90s rocker looks worlds away from his indie heartthrob days 30 years after writing iconic anthem – can you guess who he is?

A ’90s rocker looks worlds away from his indie heartthrob days, 30 years after writing an iconic anthem that famously took him just 30 minutes to write. The frontman, now aged 63, sported grey spiky hair and wore sunglasses as he performed at Brit Fest, in Altrincham, Cheshire, which ran from July 2 to 5. He wore a black suit over a matching black shirt and wore a collection of silver rings. His band joined the likes of Cast and Wet Wet Wet at the Ashley Hall Showground on Sunday. And the musician took to the stage with his bandmates, Huw Chadbourne, Robert Gregory, John Pedder and Luke Scott.Can you guess who he is yet?  A ’90s rocker looked worlds away from his indie heartthrob days 30 years after writing an iconic anthem – can you guess who he is?That’s right, it’s Stephen Jones, from the band Babybird. Stephen formed the band back in 1995 and looked worlds apart from how he looked in his heyday, when he sported blond, floppy hair.The band’s most famous anthem was called You’re Gorgeous and has the lyrics: ‘Remember that tank top you bought me, You wrote “you’re gorgeous” on it. You took me to your rented motorcar, And filmed me on the bonnet.’The song, from the album Ugly Beautiful, reached Number Two in the charts. The singer has previously revealed that the single is a feminist anthem. He told The Guardian: ‘I wrote the basic skeleton in 30 minutes. The music is very simple and lullaby-esque, a bit of an earworm.’The lyrics came quickly because the verses are quite barbed, so I wanted to sweeten them with a chorus to suck people in.’The band thought it was a bit of a joke, but the record company thought: “You’re gorgeous – fantastic!’ Even though the verses are insidious”. I don’t think a man can call himself a feminist, but it’s meant to be a feminist song.’He explained that when he was growing up, he would regularly see images of bikini-clad women draped over car bonnets.  That’s right, it’s Stephen Jones, from the band Babybird. Above, in 1997 Stephen formed the band back in 1995 – their most famous anthem was called You’re Gorgeous and has the lyrics: ‘Remember that tank top you bought me, You wrote “you’re gorgeous” on it. You took me to your rented motorcar, And filmed me on the bonnet’ In 2020, while promoting his album Photosynthesis, Stephen spoke about going on tour after suffering a heart attack and how much his family mean to himStephen explained that he wanted to flip it round and see how the male photographer would feel if he were in that position in a thong, to point out how gross it is.  In 2020, while promoting his album Photosynthesis, the musician spoke about going on tour after suffering a heart attack and how much his family mean to him. He is married to his wife Alison and they have children Delphie and Gabe together. Stephen told Sun 13: ‘About six months after it, I realised I just had to take care of myself. My attitude has always been that I work at home and I’m an at-home dad.’I think the heart attack just made me feel even more that I had to concentrate on those important things. My children and my family are what make the difference.’I enjoy the gigs but there is no pressure on them. I just want them to be fun for the people that do come after 27/28 years.’