Jon Crosby

Occupation(s)Instrument(s)vocals, guitarYears active1998–presentLabels

Jon Crosby (born July 25, 1976) is an American musician and founder of the musical project VAST.^[1]

Biography

Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Humboldt and Sonoma counties in Northern California,^[2] 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. His father was a lounge guitarist whom he never met.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of 13, he was profiled in Guitar Player magazine and Shrapnel Magazine as a rising young star.^[2] In 1993, aged 16, he moved to Petaluma, California and formed VAST with friends Mike Alioti and Dimitri Katzoff, formerly of ska band The Conspiracy, though the band line-up changed frequently thereafter.^{[citation needed]} The band's early shows were mainly at the Phoenix Theater.^{[citation needed]}

At 19, Crosby's manager and ex-girlfriend Sakina Sati 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 after a bidding war he signed with Elektra.^[2] Two albums were released by Elektra: Visual Audio Sensory Theater in 1998,^[2] and Music For People in 2000.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, Crosby left the label.^{[citation needed]} In 2003 he released two digital download albums, Turquoise 3.x and Crimson 3.x.^{[citation needed]} He then moved on to Carson Daly's 456 Entertainment, releasing Nude in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Crosby started his own record label, 2Blossoms Records & Media.^[3] In late 2007 and early 2008, Crosby released five download-only EPs, under the collective title Generica, billed as "an exploration of people, places and American music."^{[citation needed]} The first three volumes were solo acoustic guitar songs, while the last two were recorded with VAST band members under the name "Jon Crosby and the Resonator Band".^{[citation needed]}

Discography

VAST

Solo

• Generica Vol. I (2007)
• Generica Vol. II (2008)
• Generica Vol. III (2008)
• Ruminations On Everything (2017) (Non-Fiction Publication/Audiobook)
• Posthumous Serenade (2017) (2-Disc Covers Album)
• More Posthumous Serenades (2018) (Covers Album)
• The VAST Companion (2018) (Non-fiction publication - stories behind VAST songs)

Jon Crosby and the Resonator Band

• Generica Vol. IV (2008)
• Generica Vol. V (2008)

Other side projects

• Bang Band Sixxx: Relay EP (2008)

References

External links

• Official site