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Contents 1 External link 2 Jewish 3 Recent Projects 4 MPfree 5 You're Fired! 6 Thatcherite Policies? 7 Birth year 8 More needed on the Clash years 9 MANAGER OF THE BAND THE DEAD MILKMEN?????? 10 Trivia

[edit] External link

www.onemickjones.com is a site about music and football, dedicated to Mick Jones, legendary ex-player of Leeds United and his namesake from The Clash.

[edit] Jewish

Is he Jewish? Anyone got some reference?

here and outed as Jewish in Guy Oseary’s 2000 tome "Jews Who Rock" to be fair, he might be claimed as jewish as his mum is a jew. not sure if that makes HIM jewish. It does make him Jewish. In Judaism, the religion of a child is determined by the mothers religion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.73.201 (talk) 23:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Projects

The phrase 'Jones has become an occasional producer' implies this is a recent thing whereas Jones has been producing albums since at least 1982, namely 'Westworld' by Theatre of Hate. 86.29.85.68 16:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MPfree

Why is there a citation needed for this sentence? If you have heard the song, clearly the point of the song is to promote P2P filesharing. Jlee562 18:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I added a citation/ref [1]

[edit] You're Fired!

Why was Jones "fired" from The Clash? Seems odd that they'd suddenly slip a founding member a pink slip.--Agent Aquamarine 03:12, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

He started not getting along with Joe Strummer, as far as I understand. They were both a little drama queen-y by the end. 4.178.132.173 18:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

There were several issues, including Bernie Rhodes, who became quite obsessive over the group, as well as Mick's own self admitted rock star tendencies. Jlee562 04:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thatcherite Policies?

Thatcher didn't become PM until 1979, so I'm struggling to see how his childhood struggles (late 60s/early 70s) can be put down to "Thatcherite Policies".

User:clumsyk 08:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birth year

Was Mick Jones not born in 1953, as per the following websites - [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] ?

Derek R Bullamore 20:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More needed on the Clash years

I'm aware that the Clash has it's own article, but surely there should be slightly more here on Jones' involvement? SteveRamone 17:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MANAGER OF THE BAND THE DEAD MILKMEN??????

Approximately 1990 or so I saw the Dead Milkmen in SF, and their lead singer was so drunk, Mick came out and sang a whole bunch of Clash songs with them backing him. Is there any info on this show, or period. I am starting to think I was crazy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unclefishbits (talk • contribs) 23:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

You are crazy. Wwwhatsup (talk) 23:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Here are the trivia items cut from the article today:

• Jones produced the 1982 Theatre of Hate album "Westworld", editing snippets of film dialogue into the songs, a technique he was to develop further with Big Audio Dynamite.¶
• Jones has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Code 46, singing the Clash song "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in a karaoke club.¶
• Jones could be seen in the video for the Babyshambles and friends cover of The Clash song, "Janie Jones", which was recorded for the Strummerville foundation.¶
• In 2006, Jones was seen in the music video for the Johnny Cash song, "God's Gonna Cut You Down".¶
• Big Audio Dynamite's "E=MC²" is generally credited as the very first song to use a sampling technique.¶
• Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of The Clash play the two police officers in the video for Big Audio Dynamite's "Medicine Show".¶
• Mick Jones is a supporter of football team QPR.¶
• Mick Jones is Jewish.

Wwwhatsup (talk) 23:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)