Editing Jon Crosby

{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jon Crosby
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| background        = solo_singer
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1976|07|25}}
| birth_place       = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[Alternative rock]]
*[[industrial rock]]
*[[experimental rock]]
*[[alternative metal]]
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
*Singer
*songwriter
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| instrument        = Vocals, guitar
| years_active      = 1998–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
*2blossoms
*[[Elektra Records]]
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| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
*[[V.A.S.T|VAST]]
*[[Bang Band Sixxx|Bang Band SiXXX]]
*Generica
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'''Jon Crosby''' (born July 25, 1976) is an American musician and founder of the musical project [[VAST]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p293306|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: VAST|last=Prato|first=Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=May 20, 2010}}</ref>

==Biography==
Crosby was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and grew up in [[Humboldt County, California|Humboldt]] and [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma]] counties in Northern California,<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=413}}</ref> 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|date=May 2008}}

At the age of 13, he was profiled in ''[[Guitar Player]]'' magazine and Shrapnel Magazine as a rising young star.<ref name="Larkin90"/> 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|date=June 2014}} The band's early shows were mainly at the [[Phoenix Theater]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}}

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 Records|Elektra]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> Two albums were released by Elektra: ''[[Visual Audio Sensory Theater]]'' in 1998,<ref name="Larkin90"/> and ''[[Music for People (album)|Music For People]]'' in 2000.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} In 2002, Crosby left the label.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} In 2003 he released two digital download albums, ''[[Turquoise 3.x]]'' and ''[[Crimson 3.x]]''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} He then moved on to [[Carson Daly]]'s [[456 Entertainment]], releasing ''[[Nude (VAST album)|Nude]]'' in 2004.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}}

In 2003, Crosby started his own record label, 2Blossoms Records & Media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-09 |title=Rediscover: VAST: April |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2013/07/08/rediscover-vast-april/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Spectrum Culture |language=en-US}}</ref> 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|date=June 2014}} 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|date=June 2014}}

==Discography==
===VAST===
{{Main|VAST#Discography}}

===Solo===
*''[[Generica|Generica Vol. I]]'' (2007)
*''[[Generica|Generica Vol. II]]'' (2008)
*''[[Generica|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|Generica Vol. IV]]'' (2008)
*''[[Generica|Generica Vol. V]]'' (2008)

===Other side projects===
* ''[[Bang Band Sixxx|Bang Band Sixxx: Relay EP]]'' (2008)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.realvast.com/ Official site]

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