Simon Jones (musician)

English bassist

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Simon Jones

Birth name| Simon Robin David Jones
Born|  (1972-07-29) 29 July 1972 (age 51)
Liverpool, England
Genres| Alternative rock, Britpop, psychedelic rock, shoegaze
Occupation(s)| Bassist
Years active| 1989–present
Labels| Hut, Virgin

Musical artist

Simon Robin David Jones (born 29 July 1972)[1] is an English bass guitarist. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the rock band The Verve.

## The Verve[edit]

Away from the musical side of The Verve, Jones is the only other band member other than the band's main mouthpiece, lead singer Richard Ashcroft, who tends to speak publicly and in interviews. Most notably, he, along with Ashcroft, made a speech at the 2007 Q Awards as they won a classic album award for their 1997 album Urban Hymns. He thanked the band member's wives and children and also thanked former Verve guitarist Simon Tong, who was not included in the newly reformed Verve line up. He also did an interview on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show after the band's 2007 reformation, and he also appeared alone and alongside Ashcroft in a handful of Verve documentaries and other miscellaneous interviews throughout the 1990s.

When The Verve split in 1999 due to in-band tensions, many believed they were down to tensions between singer Richard Ashcroft and lead guitarist Nick McCabe.[2] While this is true, there were in fact problems, described as 'serious' by Ashcroft in later interviews, between Ashcroft and Jones also.

In June 2007, he rejoined The Verve in their reunion but by 2009 they had disbanded again.[3]

## Other musical projects[edit]

After the breakup of The Verve in 1999, Jones later played bass and wrote songs for the short lived band The Shining, who former Verve bandmate Simon Tong also played with. They would release just one album in 2002 called True Skies.[4]

In 2003, Jones was the recording bassist for Howie Day on Day's second album, Stop All The World Now, on Epic Records.[5]

Since 2004, Jones has been an official member of the backing band for Cathy Davey.

In November 2005, he performed with the Gorillaz live band playing guitar at the Manchester Opera House, as part of the Manchester International Festival, again alongside fellow Verve member Simon Tong.[6]

In 2015, Simon featured on the out of the hive Ep by Scottish band, boletes.[7]

## Personal life[edit]

Jones attended Rudston Road primary school in Childwall, Liverpool and moved to Wigan when he was 13 years old. He is married to Myra and has two sons, Jude and Jonah.

## References[edit]

1. ^ [1] Archived 16 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "The Verve - Is This The End?". NME. 15 June 1998. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. ^ Maine, Samantha (20 December 2018). "Richard Ashcroft on why he's 'left things unsaid' about The Verve's split". NME. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
4. ^ "Shining through - ex-Verve star Simon Jones - Manchester Evening News". Menmedia.co.uk. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
5. ^ "Howie Day New Studio Album Produced by Youth (The Verve, Crowded House,... - re> NEW YORK, 14 Aug. /PRNewswire/". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
6. ^ "Celebs toast Gorillaz success - Manchester Evening News". Menmedia.co.uk. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
7. ^ "Itunes". iTunes. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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The Verve

* Nick McCabe
* Richard Ashcroft
* Simon Jones
* Peter Salisbury
* Simon Tong

Studio albums|

* A Storm in Heaven
* A Northern Soul
* Urban Hymns
* Forth

Compilations|

* No Come Down
* This Is Music: The Singles 92–98

Extended plays|

* The Verve E.P.
* Voyager 1
* Five by Five

Singles|

* "All in the Mind"
* "She's a Superstar"
* "Gravity Grave"
* "Blue"
* "Slide Away"
* "This Is Music"
* "On Your Own"
* "History"
* "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
* "The Drugs Don't Work"
* "Lucky Man"
* "Sonnet"
* "Love Is Noise"
* "Rather Be"

Other songs|

* "The Thaw Session"

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* The Shining
* The Good, the Bad & the Queen

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Gorillaz

* Damon Albarn
* Jamie Hewlett

Studio albums|

* Gorillaz
* Demon Days
* Plastic Beach
* The Fall
* Humanz
* The Now Now
* Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
* Cracker Island

Compilations|

* G-Sides
* D-Sides
* The Singles Collection 2001–2011

Extended plays|

* Tomorrow Comes Today
* Feel Good Inc. EP
* Dare
* El Mañana / Kids with Guns
* iTunes Session
* Meanwhile EP

Video albums|

* Celebrity Take Down
* Demon Days Live
* Slowboat to Hades

Remix albums|

* Laika Come Home

Singles|

* "Clint Eastwood"
* "19-2000"
* "Rock the House"
* "911"
* "Tomorrow Comes Today"
* "Lil' Dub Chefin'"
* "Feel Good Inc."
* "Dare"
* "Dirty Harry"
* "El Mañana" / "Kids with Guns"
* "Stylo"
* "Superfast Jellyfish"
* "On Melancholy Hill"
* "Doncamatic"
* "Revolving Doors" / "Amarillo"
* "DoYaThing"
* "Saturnz Barz"
* "We Got the Power"
* "Ascension"
* "Andromeda"
* "Let Me Out"
* "Sleeping Powder"
* "Strobelite"
* "Garage Palace"
* "Humility"
* "Hollywood"
* "Tranz"
* "Momentary Bliss"
* "Désolé"
* "Aries"
* "How Far?"
* "Friday 13th"
* "Pac-Man"
* "Strange Timez"
* "The Pink Phantom"
* "The Valley of the Pagans"
* "Cracker Island"
* "New Gold"
* "Baby Queen"

Other songs|

* "5/4"
* "Rhinestone Eyes"
* "Empire Ants"
* "Phoner to Arizona"
* "Hallelujah Money"
* "Charger"

Tours|

* Gorillaz Live
* Demon Days Live
* Escape to Plastic Beach Tour
* Humanz Tour
* The Now Now Tour

Touring members|

* Damon Albarn
* Mike Smith
* Jeff Wootton
* Seye Adelekan
* Remi Kabaka Jr.

All contributors|

* Stephen Sedgwick
* Dan the Automator
* Kid Koala
* Miho Hatori
* Cass Browne
* Simon Tong
* Howie Weinberg
* Danger Mouse
* Mick Jones
* Paul Simonon
* Ben Mendelsohn
* The Twilite Tone
* Jean-Michel Jarre
* James Ford
* Simon Katz
* Simon Jones
* Morgan Nicholls
* Roberto Occhipinti
* Demon Strings

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* Spacemonkeyz
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* "On Your Own"
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* The Good, the Bad & the Queen
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