Everything about Jon Crosby totally explained
Jon Crosby (born
July 25,
1976) is an
American musician, founder of the musical outfit
VAST. He is a resident of
Austin, Texas.
Crosby was born in
Los Angeles,
California, and grew up in
Humboldt and
Sonoma counties in Northern California, raised by a single mother from an upper class family who owned a record store in
Fortuna, California. His great-grandfather was
John C. Crosby, a congressman from
Massachusetts and his ancestry on his mother's side is English and Native American. It is speculated that his father, who was a lounge guitarist whom he never met, may have been partially Japanese.
At the age of 13, he was profiled in
Guitar Player magazine and Shrapnel Magazine as a rising young star. He developed a love for
classical music after watching the film
Amadeus. When he met a girl named Michelle in 6th Grade, he learned to play
The Beatles' hit "
Michelle" on guitar to impress her. This sparked his interest in The Beatles, and in
rock music in general. Crosby's other influences include
Steve Vai,
Joe Satriani,
U2, and
Depeche Mode. He formed VAST in
1993, at the age of 16, after moving to Petaluma, CA with friends Mike Alioti and Dimitri Katzoff, formerly of ska-band
The Conspiracy, though that line-up was short-lived and would be frequently supplanted. He played few early shows, mainly at the famed
Phoenix Theater, where many early acts -- like
Green Day -- got their first big break.
At 19, Crosby's manager/ex-girlfriend took him to New York, along with ex-members Daniel Alva and Stephen Garver, for the purpose of shopping his demo tapes through
Shiva Baum, former manager for
Opiate for the Masses, and a bidding war broke out; he then signed with
Elektra. Two albums were released by Elektra -
Visual Audio Sensory Theater in
1998 and
Music For People in
2000. In
2002, however, Crosby left the label.
2003 saw him break new ground when he released two digital download albums,
Turquoise 3.x and
Crimson 3.x. He then moved on to
Carson Daly's
456 Entertainment, where
Nude was released in
2004.
In
2003 he started his own record label,
2Blossoms Records & Media.
Never married, Crosby has twice been engaged, once to ex-manager and writer Sakina Gerhard and once to adult model Debra Jean Schwartz (
a.k.a. Debra Jean Danger). He has had a number of spiritual affiliations, ranging from
Hinduism to
Christianity to
Shamanism, and they're reflected in his music.
Influences
Influences upon his music include such groups as
Nine Inch Nails,
the Cure,
Metallica,
the Doors,
The Tea Party,
Mr. Bungle (whose first drummer, Jed Watts, played briefly with VAST),
Machines of Loving Grace,
Mozart, assorted early 90s
Techno,
World Music, and
Nirvana, as well as
goth clubs, which he frequented in San Francisco and New York City.
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