Jeff Cloud is a former bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 player for rock band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 Starflyer 59

Starflyer 59

Starflyer 59 is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has included a number of different musicians over the years, including...

. He joined the band after the album Americana

Americana (Starflyer 59 album)

Americana is the third full-length album by Starflyer 59. It was the last of the band's three consecutive albums featuring monochromatic covers...

had been recorded, and remained a member until after the recording of the album I Am the Portuguese Blues

I Am the Portuguese Blues

I Am the Portuguese Blues is the eighth full-length album released by Starflyer 59. With this album, the band returned to its past in multiple ways. The band's earlier albums had been characterized by loud guitars, but later albums saw the band progress to a softer sound, incorporating keyboards...

. From 1996 until 2002, Cloud was member of the electropop/synth pop group Joy Electric

Joy Electric

Joy Electric is the brand label for a series of electropop/synth pop productions by Ronnie Martin. Martin began producing music under the Joy Electric name in 1994, after the demise of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brother Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. Starflyer 59 bass player...

. Cloud currently fronts his own band called Pony Express and has owned and operated an independent label called Velvet Blue Music

Velvet Blue Music

Velvet Blue Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by Jeff Cloud . They are a label that has prided itself on a completely independent nature and DIY ethics while also living up to these same qualities...

http://www.velvetbluemusic.com/v3/home.php since 1996, touting bands such as Fine China, Map, and Frank Lenz.