Rich Jones (musician)

Jones was a founding member and principal songwriter of the Canadian punk band The Black Halos from 1993 to 2001,^[1] and played in the British punkabilly band The Yo-Yos (2005), and the American punk bands Amen (2002–2005) and Sorry and the Sinatras (2007–2009). In addition, he toured and recorded with Alec Empire,^{[citation needed]} Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Leyton, and The Dogs D'Amour, as well as doing artwork for Michael Monroe, Killing Joke, Amen, and Eureka Machines.

Jones also appears as a guest guitarist on the Therapy? album Shameless. When he lived in London, he played and recorded with Wildhearts frontman Ginger, The Loyalties with ex Yo-Yo Tom Spencer, and Sorry and the Sinatras with Scott Sorry (ex-Amen). In 2012, he produced a record for the band Radio Dead Ones.

In the summer of 2013, Jones stood in for former Backyard Babies guitarist Dregen in Michael Monroe's band for a series of live dates that ran until December of that year.^[2] In March 2014, it was announced that he would join Michael Monroe's band as a full-time member.^[3]

Albums

• Black Halos - Black Halos (Die Young Stay Pretty Records 1999)
• John Ford - John Ford (Bumstead/EMI 2000)
• The Violent Years - Black Halos (Sub Pop/Warner Music 2001)
• Death Before Musick - Amen (Eaturmusic/Columbia 2003)
• Bullets For Dreamers - John Ford (Bumstead 2003)
• Gun Of A Preacher Man - Amen (Secret Records 2004)
• Unleashed - The Dogs D'Amour (King Outlaw Records 2006)^[4]
• So Much For Soho - The Loyalties (Devil's Jukebox/Vinyl Junkie/Yeah Right 2008)
• Til The Death Of Rock & Roll - The Loyalties (self-released, 2013)
• The Frankenstein Effect - Mutation (Ipecac Recordings 2013)
• Albion - The Ginger Wildheart Band (Round Records 2014)
• Blackout States - Michael Monroe (Universal Music, Spinefarm Records 2015)
• The Best - Michael Monroe (Universal Music, Spinefarm Records 2017, compilation)
• One Man Gang - Michael Monroe (Silver Lining/Warner Music 2019)

EPs

• Xmas EP - The Black Halos/Bubble (ChangesOne 2001)
• Given Up Giving Up - The Yo-Yos (Undergroove 2005)
• One-Take Wonders - The Loyalties (Self released/Fading Ways 2006)
• Dead Fashion Brigade - Neil Leyton (Fading Ways 2007)
• The Kings Of Shambles Street - Sorry & The Sinatras (Bomber Music 2012)

DVDs

• Caught In The Act - Amen (Secret 2004)

Guest appearances

• Shameless - Therapy? (guitar and backing vocals on "This One's For You", 2001)
• Rockets & Volcanoes - Bubble (guitar on "Days Like These", 2001)
• Brijitte West & The Desperate Hopefuls - Brijitte West & The Desperate Hopefuls (guitar and vocals on "Mess Of Myself" and "How To Be Good", 2010)
• Error 500 - Mutation (backing vocals and design, 2013)