Jon Schofield is an Australian musician (bass guitar, guitar and vocals) who has played in a range of bands from indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 1960s inspired band, Grooveyard, to The Coloured Girls (aka The Messengers) of Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

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Biography

Schofield played in Grooveyard from 1982 to 1984, then Chinless Elite in 1985 and with Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

/ Paul Kelly and the Messengers during Kelly's commercially successful period in the mid to late 1980s.

Schofield has also been involved in production for the Red Eye label producing the debut EP for The Mexican Spitfires

The Mexican Spitfires

The Mexican Spitfires were a Sydney, Australia-based indie rock–indie pop band formed in suburban Strathfield in the Strathfield Municipality in the mid 1980s...

, Lupe Velez.