“I didn’t like playing music because my band were successful, or I’d get noticed as a guitar player. I just played because I missed my dad”: How Sean Lennon's legendary father inspired him to pick up the guitar

Sean Lennon (left) and John Lennon, performing onstage.

Over the last 30 years, Sean Lennon has put together quite a musical résumé – a trio of adventurous and acclaimed solo albums, a number of film scores, and heaps of fascinating collaborations, the most prominent being the Claypool Lennon Delirium, his ongoing project with Primus bass wizard Les Claypool.

Sean has done more than enough to step out of the enormous shadow of his late father, John. Far from bristling at the famous parent subject, though – as can sometimes be the case with second- or third-generation stars in entertainment – Sean Lennon has no hesitation in acknowledging the role played by his father, who was murdered when he was barely five years old, in his decision to pursue music.