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Jason Finn - Band History:
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| Bad Credit (198?) |
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Jason Finn - Drums Mike Wells - ? |
| "In '83 there was a really cool burgeoning little punk club scene downtown – mostly the Metropolis was the main one that I was going to a lot. I'd go to these shows a couple times a week and you'd realize that there are a lot of the same people showing up to these shows. You start talking to them and maybe one of them plays guitar or something. I started a band called Bad Credit with some people I met at Metropolis, one of whom was Mike Wells who was later in the Walkabouts. I was in the eleventh grade and bands like the Sharing Patrol, D.O.A. used to come down from Vancouver all the time, four or five times a year, March of Crimes, Bundle Of Hiss, which is the old band that Kurt Danielson from TAD, that was his first band. Dan Peters was in that band too, from Mudhoney. The Altered, Silly Killers, Deranged Diction – which featured a very young and punk Jeff Ament." - Jason Finn |
| Paisley Sin (198?) |
| Jason Finn - Drums |
| more details wanted! |
| Vexed (198?) |
| Jason Finn - Drums |
| more details wanted! |
Skin Yard (1986-1987)
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| Ben McMillan - Vocals Jack Endino - Guitar Daniel House - Bass Jason Finn - Drums |
| "Skin Yard was a grunge band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group
never gained any mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably
Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of
the sound that would later be called grunge." Wikipedia |
| H-Hour (1987-1988) |
| Jason Finn - Drums |
| more details wanted! |
| Helios Greed (1989) |
| Helios Creed - Vocals, Guitar, Sampler Daniel House - Bass Jason Finn - Drums |
| Jason Finn is on official album "The Last Laugh" |
Love Battery (1989-2006)
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| Jason Finn - Drums (1989-2006) |
| "For the most part Love Battery was an unusual group in the early 90's Seattle music scene. Blending
intense swirling psychedelic guitar work, pulsating rhythms, driving beats and heartfelt vocals derived
from '60s garage/psych, '70s punk rock, '80s post punk and '90s grunge, their music was significantly
more complex than most of the music associated with that era.
Although they never achieved the commercial success of many of their contemporaries, they nonetheless
retained a fervent cult following that continues to this day." - Wikipedia |
| Icky Joey (1991-?) |
| Jason Tillman - David Lip - Vocals David Rott- Guitar Ed Fotheringham - Guitar Jason Finn - Drums |
| "This one-time Seattle project brought together Love Battery's rhythm section of Jason Finn and Jim
Tillman with cult hero/artist Ed Fotheringham, who has since designed album covers for Mudhoney, Flop,
the Muffs, and Love Battery. Besides the full-length Pooh, Icky Joey recorded a 45 with three album
tracks and one previously unavailable song, "Marron Marron." " - Matt Carlson, All Music Guide "Made up of Love Battery rhythm tag-team members Jason Finn and Jason Tillman, Icky Joey also featured vocalist David Lipe, guitarist David Rott, and guitarist/artist/Thrown-Up Ed Fotheringham. Icky Joey didn’t last too long, but they were signed to C/Z and left behind the Marron, Marron 7” EP, Pooh LP, and a song on Teriyaki Asthma Volume Four. Plus they opened for Madison, Wisconsin’s, all-time greatest band, Killdozer. Really, that’s quite a pedigree. Musically and stylistically, Icky Joey was Grunge with a capital G. They had all the benchmarks: Jack Endino production, Charles Peterson photography, wah-wah solos, and that snotty-and-proud punk rock irreverence that quickly went away once the Seattle Sound went national. Hell, Steve Turner even made a guest appearance on their record!" - Lamestain |
| Fastbacks (1992-1994?) |
| Jason Finn - Drums |
| details here |
| The Presidents Of The United States Of America (1993-present) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Basitar, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitbass, Vocals (1993-2004) Jason Finn - Drums, Vocals Andrew McKeag - Guitbass, Vocals (2004-present) |
| Also known as PUSA/PotUSA/The Presidents Of The USA. |
70 Proof (1996-?)  |
| Kurt Bloch Mike Musburger Ben London Paul Passereli Ron Heathman Eddie Spaghetti Mark Hoyt Jim Sangster Joe Bass Shawn Allen Jason Finn Jason Staczek Andrew McKeag and probably a few more |
| The world's most frighteningly authentic 70's cover band. There were often as many as 9 on stage at any given show |
| The Minus Five (1997-2002) |
| Jason Finn - Drums |
| details here |
| Congratulators (1997-2002) |
| Jim Sangster Johnny Sangster Jason Finn - Drums |
| details here |
| The Quitters (1998-2000) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Bass, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitar Jason Finn - Drums |
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Name Quitters appeared first time on Jason Finn's drum kit on the "Video
Killed The Radio Star" video back in 1998. It was a reference about the
Presidents quitting, but on 24th January 2000, mysterious song: "The
Quitters - Jupiter" appeared on Musicblitz website. It was meant to be an
one-off reunion to make a favor to an old friend that worked on Musicblitz,
but later on it lead to a whole new PUSA album. "They quickly found out they couldn't use that name (The Quitters) and have reverted back to using The Presidents. "I liked the Quitters but apparently there's some band in Syracuse New York called The Quitters and they are extremely fond of their name. They found out we were using it and told us in no uncertain terms to stop. We liked the names The Quitters and if they hadn't of called us on it we would have kept using it" Dave said." When the full album was done, the band wanted a new label in Australia, and they would really liked it to be Sony. Things might have gone wrong in the US, but the Presidents always liked the way how Sony Australia worked. Dave even wanted the band to tour Australia, but Chris wasn't interested. |
SUbSET (1998-2000) |
| Sir Mix-A-Lot - Vocals Chris Ballew - Vocals, Bass, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitar, Bass Jason Finn - Drums |
| "SUbSET was a much-anticipated collaboration between Seattle rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot and grunge jokesters the Presidents of the United States of America, albeit one that never quite got off the ground. The seeds of SUbSET were first planted circa 1997, with a collaborative Jimi Hendrix cover the original purpose. Instead, Mix and the Presidents -- guitarist Dave Dederer, bassist Chris Ballew, and drummer Jason Finn -- eventually worked on a bit of original material, drawing from their collective disillusionment with the music industry. Mix brought the Presidents on-stage to perform the result, "Addicted to the Fame," at a live gig in Seattle in 1998. The crowd went wild, and the quartet decided to pursue their unlikely new direction further, eventually christening themselves SUbSET. They played several showcase gigs in Seattle, and also recorded approximately one album's worth of material over 1999, provoking intense curiosity even beyond their own respective fan bases. SUbSET mounted a small-scale tour of the West Coast in early 2000, but unfortunately split up in its wake. Part of the reason was a lack of enthusiasm for the process of putting out and supporting a record, and musical differences also played a part (Mix wanted to experiment with alternative metal and industrial sounds). To date, none of the band's recordings have been officially released, though many have been leaked on the Internet." Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
| The Nevada Bachelors (1999-2000) |
| Rob Benson - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards Mike Squires - Vocals, Guitar Ben Brunn - Vocals, Bass Jason Finn - Drums |
| Hello Jupiter CD. |