John Pierson, commonly known by the stage name "John Jughead" or simply "Jughead", founded the pop-punk band Screeching Weasel in Chicago, Illinois with Ben Weasel in 1986. He played guitar for the band until its disbanding in 2001. Common misconception is that he founded the punk band Jughead's Revenge.
In 2002, Pierson formed the acoustic pop-punk band, Even in Blackouts, with which he has recorded three albums and one EP and toured several times.
Pierson is also a playwright and author (usually writing under the name Ian Pierce). He formed his own theater production company called Hope And Nonthings in 1990 and produced ten plays before joining the Neo-Futurists where he has performed in their long-running show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind since 1996. His semi-fictitious Weasels in a Box was published in 2005.