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British musician and singer (born 1955)

Person · Open Library

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4

Top works

  • View from the Hill
  • Clash
  • Life and Times of Mick Jones
  • Lincoln History And Guide

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There are two musicians known as Mick Jones, one connected to The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite, the other to Foreigner. Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones (born 26 June 1955) was the lead guitarist and a vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and later Big Audio. In recent years Mick Jones has been collaborating with fellow punk ic

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Born
Michael Geoffrey Jones , ( 1955-06-26 ) 26 June 1955 (age 70) , Wandsworth , London, England
Genres
Punk rock post-punk new wave experimental rock alternative rock
Occupations
Musician songwriter singer record producer
Instruments
Guitar vocals keyboards
Years active
1975–present
Labels
CBS I.R.S. Radioactive
Member of
Carbon/Silicon
Formerly of
The Clash Rich Kids General Public Big Audio Dynamite Gorillaz London SS

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Mick Jones
date of birth
1955-06-26
birth name
Michael Geoffrey Jones
name in native language
Mick Jones
start of work period
1975-00-00
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Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the band Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) since 2002 and was part of the Gorillaz live band for a world tour in 2010. In late 2011, Jones collaborated with Pete Wylie and members of the Farm to form the Justice Tonight Band.

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