在和Sony签约前,杰米罗奎尔发行第一张单曲《When You Gonna Learn?》,以Acid Jazz的曲风在1992出道,席卷了英国190万张。新潮又带点复古的Funk/Acid Jazz繁复曲风,广受英国大众的喜爱。在第一张成绩不俗的单曲之后,得到了Sony公司的垂青,和Sony BMG Music Entertainment签下了八张唱片的合约。
第一张由Sony发行的专辑《Emergency on Planet Earth》在1993发行。紧接着1994发行了第二张专辑《The Return of the Space Cowboy》,其中〈Space Cowboy〉一曲攻进英美排行榜,各舞厅也广为传唱,一时知名度大增。
真正让杰米罗奎尔红遍全世界的专辑,是在1996发行的第三张《Travelling Without Moving》专辑。其中〈Virtual Insanity〉和〈Cosmic Girl〉红遍了全世界。〈Virtual Insanity〉的MV更是赢得了MTV录影带大奖的【最佳音乐影片】,【最佳特效】,【最佳影视技术】,【最佳突破音乐影片】的殊荣。影片内容有主唱Jay Kay的精准舞步和卷轴地板创新的电脑特效。〈Virtual Insanity〉影片连结(Youtube)
之后1998发行的电影“酷斯拉(Godzilla)”主题曲〈Deeper Underground〉更为英国的音乐排行榜冠军。另一首单曲〈Canned Heat〉也成为了“舞国英雄传Center Stage (2000)”和“拿破仑炸药Napoleon Dynamite (2004)”两部电影的主题曲。另外〈Feels Just Like It Should〉一曲更成为了“FIFA 2006”游戏的主题曲。
Jason Kay - Vocals Rob Harris - Guitar Derrick McKenzie - Drums Paul Turner - Bass Sola Akingbola - Percussion Matt Johnson - Keyboards Lorraine McIntosh - Backing Vocals Hazel Fernandez - Backing Vocals Sam Smith - Backing Vocals
历届团员
Toby Smith - Keyboards (1992-2002) Wallis Buchanan - Didgeridoo (1992-2001) Gavin Dodds - Guitar (1993-1994) Simon Katz - Guitar (1995-2000) Stuart Zender - Bass (1993-1998) Nick Fyffe - Bass (1998-2003) Nick Van Gelder - Drums (1993) Darren Galea aka DJ D-Zire - Turntables (1993-2001) Adrian Revell - Flute, Saxophone Winston Rollins - Trombone Simon Carter - Keyboards (1999-2001)
特别来宾
Andrew Levy - Bass (1992) Simon Bartholomew - Guitar (1992) Martin Shaw - Trumpet Beverley Knight - Vocals (2001)