Howard Jones
Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones on February 23, 1955) is an English si… Read Full Bio ↴Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones on February 23, 1955) is an English singer and songwriter.
He is the eldest of three boys. His birthplace is Southampton, England, and he spent his early years in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and attended the Royal Grammar School. He now lives with his family in Somerset, England.
When he was young, he used to give piano lessons. One of his clients was a girl named Jan Smith, who he later married. Whilst working with her, a vehicle crashed into their van, injuring Jan. She claimed compensation and used the money to buy Howard a synthesiser, a Moog Prodigy. The shop delivered two by mistake, and Howard liked the combination of the two so much that he paid for the extra one.
He hit the charts in 1983 with a song called "New Song," which made it into the UK top ten. Speaking with Songfacts, Jones explained the song is his manifesto, and why he wanted to get in the music business and write songs to begin with. Said Jones: "I was working in the factory at the time - I was doing the gigs at night and I was working in the factory. And I wanted to say to people, 'You can. It is possible to do what you really want to do if you've got enough guts and determination. You can do what you're really good at in this life if you set your mind to it.' And so really that's what that song's about. It's about letting go of fear and seeing both sides of an argument and throwing off the things that hold you back mentally."
Jones subsequently had three more hits over the next twelve months and a UK Number 1 album, Human's Lib. He acquired a hardcore fanbase made up of both starstruck teenagers and more mature music lovers, who saw the musicianship which went into the electronic sounds of his songs. His mother ran his fan club. Jones was a close temporal and stylistic contemporary of Nik Kershaw, and the two musicians were often conflated in the affections of the contemporary pop audience.
Howard was known as a respectable face of pop, combining innovative synthesiser music with strong feelings on animal rights and life's excesses. In his early days, he performed with a mime artist called Jed Hoile, who used to do improvised choreography while doused in white paint as Howard played behind him.
In the summer of 1984, he released a single called "Like To Get To Know You Well", which he said was 'dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games'. Although it wasn't an official Olympic anthem for the Games in Los Angeles that summer, it caught on and was a huge worldwide hit. The sleeve featured the song title in ten different languages; while Howard sang the title line in French and German on the extended version. The song appeared in the film Better Off Dead.
Howard's second album was a ground breaking 'remix' album. It contained six songs, all but one of which had been previously released, but which appeared in elongated formats, including the multi-lingual version of "Like To Get To Know You Well". The album was called The 12 Inch Album and the sleeve featured a miniature Howard standing next to a 12-inch ruler.
When he released his second studio album, Dream Into Action, in 1985, he introduced his own backing band, including future Soul II Soul singer Caron Wheeler as one third of female backing vocal trio Afrodiziak. Playing bass guitar, meanwhile, was Howard's own brother Martin, who had to have an extra string added to his instrument to play some of Howard's bass lines, which were originally played on a keyboard without regard for the range of a real bass guitar. One of the singles released from this album, "No One Is To Blame", was later re-recorded and featured Phil Collins as drummer and producer.
In July 1985, Howard performed at Wembley Stadium as part of the Live Aid concert, singing his 1984 hit "Hide And Seek" while playing a piano belonging to Freddie Mercury.
Howard had his last UK Top 40 hit in 1986 and thereafter concentrated on production, songwriting and running a successful vegetarian restaurant, though he had Billboard Top 10 success in the States in the 1990s. His eldest son, Oisín (pronounced Osheen), was born in 1985 and is now an actor.
In 2005, he competed on the American TV show Hit Me Baby One More Time, losing to Irene Cara. Although he lost the in-studio vote to Cara, he won the online poll vote.
There are other artists with the same name:
2. Howard Jones is the current lead singer of American metalcore bands Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed.
Jones resides in Connecticut. His first success was in Connecticut with the band Blood Has Been Shed. After the release of The Novella of Uriel, the band went on tour, but Jones was eventually approached for a bigger project. Howard Jones replaced the lead singer of Killswitch Engage, Jesse Leach, in July of 2002, shortly after the release of Alive or Just Breathing, Killswitch Engage's Roadrunner Records debut album.
Meanwhile, Blood Has Been Shed released their third album, Spirals in 2003. Critical reviews were mixed, with some saying the album was a bit stray from the music found on I Dwell and Novella, while fans found it to be the band's most sonically-challenging album yet.
