Jonah Jenkins
Jonah Jay Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jonah Moore |
| Born | October 6, 1970 Litchfield, NH |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, United states |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Jonah Jenkins is/was the vocalist in the following bands:
Biography
Born Jonah Moore, October 6, 1970, Jonah Jay Jenkins is best known for being the vocalist for the American hardcore/metal/rock band Only Living Witness.
He formed Only Living Witness with Eric Stevenson, of Formicide in 1989. The band performed in 14 countries including Sweden, England, France, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
When Only Living Witness split in 1995, Jonah went on to form two bands, Miltown and Milligram. Miltown was signed by Larry Jacobson to Irving Azoff's Giant Records, aka Revolution Records.
Miltown recorded several demo tapes on their own with guitarist/producer Brian McTernan and guitarist Matt Squire, releasing a CDEP (Hydra Head Records) and two 7" vinyl records and one album for Revolution Records with producer Toby Wright (Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, Korn) which was never released, and the group subsequently split.
Jonah then returned to work on Milligram, releasing two albums, Hello Motherfucker!, and This Is Class War on three different labels: Tortuga Recordings (run by Mark Thompson, of Hydra Head Records), Overcome Records (France), and Detroit's Small Stone Records.
In 2001, Jonah contributed lyrics and vocals for the song "Stockholm (Blues)" on 5ive's Continuum Research Project's album "The Telestic Disfracture", on Tortuga Recordings.
In 2002, Jonah formed Raw Radar War (formerly Septic Youth Command), and also started a record label, TRAKTOR7 Records, releasing albums by Milligram, Crash and Burn, Lamont, The Hidden, Waltham, Blacktail, Quintaine Americana, Morgan Knockers, and Black Helicopter.
In 2005, Jonah contributed vocals on two songs to Crash and Burn's album "The Value of Mistrust", on Thorp Records.
In 2006 Jonah provided vocals for 36 Crazyfists's album Rest Inside The Flames on the track "We Cannot Deny".
In 2006, Jonah also performed vocals on Converge's album No Heroes for the track "Grim Heart/Black Rose".
In 2008, Jonah appeared as a guest vocalist on one track of Ehnahre's debut album, "The Man Closing Up" on Sound Devastation Records.
In 2008, Only Living Witness briefly reformed to perform four reunion shows; 6/14/2008 and 6/21/2008 at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA, 08/22/2008 in Clinton, MA (unadvertised show) and the final show on 08/30/2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands).
In 2011, Milligram reformed to play at the Palladium with Kyuss Lives in Worcester, MA.
Discography
- 1987 : A Graphic Eulogy - unreleased demo cassette
- With Blind Surgeon
- 1989 : A Welcome Change unreleased demo cassette
- With Only Living Witness
- 1990 : self-titled demo cassette (4 songs)
- 1990 : Planned Obsolescence compilation (RRRecords)
- 1990 : Complex Man 7" (Look Again Records) limited press of 1000 copies
- 1992 : Prone Mortal Form demo cassette Slipt Disc Records (the label's only release)
- 1992 : East Coast Assault compilation (Too Damn Hype Records)
- 1993 : Prone Mortal Form CD (Century Media Records)
- 1994 : Bloodlines: The Seeds of Rebellion compilation (Century Media Records)
- 1994 : Case Closed?: An International Compilation of Husker Du Cover Songs (Snoop Records)
- 1995 : Boston Hardcore '89-'91 (Taang! Records)
- 1995 : Freaklaw 7" limited press of 3000 copies (Chainsaw Safety Records)
- 1996 : Innocents CD (Century Media Records)
- 2006 : Prone Mortal Form/Innocents CD re-issue (Century Media Records)
- 2008 : Prone Mortal Form/Innocents double gatefold vinyl re-issue limited pressing of 500 copies (Reflections Records)
- With Miltown
- 1997 : Miltown s/t 7" limited pressing of 1000, some colored vinyl (Hydra Head Records)
- 1997 : Miltown/Cast Iron Hike split 7" limited pressing of 1000, on Hatin' Life Records, operated by Joanie Lindstrom, DJ on (WMBR)'s Late Risers Club
- 1997 : Miltown s/t CDEP (Hydra Head Records)
- 1997 : They Came From Massachusetts compilation (Big Wheel Recreation)
- 1998 : Tales of Never Letting Go unreleased (Revolution Records)
- 1999 : Up The Dosage compilation (Wonderdrug Records)
- With Milligram
- 1999 : Milligram/Quintaine Americana split 7" (Polterchrist Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, colored vinyl
- 2000 : Hello Motherfucker! EP (Tortuga Recordings in the USA, Overcome Records in France)
- 2001 : Hello Motherfucker! CD (re-issue) (Tortuga Recordings in the USA, Overcome Records in France)
- 2001 : Black and White Rainbow CD, the HMF! companion CD package (Tortuga Recordings)
- 2001 : Music With Attitude: Volume 31 compilation (Rock Sound)
- 2002 : This Is Class War CD (TRAKTOR7 Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, hand sewn into camouflage pockets
- 2002 : Milligram s/t 7" (Superfi Records) limited pressing of fewer than 400 copies
- 2002 : Sucking The 70's compilation (Small Stone Records)
- 2003 : This Is Class War CD re-released (Small Stone Records)
- With Raw Radar War
- 2007 : == 12" vinyl, limited pressing of 500 copies (Land o' Smiles)
- 2007 : == CD (TRAKTOR7 Records/Shifty Records)
- 2007 : Raw Radar War/Deer Creek split 12" vinyl (limited press of 500, colored vinyl) and CD (Game Two Records)
- 2007 : Pharmacopoeia: Volume One 7" vinyl box set compilation (with Coffins, Misanthrope Project, Kongh, Deadbird, Fistula, Noosebomb, Ravens Creed, Witch Lord, and Fossegrimen) limited pressing of 250 box set copies (Land o' Smiles)
- 2007 : Raw Radar War/Deadbird 7" vinyl limited pressing of 50 copies
- 2010 : This Is Good compilation (covers of Black Flag, with Unearthly Trance, Fistula, Deathcrawl, Sollubi, etc.) limited edition of 98 copies, on cassette only (Land o' Smiles)
- 2011 : "On A Field Of White" 7" (Chainsaw Safety Records)
- As guest
- 2001 : Telestic Disfracture - 5ive's Continuum Research Project (Tortuga)
- 2005 : Value of Mistrust - Crash and Burn (Thorp Records)
- 2006 : No Heroes - Converge (Epitaph Records)
- 2006 : Rest Inside The Flames - 36 Crazyfists (Roadrunner Records)
- 2008 : The Man Closing Up - Ehnahre (Sound Devastation Records)
- 2010 : Taming the Cannibals - Ehnahre (Crucial Blast Records)
- 2011 : "The Beast Becomes The Servant" - Motherboar (Born Of Fire Records)