Jesse Hughes (born September 24, 1972) is an American musician from Greenville, South Carolina. Hughes is known for his role as frontman of the California-based rock band, Eagles of Death Metal. He cites Little Richard as his biggest musical influence and inspiration.

At age 7, Hughes‘ mother moved him to Palm Desert, California. In high school, Hughes became friends with Josh Homme. Hughes graduated from the Greenville Technical College with a degree in journalism and worked as manager of a Video Depot in the Palm Desert for several years.

Hughes is known to go by many different nicknames, including "J. Devil" as well as "Boots Electric" and "Fabulous Weapon". In an interview Hughes revealed that his band mate Josh Homme gave him "The Devil" nickname when he was thirteen. "I used to get picked on a lot," says Hughes, "And when I would get picked on severely, or if it really made a point to me, I would get vengeance, but I would get vengeance in the way that I could, which was mostly clever and all consuming. Joshua once witnessed me in the moment I was about to enact vengeance upon someone, and he just said, ‘You’re the fucking devil dude,’ and it stuck."

Hughes worked as a speechwriter and activist for the Republican Party. He worked for former Congressman Sonny Bono. He remains a devoted Republican, and has called President-elect Barack Obama a "communist".

Hughes is a registered member of the National Rifle Association, but claims not to hunt as he believes it isn’t fair - "I don’t like hunting because they can’t shoot back."