The 411 on Stacy Jones

Name:Stacy(not StacEy)Jones

Birthdate:December 19, 1970 (so that would make him 27 years old)

Name in Latin means:"stable companion";)

Love Interest:Rumor has it that its Nina Gordon(ex band member of Veruca Salt)No confirmation to that though...Over the last six years, he's had three serious girlfriends.

Hobbies:Golfing,sometimes with fellow musicians (while VS was on tour with Bush, Stacy would golf with Robin from Bush),snowboarding,mountain biking,drumming,stage diving, getting food poisoning :-), playing trivia- based games like Trivial Pursuit

Lives-In Boston.He used to live in London. He was there for seven years, from second grade into junior high.

*Note: Gavin Rossdale lives right around the corner from Stacy's old house.*


How he became a drummer

"I started playing when I was five. My parents bought me this toy drum kit and there's a picture that my mom has blown up and framed. It's pretty excellent. I'm behind this giant bass drum (which actually probably wasn't really that big) and you can just see my head above it. I've got these giant headphones on from my dad, covering my entire head. I'm just sitting there. I'm five years old."


How he Became A Member of Veruca Salt

"Well, it's a pretty boring story. I met Nina and Blake when I was in Letters to Cleo. Nina would come out on the road and we did a couple shows with Veruca Salt. We became friends and hung out. And a few months later, Blake said, 'I think Jim's going to leave and it would be great if you could join them.' It was at a time when Letters to Cleo and I had different views on what we should be doing. And I was totally psyched. Every night when we play the songs from American Thighs. I think about when I was listening to that record in the Cleo van on tour, sitting in the back, driving through Canada on these long boring roads. That was on heavy rotation on our play list for several tours."


Most Embarrassing Moment,Stacy?

"My first band was called Turning Trix. T-R-I-X. We were playing this teen club, 18 or under. My big thing is I would play a drum solo in the middle of the set. And I would get up on the rack and walk around and pound on the toms. It was like this big moment. And I got out there and everyone was cheering, and I'm walking around, and I slipped and fell between the bass drums and got stuck. I couldn't get up! The guitar player had to come and move one of the drums so I could sit up. In front of my whole high school!"


Favorites

Bands

-He's a fan of Motley Crue.

-Japanese bands Pizzicato Five and Shonen Knife

-And of course, Veruca Salt

Hangout

- Coffee Connection, located on upper Newbury Street in Boston

-*Note: Some e-mailed me and told me that Coffee Connection is no more. It was turned into a Starbucks. Damn you Starbucks, always crushing out the little guy :-)

Former Hairstlyles

As a little tyke (7 years old)-Short hair with a cute little rat tail at the nape of his neck

With The Tribulations-Dreds(Dredlocks),man...all the way:-)

Before the Cleos and VS-"Oh man, I had this full on metal do.I learned to tease my hair from Tracy Guns".

With Letters To Cleo- Bleach-blonde below the ears,parted down the middle hair

1997 with Veruca Salt-Brownish above the ears,parted down the middle hair (Volcano Grrls video)

1997 with Veruca Salt-Brown with light brown/blondish highlights,sorta spiky and messy hair(ShutterBug vid)


Other Facts about Stacy

-Turned down the chance to drum for the Foo Fighters.

-Made over $75, 000 while touring with Veruca Salt.

-Tried out for The Smashing Pumpkins but didn't get in.

-Stacy now has his own band, BMX Girl, and they have recently signed a record deal.

-His dad worked for Marathon Oil.

-Played on the basketball team in elementary school.

-Has obtained fellow drummer, Tommy Lee's e-mail addresse.

-He has a very sensitive stomach (he's had food poisoning a couple of times)

-Stacy lived Findlay, OH for a couple of years in the early 80's. -Matt Klein

-Stacy was in a little garage band named Emerald Hawk with a guy named Matt Klein.-Matt Klein

-At a Letters To Cleo show in '95, Stacy was nearly killed, as his monitor fell off of a stand next to him, landing on his leg. He was in some pretty severe pain, but fortunately, he was able to come back and finish out the set.

-One of Stacy's old roomates is Fig Dish's drummer, Brian Nolan. Brian is in Stacys new band, BMX Girl

-He's been in two Veruca Salt videos, but never actually drummed on a Veruca Salt record.

-If Louise Post (of VS) could rename Stacy,she'd call him SPENCER!!Come to think of it,he kinda does look like a Spencer:)

-He LOATHES making music videos.

-He said while making the music video for Veruca Salt's "Shutterbug" ,it was freeeeeeeeeezzing inside that deserted ballroom!

-He's been heard saying that "Spiderman '79" reminds him of his days with Letters to Cleo.

-Stacy is known to go online once in awhile. While on SodaChat, he gave out an email address. BMXgirl@aol.com.But dont expect a reply(I've written there three times,and no ones answered my e-mails)


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