Editing Jason Everman (section)

==Early life==
In a 2013 interview with ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', Everman said when asked about his birthplace, "My birth certificate says [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], but I'm pretty sure it was [[Ouzinkie, Alaska|Ouzinkie]], where my parents lived in a two-room cabin with a pet [[ocelot]] named Kia." His parents had moved to the remote [[Spruce Island (Alaska)|Spruce Island]] to, as guitarist and writer [[Clay Tarver]] put it, "get back to nature", but their marriage did not "work out". His mother left with Jason when he was a toddler, moved to [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and married a former [[United States Navy|Navy]] serviceman; the family eventually settled in [[Poulsbo, Washington|Poulsbo]], across [[Puget Sound]] from [[Seattle]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/magazine/evermans-war.html|title= The Rock 'n' Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero|date= July 2, 2013|access-date=2013-07-02|first=Clay |last=Tarver |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

According to Everman's half-sister, with whom he grew up, "My mother was extremely depressed, an artistic genius who was also a pill-popping alcoholic. Jason and I learned to walk on eggshells and really learned to take care of ourselves." After an incident in which he and a friend blew up a toilet with an [[M-80 (explosive)|M-80]] firecracker, his grandmother put him in therapy sessions to deal with his emotional issues. Everman began playing guitar during the therapy sessions; he initially picked up one of the guitars the therapist kept around his office, and the therapist then decided to play with him, hoping it would help him open up. He went on to play in several bands during his high school years. Also, he reestablished contact with his biological father, who by that time owned a fishing boat in Alaska, and worked several seasons on the boat.<ref name="nytimes"/> Prior to joining with [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], he played guitar in a local band called Stonecrow with future Nirvana drummer [[Chad Channing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicliferadio.com/2010/09/022-an-interesting-life/|title=An Interesting Life: Jason Everman - MLR Podcast 022 |date=September 14, 2010 |publisher=Music Life Radio}}</ref>