The first time KSE fans heard Jones they were impressed by him. Later he would be heard on the song "When Darkness Falls", which was first released on the soundtrack for the movie Freddy vs. Jason. Finally, Killswitch Engage released their first album with Jones as the new singer, as well as Blood Has Been Shed drummer Justin Foley. The End of Heartache would spawn two successful singles, "Rose of Sharyn" and the Grammy-nominated title track, "The End of Heartache". There was a minor spot of controversy with some fans over the Grammy nomination, as the song that was picked was a remixed version that would eventually appear on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack. The differences between the original recording and the remixed version are the fact that the song is sung in a traditional singing style rather than using the original scream track that appears on the album, and several sections of the song have been shortened for a more commercially dynamic vision.
In November 2006, Killswitch Engage released their fourth album (and second with Howard Jones) entitled As Daylight Dies. The album has spawned the singles "My Curse" and "Arms of Sorrow", and it has been cited by the band through numerous interviews that the album recalls influences from bands in the NOLA music scene, as well as metal bands like Pantera and Machine Head.
Despite his front man role in Killswitch Engage, Jones is still the lead singer for Blood Has Been Shed.
Aside from singing, Jones has also taken on the role of a manager to new and upcoming artists. Currently, he manages two bands, Twelve Tribes, Mikoto, and also the producer Zeuss.
He is also known for his vocal styles, which include deep, booming roars, a higher, raspier scream, and operatic clean vocals. The clean style is absent from most of his work with Blood Has Been Shed, however, with Killswitch Engage, he usually makes use of all of his vocal styles in almost every song, particularly in As Daylight Dies and Holy Diver.
3. Howard Jones is an English folk singer and musician. He was a member of The Electropathics and currently performs with Albireo and as a solo performer.
He is the eldest of three boys. His birthplace is Southampton, England, and he spent his early years in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and attended the Royal Grammar School. He now lives with his family in Somerset, England.
When he was young, he used to give piano lessons. One of his clients was a girl named Jan Smith, who he later married. Whilst working with her, a vehicle crashed into their van, injuring Jan. She claimed compensation and used the money to buy Howard a synthesiser, a Moog Prodigy. The shop delivered two by mistake, and Howard liked the combination of the two so much that he paid for the extra one.
He hit the charts in 1983 with a song called "New Song," which made it into the UK top ten. Speaking with Songfacts, Jones explained the song is his manifesto, and why he wanted to get in the music business and write songs to begin with. Said Jones: "I was working in the factory at the time - I was doing the gigs at night and I was working in the factory. And I wanted to say to people, 'You can. It is possible to do what you really want to do if you've got enough guts and determination. You can do what you're really good at in this life if you set your mind to it.' And so really that's what that song's about. It's about letting go of fear and seeing both sides of an argument and throwing off the things that hold you back mentally."
Jones subsequently had three more hits over the next twelve months and a UK Number 1 album, Human's Lib. He acquired a hardcore fanbase made up of both starstruck teenagers and more mature music lovers, who saw the musicianship which went into the electronic sounds of his songs. His mother ran his fan club. Jones was a close temporal and stylistic contemporary of Nik Kershaw, and the two musicians were often conflated in the affections of the contemporary pop audience.
Howard was known as a respectable face of pop, combining innovative synthesiser music with strong feelings on animal rights and life's excesses. In his early days, he performed with a mime artist called Jed Hoile, who used to do improvised choreography while doused in white paint as Howard played behind him.
In the summer of 1984, he released a single called "Like To Get To Know You Well", which he said was 'dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games'. Although it wasn't an official Olympic anthem for the Games in Los Angeles that summer, it caught on and was a huge worldwide hit. The sleeve featured the song title in ten different languages; while Howard sang the title line in French and German on the extended version. The song appeared in the film Better Off Dead.
Howard's second album was a ground breaking 'remix' album. It contained six songs, all but one of which had been previously released, but which appeared in elongated formats, including the multi-lingual version of "Like To Get To Know You Well". The album was called The 12 Inch Album and the sleeve featured a miniature Howard standing next to a 12-inch ruler.
When he released his second studio album, Dream Into Action, in 1985, he introduced his own backing band, including future Soul II Soul singer Caron Wheeler as one third of female backing vocal trio Afrodiziak. Playing bass guitar, meanwhile, was Howard's own brother Martin, who had to have an extra string added to his instrument to play some of Howard's bass lines, which were originally played on a keyboard without regard for the range of a real bass guitar. One of the singles released from this album, "No One Is To Blame", was later re-recorded and featured Phil Collins as drummer and producer.
