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Pennywise
Pennywise
American punk rock band
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Jim Lindberg
Jim Lindberg
American musician
2
98 Mute
98 Mute
band
3
Humble Gods
Humble Gods
American punk rock band
4
Randy Bradbury
Randy Bradbury
American musician
5
Keith Morris
Keith Morris
American singer
6
Matt Freeman
Matt Freeman
American musician
7
Circle Jerks
Circle Jerks
American punk band
8
The Vandals
The Vandals
band
9
The Meatmen
The Meatmen
American punk band
10
T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L.
American punk rock band
11
Manowar
Manowar
American heavy metal band
12
One Hit Wonder
One Hit Wonder
Californian punk band
13
Sense Field
Sense Field
American post-hardcore band
14
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Planes Mistaken for Stars
15
Down by Law
Down by Law
American punk rock band
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Rose Chronicles
Rose Chronicles
band
17
Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters
American punk rock band
18
Treepeople
Treepeople
19
The Slickee Boys
The Slickee Boys
Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band
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Doom
Doom
crust punk band
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Subb
Subb
band
22
Zeke
Zeke
band
23
D.I.
D.I.
Southern California punk band
24
Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
musician, songwriter
25
Germs
Germs
American punk rock band
26
The Undead
The Undead
american horror punk band
27
The Travoltas
The Travoltas
band that plays punk rock
28
Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong
American musician, songwriter, artist, director, poet, record producer and label owner
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The Gun Club
The Gun Club
band
30
Adolescents
Adolescents
American band
31
Jack Grisham
Jack Grisham
American musician
32
Rich Kids on LSD
Rich Kids on LSD
band
33
Ramones
Ramones
American punk rock band
34
D.O.A.
D.O.A.
Canadian punk rock band
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Houston Calls
Houston Calls
band
36
Link 80
Link 80
American punk rock band
37
Attitude Adjustment
Attitude Adjustment
38
Greg Ginn
Greg Ginn
American musician
39
Voorhees
Voorhees
British musical group
40
Red House Painters
Red House Painters
American rock band
41
Dogwood
Dogwood
American punk band
42
Strongarm
Strongarm
Defunct Christian & straight edge band
43
Raging Slab
Raging Slab
44
Wipers
Wipers
band that plays punk rock
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The Bellrays
The Bellrays
American band
46
Magnapop
Magnapop
American pop punk band formed in 1989
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Circle of Dead Children
Circle of Dead Children
band
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Nick Menza
Nick Menza
American musician
49
Guttermouth
Guttermouth
American punk rock band
50
No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name
band
51
Sublime
Sublime
American ska punk band
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Ignite
Ignite
band
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All
All
American band
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The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines
American ska punk band
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Greg Hetson
Greg Hetson
American musician
56
French Kicks
French Kicks
57
Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
58
Brown Brigade
Brown Brigade
band that plays heavy metal music
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Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
American musician
60
Patrick Lachman
Patrick Lachman
American musician
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Kylesa
Kylesa
American band
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The Pandoras
The Pandoras
US musical group
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Sick of It All
Sick of It All
American hardcore punk band
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Angelic Upstarts
Angelic Upstarts
British Punk/Oi! Band
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Poison Idea
Poison Idea
66
The Lillingtons
The Lillingtons
American pop punk band
67
Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
Jason Thirsk
American bass guitarist

Jason Thirsk

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American bass guitarist
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Music

Jason Matthew Thirsk (December 25, 1967 – July 29, 1996) was the bass player of the California punk rock band Pennywise from 1988 through his death in 1996. He grew up in Hermosa Beach, California.

Pennywise was formed in 1988 by Thirsk along with singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, and drummer Byron McMackin. Thirsk did not like to travel. Thirsk had been in rehabilitation for alcoholism and suffered from depression. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 28. The band decided to continue making music after Thirsk's death, and brought in bass guitarist Randy Bradbury from One Hit Wonder. The band then set about writing an album of new material which was made up of mostly anti-suicide messages. One of Pennywise's most popular songs, "Bro Hymn", was originally written by Thirsk as a tribute to three of his friends: Tim Colvin, Carlos Canton, who died in a car accident, and Tom Nichols, who drowned at Hermosa Beach Pier in 1988. The band re-recorded the song after his death as a tribute to their fallen bandmate, replacing the line "Canton, Colvin, Nichols, this one's for you" with "Jason Matthew Thirsk, this one's for you", and renaming the track "Bro Hymn Tribute". It appears as the final track on Full Circle and a live version can also be found on Live @ the Key Club, released in 2000. Justin Thirsk, Jason's brother and drummer from 98 Mute, appears on the re-recording, both on drums and vocals.