Jason Thornberry (born 1971) is an American writer and musician. His tenure with the Southern California alternative-punk group Mulch saw them perform 200 times in two years as an unsigned band. Mulch performed with

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in the early 1990s. Thornberry founded The Pressure, who went from complete obscurity to the cover of ''

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'' less than a year after their first concert. In 1999, The Pressure was readying the release of their debut album ''Things Move Fast'', when Thornberry was discovered in a coma after being beaten nearly to death. Four months later, he was released in a wheelchair. Within a year he was walking again, and Thornberry had begun to document the experience. He continued to see therapists, having also temporarily lost the ability to speak, or to use the left side of his body, as a result of the assault. He returned to school and edited his college newspaper, ''The Coast Report'', along with contributions to The ''

'', '' URB'', ''Mean Street'', and more than two dozen print and online music magazines around the world.
Thornberry holds a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from Seattle Pacific University and an M.F.A. from

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Discography

(This list includes musical artists with whom Thornberry appeared.) Mulch *''Nowhere to Climb'' (1994). *''13 Dayz'' (1995). *''Aces and Spaces'' (2008). *''Organic Recordings from Wrightwood's Mulch'' (2015) 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?).

Bibliography

Newspapers: * Coast Report * Orange County Weekly * The Stranger Magazines: * American Music Press * The Blacklist * Capable Magazine * Central Circuit * Flipside * Litro Magazine * Mean Street * Mic Stand Magazine * Response * Resurrection Magazine * Skratch * Sleet * Uncomfortable Revolution * URB Journals: * Adirondack Review * ALAN Review * Antonym * Bookends Review * Broadkill Review * Dillydoun Review * Entropy * Harbor Review * Hash Journal * Helix Literary & Art Magazine * In Parentheses Literary Magazine * JMWW Journal * Letters Journal * Litro Magazine * Los Angeles Review of Books * North Dakota Quarterly * Olivetree Review * Open: Journal of Arts & Letters * Phantom Kangaroo * Poet’s Choice * Poor Yorick Literary Magazine * Praxis Magazine for Arts and Literature * Response * Route 7 Review * Sledgehammer Literary Journal * Soundings East * TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics * Thimble Literary Magazine Online: * Alternative Zine (Israel) * Americore * AMZ Music Zine * Aversion * Beat The Blizzard (UK) * Bendies * Bite Me! * Blistering (Canada) * Buzzine * California Pop * CanEHdian (Canada) * Chaos Control Digizine * Chaotic Critiques * Cosmik Debris * Crud (UK) * Daily Vault * Dissident Voice * Geek America * Gepetto * Global Hip Hop * Hybrid Magazine * Inkblot * Legion (Russia) * Maelstrom * Mavis's Dream * Metal Crypt * Metal UK (UK) * Mic Stand Online * Misfit City (UK) * Open Up & Say * Pandomag * Punk News * Rockezine * 60 Seconds * Sweet Tea (UK) * 2Walls * Vivid Hues

References

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