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Jon Courtney
Jon Courtney is a British singer, guitarist, and keyboard player, formerly in the rock band Pure Reason Revolution. He was also the sole songwriter (except "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" credited to Courtney/Jong) on their first two albums. Outside of Pure Reason Revolution, Courtney is involved in the DJ set All Bangers No Mash under the pseudonym "Cedo Simplex",〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=MySpace.com )〕 and is one member of the duo KC Blitz.
==Background==
Courtney and his brother and former bandmate Andrew Courtney grew up in Reading, Berkshire, as did fellow Pure Reason Revolution members Chloe Alper and Jamie Willcox. In an interview, Courtney points to the precise moment, at approximately age 11, when he decided he wanted to be a musician, when he saw the band Nirvana on the MTV Awards in about 1991.〔Wilcox, John A. (A few words with...Jon Courtney ). progsheet1. Retrieved 15 March 2008.〕 Courtney said, "()rom that point on it was like "wow!" – I was transfixed by the TV – "this is what I've got to do, there's no question." The next day I was just hassling my mum for a guitar. I have to play guitar and then I started a huge obsession with Nirvana and the whole grunge scene. So that's definitely a strong turning point for me."〔 He credited the appeal of the moment to the "passion in the music and the passion of the audience's reaction to the music."〔
Courtney began playing in bands at his secondary school Reading Blue Coat School.〔Vermillion Media. (Pure Reason Revolution ) vermillionmediagroup.com Retrieved 15 March 2008.〕 He and his brother were involved in the punk band Gel, which was scouted and signed by Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records. ''Uncut'' magazine reviewed their first (and only) album ''Sparkly Things'' (produced by Julian Standen of The Lemonheads) describing it as "dulcet adolescent vocals, and a thorough grasp of commercial rock dynamics producing an appealing sound redolent of the early Undertones".〔Huxley, Peter. February 2001, Barcode; 977136807204602〕 The band played Reading festival 1998. Courtney enjoyed the experience of touring and recording, and teamed up with his brother, Alper and several others to form the indie pop band The Sunset Sound,〔Loundra, Alexia. (6 January 2006). (Rock & Pop: Roll on the Revolution ) ''The Independent''. Retrieved 15 March 2008.〕 which received some airplay before the band members dissolved the band as not representing their style.〔〔〔Velocity Recordings. (The Sunset Sound ) velocityrecordings.com. Retrieved 15 March 2008.〕 The band's music was also inspired by a university project in which Courtney was involved creating new original music for the 1960s television show ''The Prisoner''.〔
Along with his brother and Alper, Courtney came together with Greg Jong and Jim Dobson, whom Courtney met at the University of Westminster, to form Pure Reason Revolution.〔〔(Pure Reason Revolution – Latest news, reviews and pictures )〕 The band's name was inspired by Courtney's thesis on the nature of genius and its application to Beach Boy Brian Wilson, for which he studied ''Critique of Pure Reason'' by Immanuel Kant.〔〔
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