the Jones

In the beginning.. there was HDQ.....

HDQ were one of the finest punk bands to come out of the north east in the late eighties. releasing some classic albums, they also featured a certain guitarist by the name of Dickie Hammond who was also playing for Leatherface at the time, HDQ split and Leatherface went on to become probably the greatest punk band of their time

when leatherface split dickie went off and formed Doctor Bison with his old mates from the ABs (old friends from HDQ days)the released two albums the second on Mother Stoat

then leatherface reformed and Dickie played for them again for a little while in between this he got together with a few mates in sunderland and they formed a part time band by the name of Stokoe and recorded one single for mother stoat

The band rook their name as tribute to Bob Stokoe the legendary Sunderland F.C. manager of the Seventies, who guided the club to their famous FA cup victory in 1973 and the front cover features Bob Stokoe after the game. The rear cover is an aerial shot of the old stadium Roker park.

The nucleus of Stokoe was Dickie Hammond and Golly the singer from HDQ

eventually we get to the Jones

the Jones were  formed as fatty Jones at the beginning of 1999 by Dickie Hammond and Richie Glover  once in the Abs and then in Dub War Andy was quickly recruited on drums and then there was one ever one option for a vocalist and Golly was called in they recorded their debut single for mother Stoat last year

the name got shortened to the Jones  and they have now released a fantastic album gravity blues on boss tuneage

but remember you saw them at mother stoat first!

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