Each band member was asked to answer the same following questions. Here’s Jason’s answers.

What do you see as your main role in the band?
Drummer / vocals and bitching at Charlie

List other roles you believe you fill in the band.
bitching at Doug,Mark,and Billy

List your musical influences (in no particular order).
Jerry Gaskill , Tommy Lee, That’s about it I think. Oh Wait! Greg Fee, lol bastard.

What musical instruments do you play?
Drums

What kind of equipment do you use?
Ludwig Classics with Yamaha mounting hardware Slingerland 14 inch snare drum, A mixture of Zildjian and Paiste cymbals with axis pedals, Evans hydraulic snare head, Remo pinstripe heads on toms and kick Alesis D4 not in use at the moment 7A good wood sticks (nylon or wood tipped) Active snare cage

Why did you get into the music business?
Family of musicians and had an offer to play with Mark Teeters and my wife a very long time ago

If you were banished to an island for the rest of your life and you could only take 5 CDs with you, what would they be?
An audio cd on how to build a raft (sorry couldn’t help myself)
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Kings X - Dogman
The next 3 would be compilation cd’s from the 60’s and 70’s

100 years from now, if this band is remembered, what would you like people to remember about it?
We had fun and that we were more like family than a band (not to mention our 60 #1 hits we had)

100 years from now, what would you like people to remember about you?
I was a good husband, friend, person oh and then there is that big dick thing too. (Editor’s note: The censors let this through. They thought it was possible, however improbable, that Jason’s middle name was Richard and it was a nickname.)

List anything else about yourself and/or the band that you would like included in your bio:
Finding a group of musicians (and a soundman) you can play music with and not care if you are getting rich, have a number 1 selling album, get famous or play in bars for the rest of your life, but still have every musical dream you have ever had filled to it’s capacity, is the true definition of being a musician.

My Band is my Family