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Jordan Fish
Fish in 2016
Fish in 2016
Background information
Birth nameJordan Keith Attwood Fish
Born (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 38)[1]
Reading, Berkshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • record producer
InstrumentKeyboards
Years active2005–present
Formerly of

Jordan Keith Attwood Fish (born 26 June 1986) is a British musician. He was the keyboardist and producer of the rock band Bring Me the Horizon from 2012 until his departure in 2023. Fish appeared on five studio releases with the band, Sempiternal (2013), That's the Spirit (2015), Amo (2019), Post Human: Survival Horror (2020) and Post Human: Nex Gen (2024). Before joining the group, he was in the bands Proxies and Worship from 2010 to 2013.

Early life

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Fish was born on 26 June 1986 in Reading, England.[2] He grew up listening to a lot of soul music (including Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross) because of his mother. He started getting into rock music when he was twelve and played in a nu metal band when he was fourteen.[3] When Fish was in college, he began exploring electronic music with a couple of friends for fun and to learn from them.[4]

Career

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2005–2013: Miles Dark, Proxies and Worship

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Main article: Proxies (band)

In 2005 Fish joined the band Miles Dark. They released three EPs (Parts of a Picture, On a Threadwire and A Reason In Itself) before splitting up in 2007.[5]

His next band, Proxies, formed "by accident" in 2010. Fellow founding member Joseph Todd reached out to him and suggested working on a song together. This turned into a project named Loki. They soon changed their name to Proxies and recruited Alex James Binnington and Joshua Rumble.[4] Proxies quickly gained an online following and released their debut EP, Lost Tapes Vol. 1.[4] Their debut single, "If I Had a Penny to my Name" was released in March 2012 and featured Sean Smith of The Blackout.[6] The band toured with Kids in Glass Houses, Hadouken, Canterbury and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy,[7] along with headlining HMV's Next Big Thing in February 2012.[8]

Fish performing with Proxies in 2012

Fish was also a member of Worship, along with Tim Alexander, James Johnson and Tom Mayo. Worship posted their first song onto YouTube titled, "Collateral" in November 2010. They released their debut single, "House of Glass" in October 2011.[9] An album titled Nothing Is Sacred, which contains songs recorded by the band between 2010 and 2013, was released on September 2, 2019.[10]

2012–2023: Bring Me the Horizon

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Main article: Bring Me the Horizon

In 2012, Fish began working with Bring Me the Horizon on their fourth studio album, Sempiternal.[11] Oli Sykes was a fan of Fish's previous work and invited him to add some electronics on the album.[12] This expanded into Fish helping out with the writing process.[11] After the album was finished, Fish joined the band on tour.[11] In early 2013, Fish officially left Worship and became a full member of Bring Me The Horizon.[13] Fish was named Keyboardist of the Year by Alternative Press thanks to his work on Sempiternal.[14]

In September 2015, Bring Me The Horizon their fifth studio album That's the Spirit. This was the band's first fully self-produced album, with Fish handling production duties.[15] Fish felt that the band "had artistic freedom to explore different styles of music" thanks to this.[16]

Fish performing in 2014

Their sixth studio album Amo was released on 25 January 2019. Fish again took up production duties for the band.[17] Amo reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.[18]

On 30 October 2020, Bring Me The Horizon released Post Human: Survival Horror, an EP that was intended to be the first in a series of "Post Human" records. Fish took up a co-producer role with Oli Sykes this time, while Australian composer Mick Gordon made additional production contributions.[19][20] Post Human: Survival Horror became the band's second number one album.[21]

In late 2023, Fish took some time away touring with the band, with fan speculation that he was working on the band's latest record, Post Human: Nex Gen.[22] However, on 22 December 2023, the band announced that they had parted ways with Fish.[23]

2023–present: Career after Bring Me The Horizon

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Following his exit from Bring Me The Horizon, Fish began working on new music.[24] Instead of joining or forming another band, Fish would now become a full-time producer and songwriter for other artists.

Despite no longer being in the band, some tracks that Fish had contributed to while he was a member of Bring Me The Horizon were released as part of Post Human: Nex Gen on 24 May 2024.

Fish made a surprise return to the stage on October 15 2024, as part of House of Protection's first show in London. He performed screamed vocals on the song "Learn to Forget".[25]

Production

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Fish started production work for other artists while he was still performing in bands. After leaving Bring Me The Horizon in 2023, Fish chose not to join or form another band and instead transitioned to working full-time as a producer and songwriter.

Early in his production career, Fish produced, engineered and mastered A Genuine Freakshow's second studio album Oftentimes.[26][27] He also produced and engineered Robin Trower's album Roots and Branches in 2013.[28]

Fish has worked with American band Machine Head twice. He contributed to the writing and string arrangements for their eighth studio album Bloodstone & Diamonds,[29][30] and post-production for their ninth studio album Catharsis in 2018.[31]

Fish worked with Halsey as a co-writer and co-producer on her 2020 track "Experiment On Me". This song was created for the movie Birds of Prey and appeared on the release of the movie's soundtrack.[32] He shared writing and production duties with his Bring Me The Horizon bandmate Oli Sykes.

