1. Jonathan Charles Poole was born on 16 October 1969 and is a British musician, singer, songwriter and producer.
32 Facts About Jon Poole
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Jon Poole has been a member of Ad Nauseam and Dr Brighton, and worked with the bands Ablemesh, La Momo, Crayola Lectern, Two Worlds Collide and Celebricide, and the live bass player for Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere and the Lotus Eaters.
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On hearing of guitarist Christian 'Bic' Hayes departure from Cardiacs in May 1991, Jon Poole promptly put himself forward as a replacement candidate and was recruited into the band later in the year.
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Jon Poole and Leith can be spotted in the crowd during Cardiacs' Salisbury Arts Centre gig on 30 June 1990, as featured in the All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest video release.
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Jon Poole stayed in Cardiacs for the next thirteen years, playing second guitar and singing backing vocals.
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Jon Poole played some of the group's bass guitar parts both on record and live.
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Jon Poole was noted for his parodic tapping-style guitar solos on live performances of the songs "Fiery Gun Hand" and "Anything I Can't Eat".
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Jon Poole appeared on two Cardiacs albums as well as on the song "Faster Than Snakes With A Ball And A Chain" from Greatest Hits album.
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Jon Poole co-wrote songs with Smith and Leith and was credited with co-writing riffs and arrangements on Smith's own songs.
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Jon Poole left Cardiacs amicably in 2004 due to other musical commitments, and has remained a friend and fan.
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Jon Poole was present in the crowd for the live performances collected on Cardiacs' The Special Garage Concerts, recorded in 2003 during replacement guitarist Kavus Torabi's first stint with the band, and can be heard conversing with Tim Smith prior to the song "An Ant".
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The latter was recorded entirely on an analogue cassette 4-track machine using Jon Poole's determined and innovative production skills.
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Jon Poole fronted the band, sharing guitar and vocal duties with Walmsley.
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In 2000, due to Cardiacs' influence on the Wildhearts, Jon Poole began to work with Wildhearts leader Ginger on the latter's spin-off project Silver Ginger 5.
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Jon Poole played on the Black Leather Mojo album and joined the Silver Ginger 5 live band as bass player.
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Jon Poole rejoined The Wildhearts in December 2012 when the Wildhearts reformed for Ginger's annual Birthday Bash, and would continue to play live with them until 2017.
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Jon Poole was an official touring and recording member of the band circa 2024, and played on the album Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts, released in March 2025.
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On this release, Jon Poole played all instruments although some guitar solos were contributed by Jase Edwards.
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Since 2008, Jon Poole has been part of Anderson's psychedelic rock project Crayola Lectern, in which he plays Casio synthesizer.
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Since 2009, Jon Poole has played drums for La Momo.
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In June 2009, Jon Poole announced that he had joined the cult 1980s indie rock band the Lotus Eaters as bass player.
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The project sees Jon Poole teaming up with Willie Dowling, who had been the frontman of Honeycrack and Jackdaw4, and had played as a session keyboardist with the Wildhearts in the mid-1990s.
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In 2016, the Dowling Jon Poole released another well-received album, One Hyde Park.
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In 2014, Jon Poole replaced Nick Beggs in progressive rock band, Lifesigns.
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However, Jon Poole has cited a wide range of influences affecting his music, starting with the jazz which his family were all interested in.
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Jon Poole has expressed interest in a variety of 1990s rock and pop acts including Nirvana, Blur, Sugababes and others.
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Jon Poole is a fan of and influenced by bands such as XTC, Sparks, and DEVO.
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In 1994, Jon Poole released a particularly ambitious Frank Zappa tribute album Mothers Covers which was released in 1994.
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On this album, Jon Poole performed a surprisingly accurate and effective one-man band rendition of old Mothers of Invention songs using only multiple overdubbed vocal parts, guitars, a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and a primitive Alesis HR16 drum machine.
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Jonathan Charles Poole was born on 16 October 1969 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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Jon Poole comes from a musical family and is the youngest of six children, all of whom play musical instruments.
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On 5 June 2004, Jon Poole married the British actress Louise Weekley, now known as Louise Rhian Jon Poole, in Bighton, Sussex.