Jim Palmer AKA Yimmy is a singer/songwriter who has worked in many bands over the years and has decided to finally release a collection of songs covering his 20 plus years in the industry. The album titled This Kronic Life took 7 years to complete it covers a 24 year period from 1992 until 2016 and has 21 different musicians on it.
Yimmy began his music adventures back in 1991 in Sydney Australia joining a band called Smotan. This band lasted until Yimmy returned to New Zealand in 1995 where he helped form a band called Shylock with Mike McKenna aka Project Boris.
Support Gigs with Shihad and Head Like A Hole followed by a North Island Tour with Whangarei Band Skin Machine helped produce an EP in 1997 called Pound.