Jezzard started playing in bands at the age of 14 including Case. At 16 he started working at Wickham Studios in
South London as a tape operator, and the first record he engineered was a band called Blood and Roses' EP, which reached number 4 in the UK indie charts in 1983. From there he began engineering full-time in the studio working with various punk bands including
Angelic Upstarts,
Cock Sparrer,
The Business,
The Damned,
Chiefs of Relief and
The Sid Presley Experience. He then moved to the Beat Farm Studios in
London Bridge as the
Acid House scene was emerging in Britain and worked with
Rhythm King acts such as
Bomb The Bass and Merlin. The combination of electronica and punk/rock music led to his first production job with
EMF's worldwide hit "
Unbelievable" which reached No. 1 in the US. Ralph continued working with rock/alternative bands throughout the 1990s including
The Wildhearts,
Senseless Things,
Claytown Troupe and
Chapterhouse. A friendship with Wildhearts drummer Ritch Battersby led to the formation of
Grand Theft Audio along with
Chris McCormack from
3 Colours Red and Jay Butler from Real TV. The band were soon signed to
London Sire and toured extensively in Europe and the US. Their only album was called
Blame Everyone and had some success with the songs "Stoopid Ass" and "We Luv U" getting inclusion on soundtracks for ''
Dude, Where's My Car?, Hole
, Driven
, American Pie 2 and many more. The songs were also featured on computer games including Gran Turismo 3''. In 2003
Grand Theft Audio split up. All band members went their own way and Jezzard moved to the US where he continued production and engineering at
Willie Nelson's studio in Austin. In 2005 Jezzard returned to the UK after recording Valor Del Corazon with Ginger from
The Wildhearts. During this time he met his wife, Sammy Andrews. Shortly after returning to the UK he co-produced
Amy Studt's album
My Paper Made Men in Eden Studios for
19 Entertainment and mixed live tracks for
Simple Kid. Ralph later wrote and produced songs with
Cass Browne (
Gorillaz), as well as mixing a record for UK band Fearless (Mercury Records UK). Jezzard died on 24 February 2025, at the age of 59. In a statement released on
X by EMF, he was described as "a talented musician, engineer and producer" that "played a massive part in the bands success". ==Film and television soundtracks/composing==