Nicholas Jago (born 19 July 1976) is an English musician, best known as the former drummer and founding member of

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.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 628-9 Jago was born in

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, Iran, to an English father and

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vian mother and grew up in

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, England. He attended

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then specialized in art and design at

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. He went on to study a degree in Fine Art Painting at the

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. He moved to the

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in the

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in 1995 whilst visiting family. He switched his focus to music and joined a band with Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes. They moved to

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after garnering music business interest. Jago was removed from the stage at the 2003 '' NME'' Awards during a rather extensive moment of silence on his part while accepting the "Best Video" award for BRMC's "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)". After leaving the group for a period of time, Jago and the band went on to release the album '' Howl'' on 22 August 2005 and the follow up '' Baby 81'' in May 2007. In June 2008, Jago released a bulletin on MySpace stating that he was leaving the band in order to focus on some personal growth and creative goals.

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1977 births Living people English rock drummers English male singers English songwriters English Buddhists English rock guitarists Black Rebel Motorcycle Club members English male guitarists 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century drummers 21st-century British male singers British male songwriters Members of Sōka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhists {{UK-drummer-stub