Jason Viebrooks

Jason VieBrooks is a touring bassist and guitarist. He has toured the world with many groups, and is an endorsee of Esh Bass.

Born August 9, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduated from Hamilton High school in 1989. Started playing bass in 1987 and wanted to pursue a career in music, so after graduating high school he moved to San Francisco Bay Area and met Craig Locicero from the band Forbidden. Through Craig he was introduced to Lee Altus of Heathen and was invited down to audition. That went well and he spent the next few years in Heathen until Heathen went on hiatus, and Lee joined Die Krupps from Germany. After Heathen Jason went on to be the original bassist for Grip Inc., the band formed by Slayer's Dave Lombardo and Voodoocult guitarist Waldemar Sorychta. While in Grip Inc. Jason played on the first 2 CDs, Power of Inner Strength and Nemesis. That line up also did 3 tours, 1 of the US with Morbid Angel, 1 supporting Motörhead in Europe and another co-headlining with German band Kreator. After 2 CDs and 3 tours it was time for Jason to move on, due to personalities conflicting among members.

Once he left Grip Inc. Jason took a break from the music business full-time and started a landscape/ home remodeling business and focused on that. Burnt from the business side of music he felt jaded and needed to step back a while. He formed a band called The Allknowing, based in Cincinnati; they did regional shows and released 1 CD. After The Allknowing project Jason was ready to dive back into the game, so he hooked up with longtime friends Steve Tucker, x-Morbid Angel vocalist/bassist and Steve Jacobs, x-Forbidden, Manmade God drummer. Together they formed a band called LOWA and recorded a demo, but before anything could happen, Tucker left to join the Nader Sedek project. With that happening Jason started to play bass in Cincinnati-based band Lorenzo and did countless shows with them. Jason also played on Lorenzo's latest CD. While in Lorenzo Jason got the call to start getting ready to tour with Heathen. They had since reformed and recorded Evolution of Chaos with Jon Torres on bass, but Jon was no longer able to tour so Heathen wanted Jason back. He quickly had the set down and they were on their way to Europe to do the Killfest 2011 tour supporting Overkill. After that tour Heathen did more touring of Europe and the US with bands like Exodus, Destruction, Sepultura, and others. Between tours Jason also was the last bass player to play bass in NOLA thrash legends Exhorder. He did a handful of shows with them until they disbanded. Currently Jason is still with Heathen, signed to Nuclear Blast records and are preparing the next studio CD and more touring in 2013.

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