Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir
Born	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genres	Rock, hard rock, pop rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, drums
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Columbia Records Interscope Records Virgin Records Now & Then Records Voodoo Island Records Frontiers Records Avex
Associated acts	Crown of Thorns, Voodoo X, The Plasmatics, The Ramones, Little Steven, Kiss, N'SYNC
Website	Official website

Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and entertainment executive.

Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds' musical director at age 14; following this, he sang in the doo wop group The Flamingos. He gained his first music experiences with these groups touring the US performing at Dick Clark revival concerts. He moved to New York City during the punk rock explosion and answered a newspaper ad for a bassist, which led to his joining The Plasmatics for two albums. While with the Plasmatics and subsequently, Beauvoir sported a conspicuous blond mohawk.

He left the group after their release Beyond the Valley of 1984 to join Steve Van Zandt's Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul for two albums. Following this, he launched a solo career with the album Drums Along the Mohawk, released in the U.K. on Virgin Records in 1986. That same year, the track "Feel the Heat" was chosen by Sylvester Stallone for his film, Cobra. The song was a hit, charting Top 10 across Europe and Australia and reaching No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the strength of the single, Drums Along the Mohawk was released in the U.S. and peaked at No. 93 on the Billboard 200. Jean Beauvoir's success has always been much greater in the rest of the world than in the US.

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