In July 1985, Howard performed at Wembley Stadium as part of the Live Aid concert, singing his 1984 hit "Hide And Seek" while playing a piano belonging to Freddie Mercury.
Howard had his last UK Top 40 hit in 1986 and thereafter concentrated on production, songwriting and running a successful vegetarian restaurant, though he had Billboard Top 10 success in the States in the 1990s. His eldest son, Oisín (pronounced Osheen), was born in 1985 and is now an actor.
In 2005, he competed on the American TV show Hit Me Baby One More Time, losing to Irene Cara. Although he lost the in-studio vote to Cara, he won the online poll vote.
There are other artists with the same name:
2. Howard Jones is the current lead singer of American metalcore bands Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed.
Jones resides in Connecticut. His first success was in Connecticut with the band Blood Has Been Shed. After the release of The Novella of Uriel, the band went on tour, but Jones was eventually approached for a bigger project. Howard Jones replaced the lead singer of Killswitch Engage, Jesse Leach, in July of 2002, shortly after the release of Alive or Just Breathing, Killswitch Engage's Roadrunner Records debut album.
Meanwhile, Blood Has Been Shed released their third album, Spirals in 2003. Critical reviews were mixed, with some saying the album was a bit stray from the music found on I Dwell and Novella, while fans found it to be the band's most sonically-challenging album yet.
The first time KSE fans heard Jones they were impressed by him. Later he would be heard on the song "When Darkness Falls", which was first released on the soundtrack for the movie Freddy vs. Jason. Finally, Killswitch Engage released their first album with Jones as the new singer, as well as Blood Has Been Shed drummer Justin Foley. The End of Heartache would spawn two successful singles, "Rose of Sharyn" and the Grammy-nominated title track, "The End of Heartache". There was a minor spot of controversy with some fans over the Grammy nomination, as the song that was picked was a remixed version that would eventually appear on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack. The differences between the original recording and the remixed version are the fact that the song is sung in a traditional singing style rather than using the original scream track that appears on the album, and several sections of the song have been shortened for a more commercially dynamic vision.
In November 2006, Killswitch Engage released their fourth album (and second with Howard Jones) entitled As Daylight Dies. The album has spawned the singles "My Curse" and "Arms of Sorrow", and it has been cited by the band through numerous interviews that the album recalls influences from bands in the NOLA music scene, as well as metal bands like Pantera and Machine Head.
Despite his front man role in Killswitch Engage, Jones is still the lead singer for Blood Has Been Shed.
Aside from singing, Jones has also taken on the role of a manager to new and upcoming artists. Currently, he manages two bands, Twelve Tribes, Mikoto, and also the producer Zeuss.
He is also known for his vocal styles, which include deep, booming roars, a higher, raspier scream, and operatic clean vocals. The clean style is absent from most of his work with Blood Has Been Shed, however, with Killswitch Engage, he usually makes use of all of his vocal styles in almost every song, particularly in As Daylight Dies and Holy Diver.
3. Howard Jones is an English folk singer and musician. He was a member of The Electropathics and currently performs with Albireo and as a solo performer.
