i grew up on the streets  never got edjucated til i was in my 40s really spent a good portion of my life in reform school juvinile prison for those that dont know what reform school is  iv been disabled most of my adult life do to nerofribomatosis/schwanomatosis and breaking almost as many places in my body as evil ken evil learning to play guitar while waiting to die but never dieing just keep going on like the enigizer bunny sept taller most of the people who know me know me as misfit and have for thirty  years or more never knowing my name is william some even think my mother named me misfit but i took that name after the local paper wrote an article about the school i was going to.  that and i took on after looking at socitie wanting no part of it i planned to live in the mountains growing my hair and weed  pissing on society for all its predisposed intended bios hatred filled sociolizm and slavery that was so masked most of society cant even see it. i am an honest outlaw not common criminal; fighting for freedom here in the states one of many proud flakes that created seattle Hempfest aiding in the production of the first one then some later on. still fighting to creat awareness on many levels about protecting the youth and providing positive release of negative energy before others get hurt and people get into trouble

JAR was formed in 2007 when brothers John Thornburg (then 14 on Drums) and Russ Thornburg (then 10 on guitar) joined Alex Addams (then 15 on Bass and Vocals) to play the local teen centers on the “Eastside” of Seattle. After 2 demos, Addams left to focus on his education and Musical Theatre. In the winter of 2009, childhood friend Julio Posada was asked to join the band and John took on the responsibility of Lead Vocals. Building on their love of 60's/70's Classic Rock and 90's Grunge, JAR can be best described as the love child that resulted from The Doors and Nirvana having a One Night Stand.

In the winter of 2010, after 2 more self-recorded basement demos (recorded by Pat Moon of Shotty) and several “Open Jam Nights” at Oddfellows Bar and Grill in Redmond WA, they caught the eye of Lynn Sorenson (bass player for Bad Company/Paul Rogers) and his partner, drummer Doug McGrew (now touring with Geoff Tate of Queensryche). It was the decision of Sorenson and McGrew to change the band’s name to “Jar of Rain” sighting several other bands in the US and Internationally with the same name. That relationship resulted in a 5th demo recorded in Sorenson’s basement that the band was never thought captured what they really sounded like. 

In the Spring of 2012 Miller and the band’s families financed the first professionally recorded and produced full length album. Acting as Executive Producer, Miller brought in up and coming producer Johnny “Rocket” Adams (of Hot Roddin Romeos) and Engineers Curt Nelson and Rachel Fields to record at Fastback Studios in Seattle. The Album, HUMANS was then mastered at RFI Studios by Ed Brookes. Adams’ use of layering auxiliary keys (some provided by guest keyboardist Robert Lee Mitchell), percussion and other instruments and vocals, was the first to capture the explosive and dramatic LIVE performance that the band was becoming known for. HUMANS was released in the summer of 2012 and the band has been playing in support of the album almost every weekend ever since.

After 5 years, 7 demos, 1 album, countless hours on stage and an absolute rifle focus on making music a lifetime career, it is time for the world to know 20 year old John Thornburg, 16 year old Russ Thornburg and 19 year old Julio Posada. It is time for the world to know JAR.

I am currently having a SEVEN for SEVEN deal at the web site.. You get ALL SEVEN albums for Seven buck's (vie MP3 download) 
Albums you get are.
1. A Generation of Time VII
2. A Nation of Stars VI
3. Rites of Passage V
4. Exodus IV.1
5. Exodus IV.2 (Waters Edge)
6. Exodus IV.3 (40 Years of Wandering)
7. A Road Less Traveled
8. Free (instrumental) 

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Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

I'm a bassist, a amateur producer, a self deprecating artist, and a part time philosopher. I love getting in the zone and creating magic in my two bands. My first band is Rev 3 and has been going for awhile in the north Puget Sound area. One Big Hand is my second band and we're writing/recording right now. Hope you enjoy.

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