The Jones brothers had a band called Red Beat in the late 1970s. He met Buddhist practitioner Bill Bryant, who wrote lyrics for some of Jones's songs and was a major influence in this period. Īfter returning to the UK, Jones attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester in the mid-1970s while playing in various bands.
His first band was Warrior, a progressive rock group. The family moved to Canada when he was a teenager. He later attended the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Young Howard began taking piano lessons at age seven. His brothers, Roy, Martin, and Paul, are all musicians in their own right.
Born in Southampton to Welsh parents, Howard Jones spent his early years in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, South Wales, where he attended Heol Llanishen Fach primary school and then Whitchurch Grammar School.
