Jesus Jones: Whatever Happened To The Band Behind 'Right Here Right Now'
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I had done a video on the british band EMF and I noticed several comments suggesting I do a video on the band Jesus Jones so here we are. Best known for the early 90’s hit Right Here Right Now, the song wasn’t really representative of the type of music Jesus Jones made. The group combined dance rhythms and guitars with a new way of sampling. Frontman Mike Edwards would tell loudersound “Back in those days, putting dance beats on rock music wasn’t really done. So it meant that you had a wide open field in front of you to carve your own niche. Like EMF, Jesus Jones was hailed as the next big thing, but they seemed to fade away after a few albums. Let’s explore what happened in today’s video.
Jesus Jones frontman Mike Edwards would grow up in Bradford on Avon (pronounced A-vin) in the early 80’s. Edwards would reveal to Loudersound “It was difficult. Now if you want to hear a song, you can go online and hear it in 20 seconds. Back then, I’d have to save up my money, and get on the bus to Bath to buy one record, and then it’d be another hour back home. Getting hold of music was really, really difficult. Going to see bands was difficult. The access to music was really tricky and you relied a lot on the music press and the radio in a way that people don’t now.” Some of those early bands he was exposed to didn’t really shape the music he’d go on to make with Jesus Jones telling loudersound thathe saw early incarnations of iron maiden and whitesnake. It wasn’t until he moved to London in 1985 that he discovered a whole new world of music including groups like Pop Will Eat Itself and The Shaman (pronounced shay-men). Couple this with access to the music weeklies like New Musical Express and Melody Maker who touted bands like Public Enemy, Big Black and Sonic Youth and the blueprint for the type of music Edwards wanted to make was born.
Edwards would tell Loudersound about his influences “The music they made was modern and unique without ever sounding difficult or avant garde. “To be honest, that was exactly what I was aiming to do from 1988 onwards,”. “That was pretty much our modus operandi. I didn’t want our influences to be blinding obvious, I didn’t want them to over-shadow what we did. “
Prior to forming Jesus Jones, Edwards and his future bandmates played in a lot of top 40 cover bands. . While the gigs paid well, Edwards wasn’t creatively satisfied telling the Orlando Sentinel "They were guitar bands with no fixed direction, going nowhere,". "The music had no identity, no strength of its own - it was music just for the sake of it rather than music with a direction, music with an attitude."
Prior to the formation of Jesus jones, Edwards had known the group’s drummer Simon Matthews from when they were kids and they met in school. The group’s other members -- guitarist Jerry De Borg and bassist Al Jaworski --met through friends, and through the back pages in Melody Maker. Keyboardist Barry D worked at a skateboard shop and Edwards would admit to the washington post
"The reason he joined the band was so I could get free skateboard clothing,". "But it was senseless because about two months after he joined, we had to go full time" with the band.
"He's useless as a keyboard player,". "Luckily, he only has to play samples. He's very proud of his non-musicality."
The band’s sound would incorporate,rap, house music, '70s disco rhythms, art-rock and many other styles. The group’s name would come about two ways. One, it represented a musical rebirth for the musicians and second they met a lot of people while vacationing in spain named Jesus (Spanish pronunciation • How to pronounce Jesus... ) . It was now 1988 and Jesus Jones was born. .
The band’s success was almost instantaneous with Edwards telling the orlando sentinel "Within three weeks of the idea, I had a band; within two months, we got interest from a record company. Two months after that, we got a deal, and a further t
Here's the video I did on EMF ruclips.net/video/x_uwlulnAk8/видео.html
Really nice job on the narration!
Some constructive notes: Note when you're reading someone else's script. Ex: "I did another video on..." Probably should say "we" instead.
I know it's tough to get through such a long narration, but everyone here is used to conversational style.
You have a great voice. I would love to eventually hear the only parts sounding like a reading be cited quotes.
Congrats on not laughing on the comparison to Pete Townshend!
Great narration. She's really bringing the stories back to life so that we subscribers can "catch the fire" if we hadn't previously heard the story.
Watching this video right here, right now, 30 years later.. It's like watching the world wake up from history...
The part where he says “he had to get on a bus and buy 1 record”. Now we have music right at our fingertips. So, yeah kids today have it easier than us, in that aspect. But… I still love growing up and waiting all day for my favorite song to come on, get ready to hit record on the boombox and then have the stupid dj talk over the song for 25-30 seconds. Awe memories. I miss the early to mid 90’s. It was so much fun. I don’t care about social media, cell phones, Netflix etc. sure it’s convenient. But I miss the days where things were easier in our lives.
