User:Jmthornberry

Jason Michael Thornberry (born in 1971 in California) is an American musician and writer. Jason played the drums in numerous bands between the years 1987 and 1999, putting music on hold after he was severely injured. Jason required months of hospitalization, two-dozen casts, several medical procedures and over a year of intensive therapy before he could re-enter society. Jason’s last concert was a festival with a then unknown, Eminem, as well as The Black Eyed Peas and Blink-182. His band, The Pressure, were just about to release their debut album and begin touring, but the day that Things Move Fast came out Jason was in intensive care after being beaten nearly to death by two gang members in Long Beach, California after a party. He was in a coma for some time, while his assailants went free on a technicality. Jason had to re-learn to eat, speak and walk.

Thornberry had been writing short stories and essays since elementary school, and spent his lengthy convalescence becoming reacquainted with his first love. Jason's style – a mixture of technical musical knowledge, wit, sarcasm, open-mindedness, and an often quirky sense of humor – has been seen in music magazines around the world, and it's only a matter of time until he's reached the notoriety he nearly gave his life searching for. Jason is currently at work on his first book.

Discography

Pandemonium

Disturbing The Peace (1987).

Lucy Fur

Lucy Fur (1988).

The Fighting Bums

Gimme (1988).

Disturbed

-no record released- (1989).

Powertrip

Powertrip (1990).

SDBG

v/a The Raging Hessian Sessions (1991).

Zad

Gratest Hits (1992). Scenes From a White Trash Picnic (1992).

Mulch

Nowhere to Climb (1994). 13 Dayz (1995).

The Pressure

My Heart Was Lost (1996). The Pressure (1997). I Wanna Call Someone (1998). v/a Brother Can You Spare Some Ska Vol. 4 (1998). v/a Al's Bar Compilation, Vol. 2 (1998). v/a Styzine Compilation (1998). v/a The Buddy List (1999). Things Move Fast (1999). v/a Orange County Weekly compilation’’ (1999). v/a Sampler WE 20.0’’ (year?).

Journalism

Newspapers:

The Coast Report
The Orange County Weekly

Magazines:

American Music Press
The Blacklist
Mean Street
Mic Stand Magazine
Skratch
URB

Online:

Alternative Zine (Israel)
Americore
Aversion
Beat The Blizzard (UK)
Bendies
Bite Me!
Blistering (Canada)
Buzzine
California Pop
Chaos Control Digizine
Chaotic Critiques
Cosmik Debris
Crud (UK)
Daily Vault
Geek America
Gepetto
Global Hip Hop
Inkblot
Legion (Russia)
Maelstrom
Metal Crypt
Metal UK (UK)
Misfit City (UK)
Music-Reviewer AMZ
Open Up & Say
Pandomag
Punk News
Rockezine
Sweet Tea (UK)
2Walls