James E. Jones (March 12, 1950 – February 18, 2008) was an experimental music artist, producer, and guitarist in the rock band
Pere Ubu. Jones was a member of many experimental rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s including: Easter Monkeys, Foreign Bodies,
Mirrors,
The Styrenes,
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, Home And Garden, and Terminal Lovers. He later recorded and performed with local bands Speaker\Cranker, Noble Rot, and KNG NXN. Jones died of a heart attack on February 18, 2008 at the age of 57.
Sources
Cleveland.com obituary
1950 births
2008 deaths
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Pere Ubu members
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
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