Jonathon TeBeest
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Jonathon S. TeBeest is an American
drummer, born and raised in Montevideo, Minnesota
best known for his work in the cello
-based group Rasputina. He was a member of the band from 2002 - 2008 and previously been associated with the act 3 Minute Hero where he garnered the nickname "ATHENS-manservant". Jonathon now fronts his band, Sawbones.
Former band member Melora Creager
has quipped that "There is an eccentric, pansexual genius secretly living inside of Jonathon".
after a stint in New York City. He has always lived a life of music - he has been playing the drums since the age of 3. With this talent and a fervent love of music, TeBeest has been touring and recording with bands since the age of 19. Along the way, he has also had training on the piano and all things percussion, has picked up the guitar, bass, and pretty much anything else he could get his hands on. TeBeest started his professional career with the intense horn-driven party band, 3 Minute Hero in his homeland of Minnesota. That band started his love of performing live as the boys were playing about 250 shows per year during its existence. Eventually it was off to New York, where TeBeest hooked up with Ms. Melora Creager and her group Rasputina. He has since appeared on five of the group's albums, including the recently released Oh, Perilous World!, and has also toured the nation with Rasputina. In the past, he has worked with many other bands including New Professionals, Mink, Gravity, THIS
, Strangelove
, Goodfinger and Dirty Excuse. TeBeest is a songwriter and now fronts the Minneapolis band, Sawbones.
United States
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drummer, born and raised in Montevideo, Minnesota
Montevideo, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,346 people, 2,353 households, and 1,444 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,190.5 people per square mile . There were 2,551 housing units at an average density of 568.1 per square mile...
best known for his work in the cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
-based group Rasputina. He was a member of the band from 2002 - 2008 and previously been associated with the act 3 Minute Hero where he garnered the nickname "ATHENS-manservant". Jonathon now fronts his band, Sawbones.
Former band member Melora Creager
Melora Creager
Melora Creager, formerly Melora Mather, is an American cellist and singer-songwriter best known for her role as lead singer and chief composer of the cello rock trio Rasputina....
has quipped that "There is an eccentric, pansexual genius secretly living inside of Jonathon".
Background
TeBeest was raised in the Midwest, and recently moved back to MinnesotaMinnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
after a stint in New York City. He has always lived a life of music - he has been playing the drums since the age of 3. With this talent and a fervent love of music, TeBeest has been touring and recording with bands since the age of 19. Along the way, he has also had training on the piano and all things percussion, has picked up the guitar, bass, and pretty much anything else he could get his hands on. TeBeest started his professional career with the intense horn-driven party band, 3 Minute Hero in his homeland of Minnesota. That band started his love of performing live as the boys were playing about 250 shows per year during its existence. Eventually it was off to New York, where TeBeest hooked up with Ms. Melora Creager and her group Rasputina. He has since appeared on five of the group's albums, including the recently released Oh, Perilous World!, and has also toured the nation with Rasputina. In the past, he has worked with many other bands including New Professionals, Mink, Gravity, THIS
This
This, in the English language, is the singular proximal demonstrative. It may also refer to:-People:* Hervé This, French biochemist whose scientific approach to cuisine is well known in France-Places:...
, Strangelove
Strangelove (band)
Strangelove were an English alternative rock band, formed in Bristol in 1991 and led by singer Patrick Duff. They released three albums before splitting up in 1998.-History:...
, Goodfinger and Dirty Excuse. TeBeest is a songwriter and now fronts the Minneapolis band, Sawbones.
Rasputina
- My Fever BrokeMy Fever BrokeMy Fever Broke is an EP by Rasputina, released in 2002 on Instinct Records. The track "The Fox in the Snow" is a Belle and Sebastian cover.-Track listing:# "At the State Fair With a White Trash Sucker" – 4:36# "SweetWaterKill " – 4:08...
(2002) - The Lost and Found, 2nd Edition (2003)
- Frustration PlantationFrustration PlantationFrustration Plantation, the fourth studio album recorded by cello-dominated rock group Rasputina, was released by Instinct Records on March 16, 2004...
(2004) - A Radical RecitalA Radical RecitalA Radical Recital is a live recording of a Rasputina recital held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Halloween, 2004 . It contains songs from the previous Rasputina albums, and lead singer Melora Creager's spoken introductions...
(2005) - Oh Perilous WorldOh Perilous WorldStandard Edition bonus tracks# "The Question of Time" - 2:39# "Identity Tokens" - 4:54# "The Humanized Mice" - 2:19# "The Pruning " - 4:17# "Flood Corps" - 1:36# "Incapable of Regret" - 2:02# "Desert Vampire" - 1:36...
(2007)
External links
- Jonathon TeBeest - Pipl Profile