On the night of Oh Jdee’s long-awaited album release, Del Pike chats with the creator behind the project, Jon Paul Davies, and discovers how this incredible record finally landed via some surprising influences and experiments. Jon Paul Davies has been a part of the Liverpool music scene since the mid-1980s in various forms. First, he took the stage at the Earthbeat Festival in Sefton Park as part of the rap outfit Eat My Dog. Other acts that weekend included The La’s and early incarnations of Pulp and The Stone Roses. Eat My Dog came, kicked a few arses, and went, but did manage to get as far as Paris in 1990 to play alongside Michael Head’s Shack at the Locomotive Club. Jon returned to find greater success in 1997 as DeeJay Punk Roc, releasing a slew of well-received singles and the album...