Jack Jones (musician and poet)

Jack Jones
Jack Jones in 2016
Background information
Born	14 February 1992 (age 25) Swansea, Wales
Genres	spoken word, poetry, Indie rock, garage rock , alternative rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, spoken word
Associated acts	Trampolene, Peter Doherty, The Libertines

Jack Jones was born in Swansea and currently lives in London. He is the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and poet in the British alternative rock band Trampolene. He is also lead guitarist in Peter Doherty's band the Puta Madres.

As well as the poems being an integral part of Trampolene as a band, Jack has also performed spoken word poetry as a solo artist.

Dr John Cooper Clarke has described Jack Jones as writing "...exceptional poetry, funny and depressing at the same time and how often can you say that".

Jack's writing influences include Julian Cope and Dylan Thomas and according to The Musical Manual his spoken word poem Ketamine "shares stark resemblance to workings of punk-poet legend, John Cooper Clarke.". Even the Stars music blog described "Ketamine" as "laced with wit and humour and the other ["Pound Land"] a droll comical observation of modern life based around a visit to Poundland". Jack Jones has been described as a "singer, guitarist and full-on enigma", a "fine poet...With a John Cooper Clarke-esque delivery of his sideways glance into the uglier corners of modern society...wistful and witty poems" and as having "extraordinary stage presence".

Jack Jones is the songwriter, lead singer and guitarist in the band Trampolene, but also performs music and spoken word poetry as a solo artist.

In 2015 Jack performed his spoken word poetry at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, Stoke Newington Literary Festival and "Bring the Ruckus" at The Albany in London.

The video for Health & Wellbeing (at Wood Green Job Centre) was premiered on The Guardian website,Ketamine was premiered on Vice Noisey on 21 October 2015,Pound Land was premiered on Gigwise on 18 December 2015, and Gigwise said of Jack Jones "indie has a new poster boy" in their article "Artists who are going to own 2016". Music business legend and 1965 Records owner James Endeacott described Trampolene as a "great band and their singer Jack is a wonder" when sharing the video for Artwork of Youth on his blog.