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How did you take the EXACT words out of my mind? Lol.
Brilliant and very underrated band. The first three albums are gems, especially 1993's "Perverse" Way ahead of it's time, and never got the credit it deserves. JJ is one of my all time favorites, still listen to them regularly today. It's a shame they are mainly only remembered for the one song, which doesn't come close to their true sound and vibe.
"Perverse" was the first record to be recorded entirely digitally.
I always liked "Real, Real, Real" better than "Right Here, Right Now." But overall, that's a great record. I do miss the optimism of the early 90s.
Real Real Real, in my opinion, is their best song
Real, Real, Real should have been another big hit. I also liked Welcome Back Victoria and International Bright Young Thing.
@@cris_261 - Oh my goodness, how did I forget to mention International Bright Young Thing, too? You're absolutely right on both accounts.
Me too. I hope it circles back around, someday. Dystopia sucks.
Agree. Real real real is the better track. At one time the were three music videos for it.
they are still touring. seen them at revival in toronto last night and they still sound amazing and have alot of energy
Jesus Jones, Pop will Eat Itself, the Shamen, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays....all part of that "sweet spot" of 90s rock/pop/dance/synth/electronic that was so catchy, danceable and incredibly likable! In fact, it may have been the last time music was FUN, before the crushing Doc Marten boot of GRUNGE came down on the world! In fact *RNR True Stories,* could you do a video on the "Madchester" scene? SO much great music came out of there!
Ha, yes indeed, I felt the same way - grunge and a plethora of bog standard landfill indie.
Couldn't have said it better myself x ❤
Please do a video on Ned's Atomic Dustbin 🙏🙏🙏
Man. 1991. Talk about a transition year for music.
Wished it could have lasted a bit longer. But then everything fell to the Britpop/Grunge/Nu metal juggernaut.
Yeah, totally transitional. Now music identifies as total crap.
@@cris_261 *** everything !
100%
International Bright Young Thing and Right Here Right Now.... I will alwahs love these
Same!
This band made three brilliant albums in a row...each one being an evolution of the previous: Liquidizer, Doubt, and Perverse. These guys are highly underrated.
Couldn't agree more.
True!! I have a lot of fun listening to those albums
They were my favorite band between 1991-1993. I forgot about perserve
Jesus Jones had other hit songs that don't get as much recognition as they should. I think what happened was they took that long extended hiatus after Perverse in 1993 so a lot of people have forgotten about them while a few of us still listen to their music both then and now.
The band are still going and making great records ....way ahead of their time.
Wasn't expecting that voice. Unsettling at first.
The 90s heyday of London pirate radio cannot be understated. Those small stations running 50 watts or less much of the time broke a LOT of the artists and bands we'd see into the 90s. They were very important to the music scene of the time.
I love/d Jesus Jones, true musical pioneers who were drastically misunderstood in the UK music press. Two top 5 US singles in a period when many major UK acts struggled to muster a hit! A solid body of work too with each album having a unique vibe and sound in its own right.
Can you do a comprehensive Pop Will Eat Itself? Please please
Yes please!
I saw them live about 4 years ago. Mike Edwards still looks 22!
LOL I saw a picture of them over a decade ago and Edwards looked like a pensioner.
Mike is a very intelligent lad and has written some amazing tunes. I can remember listening to "doubt" on my paper round while having a sly spliff at number 3 union lane halifax.
Mike Edwards seems like a nice guy. Too many wannabe rockstars who lose touch with reality and want to live the "rock n roll" live until they burn out shortly after. Glad the band member stayed together.
The song 'Move Mountains' is outstanding and was played in rotation on KROQ in Los Angeles during the 90's.
One of my favorites from backing the day. Thanks.
Couldn't get through that one. Not trying to be mean, but her voice just didn't gel with the video. Too much reading off the paper vs telling a story
I’m seven minutes in and struggling. It’s also repetitive, and I assume for the sake of RUclips monetization.
I love these videos. You should do a video on Pop Will Eat Itself or Ned's Atomic Dustbin or the Grebo movement in general.
Sounds like a band consistently ahead of their time in an industry averse to change. "Right Here, Right Now" sounds like so many songs that came out five of six years later, just look at what bands like Collective Soul were doing around that time.
