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Jon Crosby (born July 25, 1976) is an American musician and founder of the musical project VAST.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BiographyEdit
Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Humboldt and Sonoma counties in Northern California,<ref name="Larkin90">Template:Cite book</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.Template:Citation needed
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.Template:Citation needed The band's early shows were mainly at the Phoenix Theater.Template: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.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Two albums were released by Elektra: Visual Audio Sensory Theater in 1998,<ref name="Larkin90"/> and Music For People in 2000.Template:Citation needed In 2002, Crosby left the label.Template:Citation needed In 2003 he released two digital download albums, Turquoise 3.x and Crimson 3.x.Template:Citation needed He then moved on to Carson Daly's 456 Entertainment, releasing Nude in 2004.Template:Citation needed
In 2003, Crosby started his own record label, 2Blossoms Records & Media.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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."Template: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".Template:Citation needed
DiscographyEdit
VASTEdit
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SoloEdit
- 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 BandEdit
- Generica Vol. IV (2008)
- Generica Vol. V (2008)
Other side projectsEdit
- Bang Band Sixxx: Relay EP (2008)