Funny bass player biography
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz
Birthdate: August 18
First Al project: “Another One Rides the Bus” (September, 1980)
Jon was born in Chicago and grew up in Phoenix. He began drum lessons at age 9, with The Beatles and other ’60s pop radio artists as influences. Jon and his family moved to Los Angeles a few years later, and it was there he decided he wanted to be a professional drummer. Jon marched in marching bands, performed in junior symphonies, and played in school orchestras and theater arts productions. Soon after completing high school, Jon was drumming regularly with a few bands.
After meeting Al in 1980, Jon became “Bermuda,” and continued to play with other local artists between Al’s projects, recording albums with Jim Silvers, Rip Masters, Ray Campi, Idle Hands and others. But being Weird Al’s drummer remains his primary focus, and he enjoys the recording, touring, and notoriety that comes with it. Some of his favorite recorded work with Al includes “The Plumbing Song,” “Genius in France,” “Cavity Search,” “George of the Jungle,” “Don’t Download This Song,” “Airline Amy,” “Bedrock Anthem,” “Close
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Les Claypool
American musician
Musical artist
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Alex James (musician)
English musician (born 1968)
Musical artist
Steven Alexander James (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Blur. He has also played with the bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant.
Music career
[edit]Main article: Blur (band)
James was born in Boscombe, Bournemouth, and attended the state grammar school Bournemouth School, where he started playing in bands. He credits the Beatles with inspiring him to pursue music: "I was off school with chickenpox when John Lennon was shot in 1980. I spent the week watching a VHS recording of the Beatles film Help!, which was broadcast on TV the day he died. I still watch it once a year. Then I bought a Beatles songbook and a guitar, figured out the chord shapes and started strumming and singing along. I never looked back."[3]
In 1988, James met future bandmate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, where James studied French. Introductions with Coxon's old school friend Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree soon took place; at the time Albarn and Rowntree were part of a band called Circus.
In 1989, James joined Coxon, Albarn and Rowntree's new band, Seymour, which would later be renamed Blur. He has been in the band ever since, although i