Cliff Jones (musician)

Cliff Jones (born 1968 in London) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer and journalist who came to prominence as the singer with the Britpop band Gay Dad.

His career in music began in 1991, when he was asked to write for International Musician and the newly established Guitar magazine – both publications being part of the Northern & Shell Group, owned by Richard Desmond.

In 1993 Jones was asked to contribute music features to the UK style magazine The Face, men's fashion magazine Arena Homme Plus and Melody Maker. In 1994 he was asked to write for Mojo, eventually becoming a regular writer contributing cover features on Pink Floyd, Iggy & The Stooges and Sly & the Family Stone. One of his more significant features was The Face 'Union Jack' cover featuring Blur in 1994. It is thought to be one of the earlier pieces on what would become Britpop.

Significant interviews included Bryan Ferry, The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Elton John, Charlie Watts, The Beach Boys, Beck, My Bloody Valentine, Talk Talk, George Clinton, Les Paul, Leonard Cohen, The Fugees, Oasis, Blur, Happy Mondays, Nirvana, Will Oldham, Terence McKenna, Timothy Leary, Ringo Starr, Ride, Arthur Brown and Traci Lords.

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