Jonathan Michael Howard (born April 27, 1985 in

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The borough is eight miles (13 km) west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 8,981 ...

) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. He was the lead guitarist for the

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band

Dizmas Dizmas is an American Christian rock band from Lancaster, California.Dizmas Biography
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from 2003 to 2009, leaving after they went on hiatus and becoming a guitarist for the band

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. He left Stellar Kart in 2010 and served as a touring rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for

Paramore Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, w ...

until 2016. Jon’s brother, Joey, joined Paramore as touring bassist in 2016. In 2018, Jon co-founded the location scouting company Avvay.

Career

Production and Writing

Jon has co-written and produced songs performed by Dashboard Confessional, Illenium, Aaron Gillespie, and Natalie Taylor among others.

Dizmas

In 2004, shortly after graduating high-school, Jon moved to Lancaster, California to join the

Forefront Records ForeFront Records is a contemporary Christian music and Christian rock record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. Griffin. It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo, and is a divi ...

band,

Dizmas Dizmas is an American Christian rock band from Lancaster, California.Dizmas Biography
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. After hundreds of shows and three records, members of Dizmas moved on.

General Ghost

He formed the band General Ghost, together with Kyle Rictor. They released their first EP entitled "Give Me To The Waves" on January 17, 2012. This was followed from an EP, ''If Then'', released on the same year, and a third EP titled ''Drifter Painter Drinker Sinner'', released in 2014.

Touring

In the summer of 2010, Jon began touring with the band

as an additional rhythm guitar player, keyboardist and percussionist. Howard has maintained this position until 2016 - he played his last shows as part of Paramore in March of that year, during the band's second "Parahoy! Cruise".

Personal life

Jon is married to singer Natalie Taylor.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Jon 1985 births Living people Songwriters from Pennsylvania American performers of Christian music People from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania People from Lancaster, California Songwriters from California Guitarists from California 21st-century American guitarists