Justin Pearson Musical artist

Justin Pearson (born August 20, 1975) is a vocalist and bassist known for his prolific music career, playing in a number of San Diego-based noise rock, punk and grindcore bands, as well as his record label Three One G Records. Starting off in the punk outfit Struggle in 1994, ensuing projects included Swing Kids, The Locust, The Crimson Curse, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Ground Unicorn Horn, Brain Tourniquet, All Leather, and Retox. He has collaborated with Jimmy LaValle, Gabe Serbian, Mark McCoy, Wesley Eisold, Karen O, Nick Zinner, Jordan Blilie, Cody Votolato, The Bloody Beetroots, Vegamoore and members of Bastard Noise, among others.Pearson has been cited as an influence for his work in Swing Kids and The Locust on the genres of noise rock, powerviolence, and what has been dubbed "freak punk."

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 20, 1975
Hometown
San Diego
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1991
associated musical artist
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Some Girls (California band)
Bastard Noise
Swing Kids (band)
Head Wound City
The Locust
Holy Molar
The Blood Brothers (band)
RETOX
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Grindcore
Noise rock
Hardcore punk
Math rock
Mathcore
instrument
Bass guitar
Singing
Ampeg
Rickenbacker 4001
record label
ANTI-
Dim Mak Records
Epitaph Records
Gold Standard Laboratories
Three One G

Justin Pearson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/situation-of-noise-an-interview-with-justin-pearson-of-the-locust
  2. http://lastblogonearth.com/2009/01/09/interview-with-justin-pearson-of-the-locust
  3. http://pod.icast.co.il/57cc8d45-717c-44a6-812f-d838578fcd74.icast.mp3
  4. http://pod.icast.co.il/e3c1b0e1-0890-47be-a467-e3933c26a8c8.icast.mp3
  5. http://threeoneg.com/artists/justin-pearson
  6. http://www.sandiegopunk.com/interviews/justinpearson.php
  7. http://www.skatepunk.net/articles/jpiview.html
  8. http://www.truthexplosion.com/live/interviews/interviews.php?id=162
  9. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uqdw8wXqpA4
  10. http://youtube.com/watch?v=cuOoY2phWj4