Jason Slater

Jason C. Slater (March 8, 1971 – December 9, 2020) was an American record producer and musician.

Jason Slater
Jason Slater in 2000
Background information
Born	March 8, 1971 Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Origin	San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Died	December 9, 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 49) Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal nu metal alternative metal industrial rock alternative rock rap rock
Occupation(s)	Musician record producer
Instrument	Bass guitar
Years active	1991–2020
Labels	Interscope Elektra Warner Bros. Reprise Morpheus LMC MCA 5-K-B
Formerly of	Third Eye Blind Snake River Conspiracy Brougham Revenge of the Triads

Biography

Slater grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he helped form the bands Third Eye Blind, Brougham and Snake River Conspiracy.^[1] He is best known for being the co-founder, bassist and backup vocalist of Third Eye Blind from 1993 to 1994.^[2] He left the band after its first year.^[3][1] Following his departure from Third Eye Blind, Slater co-founded the rap rock band Brougham with Luke Oakson and the industrial rock band Snake River Conspiracy with Eric Valentine.^[4] He was also a member of two supergroups; "Band of Flakes" (with George Lynch),^[5] and Revenge of the Triads (with Charlie Clouser and Troy Van Leeuwen).^[6]

Outside of his work in bands, Slater produced several albums. He produced five albums for progressive metal band Queensrÿche between 2006 and 2013.^[7]

Death

On December 9, 2020, Slater died from liver failure at a Maui, Hawaii hospital. He was 49 years old.^[8][1]

Discography

List of albums with contributions from Jason Slater

Year	Artist	Album	Producer	Mixing	Engineer	Writing	Instr.	Ref.
1997	Bullmark	Interstate '76 soundtrack	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
1998	The Braids	Here We Come	No	No	No	Yes	No
2000	Brougham	Le Cock Sportif	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Snake River Conspiracy	Sonic Jihad	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2001	Pete	pete.	Yes	No	No	No	No
2002	Earshot	Letting Go	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Edify	Edify	Yes	No	No	No	No
2003	Slaves on Dope	Metafour	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Twisted Method	Escape From Cape Coma	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Stimulator	Stimulator	No	No	No	Yes	No	[9]
2004	P.M.T.	Acupuncture for the Soul	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	[10][11]
2005	Enemy	Hooray for Dark Matter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Queensrÿche	Operation: Mindcrime II	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Temple of Brutality	Lethal Agenda	No	Yes	No	No	No
2007	Queensrÿche	Mindcrime at the Moore	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Take Cover	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
2009		American Soldier	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
2010	Ingrid Michaelson	Human Again	No	No	No	No	Yes
2011	Queensrÿche	Dedicated to Chaos	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
2013	Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche	Frequency Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Operation: Mindcrime	The Key	No	No	Yes	No	No	[12]
2022	Brougham	Bateh Bros.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[13]

Unreleased albums

List of unreleased albums with contributions from Jason Slater

Artist	Album	Producer	Mixer	Engineer	Writing	Instr.
Revenge of the Triads	Unfinished debut album	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prizefighter	Prizefighter	Yes	No	No	No	No
Apartment 26	Detatchment	Yes	No	No	No	No
Snake River Conspiracy	SRC2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

1. DeNinno, Nadine (Dec 9, 2020). "Jason Slater, original Third Eye Blind bassist, dead at 49". newyorkpost.com. Retrieved Dec 13, 2020.
2. Octavia (May 2000). "Snake River Conspiracy: An Interview with Jason Slater of Snake River Conspiracy". Outburn (12): 32–33. I started [Third Eye Blind] with Stephan Jenkins, the singer [...] He needed a bass player and someone recommended me. So I quit school and started writing songs with him. We failed for a lot of years and then Oasis came out. Stephen went, "I've got to be just like Oasis!" and started down that road. I just didn't want to get laughed at the rest of my life, so I quit. I was always into the heavier stuff, but it was impossible to make anything happen.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 3426. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
4. "Snake River Conspiracy | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
5. "Blogs N' Roses: Exclusive Interview with George Lynch!". 2009-03-26. Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
6. "Revenge of the Triads spawned from NIN keyboardist". www.MetalUnderground.com. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
7. Kaufman, Spencer (December 9, 2020). "R.I.P. Jason Slater, Original Third Eye Blind Bassist and Queensrÿche Producer Dies at 49". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Dec 13, 2020.
8. "Former THIRD EYE BLIND Bassist And QUEENSRŸCHE Producer JASON SLATER Dead At 49". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Dec 9, 2020. Retrieved Dec 10, 2020.
9. "ACE Repertory | Search". ascap.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
10. "Présentation Merdique de la Troupe" (PDF). pmt1.com. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
11. Blabbermouth (2007-05-24). "P.M.T To Open For MARILYN MANSON In Italy, France". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
12. Graff, Gary (2015-08-19). "Former Queensryche Singer Geoff Tate Leads Operation: Mindcrime in New Video 'Burn': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
13. "BATEH BROS., by BROUGHAM". Megakut Records. Retrieved 2022-12-23.

External links

• Jason Slater discography at Discogs