Jason Christopher

Jason Christopher (born January 20, 1971) is an American bass guitarist and published author of “The Rogue to Nowhere - The Book Of Travels by Jason Christopher”. He is currently the bass guitar player for Corey Taylor, and is formerly the bass guitar player for Prong, Ministry, Stone Sour and Sebastian Bach.[1].

Christopher Also subs on bass for The Royal Machines, a supergroup featuring Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, and was a founding member of New Dead Radio and the punk rock group Black President with guitarists Greg Hetson and Charlie Paulson, singer Christian Martucci, and drummer Roy Mayorga.

Christopher played bass guitar during 2011 for the band Stone Sour, including the band's Avalanche tour and their appearance at Rock In Rio. Christopher is also the backing acoustic guitar player and singer for Corey Taylor (lead singer for Slipknot and Stone Sour) and the bass guitar player for his solo band. He played bass guitar on one track of Taylor's Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life tribute album.[2]

Christopher toured with Sebastian Bach from 2012 to 2014,[3] joining them at Rock in Rio 2013. He also performed on their DVD Abacholypse Now. Christopher has also played with Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Scott Ian, Ace Frehley and Dave Lombardo.

Christopher sang background vocals on the 2015 Prong covers album Songs from the Black Hole and appears on the album X (No Absolutes).

References

1. "SEBASTIAN BACH Hires STONE SOUR Bassist Jason Christopher", Brave Words
   - Geoff Ketler,"OVERKILL And PRONG Live in Cleveland, OH With Photos!", KNACm September 26, 2014
   - "Prong – Songs From The Black Hole".
   - Larry Petro,"PRONG Live In Dublin, Ireland", News Monkey, August 8, 2014 via KNAC
2. "Slipknot's Corey Taylor Sings Ronnie James Dio's 'Rainbow in the Dark'", Rolling Stone
3. Peter Hodgson, "Skid Row Bass Player Records With Stone Sour", Gibson.com, June 4, 2012