Peter Robert Jones (21 April 1963 – 18 May 2012) was a Liverpool-born Australian session drummer, who replaced Paul Hester in Crowded House in 1994. After the band split up, he played in Deadstar with Caroline Kennedy and Nick Seymour, but did not return to Crowded House when they re-formed after Hester's death. He was also a member of Harem Scarem and Stove Top, and recorded with Melbourne rock band Lucy's Crown on their debut album.
He also played with Ross Hannaford, Rowland S. Howard, Lisa Miller, Kate Ceberano, Tinpan Orange and Melbourne musician David Hosking.
On the Crowded House Farewell To The World DVD, Neil Finn mentions that Jones was a school teacher (at Roxburgh College, Victoria, Australia).
Jones died from brain cancer on 18 May 2012 in Melbourne, aged 49.
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“There used to be two kinds of kisses. First when girls were kissed and deserted; second, when they were engaged. Now there’s a third kind, where the man is kissed and deserted. If Mr. Jones of the nineties bragged he’d kissed a girl, everyone knew he was through with her. If Mr. Jones of 1919 brags the same everyone knows it’s because he can’t kiss her any more. Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)