Pete Jones

Born:
September 22nd 1957. England

PiL:
Bass August 1982 - April 1983

Bio:
Drafted into PiL by Martin Atkins – who had played with him, originally in The Hots, then later with Brian Brain – Jones was recruited to help complete recordings for the 'Commercial Zone' album at Park South Studios, New York; and also for their return to live shows in September 1982.

As well as playing on the majority of ‘Commercial Zone’ Jones also contributes writing to some tracks; most notably the Bob Miller, Martin Atkins & Pete Jones collaboration 'Miller-Hi-Life'. He also appears on PiL's biggest UK chart hit ‘This is Not a Love Song’. Jones decided to leave the band in April 1983 after becoming increasingly jaded and disillusioned with life in and around PiL.

Post PiL he made various attempts to form his own band, but eventually gave up music and retired into private life; marrying and working on building renovation. However, the mid-nineties saw him return to music, releasing two privately pressed EP's under the name of Oboops. He also founded Jabberjab Art and Media UK to promote his own art.

2000 saw the release of the self-distributed solo album ‘Twisted’. Which was eventually followed up in 2005 by the EP 'Neurotechnic'. Jones sporadically records new solo material, and has worked with Stuart Argabright from NYC (Death Comet Crew, Dominatrix) on a couple of tracks which are set for release under the name Dystopians.

Autumn 2006 saw Jones release a new MP3 EP via his Jabberjab website. All tracks are completely free and come with worldwide license “to do whatever takes your fancy!” Jones also makes material available via his MySpace page.