Derek Jones’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American musician
Is Musician 
Guitarist 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 1983, Fountain Valley, USA
Age: 37 years

Derek Jones (born June 5, 1984) is an American guitarist. He is the rhythm guitarist for the American post-hardcore band Falling in Reverse. He was previously the guitarist of the American band A Smile From the Trenches until his departure in 2010.

Career

Early Years

Derek Jones was born June 5, 1984 in Lake Forest, California. He started playing the saxophone but switched to the guitar. He started listening to bands like Manowar, Blink-182 and Slipknot. In his adolescence he formed several local bands, which only had small presentations until when he turned 19 and he had his first tour. In 2007 he joined the band A Smile From The Trenches.

A Smile From The Trenches

In 2007, Derek joined the band A Smile From The Trenches. On June 29, 2007, they released their first self-titled EP, That same year, the band was invited to the Vans Warped Tour. On October 13, 2009, they released their first studio album entitled Leave the Gambling for Vegas, on which they covered the song “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. In May 2010, Derek left the band to join Falling in Reverse, the band split in September 2010.

Falling in Reverse

In May 2010 after leaving A Smile From The Trenches, Derek moves to Las Vegas to join Falling In Reverse. Since Ronnie Radke was still in prison, the band had to wait for Ronnie to leave, in December 2010. On July 26, 2011, they released their first album, The Drug in Me Is You, which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, selling 18,000 copies in its first week. The band’s second studio album, Fashionably Late, which was released on June 18, 2013, peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200. The band released their third album Just Like You on February 24, 2015. Coming Home, their latest album, was released on April 7, 2017.

Besides Ronnie, Jones is the only “original” member of the band.

Personal Life

Jones loves video games and Taco Bell and has tattoos of both on his knuckles. In 2008 Derek appeared in an Ivannkie music video called “No Soy Tu Ken”, Derek appears playing bass. In 2015, he got engaged to Christina Cetta. When Cetta was diagnosed with cancer in March 2019, Jones created a GoFundMe to raise 100,000 dollars needed for Cetta’s treatment. The band gave special shirts to fans who donated. On November 19, 2019, Jones suffered the death of Cetta, days after she was hospitalized after the worsening of her cancer, which caused the band to cancel their tour entitled Episode IV.

Discography

A Simle From the Trenches
  • A Smile From The Trenches (EP) (2007)
  • Leave the Gambling for Vegas (2009)
  • TBA (2011; It was never released)
Falling in Reverse
  • The Drug in Me Is You (2011)
  • Fashionably Late (2013)
  • Just Like You (2015)
  • Coming Home (2017)
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