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Mick Jones

1955 - Today

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Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the band Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) since 2002 and was part of the Gorillaz live band for a world tour in 2010. In late 2011, Jones collaborated with Pete Wylie and members of the Farm to form the Justice Tonight Band. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Jones is the 317th most popular musician (up from 1,230th in 2019), the 1,222nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,202nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mick Jones ranks 317 out of 3,175. Before him are John Mayall, Carl Michael Bellman, Roger Daltrey, Heinrich Neuhaus, Grover Washington Jr., and Nick Cave. After him are Ike Turner, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jan Garbarek, Billy Idol, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Ian Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mick Jones ranks 73. Before him are Eddie Van Halen, Jorge Valdano, Jean Tigana, S. Jaishankar, Ante Gotovina, and Jack Lew. After him are Griffin Dunne, Egils Levits, Iman, Valdis Zatlers, José Antonio Camacho, and Billy Idol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Jones ranks 1,222 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Jill Ireland (1936), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Ken Robinson (1950), Eric Idle (1943), and Natascha McElhone (1969). After him are Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), David C. H. Austin (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Rosemary Harris (1927), Thomas Willis (1621), and William the Lion (1142).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mick Jones ranks 71. Before him are Roy Harper (1941), Bill Wyman (1936), Phil Taylor (1954), Bob Klose (1945), John Mayall (1933), and Roger Daltrey (1944). After him are Billy Idol (1955), Ian Curtis (1956), Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ian Stewart (1938), and Janick Gers (1957).

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