The Joneses (band)
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The Joneses | |
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Origin | Rock, punk rock |
Years active | 1981 - 1991, 1994 - Present |
Past members | Jeff Drake Steve Olson Steve Houston Mitch Dean Scott Franklin Johnnie Sage John James Paul Mars Black Greg Keuhn Mike Sessa Mike Occhiato |
The Joneses were a punk band from Anaheim,
Background
The Joneses' first seven-inch, 45 rpm single was "Criminals in My Car" b/w "Jonestown". They next released a pair of songs, "Graveyard Rock" and "Pillbox", on the 1982
After serving a three-year prison sentence for bank robbery, Drake reformed another incarnation of The Joneses and recorded the Anita Fix EP in 1995 released by Cabeza de Tornado Records. A compilation entitled Criminal History, was released by Sympathy for the Record Industry in February 2000, it is a 20 track retrospective of The Joneses' recorded material. The Criminal History compilation caused a resurgence in popularity in the late 2000s, as a new generation of fans were introduced to the band. All of The Joneses previous albums were re-released by Full Breach Kicks starting in 2006. The songs "Big Boy" and "Pill Box" [2] were featured on two different Season 2 episodes of the MTV show Nitro Circus, "Hydro Circus" (episode 2) and "Mud and Guts" (episode 6), respectively.
Music videos
A music video was recorded for the song "Black Cat Bone" in 1987, but was never finalized and released.
References
- ^ "You'll Have to Alter Name to Keep Up With Joneses : Litigation: Orange County band signs away moniker to Boston-based group for a 'considerable' cash settlement". Los Angeles Times. 15 February 1990. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Nitro circus". Spotify.