Music and Sound

In 1976 Gareth was one of the founder members of two bands Backseat & The Units.

Backseat L-R - Pete Picton, David Bradbury, Gareth Jones, Gary Williams

He released the EP "You're No Better" with "The Grids" in 1979.

The Grids L-R Sten, Moggie, Tim Bean, Garry Gutter(Gareth Jones) David Tunnicliffe and Doggy

As Gaz Top in 1986, Gareth  recorded " Don't Get Me Wrong " a tribute to America's Space programme.

1986 Gaz Top Musician

Gareth then formed The Tuphelo Torpedoes in 1987. As guitar-playing singer, Gareth lead the band in various gigs across London.

Gaz Top & Bobby Troman of The Tuphelo Torpedoes

Unfortunately, despite their early success and promising demo recordings Gareth's busy TV schedule meant that he couldn't devote enough time to the project, and reluctantly the band split, after a hugely successful gig in Portsmouth where they supported The Alarm and played to 3,000 people in 1988.

Gaz Top & The Tuphelo Torpedoes - Rescue Me Live
On Stage Gulld Hall Portsmouth 1987

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The following year, Gareth continued co-writing songs with Tuphelo Torpedoes' keyboard player Steve Allan Jones, and the pair went on to write and record the theme to 2 ITV shows "KellyVision" & "Video Jukebox", as well as a dance version of the Slade classic Take Me Bak 'Ome.

Kid Aggro (Gareth Jones) and Alain Insain (Mike Peters) Of The Children Of The Revolution

In 2000 Gareth created another of his many alter-egos to become Kid Aggro and add vocals to a recording of the Slade Classic "Cum On Feel The Noize" by The Children Of The Revolution a spoof 70's band created by Mike Peters Of The Alarm. The song appears as track 11 on the CD "The Children Of The Revolution IV".

Click here to hear Gareth as Kid Aggro

To this day Gareth regularly writes and records music at home as a hobby. Along with his partner Violet Berlin Gareth co-write a children's song, 6 year olds take note: "The Wizard Who Couldn't Spell" is available on the album "Wizards & Wands" published on CD by CYP music in 2007. Buy it here.

Currently Gareth write records and produces a majority of the songs at the end of every other episode of Gareth Jones on Speed.