DATE OF BIRTH: March 4, 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH: Battle Creek, MI HEIGHT: 5 feet, 9 inch WEIGHT: 150lbs MARITAL STATUS: Single...and does not have any future plans of getting married. JOB: The Live Guy...and he plays bass. SIDE PROJECTS/GUEST SPOTS: Jason creates music with loads of other musicians in his home studio, The Chophouse. Aside from that, Jason has appeared on Sepultura's "Hatred Aside," off the Against record. He also has had a hand in a few tunes penned for Milk & Blood ("Fatso's World") and Voivod (Jason wrote "M-Body" for Voivod's Phobos album) and has appeared on a DJ Shadow record. OLD BANDS: Diamond, Jason's first band in 1977, consisted of him on Bass & Vocals, Todd Smiedendorf on Drums, Kevin Kendrick and Tom DePoy on guitar. Next up was Jason's 1980 bnad, Gangster whihc, again, had Jason on Bass & Vocals, Tim Hamlin on Guitar and an unknown drummer. After Jason moved from Michigan to Arizona, Paradox fired up in 1982 with Kelly Smith on Drums, Pete Mello and Dave Golder on Guitar. Next up was Dogz...which morphed into Flotsam and Jetsam. Dogz had Jason on bass and vocals, Kelly Smith on Drums, Eric A.K. on vocals, Mark Vasquez on guitar, and Kevin Horton on guitar. Finally, Dogz morphed into Flotsam and Jetsam in 1984. With Jason playing bass and writing most of the matieral, Kelly Smith returned once again to be the drummer, Eric A.K. supplied the lead vocals, and Ed Carlson and Michael Gilbert played guitar. Flotsam (with Jason in tow) appeared on the 7th installment of Metal Blade's Metal Massacre compilation albums and appears on the Doomsday for the Deceiver album available on Metal Blade.
SPORTS: Jason is a big fan of the Phoenix Suns. HOBBIES: Creating music, mountain biking INFLUENCES: Gene Simmons of KISS, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, and Geddy Lee of Rush. PREVIOUS JOBS: Truck driver LISTENS TO: Sepultura, various techno and hip hop albums, and anything heavy. ADDITIONAL TIDBITS OF INFO: Jason creates massive amounts of tunes in his home studio, The Chophouse. Below are some of the side projects that Jason has participated in... |
