Jon Schaffer

Jon Ryan Schaffer ( born March 15, 1968 in Franklin, Indiana ) is an American musician and founder of the power metal band Iced Earth.

  • 3.1 Iced Earth
  • 3.2 Demons & Wizards
  • 3.3 Sons of Liberty

Person

Jon Ryan Schaffer was born on 15 March 1968 in Franklin / Indiana. At 14 he received his first guitar and began to write his first songs. At 16 he left home and moved to Tampa / Florida. There, in 1985 he founded his first band, Purgatory. Later this band underwent a name change and became Iced Earth ( 1988). Jon is the only remaining member of the band origin of the occupation. He had to repeatedly undergo surgery on his neck, as he had previously begun a neck vertebrae at too intense stage performance. This problem with him still, so for example, the Iced Earth tour had to be postponed in 2004. Jon's role models in the Metal genre are mainly bands like KISS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath or AC / DC. His favorite album is Iron Maiden's " Number of the Beast ". His great love besides music is considered his Harley -Davidson, as well as his interest in history, said he is concerned particularly with the American Civil War. This has inspired him to the 32 -minute epic " Gettysburg (1863 ) " on the Iced Earth album The Glorious Burden, which is thematically itself a collection of songs about particular historical events. Since 2005, Jon has one daughter.

Projects

Iced Earth

Jon Schaffer is the founder of the band Iced Earth, and now the only remaining founding member. The cause of the line-up changes its perceived as eccentric type is often called.

Schaffer takes over the band rhythm guitar and backing vocals and is largely responsible alone for the composition of the pieces. His driving and galloping guitar playing has become an essential feature of the sound of the band that they stand out clearly from other Power Metal bands.

Demons & Wizards

Under the name of Demons & Wizards, he is working with Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian. Excellent, the band is a fusion of Kürschs voice that is typical of Blind Guardian, and Schaffer's galloping rhythm riffs, which are an important feature of Iced Earth. After the successful self-titled debut was released in 2005, the second work of the two musicians. It is called " Touched by the Crimson King". While it was clearly distinguished between Iced Earth and Blind Guardian still on the debut, has developed on the new album has its own style. While it still prevail Jon Schaffer's driving guitar riffs before, but this album is more of a piece.

Sons of Liberty

In December 2009, Jon Schaffer published his solo project " Sons of Liberty" with the album "Brush - fires of the Mind", which is available for download on the website for free. The work was independent of Schaffer's work with Iced Earth, however, is a musical similarity not to disown. Unlike his other publications for this project has a strong system-critical aspect and denounces the political situation, mainly with reference to the U.S..

Publications

Iced Earth

  • Enter The Realm [ demo ]
  • Iced Earth
  • Night of the Stormrider
  • Burnt Offerings
  • The Dark Saga
  • Days of Purgatory
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • Alive in Athens
  • Melancholy EP
  • Horror Show
  • Tribute to the Gods
  • Dark Genesis
  • The Blessed and the Damned [ Best Of ]
  • Framing Armageddon ( Something Wicked Part 1)
  • The Crucible of Man ( Something Wicked Part 2)
  • Dystopia
  • Plagues of Babylon

Demons & Wizards

  • Demons & Wizards
  • Touched by the Crimson King

Sons of Liberty

  • Brush - fires of the Mind
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