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JET !

About Me

John "JET" Tate has been playing bass for 23 years, and Chapman Stick for 11 years. He has 15 album credits, has played in dozens of bands, and has performed in 13 countries and 28 states to audiences as large as 25,000. Presently devoting most of his time to FnR and Aether, JET can be seen every weekend somewhere in the midwest. JET is endorsed by Spector basses and uses Ampeg amplification exclusively. JET also writes the parodies for Chicago's most popular radio station Q101. With numerous awards for original and cover groups in Chicagoland and in Arizona, JET has made it a point to play with the best of the best when it comes to other musicians.Please listen to JET's originals here, and check out the MySpace sites for his fellow musicians, and peers.



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/07/2006
Band Members: JET has written and performed with the following bands:
FnR
Aether
Modern Day Romeos
Think Floyd
Project Free
Trash Martini
Machines Gone Mad
Frontiers
The Experiment
Pheromone
Gotsmack
Scared of Heights
Angelica Tree
Bad Monkey
Silent Lucidity
The DeLoreans
Third Inversion
OMG
The Dean Martinis
CoverGurl
Carl Dalton
McKenna Rowe
The Sound and the Fury
C.O.G
Spank
Bello
Bone Sugar
Blitzmerde
Teaser
Silver Screen
The Wayfarers
Prototype
Satin Steel
Fast Forward
Mercenary
Satyr
Identity Crisis
Blues Savant
and
Mostley Crue.
Influences: Tony Levin, Victor Wooten, Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman, Guano Apes, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Loreena McKennitt, John Williams, Sevendust, Mr. Bungle, Ra, David Bowie, Seal, Sade, Sarah McLaughlin, Sepultura, Testament, and old Metallica
Sounds Like: University of Phoenix Graduated with honors in July 2006 Bachelors of Science in Information Technology

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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

This Weekend!

Hey All,Some of you have heard that I have had surgery this week.  It is true and everything is fine; nothing serious and although it is not something I'd like to discuss I do find it quite entertaini...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 19:59:00 GMT

Death Crystals

This commercial is totally me!!!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzTXxZ3sNUI
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:09:00 GMT

MY Favorite Band!

One of my all-time most favorite bands is Guano Apes.Hailing from Germany - this famous band (in Europe) is hardly known in the states at all.  I was fortunate enough to stumble upon them in 2000...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:10:00 GMT

RA - Come through with an Ace!

One of my favorite bands released a new album this week and I am absolutely in love with it!!! "Black Sun" is awesome all the way through - support this "just beneath the surface" band and make them b...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:13:00 GMT

FUCK YEAH!

Every once in a while a band will come around that just blows my freakin mind! Check this out and tell me what you think... I LOVE IT! The band is called "RA" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jy3AgeKjn...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:06:00 GMT

Emergency Hospital Visit - and THANK YOU!!!!

Wow!!!!  What a week! So here's what happened... FNR had a show at 115 Bourbon Street on Saturday night... what a great show - it was the largest turnout I have ever seen at that club.  Some...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:55:00 GMT

The World’s Most Controversial Band!

JET's official statement on FNR - The World's Most Controversial Band   FNR is just barely over 1 year old!    YAY! Within this first year we have rocked a TON of people whom I dec...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:16:00 GMT

The Show Last Night! 1-18-08

WOW was it Freakin Cold last night.... Reports from the other bars indicated that the attendance was thin all over Chicagoland...   But it wasn't at Austin's!!!! We can't thank you enough for bra...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:51:00 GMT

3 Shows this week - so Pay Attention!!!!

Because I have 2 fans driving up from Kentucky to see me play this weekend - I am officially adding 1 more show to thank them for coming all the way out to Chicagoland! This Friday Night - Penny Road ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:22:00 GMT

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

To all of you who have been wishing me a happy birthday - thank you so much!!! Myspace apparently assigns 1.1 as the birthday to "bands" and does not allow for a "music page" to select a birthday. My ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:02:00 GMT