Justin Beck

Justin Beck is an American musician and businessman. He is the guitarist and musical writer for Long Island, New York band Glassjaw. Beck, with a high school and college buddy, Lee Tepper, also co-founded a band merchandise company called MerchDirect, which started in 1999 after Beck refused to give up the rights to his merchandising to a major label.[3] In the 90s, he was a member of the Jewish straight edge hardcore band Sons of Abraham, together with Todd Weinstock.[4]

Justin Beck
Birth nameJustin Beck
BornDecember 17, 1979[1]
OriginMerrick,[2] Long Island, New York, U.S.
GenresHardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative metal
Occupation(s)Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist
InstrumentsGuitar, Bass, drums
Years active1993–present
LabelsWarner Music
Associated actsGlassjaw, Sons of Abraham
Websitewww.Glassjaw.com

Beck plays Les Paul Standard and Studio guitars (is seen with an Ernie Ball Musicman guitar in most recent videos) equipped with EMG 81/85 active pick-ups (the wine-red Studio has an 85/85 setup) through a Hughes & Kettner Triamp Mk.I head and a vintage 4x12" Vox cabinet. He also uses a multitude of effects pedals to create his unorthodox sound, including a Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler, Line 6 FM-4 Filter Modeler, and a Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler.

Personal life

He and wife, Melissa Howard, an alumna of The Real World: New Orleans, are the parents of Shalom Mazie, who was born March 20, 2009, Maja Ilani, who was born on January 1, 2013, and Shira, born November 13, 2015.[5]

Justin Beck is the only member of Glassjaw to remain straight edge.[6]

gollark: In what way?
gollark: 5 is just elder-worship, which I do *not* agree with, no murdering is reasonable but narrow in scope, the adultery one doesn't seem very important or fundamental-law-y, stealing is bad I guess, bearing false witness is somewhat bad too I guess, the coveting ones seem unnecessary.
gollark: I like to hope I would be better than to demand obedience/worship/belief on pain of eternal torture.
gollark: Just looking up the ten commandments quickly, fully two fifths of these are just bizarre narcissistic stuff about God.
gollark: Yes, quran also bad.

References
  1. https://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Glassjaw.html
  2. Glassjaw roars back
  3. Rubinton, Noel (December 31, 2007). "Think it's easy to start a t-shirt company? Think again". Long Island Newsday.
  4. "Sons of Abraham". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  5. "Melissa Howard Beck Welcomes Daughter Shalom Mazie". People. March 26, 2009.
  6. D’Auria, Jon. "The return of Glassjaw". www.thegrixer.com. San Diego, California. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
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