THE JIM JONES REVUE PRESS RELEASE

When Jones and Orton put the Revue together, they knew they had something before they'd even finished their first song together, a version of Little Richard's Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!. "That was it, the key was in the ignition," Orton says. They recorded their first album in two days, then played live at every opportunity. And even with the ferocity of the guitars and the belting of Jones, they found they had a secret weapon in Elliot Mortimer, hitting the piano as if he's breaking up tarmac with a pneumatic drill. "Elliot's a time bomb. I'm amazed no one put him to work before us," Orton says. "He has the boogie-woogie feel with that punk rock attack."
In the last few years The Jim Jones Revue have swiftly progressed from their earliest shows in the dive bars of East London to staking their claim as an unstoppable force on today’s British rock 'n' roll scene. Since the day Steve Lamacq announced on his 6 Music show "I think I may have something here" and proceeded to play tracks from the band's eponymous debut album, The Jim Jones Revue juggernaut has not looked back.