Justin Trosper is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, born in

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. He fronted the

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...

band

Unwound Unwound () is an American post-hardcore band formed in 1988 in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington. It presently consists of vocalist-guitarist Justin Trosper, bassist Jared Warren, drummer Sara Lund, and guitarist Scott Seckington. Originally ...

from 1991 to 2002 and again since the band’s reunion in 2022. He has also been a member of bands such as Replikants, The Young Ginns, and Worst Case Scenario. Most of his work has been released through the

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Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in February 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but it was orig ...

. Trosper has been a

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for several Olympia-area bands, primarily at Unwound's self-built recording studio, MagRecOne. He has worked on albums by artists such as Thrones ( Joe Preston), Young People, Shoplifting, Godzik Pink,

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, Long Hind Legs, Anna Oxygen, and The Magic Magicians. In the early 1990s, he self-published the punk/indie rock fanzine, "Joe Preston's Legs AKA Germ of Youth". He is also a friend of

Bikini Kill Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990. The group originally consisted of singer and songwriter Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. The band pio ...

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and a graduate of

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. In 2012, Trosper and former Unwound drummer Brandt Sandeno formed Survival Knife.

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1972 births Living people American punk rock guitarists American punk rock singers Record producers from Washington (state) Musicians from Olympia, Washington Singers from Washington (state) Guitarists from Washington (state) Post-hardcore musicians 21st-century American singers People from Tumwater, Washington 21st-century American guitarists {{US-rock-musician-stub