Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Name Darren Robbins Website www.bigdcustom.com | Years active 1988–present | |
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Genres Rock, new wave, alternative rock Labels Like Records (1988–1989)
A&M Records (1989–1993)
Chequered Requerds (1997–2000)
Home Taping Is Killing Music Records (2006–present) | ||
Associated acts Destroy The Heart | ||
Darren Robbins is a singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. Robbins released the seminal power pop CD Darren Robbins Steals Your Girlfriend in 1988. Glowing reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone and Musician, combined with heavy regional radio airplay led to a recording contract with A&M.
With two albums recorded, but unreleased, Robbins parted ways with the label and released two CDs under the name Time Bomb Symphony. Most recently, he has released his first CD of new material in seven years under yet another pseudonym, Destroy The Heart. The self-titled CD was produced by Adam Schmitt.
According to a recent New York Times feature, Robbins formed the company Big D Custom Tour Merch in 2007, providing full-service tour merchandising to many major rock acts as well as custom screen printing services.
In 2014, Robbins, now a prolific street artist working under the pseudonym Lemmy Cornhole, made headlines after his arrest for malicious destruction to a building in his hometown of Dowagiac, Michigan. Charges were later dropped. His hand-made street art-style cornhole boards are now in high demand and sell for upwards of $2500 on the secondary market.