Jez Strode - Current Information

Jez left the band after the album Islands/Extra Play. He has kept a very low profile and now owns a PA hire company in London.

Limahl on Talk Radio UK 7th August 1998. Transcript of part of Lorraine Kelly's discussion program on 80s music. K=Lorraine L=Limahl
L: Jez the Drummer. I see him occasionally cause he lives in London and he's running a musical equipment hire company and he looks fantastic so to all the Jez Strode fans, the girls out there cause he was really popular, they'd be amazed just how good he looks
K: He just the same ...
L: He just looks fantastic

A few years after quitting the band (just before Crazy People's Right to Speak), Jez sold his rights to all of Kajagoogoo songs. It is a pity Jez is no longer in music. He had a unique drumming style. I think his style is best shown on the live single b-side, Monochromatic.