Jesus Jones
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Jesus Jones is a British London-based rock group that performed and recorded in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. Incorporating elements of electronic music styles such as house and techno to an indie rock format, along with fellow British groups such as The Shamen, Pop Will Eat Itself and EMF, they were one of the leading purveyors of the early 1990s "indie dance" scene. The band is led by Mike Edwards.
They achieved initial critical acclaim with their 1989 album Liquidizer, and in particular, the single "Info Freako," which featured buzzing rock guitars with samples and a hip-hop sensibility, relatively new for the time. They are best known for the track "Right Here, Right Now" on the 1991 album Doubt, which was a Top 5 hit in both the U.S. and the UK and which was resurrected a decade later as an advertising jingle for the American retailer Kmart. Other hit singles from the "Doubt" album include "Real, Real, Real" and "International Bright Young Thing". In the year that "Doubt" was released, Jesus Jones won the "Best Newcomer" award at the MTV awards.
The follow up to Doubt was Perverse which, although a big seller, did not reach the worldwide hit status of Doubt. The fourth album, after a hiatus of some years, was the ironically titled Already, after which Jesus Jones and EMI parted company. The band remained in contact and came back with London in 2001, which was critically praisedTemplate:Fact, but not a big seller. EMI issued Never Enough, a collection of greatest hits while in the meantime the band joined the record label MI5 Recordings. In 2004 they released the single "Culture Vulture", whilst in 2005 DJ and producer Robbie Riviera had a club hit with a remix of 'Right Here Right Now' but did not manage to follow his single 'Bang' into the Top 40.
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Band members
- Mike Edwards - Vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Jerry De Borg - Guitars
- Alan Doughty - Bass
- Iain Baker - Keyboards, programming
- Simon Matthews - Drums, additional percussion
Discography
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
| 1989 | Liquidizer | Food | reissued in 2002 (label: Food) |
| 1989 | "Info Freako" | Food | |
| 1989 | "Never Enough" | Food | |
| 1989 | "Bring It On Down" | Food | |
| 1990 | "Real Real Real" | Food | |
| 1990 | "Right Here Right Now" | Food | |
| 1990 | "International Bright Young Thing" | Food | |
| 1991 | Doubt | Food | reissued in 2002 (label: EMI) |
| 1991 | "Who? Where? Why?" | Food | |
| 1991 | "Right Here Right Now" Re-release | Food | |
| 1992 | "The Devil You Know" | Food | |
| 1993 | Perverse | Food | |
| 1993 | "The Right Decision" | Food | |
| 1993 | "Zeroes And Ones" | Food | |
| 1993 | Scratched album (Japan only) | EMI | |
| 1997 | Already | MI5 Recordings | |
| 1997 | "The Next Big Thing" | Food | |
| 1997 | "Chemical No.1" | Food | |
| 1999 | Greatest Hits Album Japan Only | EMI | |
| 2001 | London | Koch | |
| 2002 | "Nowhere Slow" | MI5 Recordings | |
| 2002 | "Come On Home" | Liberty | |
| 2002 | "In The Face Of All Of This" | MI5 Recordings | |
| 2002 | Never Enough: the Best of Jesus Jones | EMI | |
| 2004 | "Culture Vulture" | MI5 Recordings | |
| 2005 | "Right Here Right Now (Robbie Riviera f Jesus Jones)" | Nebula |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Modern Rock | |||
| 1991 | "Right Here, Right Now" | #1 (5 weeks) | Doubt |
| 1991 | "International Bright Young Thing" | #6 | Doubt |
| 1991 | "Real, Real, Real" | #26 | Doubt |