Early Life
Cruz grew up in and around Los Angeles. He focused his energies on art and creative writing in school and began playing with Strung Out in 1992 in Southern California.
Jason's major influences include classic artists such as Tom Waits, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams Sr,William Burroughs Charles Bukowski and Bob Dylan and visual artists Robert Mcginnis and Jean Michel Basquiat. He has said that he was influenced by desert, dirt road swap meets and the melancholy melody of music that his mother used to listen to when he was growing up, The first concert he ever went to was Depeche Mode in 1986 when he was 12 years old then graduated to punk rock shows and skateboarding.
Jason is a tattoo artist. He apprenticed for two years then took up oil Painting under the moniker 'Amerikan Blackheart' and has been showing regularly in L.A. and southern California for the past four years as well as performing acoustic . In addition to being a song writer, musician, and artist, he has also published 3 original poems, which can be found in the collection entitled Revolution On Canvas: Poetry From The Indie Music Scene.
On August 21, 2012, Cruz self-released his first solo record titled Loungecore under the name Jason Cruz and Howl
Jason currently lives in Pasadena, California. In July 2010 Jason and his girlfriend welcomed daughter Sydney Echo.
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