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Howard Jones Lyrics
04 No One is to Blame You can look at the menu, but you just can't…
All I Want Ride the wild one, cowboy in the rodeo Love like crazy…
Alll I Want Ride the wild one cowboy in the rodeo Love like crazy…
Always Asking Questions We all want peace we don't want misery So many of…
And I Love Her You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
Another Chance So we're lookin' out on the world and what do…
Assault And Battery The lives were taken For feasts at the table A life of…
At the Speed of Love The way we feel right now Can pass like a thundercloud Time…
Automaton He arrived on the scene With no past and no future He…
Back in Your Life Soon the warm night breezes roll on in A steamy blanket…
beating mr neg Seems like I got a companion that's embedded in me Has…
Black & White Do you think in black and white Do you feel you…
Blue Lay at my side And shut out the world Warm this…
Bounce Right Back I was walking down the street With my old friend luke And…
Brutality of Fact Last of the trouble has followed through This (?) your pote…
celebrate it together My feet are dancing on the ground My heart is in…
Celebrate Our Love We have got to get ourselves in rhythm Wake up the…
Change The Man Don't talk to me about ban the bomb Don't talk to…
City Song It was that night at nowhere, I saw you standing…
Collective Heartbeat Studio Version (Thoughts and actions?) of words you've sp…
Conditioning Well you're not, you're not who you think you are Well…
Cookin in the Kitchen I met an alien one night while I was walking…
Cross That Line It's not my fault if you didn't live out your Youthful…
Dig This Well Deep With one thing and another Banged my head against the wall A…
Don Some people I know have given up on their lives Drowning…
Don't Be Part of It Save Save Save from the butchers knife Save from the experim…
Don't Get Me Wrong Lovin' you gave to me Feels like a memory Don't get me…
Don't Put These Curses On Me Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't…
Don't Wanna Fight Anymore Don't want to fight anymore oh no Don't want to cry…
Dont Always Look at the Rain Some people I know have given up on their lives Drowning…
Dream Into Action Between every man there is a division Nobody ever seems to…
Dreamin' On I don't know but I've been told There's a place where…
Eagle Will Fly Again Did I choose to be the one without a hope…
Elegy Please don't look at me this way I am from the…
Equality Everybody wants to feel happy, even if you think that…
Everlasting Love He wasn't looking for a pretty face She wasn't searching for…
Everything I want to be... The coffee in your pot I want to…
Exodus They're sending back pictures from Saturn and Mars Maybe thi…
Exodus/Come Together They're sending back pictures from Saturn and Mars Maybe th…
Fallin' Away The manners of the heart We watched them grow Did we write…
Fight On To get to know your mind Let it be your friend Don't…
For You See Me For you see me For you see me For you hear me…
Fresh Air Waltz Looking at you now, you seem just a shadow You had…
Give Me Strength I'm not one to complain But things get heavy now and…
Give me the strength I'm not one to complain But things get heavy now and…
Good Luck Bad Luck The film script lies ahead Change the future, change the pas…
Guardians Of The Breath They were guardians of the breath Trusted with those preciou…
Gun Turned on the World You're walkin' 'round like a doll without a head You should…
Have You Heard The News Flying thru the airwaves Living thru the printed word Flashe…
Hero in Your Eyes On my own again fighting with my fear Starring down at…
Hide There was a time when there was nothing at al Nothing…
Human's Lib Sometimes I'd like to go to bed With a hundred women…
Humans Lib Sometimes I'd like to go to bed With a hundred women…
Hunger For The Flesh Spare a thought for the souls Who cannot leave this earth Th…
Hunt the Self Messing around I've wasted my time for years Listening to fr…
I Dream of You You got the socket and I got the plug I am…
I Must Go You let me paint The colours of your mind The love that…
I've Said Too Much Put that finger back to my lips Will I taste of…
I.G.Y Donald fagen Standing tough under stars and stripes We can …
I.G.Y. Standing tough under stars and stripes We can tell This dr…
If You Love Chorus If you love You know you're gonna feel the hurt See t…
IGY Donald fagen Standing tough under stars and stripes We can …
Is There a Difference Is there a difference between yes and no Is there a…
It Just Doesn't Matter Matter matter oh no no If i haven't got any friends It…
Just Look At You Now I've known you since you were a girl When things just…
Last Supper This is our last supper together The last time we share…
Law of the Jungle Law of the jungle only the fit survive. Better make your…
Learning How to Love Creeping through your bedroom door Just after all the lights…
Left No Evidence Out of time and no one noticed Rubbing up a different…
Let It Flow Where are the new rebels We didn't ask for this Trying…
Let Me Be the First to Know If you find a time when things just seem to…
Let the People Have Their Say The tide is turning Its coming from the street Read your own…
Let the Spirit Carry Me People come together it's time for a union C'mon c'mon c'mon…
Life in One Day The old man said to me Said don't always take life…
Lift Me Up I've got your picture in the palm of my hand And…
