missile in his song "The Dialogue": "Nine Inch Nails, Primus, "Weird Al" and King Missile / Influenced me like a postmodern epistle."