Jason DeCorse (born January 16, 1974 in

Yuma, Arizona Yuma ( coc, Yuum) is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 93,064 at the 2010 census, up from the 2000 census population of 77,515. Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, M ...

) is of the Quechan Indian nation and is currently living in

Solana Beach, California Solana Beach (''Solana'', Spanish for "warm wind") is a coastal city in San Diego County, California. Its population was at 12,941 at the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 12,867 at the 2010 Census. History The area was first settled by the San Dieg ...

. He is guitarist for the LA band

The Icarus Line The Icarus Line was an American post-hardcore band from Los Angeles, California, active from 1998 until 2015. Career 1998–2003 The Icarus Line's roots started from a high school rock group, Kanker Sores. Tragedy struck the band in 1997, when ...

. In late 2007, he began performing and recording with The Jimi Homeless Experience, a comedy rock/

parody A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subj ...

band In 2003,

Arista Records Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...

signed the band Lo Mass Republic, featuring Jason on guitar and Jesse Glick as lead singer, to a

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. Their debut album was recorded in

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by Rick Parashar (

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...

, Temple of the Dog, Alice In Chains, and Blind Melon) and mixed by

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(

Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing v ...

, Stone Temple Pilots,

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, and U2) at

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but the record was never released. The band then joined forces in 2007 and hired John Travis (

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, Juliana Theory, Social Distortion) to record and produce their independent album Poisoned Heart Machines. Since the early 1990s, he is also a regular member of Greyhound Soul (fronted by Joe Pena) which has achieved critical acclaim

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. Jason has also performed and recorded with many other musicians, including Kathy Valentine (of the Go-Go's), Clem Burke (of Blondie),

Abby Travis Abby Travis (born November 10, 1969) is an American musician. In the 1990s, she began working as a touring bass player. She has worked with The Go-Go's, The Eagles of Death Metal, Masters of Reality, The Bangles, KMFDM, Beck, and Elastica. Ab ...

(of Elastica and KMFDM), Ian Astbury (of The Cult), Motochrist, Alana Sweetwater, Jet Set, and several others. In 2014, Jason joined Godspeed McQueen, a punk/rock'n'roll tribute band located in Solana Beach CA with a deep underground following. Currently teaches music at Rockademy, a music school located in North San Diego County.

Discography

with Greyhound Soul

* " Alma de Galgo" (2001) LP, CD * " Down" (2004) LP, CD * "

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" (2005) LP, CD * "

Tonight and Every Night ''Tonight and Every Night'' is a 1945 American musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair. The film portrays wartime romance and tragedy in a London musical show, loosely modelled on the Windmil ...

" (2007) LP, CD

with Lo Mass Republic

* " Lo Mass Republic" (2003) LP, CD * " Poisoned Heart Machines" (2007) LP, CD

with Alana Sweetwater

* " Alana Sweetwater" (2007) LP, CD

with The Jimi Homeless Experience

* "

Are You Homeless? ''Are You Homeless?'' is an EP from The Jimi Homeless Experience. It contains seven tracks of parody songs written by Jon Kinyon, each one lampooning a well known Jimi Hendrix hit. The CD was officially released on August 23, 2007, the 40th ...

" (2007) LP, CD * " Band of Junkys" (2009) CD Single

with Plastic Dog

* "

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" (2006) LP, CD * "

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in real time, centers on a town marshal whose sense of ...

" (2008) EP, CD * " 101 Hollywood Nights: Demos & Outtakes '98-'08" (2008) 6-CD box set

with The Icarus Line

* "

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" (2010) LP, CD * " Live in London" (2012) LP only

References

External links

The Icarus Line official site

The Jimi Homeless Experience official site

Plastic Dog official site

Greyhound Soul official site

Lo Mass Republic official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Decorse, Jason 1974 births Living people Musicians from Tucson, Arizona People from Yuma, Arizona Musicians from Los Angeles Guitarists from Arizona American male guitarists The Icarus Line members The Jimi Homeless Experience members Guitarists from California 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians