Ayron Jones
“I can’t say [the guitar] provided me with a direction; the guitar became an obsession, and that’s what provided the direction”
ONE THING AYRON Jones makes clear right from the get-go: When he straps on a guitar, he isn’t about to play nice. “I like to attack the instrument,” he says. “I’m almost like Bruce Lee when it comes to playing. Because I’m self-taught, I don’t always fit into the standard forms of expression or what might be acceptable, so I kind of punch my way through.”
He laughs and adds, “Whatever it takes to get my point across, I’ll do it, man. If it hits you upside the head, then I’ll know I did my job.”
The Seattle-based singer, songwriter and guitarist goes bold in the opening seconds of his dynamite new album, . Following a tense, turgid guitar riff, he sings defiantly, “I heard you called the f*cking police, ’cause we the baddest band in town” on
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