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Jon Klein (musician)

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Instruments
  
Guitar, vocals

Years active
  
1977–present


Name
  
Jon Klein

Role
  
Guitarist

Born
  
9 May 1960 (age 63) Bristol, England (
1960-05-09
)

Associated acts
  
Europeans, Specimen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sinead O'Connor, Space Tribe

Music groups
  
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1987 – 1995), Specimen, Europeans

Genres
  
Post-punk, Gothic rock, Alternative rock, Experimental music

Albums
  
Twice Upon a Time: The, Superstition, Batastrophe, The Rapture, Peepshow

Similar People
  
John Valentine Carruthers, Kenny Morris, John McKay, Budgie, Olli Wisdom

Jon Klein (sometimes credited as John Klein or John Kline) (born 9 May 1960, Bristol, England) is an English guitarist from Bristol, England, best known for his work with the seminal gothic rock band Specimen.

Klein was a co-founder of the London club The Batcave, the epicenter of the UK goth scene in the early 1980s.

He was also a founding member of the late 1970s new wave band Europeans, and was a member of Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1988-1995. He recorded with a wide array of other artists including Baron Puppett, Thomas Dolby, Shriekback, Lucia and Space Tribe, and performed with Sinéad O'Connor.

Steve eaton and jon klein live at the sapphire room 2015


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Jon Klein (musician) Wikipedia