Yonkers, New York
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) is an American
rock music
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ian and writer, currently a MFA student at Bennington Writing Seminars in Bennington, Vermont and a published poet and short story writer. He was a member of
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Don't Look Back (concert series), Don't Look Back concert series Deserter's Songs reunion tour. He founded the psychedelic rock band Hopewell in high school. Hopewell has since gone on hiatus. They released their fifth album, ''Good Good Desperation'', on
Tee Pee Records
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in 2009. He is also leader of the band Common Prayer.
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
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's
Neil Halstead
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. It was recorded on the site of the
Truck Festival
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in Steventon, Oxfordshire, by Joe and Robin Bennett of
Goldrush
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. Other players include Russo's brother, Justin Russo.
In 2014, he began a new band called Guiding Light with the musician/filmmaker Tara Autovino. Their debut LP was released by Bleeding Gold Records (US) and Eggs In Aspic Records (UK) in late 2017.
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''.
Childhood
"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
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Hopewell. - NY Post".
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Hopewell ''The Curved Glass'' (Priapus, PIAS, 2001)
* Grand Mal (New York City band), Grand Mal ''Bad Timing'' (Arena Rock Recording Company, 2003)
* The Silent League ''The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused'' (File-13, Something in Construction, 2004)
* Hopewell ''Hopewell & The Birds Of Appetite'' (
Tee Pee Records
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, Star Mole Records (Japan), 2005)
* Hopewell ''Hopewell and the Birds of Appetite'' ( TeePee Records, 2005)
*
Kevin Devine
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''Instigator'' (Procrastinate! Music Traitors, 2016)
* Pete International Airport ''Safer With The Wolves...'' (A Recordings, 2017)
*
Guiding Light
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''Guide the Lightning'' (Eggs in Aspic / Bleeding Gold, 2017)
* Pete International Airport ''SFR WTH TH WLVS...RMX'' (Little Cloud Records, 2019)
Soundtracks
* '' Jesus' Son Soundtrack'' (1999)
* '' Tarnation Soundtrack'' (as Hopewell) (2003)
* '' Alphonso Bow Soundtrack'' (2009)
* '' Psycho Guru Soundtrack'' (2010)
* ''Lapse: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie Soundtrack'' (2013)
* '' River Of Bears Soundtrack'' (2013)
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York, with 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)