Reagan Jones (born March 2, 1973 in
Lufkin,
Texas
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) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of
synthpop band
Iris
Iris most often refers to:
*Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
*Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
* ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
* Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
Iris or IRIS may also refer to:
Arts and media
Fictional ent ...
. Jones formed Iris with Matt Morris in 1993, and remained the original vocalist for the band until its disbandment in 2021.
His influences include
Depeche Mode,
New Order,
Idlewild,
Imogen Heap
Imogen Jennifer Heap (born 9 December 1977) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Her work has been considered pioneering in pop and electropop music.
Heap classically trained in piano, cello and clarinet starting at a ...
,
Coldplay
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,
The Killers
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,
Glenn Phillips,
Guy Chadwick, and
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternati ...
, among others.
Electric Diary interview with Iris
/ref> Jones is a practicing Christian
Discography
Iris
*'' Disconnect'' (2000)
*'' Awakening'' (2003)
*''Wrath
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A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, su ...
'' (2005)
*'' Hydra'' (2008)
*''Blacklight
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'' (2010)
*'' Radiant'' (2014)
*''Six
6 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
6 or six may also refer to:
* AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era
* 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era
* The month of June
Science
* Carbon, the element with atomic number 6
* 6 Hebe, an asteroid
People ...
'' (2019)
References
External links
Synth Radio interview with Reagan Jones
Official Iris website
Iris
on Myspace
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Living people
People from Lufkin, Texas
Singer-songwriters from Texas
1973 births
American environmentalists
Activists from Texas
21st-century American singers
21st-century American male singers
American male singer-songwriters
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