Jason Hook

Jason Hook (born Thomas Jason Grinstead; October 3, 1970) is a Canadian guitarist, record producer, songwriter, and session musician. He is best known as the former[1] lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.

Jason Hook
Hook at the 2016 Reload Festival
Background information
Birth nameThomas Jason Grinstead
Born (1970-10-03) October 3, 1970
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • producer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
Labels
Associated acts
Websitejasonhook.com

Early life

Born in Toronto, Hook started his music career at the age of six in nearby Oakville, Ontario, with private guitar lessons. His early experience in formal music training also included drums, piano and violin.

Career
Hook in 2010

Hook spent many years in Canada honing his craft and was eventually signed to Elektra with his band No Love Lost. The band recorded an album with producer Beau Hill (Winger) in Los Angeles but the disc never saw the light of day. Now, on his own in Los Angeles as a session musician, Hook took a stint in the hard rock band BulletBoys. In 2000, he was hired by pop singer Hilary Duff as the guitarist in her live lineup; he also served as the session guitarist recording tracks for her. Hook also supported Mandy Moore on her 2001 Tour.[2] Hook became a highly coveted session player in the L.A. circuit and went on to tour and record with acts like the Vince Neil Band and Alice Cooper.[3]

In 2007, Hook released his debut instrumental hard rock/metal album Safety Dunce. He recorded his second solo release, American Justice, in 2007, which featured guest appearances from Alice Cooper, members of Five Finger Death Punch and Phil Demmel from Machine Head. American Justice is still pending release.

In early 2009, it was announced that Hook was joining heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, replacing guitarist Darrell Roberts.[4] On September 22, 2009, Hook and his bandmates released War Is the Answer, which landed them a number 7 debut on the Billboard Top 200 album

Hook left Five Finger Death Punch in February 2020. His departure was officially announced by the band in October.[1]

TV and film appearances

Hook appeared on the History Channel's Counting Cars on July 9, 2013. His motorcycle had broken down on the side of the road and the show's star, Danny "The Count" Koker, happened to come along and helped get Hook's motorcycle running. Hook later appeared in the episode receiving an Ace Frehley tattoo at Koker's tattoo shop.

Hook also appeared in an episode of My Cat from Hell.[5]

Hook appeared in the documentary film Hired Gun (2016).[6]

Discography
Monkeyhead
  • 2001: Monkeyhead
Bulletboys
Solo
Five Finger Death Punch

References
  1. "Five Finger Death Punch Announce New Guitarist, Confirm Hook is Out". loudwire.com. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  2. August 2, TardPublished; 2012. "Pop Singer Mandy Moore Partly Responsible For Five Finger Death Punch Success?". Classic Rock 105.1. Retrieved 2020-11-03.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Alice Cooper: More NAMM Footage Posted Online". Blabbermouth. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  4. "Five Finger Death Punch To Guest On Bruce Dickinson's Radio Show". Blabbermouth. 14 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  5. July 27, Graham HartmannPublished; 2017. "Watch Five Finger Death Punch's Jason Hook on 'My Cat From Hell'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2020-11-03.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Strine, Fran (2016-08-05), Hired Gun (Documentary, Music), John 5, Kenny Aronoff, Corey Britz, Kara Britz, Drama Kills, retrieved 2020-11-03
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.