Jim Jones

Template:000 - PersonJames E. Jones (March 12, 1950 – February 18, 2008), was an experimental music artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

History

Jones was a member of many experimental rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s including: Pere Ubu, Easter Monkeys, Foreign Bodies, Mirrors, The Styrenes, Electric Eels, Home And Garden, and Terminal Lovers. He later recorded and performed with local bands Speaker\Cranker, Noble Rot, and KNG NXN.

Death

Jones died of a heart attack on February 18, 2008 at the age of 57.

List of Projects

• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds (1987)
• Pere Ubu - guitar, keyboards (1987–94, 1994–95)

• Home and Garden
• Mirrors
• The Styrenes
• Easter Monkeys
• Electric Eels
• Foreign Bodies
• Speaker\Cranker
• Terminal Lovers
• Noble Rot
• KNG NXN

Discography

with David Thomas And The Wooden Birds

with Pere Ubu

• The Tenement Year (1988)
• Cloudland (1989)
• Worlds in Collision (1991)
• Story of My Life (1993)
• Ray Gun Suitcase (1995)