| Jason White | |
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| Birth name | Jason White |
| Also known as | Balducci, Frisco Lee |
| Born | November 11, 1973 North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock Pop punk Alternative rock New wave Garage rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Slide Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Labels | Reprise Records Lookout! Records Adeline Records |
| Associated acts | Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Chino Horde, Fishwagon, Step by Step, Numbskulz, The Big Cats, The Influents, Sixteen Bullets, Monsula, Pretty, The Kicks, The Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs |
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Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a U.S. guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a touring guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a backing member of Green Day since 1999 when they recorded Warning. He is co-founder of Billie Joe Armstrong's record label Adeline Records[1] and oversees the day-to-day operation of the label.
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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 punk rock 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). 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. 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.
Because of 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.
In 2003, allegedly under the name Balducci, White joined the members of Green Day for their side-project The Network. The band has released one album so far, called Money Money 2020.
With the release of American Idiot, he was required again to play with the band during the supporting tour of the album. In February 2005, Jason got married.[1] That year, 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. He appears along the band in their 2005 live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible.
In 2006, Jason recorded a cover of The Replacements "Torture" for the Replacements Cover compilation, "We'll Inherit the Earth". He's also featured in the May 2007 release, Towncraft [2], a documentary covering twenty years of the punk music scene in Little Rock, AR, White's home. That same year, White played with Green Day in the video for the cover of "Working Class Hero".
In April 2007, White and his wife joined Armstrong and his family in their Spring Break working with Habitat For Humanity as well as a diary to GreenDay.net.
In 2008 he joined Green Day's side project Foxboro Hot Tubs as lead guitarist along with Kevin Preston of Prima Donna on Rhythm[3]. In 2009 he was required again and is currently touring with Green Day in support for their latest record 21st Century Breakdown.
White made his fourth appearance on a Green Day video for 21 Guns, prior to this, and not including his live appearances on Jesus of Suburbia and East Jesus Nowhere, he had only appeared on three videos: When I Come Around (where he acts as the character kissing the girl), Wake Me Up When September Ends, where he is seen performing with the band ,Working Class Hero where he is seen performing , and 21 Guns where he is seen performing with the band.
Jason has a tattoo of a small flower on his right hand, about level with his wrist and got the tattoo after marrying his current wife Janna (formerly Rollins).
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| Jason White | |
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| Birth name | Jason White |
| Also known as | Balducci |
| Born | November 11, 1973 North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock Pop punk Alternative rock New wave Garage rock revival |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Vocals |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Labels | Reprise Records Lookout! Records Adeline Records |
| Associated acts | Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Chino Horde, Fishwagon, Step by Step, Numbskulz, The Big Cats, The Influents, Sixteen Bullets, Monsula, Pretty, The Kicks, The Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs |
Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a U.S. guitarist who has played in many punk rock bands. He plays for punk rock band Green Day.
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