Jason Sebastian Russo

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Jason Sebastian Russo
Jason Sebastian Russo at Coney Island Brooklyn, NY during the video shoot for Hopewell's single "Island."
Jason Sebastian Russo at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, during the video shoot for Hopewell's "Island", directed by Art Boonparn.[1]
Born (1973-08-16) August 16, 1973 (age 50)
OccupationMusician

Jason Sebastian Russo (born August 16, 1973, in Yonkers, New York) is an American rock musician and writer, currently a MFA student at Bennington Writing Seminars in Bennington, Vermont and a published poet and short story writer.[2] He was a member of Mercury Rev from 1994 to 2001, and rejoined in 2011 for the Don't Look Back concert series Deserter's Songs reunion tour. He founded the psychedelic rock band Hopewell in high school.[3] Hopewell has since gone on hiatus. They released their fifth album, Good Good Desperation, on Tee Pee Records in 2009. He is also leader of the band Common Prayer.[4]

Common Prayer's debut record There Is A Mountain was released in the UK by Big Potato Records, a label founded in part by Slowdive's Neil Halstead. It was recorded on the site of the Truck Festival in Steventon, Oxfordshire, by Joe and Robin Bennett of Goldrush. Other players include Russo's brother, Justin Russo.[5]

In 2014, he began a new band called Guiding Light with the musician/filmmaker Tara Autovino.[6] Their debut LP was released by Bleeding Gold Records (US) and Eggs In Aspic Records (UK) in late 2017.[7]

In 2018, while simultaneously recording their sophomore album, Guiding Light became one half of the band Pete International Airport, recording and touring the album Safer With The Wolves... (A Recordings). They also contributed, separately, remixes for the band's remix LP SFR WTH TH WLVS...RMX.[8][9]

Childhood[edit]

"Jason Russo grew up in a religious household with two brothers, a sister and no TV. The son of a psychiatrist, he spent the better part of his youth in graveyards, woods and strip malls in upstate New York before music consumed much of his life. At the age of 19, Russo found himself touring alongside his brother Justin as bassist for critically acclaimed Mercury Rev during the band's peak, before moving on to focus entirely on his own eclectic psychedelic rock band Hopewell. - NY Post".[10]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Soundtracks[edit]

EPs and singles[edit]

  • Hopewell "Windy & Carl" / "Hopewell" (Burnt Hair Records, 1996 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "Stranger" (Priapus Records, 1997 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "Purple Balloon" (Priapus Records, 1998 EP)
  • Mercury Rev "Goddess on a Hiway" (V2 Records, 1998 Single)
  • Mercury Rev "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" (V2 Records, 1998 Single)
  • Mercury Rev "Opus 40" (V2 Records, 1999 Single)
  • Mercury Rev "Holes" (V2 Records, 1999 Single)
  • Hopewell "Planetarium" / "Hopewell" (Burnt Hair Records, 1998 12" S/Sided, Ltd)
  • Hopewell "Small Places" (Zeal Records, 2000 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "Safe As Milk" (Cutty Shark, 2001 CD/ 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "The Angel Is My Watermark" (Cutty Shark, 2001 CD/ 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "The Notbirds EP" (Sunnylane / South Cherry Entropy, 2006 EP)
  • Hopewell "Hopewell" / "Lions & Tigers Keep - Mother Vol 3" (Fire Records, 2006 10" Ltd)
  • Hopewell "Good Good Good Desperation" / "Opus Part 2" (TeePee Records, 2009 7" Single)
  • Hopewell "Another Music" (TeePee Records, 2012 CD/7" Single)

Compilations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jason Sebastian Russo". Jasonsebastianrusso.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Honk |Hobarts". havehashad.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ Nicholls, Dale. "Biography: Hopewell". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Common Prayer – There Is A Mountain". Thelineofbestfit.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ Diver, Mike. "BBC - Music - Review of Common Prayer - There Is a Mountain". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Jason Sebastian Russo & Tara Autovino Need Your Help "Getting the Fuck Out of Brooklyn" | The Village Voice". Villagevoice.com. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. ^ Valish, Frank. "Guide the Lightning". Undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. ^ "About Pete International Airport". Peteinternationalairport.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Pete International Airport - SFR WTH TH WLVS...RMX". Littlecloudrecords.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ ""Getting Personal with Jason Russo," Jonny Leather interview for the New York Post". Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

External links[edit]

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