Jump the Gun (band)

Jump the Gun were an Irish pop and 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. The song spent five weeks in the Irish Singles Chart in 1988, peaking at number three.

The group consisted of Roy Taylor on lead vocals and bass guitar with Eric Sharpe on guitar, Peter Eades on piano and 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. Wilde joined the group shortly before Eurovision 1988, the other members of the group had all been members of Irish show bands during the 1980s.

Singer and bass player Roy Taylor died after a battle with motor neurone disease on 1 June 2023.