JON CHAZEN
NAME: Jonathan Scott Chazen
NICKNAMES: Sir Jonny Ragin, Bassist Extraordinaire; Bergs; Chaz
INSTRUMENT: Bass, Vox, Kumquats & Pomegranites
HOMETOWN: Buffalo, N.Y.- A drinking town with a football problem
SPORTS TEAM YOU WOULD KICK SOMEONE'S ASS OVER: Sabres, Bills, Yankees, Swedish Bikini team
PRESIDENT IN OFFICE THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN: Alfred E. Neuman
EDUCATION: Amherst Central High, SUNY Buffalo, the streets
WEIRDEST/FUNNIEST JOB: Cabbie- on my 1st day I drove a client around who was trying to find a hooker, and I got in an accident
PLACES YOU'D LOVE TO LIVE: Australian Outback, Mars, Carmen Electra's cleavage
FAVE BANDS/ARTISTS: Radiohead, Phish, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, R.E.M., Yes, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, U2, The Beatles, Barry Manilow, Tenacious D, among others
FAVE BOOKS: Salem's Lot, Woody Allen's "Side Effects", Maxim, Pet Sematary, anything by Dave Barry
FAVE MOVIES: Goodfellas, Fargo, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, This is Spinal Tap, The Jerk
FIRST CAR (NAME IF AVAILABLE): 1980 Chevy Monza ('Luigi')- My dad bought it for me for only $150, supposedly because the wife of the guy who was selling the car died in it...I ran it into the ground to the point where the only way I could stop it at red lights was to pull the parking brake
TURN-ONS: Short skirts & thigh high "FMB"s, Short shorts, Spicy foods, Champagne, Nipples
TURN-OFFS: Women in baseball caps, Snobs, Snowstorms
OTHER BANDS YOU WERE IN: The Chosen, Mitch's Infydels, Gooseflesh, Blackstrap Molasses, Mother Jefferson, Sixty-five, Wig Jam (currently)
TIDBIT PEOPLE MAY NOT EXPECT ABOUT YOU: I am the Jumblemaster!
YEAR YOU JOINED THE BAND: 1999
COMMENTS: Playing in One & Twenty is really keen.