Jason McCaslin

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Cone McCaslin
Cone during the "Sum It Loud!" tour
Background information
Birth name	Jason Paul McCaslin
Born	September 3, 1980
Origin	Toronto, Ontario. Canada
Genre(s)	Pop punk, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Garage rock, Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	vocals, Bass, Keyboard
Years active	1996 - present
Label(s)	Island Records (Universal)
Associated acts	Sum 41 Pain For Pleasure The Operation Treble Charger Iggy Pop

Jason McCaslin (born September 3, 1980 as Jason Paul McCaslin), better known as Cone, is the bass guitarist and backup vocalist of Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and he joined the band as the last member of its current lineup in February 1999, replacing Mark Spicoluk. Sum 41 got signed by Island Records only months after he joined (as he likes to remind the band).

McCaslin picked up his first bass when he was 14 when he joined a grunge garage band, called Second Opinion, with Avril Lavigne's current drummer, Matt Brann and other neighbors in high school. They had already picked out their instruments, and as the bass was the only instrument left when he joined, he had to play it. Before joining Sum 41, he was an usher at a movie theatre and he acquired the nickname "Cone" from fellow band member Deryck Whibley in grade school because he frequently ate ice cream cones at lunch.

In Sum 41, Cone is probably the more community-closer member of the band as he is the most frequent visible member of the band that is talking with the public and answering the official site Q&A.

Cone has started a side project called The Operation with Todd Morse (Juliette and The Licks, H20) in 2002, but only started work on it recently. The Operation have demos on their MySpace[1] and their first EP is due in winter 2006. His nickname in the band is Dr. Dynamite.

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McCaslin is Sniper in Sum 41's alter-ego band Pain for Pleasure.
He has been known to use Fender Basses.
He is 6'3" (1,90 m) and his shoe size is 9 1/2.
He is lactose intolerant, which he says sucks since he loves ice cream.
His favourite bands are The Clash, Tenacious D and The Police, while his least favourite band is Creed.
His favourite quote is "Drop Trou and Show Some Boosh!"
His fellow band members Steve Jocz and Deryck Whibley have often mentioned that you should never call Cone by his proper name.
He quit his job as a movie usher because he "got tired of scraping bubble-gum off the seats".
He has two sisters; Kate and Allison.
Cone is "apparently?" the quietest member of Sum 41.
His favorite Sum 41 songs are "No Reason", "Still Waiting" and "Over My Head" and he has stated (as the rest of the band has) that he hates "In Too Deep".
Kelly Osbourne has a thing for Cone.