外文名：Jesus Jones 国籍：美国 成员：Mike Edwards 、Jerry De Borg 、Al Doughty 、Iain Baker 、Gen 团体人数：5 发源地：英格兰威尔特郡埃文河畔 成立时间：1988年 简介：Jesus Jones murky mix of samples, pop, dance tracks, and techno resulted in one huge international hit single, Right Here, Right Now (taken from their second album, Doubt), that pretty much sums up all of the bands virtues — a strong melody and hook, with a flair for making the dance club overtones mesh with the rock guitar. For their flaws, turn to their first album, which suffers from muddy beats, shapeless melodies, and intrusive samples, all of which plagued sections of Doubt. But when Doubt worked, as it did on Right Here, Right Now, International Bright Young Thing, and Real, Real, Real, it showed that sample-driven dance club music could comfortably fit into pop music. Based on the platinum success of Doubt, Jesus Jones leader guitarist/vocalist Mike Edwards decided it was his mission to make techno palatable for the pop masses and recorded their follow-up album, 1993s Perverse, almost entirely on computer. The result was neither good pop music nor good techno; Jesus Jones subsequent fall from the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts was as fast as their rise to the top. After a long layoff, they returned in the summer of 1997 with Already. Initially, the album was only released in the U.K.; it was released in the U.S. during the spring of 1998. Three years later, Jesus Jones returned to form. With new members Alan Doughty (bass) and Tony Arthy (drums), Jesus Jones inked a deal with Koch and issued London in fall 2001. 从艺历程：Incorporating elements of electronic music styles such as house and techno to an indie rock format, along with fellow British groups such as The Shamen, Pop Will Eat Itself and EMF, Jesus Jones were one of the leading purveyors of the early 1990s alternative dance scene. In late 1988, while on holiday in Spain, Mike Edwards, Gen, and Al Doughty decided to leave the band they were in at the time, and form their own band. The name of the band came about when they realised that they were three "Joneses" sitting on a beach in Spain surrounded by people called Jesus. Back in London they advertised in the music press for a guitarist, and Jerry De Borg joined the band. Edwards had recently met Iain Baker in a pub in North London, they had got talking as they recognised each other as skateboarders, due to their footwear. Edwards asked Baker to join as the keyboardist and the line-up was complete. They achieved initial critical acclaim with their 1989 album Liquidizer, and in particular, the single "Info Freako", which featured buzzing rock guitars with samples and a hip-hop sensibility, relatively new at the time.The track was particularly championed by Bruno Brookes on his BBC Radio 1 programme.