Jason White (musician)
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| Birth name | Jason White |
| Also known as | Balducci |
| Born | November 11, 1973 North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock Pop punk Alternative rock New wave Garage rock revival |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Bass, Vocals |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Label(s) | Reprise Records Lookout! Records Adeline Records |
| Associated acts | Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Chino Horde, Fishwagon, Step by Step, Numbskulz, The Big Cats, The Influents, Sixteen Bullets, Monsula, Pretty, The Kicks, The Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs |
Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a U.S. guitarist who has played in many punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a touring guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a backing member of Green Day since 1999. Ever since they recorded Warning he has been lending a helping hand to the band as he is considered to be a far better player than Armstrong. Many fans also considered him "The 4th member" of Green Day. He is also co-founder of Billie Joe Armstrong's record label Adeline Records[1] and oversees the day-to-day operation of the label.
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[edit] Biography
In Summer 1992, White filled in guitar duties at the last minute for Bay Area punk band Monsula, who were performing at Little Rock, AR club Vino's. After the performance, Jason toured as guitarist for the band and eventually relocated to the Bay Area after the breakup of Chino Horde in summer 1993. As a friend of pop-punk trio Green Day, he appeared in the When I Come Around video, where he is seen making out with a girl. In 1995, White joined punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder after the departure of singer/guitarist Mike Kirsch (with whom White had played the previous year in Sixteen Bullets). White joined The Big Cats in 1996, after the temporary departure of bassist Josh Bentley, and took over guitar duties in 2000 after the death of guitarist Shannon Yarbrough. The group is a side project of many musicians, playing live very rarely. Their newest record, On Tomorrow, was released in 2007. When Green Day/Pinhead Gunpowder frontman Billie Joe Armstrong started Adeline Records in 1997, Jason helped him run it. He re-appeared with Armstrong for two Green Day shows in 1999, both of which raised money for the Bridge School Benefit. After making Warning, Green Day asked him to assist them on their tour as a second guitarist.
Because of Pinhead Gunpowder's infamy for sporadic get-togethers, White and Gunpowder bassist Bill Schneider began looking to form another band that would be a group the two could focus on. After recruiting Schneider's brother Greg Schneider to join and finally convincing Willie Samuels to play drums, The Influents were formed. White and Greg would become the focus of the band, splitting songwriting duties, as well as singing time. Bill Schneider left the band on good terms after group's first album Check Please to focus on his drum shop and was soon replaced by Johnnie Wentz. The new line-up soon recorded a follow up, Some of the Young and hit the road. Due to personal and creative differences, as well as White's growing dedication to Green Day, The Influents dissolved in 2003.
In 2003, allegedly under the name Balducci, White joined the members of Green Day for their side-project The Network. The band has released one album so far, called Money Money 2020.
With the release of American Idiot, he was required again to play with the band during the supporting tour of the album. In February 2005, Jason got married.[2] That year, White played with Green Day in their video, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – the first time that any musician outside the trio appeared as a performer in a Green Day video. He appears along the band in their 2005 live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible.
In 2006, Jason recorded a cover of The Replacements "Torture" for the Replacements Cover compilation, "We'll Inherit the Earth". He's also featured in the May 2007 release, Towncraft [3], a documentary covering twenty years of the punk music scene in Little Rock, AR, White's home. That same year, White played with Green Day in the video for the cover of "Working Class Hero".
In April of 2007, White and his wife joins Armstrong and his family in their Spring Break working with the Habitat For Humanity as well as a diary to the GreenDay.net.
He is the current lead guitarist for the Foxboro Hot Tubs along with Kevin Preston on Rhythm[4].
[edit] Bands
- Numbskulz (guitar, 1988)
- Step By Step (vocals, 1989-1990)
- Chino Horde (bass, 1990-1993)
- Fishwagon (guitar/vocals, 1991)
- Monsula (guitar, 1992)
- Pretty (bass, 1993)
- Sixteen Bullets (bass, 1994)
- Pinhead Gunpowder (guitar/vocals, 1995-present)
- The Big Cats (bass/vocals, 1996-2000; guitar/vocals, 2000-present)
- Green Day (guitar, 1998-present)
- The Influents (guitar/vocals, 1999-2003)
- The Kicks (guitar, 2000-2004)
- The Network (credited as Balducci, guitar, 2003-present)
- Foxboro Hot Tubs (guitar, 2007-present)
[edit] References
- ^ GDA | Jason White Profile
- ^ GDA | Jason White Profile
- ^ Towncraft the Movie
- ^ Punknews.org | Green Day confirm that they are Foxboro Hot Tubs. Everyone act surprised
[edit] External links
- Green Day Official Website
- Green Day Idiot Club Official Fanclub
- Jason White (musician) at the Internet Movie Database
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