Like To Get Know You Well Like to get to know you well Like to get to…
Like To Get To Know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to…
Like to Get to Know You Well I'd like to get to know you well I'd like to…
Little Bit of Snow Please don't throw you away we need you to stay When…
Look Mama Honey, I think Audrey's a little mature for you No…
Love Is a Good Thing We stay up late We get no sleep My body's aching I got…
Love Never Wasted I remember the day we met Like a thunderbolt out of…
Modern Man Give him something to hang on to give him something that…
Mother Gave me life Gave your life Gave me strength And confidence …
Natural Everything Around Is Natural Don't Fight It Don't Disagree w…
New Man No, he won't go drinkin' with his friends no more Yes,…
New Song I've been waiting for so long To come here now and…
new songs I've been waiting for so long To come here now and…
No One Ever Is To Blame You can look at the menu, but you just can't…
Not One of the Lonely Tonight Bring me down to earth Take this weight from tired shoulders…
Nothing to Fear What freezes love in your eyes What steals the force from…
One Last Try Give me one last try Hold on for me Believe my alibi Keep…
Out of Thin Air (instrumental)…
Over & Above Half past 12 on a friday night everything's wrong and…
Pearl In The Shell And the fear goes on shadows And the tear flows on…
Power of the Media Flying through the airwaves Living through the printed word …
Powerhouse You have been a healer, makin' me well You have been…
Respected Here in the dark, the shadows, they haunt me Here in…
Revolution of the Heart It's a frighten time For people 'round the world Feel uneasy…
Road to Cairo A fella told me This here road leads to Cairo I got…
Roll Right Up Will the moon keep shining on Can you stop the world…
Rubber Morals Quickly checking what company he's in Absorbing values like …
Say It Like You Mean It Whether or not we both agree you gotta right to…
Show Me We got the same beat runnin' round Through this crazy town O…
Sleep My Angel Sleep my angel It is time for bed I will be there To…
Someone You Need The streets here are empty, all the people went home Well,…
Speciality Don't chop off his head To make yourself look tall Don't tea…
Stay With Me Stay with me Stay with me We're in this together Stay with…
Step Into These Shoes Step into these shoes feel this heart Step into these shoes…
Stir It Up From an ordinary life won’t you save me In this ordinary…
Straight Ahead Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh There's…
Take Us Higher Will take us higher Take us higher will take us higher Got…
Takin' The Time You're working overtime You know it doesn't do you no good Y…
Tape to Tape Rag (instrumental)…
Tears To Tell The time has come to watch you go watch you…
The Balance of Love Price of your love's too much to pay I'll save myself…
The Human Touch Dear, dear, to link will do just fine We all crave…
The One to Love You You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
The Presence of Other This time, it's different Be sure, I mean it Can't go on…
The Prisoner You have watched me, safe in your anonymity I have dreamed…
The Voices Are Back He saw flames in the department store He tried to get…
Things Can Only We're not scared to lose it all security throw through…
Those Who Move Clouds The throwing of your mental clothes wasn't ever your intenti…
Tin Man Song Automate my every move Triangulate my actions I want to find…
Tomorrow Is Now Tomorrow is, tomorrow is now You think the past is behind…
Total Conditioning Well you're not, you're not who you think you are Well…
Transform I could get new wheels Get some new veneers Smooth those wri…
Two Souls Whatever happened to the value of our love I've seen you…
Wanders To You It's been so long since I slept The good book at…
We Make the Weather Heaven is a somewhere locked inside and I must find…
We'd Like To Get To Know You Well Like to get to know you well Like to get to…
Wedding Song I can see you On your wedding day With the one you…
what can I say? Another wave has arrived Being funk is so surprise Welcome…
What Is Love We stay up late We get no sleep My body's aching I got…
What Is Love ? I love you whether or not you love me I love…
Where Are We Going Restraints were hoisted on at such an early age Straps were…
Why Look For The Key So this is a song called "Why Look For The…
Will You Still Be There How many lives have been shaken 'cause a few simple actions…
You Are Beautiful to Me Can't tell you how many times I've wanted to hold…
You Can Say It's All Over You took the love I offered I tried the life that…
You Knew Us So Well Did we fail to see you crumble Did we watch you…
You Know I Love You You got the socket and I got the plug I am…
You Know I Love You ... Don't You? You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
You Know I Love You Don't You- You got the socket and I got the plug I am…
You Know I Love You Don't You? You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
You Know I Love You Dont You? You got the socket and I got the plug I am…
you know I love you.. don't you? You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
You Know I Love You...Don't You? You got the socket and I got the plug I am…
You Know I Love You… Don't You? You got the socket And I got the plug I am the…
you say Whether or not we both agree you gotta right to…
You're the Buddha There were times when I thought there was nothin' in…