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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.
Jun 28, 2023 · Now 68, Mick Jones of The Clash represents one of a small number of key Jewish influences on the British punk scene.
Jan 13, 2021 · While the band lineup changed over the years, bassist Paul Simonon and singer and guitarist Joe Strummer were a constant — and though lead guitarist Mick Jones got the boot in 1983, his contributions can't be denied.
May 11, 2020 · The Clash’s first album had Mick Jones using a very simple guitar rig. While Joe Strummer was The Clash’s ever-present rhythm guitarist, Mick actually recorded pretty much all the...
May 20, 2022 · By Jeff Slate. May 20, 2022 6:00 am. The Clash's fifth album turns 40 this week. Pennie Smith. “When we visited places, we were affected by that, and what was going on there, as well,” says guitarist Mick Jones of what drove the creativity of his band, the ever-touring Clash, in 1982.
Aug 23, 2012 · The princes of punk, the kings of cool: the Clash. There was Mick Jones, an unabashed guitar hero who looked like Keith Richards' uppity younger brother; Joe Strummer, a manic, pompadoured...
Mick has crafted some of rock music’s most enduring songs and produced 10 multi-platinum albums. Grammy and Golden Globe nominated songwriter, performer and producer and winner of the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriter award in Britain in 1998, Mick first began playing guitar in his early teens.
As guitar player for the Clash, Mick Jones was responsible for writing most of the band’s music, as well as singing a substantial portion of their songs. Even for those knowledgeable with...
Sep 1, 2013 · Jones and Strummer, the creative forces in the Clash, were heading in different directions. After six years or rampant touring and recording, Jones was ready for a break and desperately wanted...
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Nov 14, 2008 · In 1976, the NME ran a story about a Clash fan who bit off her boyfriend's earlobe during a London show – behavior Mick Jones says "wasn't unusual" at their early club performances.
