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Sinead Oconnor Bio
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Sinead OConnor
Sinead Marie Bernadette OConnor was born on December 8, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland. Sinead has four siblings, named Joseph, Eimear, John and Eoin. Her parents, Marie and Jack OConnor married young and split by the time Sinead was eight. The three eldest children were sent to live with their mother who was reportedly physically abusive. Unfortunately they lived in a country that prohibited divorce and nearly always gave custody to the mother. This caused John OConnor to become the chairman of the Divorce Action Group as well as public spokesperson to promote change. By 1979, Sinead had chosen to leave her mother and move in with her father and stepmother. By the age of 15 she was sent to reform school due to her frequent shoplifting and skipping school. Sinead did well at the Grinan Training Centre, honing her skills in writing and music.
One of the women who volunteered at the school was impressed by Sinead’s singing and sent a recorded demo to her brother, Paul Bryne, who was drummer for the band In Tua Nua. Although she recorded one song with them and they were impressed by her voice, they also felt that she was too young to join the band. By 1983, OConnor began recording her first demo tape with the help of teacher, Joseph Falvy. In 1984, she placed an ad in Hot Press looking for band members. Through the ad she met Columb Farrelly. Together they recruited a couple other members and named the band Ton Ton Macoute.
The band moved to Waterford while OConnor was still in school, but she soon dropped out and they moved to Dublin where they began performing at clubs. After her mother died in a car accident in 1985, OConnor dropped out of the band and moved to London.
Thanks to her experience with Ton Ton Macoute, Sinead quickly began receiving attention from music executives and was signed to Ensign Records. Sinead’s first major music project was the song, “Heroine” which was featured on the soundtrack for the 1986 film Captive which starred the British actor Oliver Reed.
While recording her debut album, OConnor became pregnant with her first child by her drummer, John Reynolds. Her record company pressured her to get an abortion, but her manager convinced the record company to let OConnor, then 20 years old and 7 months pregnant, to produce her own album. Her debut album, The Lion & the Cobra (1988) was a moderate success, though not tremendously successful with mainstream Pop. Sinead’s second album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was released in 1990 and produced two of OConnor’s most successful singles, including “Nothing Compares 2 U” which hit #1 on the pop charts in the United States as well as Ireland.
In the late 1990s, Sinead was ordained as a Catholic priest through an Independent Catholic group. As a result of the ordination, OConnor was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Following her ordination, she announced her new name to be Mother Bernadette Mary. Also in August 24, 1990, OConnor was scheduled to perform at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. She refused to perfom when she was told the American national anthem was played. Venue officials acquiesced to her demand and omitted the anthem. Frank Sinatra, who performed at the Center the next night, said he wished he could "kick her in the ass." In 1991, her take on the Elton John album "Sacrifice" was acclaimed as one of the best efforts on the tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. On October 3, 1992, when she appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest, on a show hosted by Tim Robbins. She was singing an a cappella version of Bob Marley's "War" to protest sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, and added a lyric about "child abuse." She then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil," after which she tore the photo into pieces, said "fight the real enemy," and threw the pieces towards the camera as the entire studio fell silent. During his opening monologue the following week, host Joe Pesci held up the photo, taped back together. On Madonna's next appearance on SNL, after singing "Bad Girl", she held up a photo of Joey Buttafuoco and, saying "fight the real enemy," tore it up.
Two weeks after Sinéad's infamous Saturday Night Live appearance, she was set to perform "I Believe in You" at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary tribute concert in Madison Square Garden. She was greeted by a thundering mixture of cheers and jeers. During the booing, Kris Kristofferson told her not to "let the bastards get you down." Sinéad replied "I'm not down." In 2003, she contributed a track to the Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I'm a Woman, a cover of Parton's "Dagger Through the Heart". OConnor’s first marriage was to record producer John Reynolds who worked with her on several of her albums. She then married journalist Nicholas Sommerlad in 2002, but they were separated by 2003. Sinead has a total of three children. The first is with her first husband. Her second was a daughter named Roisin when OConnor had a relationship with columnist John Waters. OConnor’s third child is a son named Shane. She gave birth to her fourth child, who’s father is Frank Bonadio, in December 2006. Although Sinead has had the majority of her relationships with men, she says she has had three relationships with women in the past and claims to be bisexual. |
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Sinead OConnor - It was said that Frank Sinatra had said of Sinead that he wished he could 'kick her in the ass.'
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Sinead OConnor - Was told by Kris Kristofferson not to 'let the bastards get you down.' |
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