Nobody's heard of Collective Soul, mate 🤦🏻♀️
@@lucasoheyze4597 if you lived through the 90’s, you’ve heard Collective Soul. You mean that you’ve never walked up on high, and stepped to the edge, to see the world below?
@@andyscott5277 Collective Soul were only ever a thing in the US. I don’t think that level of derivativeness/cynicism travels well
@@Steaminlidz yeah, biggest band across the pond from U.S. around that time was Oasis, and no derivativeness/cynicism about them…😉
@@andyscott5277 Oasis have sold 40m records globally. Collective Soul 9m (of which 7m were sold in the US). Oasis were a lot more tolerable to an international audience.
The US also bought far more Bush and Spacehog records than the UK ever did.
There’s a recurring theme there.
They made some downright hallucinogenic music. One of my favorite bands from that era.
Got to see them in NYC in 1992. It was an incredible show, in a fairly small venue.
Like this video. I have to agree with Mike Edwards. I thought Perverse was amazing and probably their best.
Thinking of the Riot Grrl era, I would love to hear about Katgleen Hanna's scathing and hilarious voicemail left on Mike Watts' answering machine (last track on Ballhog or Tugboat).
Could be a combo with a "whatever happened to" with both Watt and Hanna.
I loved Right Here Right Now; Mike Edwards was fine😘
That was super detailed and informative about a band I only know for one song. Ha! It seems like Mike had a ton of creativity and an outlet for it, which is great for a musician, but as an artist he may have misunderstood the (d)evolution of the industry. Maybe he was a guy doing fantastic things with watercolors while everyone else had already taken up acrylics.
Well put!
I knew them for 3 great songs, the other 2 being Real, Real, Real and International Bright Young Thing.
His bleating about the rise of grunge which heralded the end of soft indie like Jesus Jones, just sounded feeble.
I am both a Jesus Jones and Blur fan. Both bands were signed to Food Records. Blur’s debut album Leisure was produced by the same producer who worked with Jesus Jones and you can really tell. There’s No Other Way on that album really sounds like it belongs on Jesus Jones doubt album. The comparisons at the time between both bands really irritated Damon Albarn and was part of the reason why blur went in a different direction with their sophomore album Modern Life is rubbish.
Actually this misses out an important part of the JJ story. During their hiatus around 94-96, JJ actually had a pretty successful DJ'ing career at underground techno clubs in the UK such as Final Frontier and Eurobeat 2000. I remember seeing them at Club UK, Wandsworth back in the day.
Agree with all of Mike Edwards quotes. Seems like a very smart man.
Jesus Jones is still one of my favorite bands. I'm sad I missed both their recent US tours. They're touring with EMF this winter in the UK.
Right Here, Right Now,,, fit that time perfectly... What makes it more eternal a hit, is that it's still as relevant, now, as it was when it first came out...
That's why it's the song they are most famous for. Because it's still relevant, and positive...
They made a huge impact on my life and how i should write music.
Thank God bc you've made such an impact with your song.......
Pmsl. Still cant play much.
It's so funny because in my head, I always sort of mentally group EMF and Jesus Jones in my head, too. Apparently, this is something common.
Lot of interesting music styles in the late 80s and early 90s. Madchester, Dream Pop, or "Shoegaze" as it's also called, Trance, Techno, Hip Hop, etc. And then Britpop and Grunge put the kibosh on it all. To be fair, I do like certain songs and groups that fall under the Britpop and Grunge categories (whether deservedly or not), it was just a major bummer at the time that anything outside of those two genres tended to get neglected.
Their singer was telling every single band around that they would never be as big as him.
Oops.
mike edwards?
Yes he was a well known narcissist.
he sounds deluded too
This is one of those songs I've heard a ton of times and never thought about the band behind it.
Info freako as an intro song was extremely hard for them to top.
BRING IT DOWN! ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL FOREVER SOUNDTRACK!!
In the late 90's a friend wanted to take her husband with us to Six Flags. Wow! What a surprise! It was Mike Edwards! We couldn't believe we were hanging out with him. We played it so cool with him but inside we were in awe. We even squeezed in my friends Taurus to fit everyone. I was thinking to myself we are squeezed in with Jesus Jones. No iPhones that time and we didn't bring a camera so no pictures. Just memories. I wonder if he remembers that day.
