Jason White (musician)
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| Jason White | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Jason White | |
| Born | November 11, 1973 (age 33) | |
| Origin | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock/Pop punk | |
| Occupation(s) | Lead and rhythm guitarist | |
| Instrument(s) | Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar | |
| Years active | 1988 - present | |
| Associated acts |
Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Chino Horde, Fishwagon, Step by Step, Numbskulz, The Big Cats, The Influents, Sixteen Bullets, Monsula | |
Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a guitarist who has played in many punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a touring member of Green Day.
[edit] Green Day and Green Day side projects
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). 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. He again played with the band during their American Idiot tour.
In 2003 under the name Balducci, White joined the members of Green Day for their side-project The Network. The band released one album Money Money 2020.
In 2005 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.
[edit] The Influents
Due to 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.
[edit] band lineup
- 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, 1995-2001)
- The Big Cats (bass/vocals, 1996-2000; guitar/vocals, 2000-present)
- Green Day (guitar, 1998-present)
- The Influents (guitar/vocals, 1999-2003)
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.
In 2006, Jason recorded a cover of The Replacements "Torture" for the Replacements Cover compilation, "We'll Inherit the Earth".
