Jason "Gong" Jones is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the frontman and vocalist of

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Drowning Pool Drowning Pool is an American rock band formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1996. The band was named after the 1975 film '' The Drowning Pool''. Since its formation, the band has consisted of guitarist C.J. Pierce, drummer Mike Luce and bassist Stevie ...

from 2003 to 2005, providing vocals for the band's 2004 album '' Desensitized'' after Dave Williams' death. He is the lead vocalist with the band

AM Conspiracy AM Conspiracy was an American alternative metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2005. Their current lineup consists of Jason "Gong" Jones, who was member of the band Drowning Pool when they recorded the album '' Desensitized'', (vocals), ...

. He is currently also involved in a side project called Scumbag Allstars.

Career

Drowning Pool: 2003–2005

In 2003, Jason Jones was recruited by

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(at the time C. J. Pierce,

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, and

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) after the loss of their original frontman Dave Williams, who died of

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while on the

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tour in August 2002. Jones took the position as the band's frontman from 2003 to 2005. In that time period, he helped the band record their second full-length album '' Desensitized'' (2004), which brought hit songs such as "Step Up" (used for the motion picture ''

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'' and the theme song for WWE WrestleMania XX), and the minor hits "Love and War" and "Killin' Me". Jones also recorded "Rise Up" from the WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6 album in 2004. In 2005, Jones left the band due to musical differences and personal reasons. Around 2008, during an interview with Altitude, Jones mentioned his reasons to leave Drowning Pool: In reply to this remark, Pierce and Benton stated that the reason why Jones was not paid was because the band had to bail him out of jail for between $60,000 and $65,000, which surpassed his share for the revenue of ''Desensitized''. In late 2020, during an interview with podcaster Scott Bowling, Jones recalled the day he left the band, when he found a woman " doing a bunch of blow" in the band bus, for which he embroiled into an argument with C.J. Pierce as Jones tried to lead the woman out of the bus.

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had his eye on Jones to form a new band after his own folded but the project never took place.

AM Conspiracy: 2006–2012

After leaving Drowning Pool, Jones formed the alternative metal group

. The band's self-titled debut album was released on January 12, 2010.

Discography

Drowning Pool

*'' Desensitized'' (2004)

AM Conspiracy

*'' Out of the Shallow End'' ''EP'' (2007) *''

'' (2010)

Motorhick

* "Pedal to the Metal" (2014) - single

References

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