Jason Edward Thomas Orton
May 10
Vocalist

Also plays Bass guitar, Guitars and drums

Favourite bands:

The Beatles, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Muse, Pantera, Queen, Black Sabbath, Genesis,

Favourite Vocalists:

Ian Gillan, Geoff Tate, Rob Halford, Ray Alder, Robert Plant, Ronnie James Dio, Freddie Mercury, Jon Arch, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

Favourite Albums:

Queen's "A Night at the Opera", Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Painkiller", Deep Purple's "Machine Head", "Fireball", and "In Rock", The Beatles "Abbey Road" and "the White Album", Led Zeppelin's "Led Zeppelin 1"

Favourite Songs:

Queen's "Death on 2 Legs" and "The Prophet's Song", Deep Purple's "Child in Time", Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", Judas Priest's "Painkiller" and "Victim of Changes", Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" and of course most songs by The Beatles.

Favourite Movies:

Jaws, The original Star Wars trilogy, The God Father 1 & 2, Scarface, Team America, Office Space, The South Park movie, anything Monty Python, and Black Adder. Shaun of the Dead

Other interests:

(not just PWCing but...) Sea-Doo-ing, Play hockey! (like all good Canadian boys!),business ventures and cottaging

Monumental Music Moments:

seeing Judas Priest live in 1990 at Maple Leaf Gardens. I was blown away!
Having "Queen's Greatest Hits" stick in my cassette player as a kid, I was "forced" to listen to it over and over again. And it was Awesome!
Paul McCartney live in 1989 at the SkyDome in Toronto. Wow!
And again in 1993 at the CNE in Toronto, Paul told a friend and I to be quiet!
Meeting Gene Simmons, Dio, Yngwie and Ian Paice on different occasions. Shaking hands with Ian Gillan!

Began my interest in music as a very very young child.
Received my first acoustic guitar at the age of 8
Received my first electric guitar at the age of 12
Played Bass through most of my teen years.
Began singing due to necessity. We needed a singer!

Studied 2+ years with"Soprano" Virginia Anderson.
Was taught baroque styled opera technique.
Have a 4 octave range. Like most of my favourite singers!
Have been singing since 1991.

Recorded and released a solo disc in 1996 titled "VOICE".
Recorded a disc with Drummer / composer Corey Stoll in 2001 titled "psychLoNE"

Was approached to audition as vocalist for Yngwie J Malmsteen's band, by his management back in 2002.

I have known Mark Owen since early 1991. Mark and I have worked in many projects together.
We share many views, goals, favourites and pursuits.

I too have known Corey Stoll since 1998. We have worked together in various projects.