Crossword clues for jump the gun
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context sports English) To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off. 2 (context idiomatic English) To act or begin too soon or without due caution. 3 (context idiomatic finance investing English) To trade security based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
Wikipedia
Jump the Gun was an Irish pop/rock band, best known for competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song " Take Him Home". They scored 79 points, finishing eighth in the contest. Jump The Gun was succeeded by Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers in 1989.
The group consisted of Roy Taylor on lead vocals and Bass Guitar with Eric Sharpe on Guitar, Peter Eades on Piano & keyboards, Brian O'Reilly on Drums and Ciaran Wilde on Saxophone. Taylor had experienced success in Ireland during the early 1980s as part of the group, Roy Taylor, Karen Black and the Nevada. Ciaran Wilde Joined the group shortly before the Eurovision in 1988, the other members of the group had all been members of Irish Show bands in the 80s.
Category:Irish Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Jump the Gun is the third studio album by the Danish hard rock/ heavy metal band Pretty Maids. It was released on 20 April 1990 in Europe by CBS. In the US, the title was changed to Lethal Heroes and it was released by Epic Records. The album was produced by Deep Purple's bass guitarist Roger Glover. According to CBS, it was then the most expensive album recording to date in Denmark, with a cost of around DKK 3–3.5 million. Jump the Gun was nominated for Danish Heavy Rock Album of the Year at the 1991 Danish Grammy Awards, but lost to Skagarack's A Slice of Heaven.
Due to the underwhelming commercial performance of Jump the Gun, three members left the band by late 1990 leaving only the lead singer Ronnie Atkins and the guitarist Ken Hammer. The band has said on numerous occasions that the decision to hire Glover as the album's producer was a mistake and led to its over-produced sound. In 2014, Atkins called the album his least favourite.
"Hang Tough" is a song that was written and recorded for Icon's Night of the Crime album but was not included in the final release. Icon's version is only available on the 1984: Live Bootleg CD and DVD.
Jump the Gun may refer to:
- Jump the Gun (band), an Irish pop/rock band, best known for competing in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Jump the Gun (album), an album by Pretty Maids
- a false start, in athletics
Usage examples of "jump the gun".
He'd resisted the impulse to scour around Tamarind, wait, look, talk up the locals, jump the gun on LAPD.
She was sending Hendriksson because she thought Walker might be inclined to jump the gun in a tricky situation.
If you jump the gun, this is going to backfire so fast you won't even see it happen.
He knew Iyeyasu was going to do it, so he decided he had to jump the gun.
Russ told me a half dozen times to take it easy and not jump the gun.
Starts at sundown, theoretically, but there are many who jump the gun.