The singer became a absolute diamond 💯 I love him 😊
Groups like EMF and Jesus Jones were in that strange transitional void at the turn of the 90's: Not fitting the image/sound of either 80's new wave/synthpop or 90's alternative/grunge. And that's NOT a bad thing!
When I think of 9os music I think of how unique Jesus Jones was then. Love their music.
Shared a stage with these guys once, superb band
Nice! Were you in a band?
@@gnlout7403 yeah it was a 3 piece indie/house type outfit called the black goats, it was one of the last shows we did at a tiny venue called “the esquires” in a town called bedford in the UK. I was blown away by Jesus Jones when they played their sound was incredible.
@@RoiDatBoi very cool! I'll have to listen to some Jesus Jones today. I wonder if they got a bad rap cuz they did an appearance on a talk show when 'right here right now' was big and Mike missed the high note a bit on 'there's your sign of the times'. Speaking of which, Greta van Fleet had a bad snl appearance and I haven't heard from them since. Gvf just might not be great live.
I'm not any good at guitar (despite owning some nice ones ironically-just can't play them!), but I did know Neil and Danny from clutch in high school. And my dad went to school and played a couple of gigs with Brian Jones before joining a band and opening for the kinks and the moody blues.
I think I might have been the reason he decided to quit music and move to the states.
I like Edward's perspective.
This narrator needs more videos to narrate... it was a little off/jarring (most likely because I wasn't expecting it) but after I got over that it flowed well.
The perverse album is a classic
Absolute masterpiece.
@@raygunromance772 I still listen to it quite often...doubt is still amazing album but perverse is a lost classic
"Black Sabbath Retreads" is a great name for a band.
Great Vid!!! I would also like to see a video about what happened to the Seattle band Girl On Fire, famous for their song "The Takedown"....
Liquidizer was a fun album to listen to…
Perverse was a great record...still is.
I remember people saying that the name was blasphemous.
But, the Greek name for Jesus is Iēsous. Iēsous is also Greek for Yeshua (Hebrew).
Yeshua in Hebrew also means Joshua. That said, Iēsous and Yeshua are interchangeable.
So, if naming the band Jesus is blasphemous, then anyone naming their child Joshua is also blasphemous, as Joshua and Jesus mean the same.
MIke Edward's was just so dreamy. I ❤ them.
When ppl say Grunge wiped out so many, not everything was grunge back then
I wouldn't consider Blur Radiohead or Oasis as grunge
Duh, grunge was born in the USA around the late 80s and none of those bands are from that country. Blur and Oasis are the most popular britpop bands, while people tend to say Radiohead is closer to art rock or something like that
If eve there was a question I had never asked, it's this.
...it's about DANG TIME... THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! 😁🥰💙
You should do a video on Stuart Adamson from Big Country.
The Radio doesn't really play these great songs in a way stuck up radio stations just throw out the same trash everyday with no direction. John Peel and Gerry Anderson stepped up and played alot of great artists who would never have got a break but for these two.
Loved them
I wasn't wondering but, now that you ask
Whatever happened to him?
I didn't even know it was a them
Thanks but PWEI deserve a retrospective much more than these easy listening corporate sellouts. Elevator muzak. And that's not just hindsight. They didn't feel right at the time either. The nerve of these pony-tail copyists to name-check Public Enemy is hilarious.
How about a vid on Apollo 440? Now there's a band from that era who did credit to their influences.
Agreed- when JJ came out, I always felt they were trying to be a watered-down, commercial Poppies
They were "that" kind of band, but for Smash Hits readers.
Saw them twice in Nottingham. Fantastic sell out gigs.
Thx, really interesting. I appreciate the time you put into this. I was in my early 20s back then and still love the music from that era.
Saw them back in the day on the liquidizer tour that album is amazing
People are fickle. Always wanting something new and different. Its like the person who upgrades from a still good and usable iphone to the newest model. Just the thought of something new overrides the fact they already had something good. This plays out in so many ways to our detriment. JJ were trend setters. Engaging with a unique sound. Their demise was a result of their own genius. People then and moreso now are to jaded to accept what is good...
