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Jason McCaslin (born September 3, 1980, in Toronto, Ontario), better known as Cone, is the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of Canadian punk rock band Sum 41. He joined the band in February 1999, replacing Mark Spicoluk. Sum 41 was signed by Island Records only months after he joined. McCaslin began playing bass at the age of 14, as a member of a grunge garage band called Second Opinion. He is of half Irish, half Swedish descent. [1]

He acquired the nickname "Cone" from fellow band member Deryck Whibley in high school, because he frequently ate ice cream cones at lunch.[2][3]

Professional career

He co-created the Garage punk/rock side project The Operation M.D., with Todd Morse (of H20), in which he is known under the name Dr. Dynamite. He plays bass on most of the tracks and also plays acoustic guitar on "Someone Like You", in which he also sings lead vocals. He also sings lead vocals in "Dirt" and "Obvious". The Operation M.D. are currently recording their second album, and Cone has almost finished recording bass with only two songs left (as stated on The Operation M.D blog). He has also acted in many Sum 41 short films. For example, in "Basketball Butcher", he gets beaten up, killed and eaten by Steve Jocz due to beating him at basketball. He also played Dante the drug dealer in "1-800-Justice". He recently helped produce an album with Shelter With Thieves, a Canadian band from Halifax.[4][5] The EP, entitled Confessions of a Toxic Generation, was nominated for 2 Nova Scotia Music Awards, for Group Recording and also Loud Recording.[6] The band eventually won the Loud Recording award for the EP.[7]

Instruments

Cone uses a Fender '59 Precision Bass and a Fender American Vintage '62 Precision Bass.

Personal life

He married on September 5, 2008. During the wedding, Cone's fellow band members Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 and Todd Morse of H2O and The Operation M.D. performed "One" by U2 and "Pieces" by Sum 41. Cone has two sisters and he is lactose intolerant.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sum 41 official website @ IslandRecords.com - Home". June 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  2. ^ "Sum 41 Biography Bio Pictures Brown Bizzy D Sound Stevo 32 Cone Pic". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  3. ^ "TheresNoSolution.com : Sum 41". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  4. ^ "Facebook Shelter with Thieves's Photos - Studio 2009". Retrieved 2009-07-01. Recording with Cone McCaslin ( Sum 41, Operation MD)
  5. ^ "MySpace.com Blogs - Shelter with Thieves MySpace Blog". Retrieved 2009-07-01. As you may or may not know it was produced with Cone McCaslin from Sum 41 and Opperation MD.
  6. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=387048490&blogId=509491693
  7. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=387048490&blogId=517962306
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