In 2023 Fish engineered "Theorem" by Puscifer from their album Existential Reckoning: Re-Wired.[33]

Fish co-produced produced the track "Make It Out Alive" by One Ok Rock, sharing duties with Kane Churko who also co-wrote the song.[34]

Immediately after leaving Bring Me The Horizon, Fish started working with Canadian heavy metal band Spiritbox.[35] and former Fever 333 members Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison. The studio sessions with Improta and Harrison were revealed as being part of their post-Fever 333 project House of Protection. House of Protection released their debut EP Galore on September 13, 2024 through Red Bull Records. Fish produced and co-wrote the EP. Fish also worked with Architects around the same time, producing and co-writing "Curse".[36]

While being interviewed at Download Festival 2024, British pop-punk band Busted revealed that they were working on new music with Fish.[37]

Fish produced and co-wrote Poppy's sixth studio album Negative Spaces, which released on 15 November 2024 through Sumerian Records.[38] Fish once again teamed up with Stephen Harrison as part of the album's writing process.

Equipment

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While performing with Bring Me The Horizon, Fish used a setup called the Stormtrooper. The Stormtrooper was built around Apple's MainStage software, which was controlled by a pair of Arturia KeyLab II MkIIs and an Arturia BeatStep.[39] Fish used the BeatStep for "a lot of one-shot button stuff" and playing sounds that would be difficult to re-create live.[40] It also included some additional percussion. Before changing to the Arturias, he used various Nord and Akai keyboards.

Musical styles and technique

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Fish plays a number of instruments, but "never really felt tied to one." When he first started out on guitar, he cited influences from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day and Deftones. He later switched to bass guitar, because he felt like he wasn't "good enough on guitar." Before joining Bring Me the Horizon, he started playing keyboards in Worship.[12] Once Fish joined the group, critics noted how he influenced the band's progression in sound and music production.[41][42][16][43][44] He credits Radiohead as the band that got him into electronic music.[16] Fish uses Pro Tools to write songs and engineer multiple layers of instrumentals, sounds and vocals. He tends to write out parts that fit a certain track and blend it all together.[16]

Fish considers himself a musician but not in "the traditional sense."[40] He has spoken about his musical ability stating, "I'm a good musician in some senses, but I'm not particularly a good player. I don't think you necessarily need to be held back by your piano or keys ability, you know what I mean? I think your creativity is the most important thing... As long as you can make some music that you think is cool, and people connect with it, then that is way more important to me."[40]

Personal life

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Fish is married to his wife Emma. Emma performed additional vocals on "Happy Song" from Bring Me The Horizon's album That's The Spirit.[45] They have two children.[1]

In August 2016, Fish and Oli Sykes climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity at the Pediatric intensive care unit at Southampton hospital. His son Eliot had suffered a brain haemorrhage and been cared for at that hospital unit.[46] Fish and Sykes raised more than £50,000.[47] In 2023, Eliot ran a mini-marathon to raise money for the same cause.[48]

Discography

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Proxies

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Main article: Proxies (band) § Discography
  • Lost Tapes Vol. 1 (2012)
  • Lost Tapes Vol. 2 (2012)

Worship

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  • Nothing Is Sacred (2019)

Bring Me the Horizon

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Main article: Bring Me the Horizon discography

Other appearances

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Title Year Artist(s) Album Notes Ref.
"New Way Out" 2024 Poppy Negative Spaces Producer, co-writer, lyrics [49]
"They're All Around Us" [50]
"It's Supposed to Hurt" House of Protection Galore Producer, co-writer, programming, background vocals [51]
"Curse" Architects Producer, co-writer [52]
"Make It Out Alive" 2023 One Ok Rock Producer [34]
"Theorem" Puscifer Existential Reckoning: Re-Wired Engineering [33]
".Salt." 2021 Dead Poet Society -!- Mixing, engineering, producer, recording, remix engineering [53]
"Lullaby" Against the Current Fever Co-writer [54]
"Catharsis" 2018 Machine Head Catharis Post production [31]
"Kaleidoscope"
"Heavy Lies The Crown"
"Eulogys"
"Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones" 2014 Bloodstone & Diamonds Arrangement, creation, composer, keyboards, soundscape, string arrangements [30]
"In Comes the Flood"
"Damage Inside"
"Full Swing" 2013 Comeback Kid Die Knowing Recording, vocal engineer [55]
"Sheltered Moon" Robin Trower Roots and Branches Producer, engineering [28]
"See My Life"
"Enter the Men" 2011 Turbo-Laser Turbo-Laser Backing vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming, [56]
"Planet X"
"Ultra Metal"
"Ramming Speed"
"The Dawn Patrol"
"Monsters From the Deep"
"The Battle Of Newburry"
"Smooth Dude"
"Ghost Fighter"
"For the Glory of Metal"
"Celebrity One"
"Jungle Mission"
"Luckmore Drive" 2010 A Genuine Freakshow Oftentimes Producer, engineering, mastering, recording [27]
"Prospect of the Sea"
"I Left My Blood On Your Bathroom Floor"
"We Are The Undercurrents"
"Holding Hearts"
"New Houses"
"The Dead Sea Scrolls" Bright Spark Destroyer Holy Yell Producer [57]
"They Already Know"
"The Shortest Distance"
"Unknown Forces"
"A Feeling of Health"

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
Alternative Press Best Keyboardist 2013 1 [14]

References

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