Please do Dig next, who did 'Believe'
Jeus Jones live chapter road Dollis Hill nw london back 1990 I remember them I live in some road as them
Speaking of getting new music back in the 80's and early 90's!!?? You had to just go to the record shop and look through the type of music you liked and then you just had to choose from whatever the record shop ordered or maybe the record company might have pushed it through the record shop's!! And then in the early 90's I could go to the record shop that I lived near and then luckily they always had the newest music and the music that I loved!! And then you could buy a cassette of singles from different bands and singer's and get turned on to a lot of different music!!!!!!!? And then I'd buy the whole album!!! Oh my goodness!! I forgot about the singles on the 45's records!!! For only a few dollars you could buy your favorite singles and then play them on your 45 players!!!!? Lol " But anyway " That's how I got the music I liked back in the day!!!? Just saying ya'll!!? God bless you all today 🙏 Shalom
I must've missed something because there's a woman's voice on Rock N' Roll True Stories. I don't mind a bit. I just thought I clicked on the wrong video at first. Awesome the channels diversifying!! Please just don't go WOKE. Please!
right here right now was my song back in the day
🎸🎶🎶
Jesus Jones saved rock&roll… can he now come back from the dead
Great video.
I love them immensely
These guys had a kind of ‘Stereo Mc’s’ kind of vibe
Yes that’s true!
International bright young things my arse!!!😎
True Stories 😂🤣😂. What a load of crap. The majority of comments on here are brilliant from people who have a) never met the band or b) worked with them 🙄.
"I loathe and detest rockstar bullshit because it doesn't achieve anything."
I can't imagine what greater good he thought they were accomplishing.
Well, they did accomplish a corporate gig for a 'big wad of money.
No shortage of ego from Edwards.
Wow. Am I missing anything but dance pop with a wee bit of edge?
At least EMF sampled Dice. These guys were self-involved wankers before Oasis showed up.
@@theironsheik6322 Actually, when I realized that Andrew D.C., I was totally turned off. He was funny for a minute, but he grossed me out. That whole NY/NJ exaggeration is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
Anyway - I definitely agree with your summation!
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!!!
One of those tunes that just suddenly come out of nowhere to hit you in the face and then get burned into your brain forever.....it's the definition of what a one-hit wonder is in the world of music. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
So happy to hear you!
This song is so relevant rn in the upcoming USA presidential election. Watching the world wake up .
They’re playing in Derby in June
Jesus Jones...a great Alternative Dance band
Saw them right after their big hit came out. im an audio engineer and I'm pretty sure they were playing their cd..... Literally. nothing was live. They looked bored .one of the worst shows I've ever scene.their opener neds atomic dustbin was great. Definitely live.where I was sitting I could see the singer puking in a bucket in between songs and in the front you would never know.
I saw them in Ann Arbor, Michigan on that tour. I was there to see Ned’s, but my girlfriend liked Jesus Jones. Ned’s was great live, but Jesus Jones didn’t leave much of an impression. I remember going behind the venue after the show to see if we could catch a glimpse of the bands or get some autographs. Someone was in the doorway of the Jesus Jones bus letting girls inside. My girlfriend and I rolled our eyes at the situation and left the crowd to move on elsewhere….
Was it drugs or booze?
Brilliant band
Liquidizer was awesome. Doubt was really good with a few excellent tracks. Everything after that was balls.
Jesus Jones is an amazing band name.
It's the most controversial name in history next to the least controversial name in history.
It's a Symantec Ying Yang
How?
i found them to be somewhat of an industrial/pop/rock/dance band mixed together then anything else
traces of Jane's Addiction in their music too.
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And not one person in the comments mentioned Whatever Happened to Robot Jones
I love Jesus Jones!
Omg loved Jesus Jones. I only knew right here right now from MTVs 120 minutes loved and shared with all my friends they too loved them. I’m watching this as yeah wanted to know where they went. As usual along with Suede Blur JJ praise and put up as an Icon to then just turn around and trash them out. Lame. They were awesome
He does have an almost arrogant confidence in himself and his music that you need to be a rock star.
I love your videos! I guess it's not only music
3.) “Creep” (Thom Yorke)
Radio Head. 🤵
Question answered; with the highest degree of accuracy. 😉
They played the village hall in Claygate couple of years ago
What? Who is this person talking? This isnt the RNR True Stories guy. How are there no other comments about this? Am I just out in left field or something?
I was gonna say the same thing...no one's going to mention that it's just a totally different narrator all of a sudden? Not that it's a problem, it's just strange to not mention it at all.
Right here right now... watching my weiner wake up when I touch it with my hands