Jona Weinhofen | |
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Born | Adelaide, Australia | 1 January 1983
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Member of | Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows |
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Jona Weinhofen (born 1 January 1983) is an Australian musician. He was the lead guitarist for metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen, and was the rhythm guitarist for British band Bring Me the Horizon, from 2009 to 2013 and the guitarist for Californian band Bleeding Through from 2007 to 2009. In September 2021, he joined Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows alongside Craig Owens. [1]
Jona Weinhofen formed metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen in Adelaide in 2000 with drummer JJ Peters. [2] The band released two LPs, one EP, a split EP, a demo and a live CD/DVD before their first split in 2007, with Weinhofen acting as manager from 2004 to 2007.[ citation needed ]
After the departure of vocalist Ed Butcher from I Killed the Prom Queen, Weinhofen was invited to join American band Bleeding Through after the departure of Scott Danough. He played on their release Declaration and can be seen in their videos for "Death Anxiety" and "Germany". [3] His new spot in Bleeding Through was one of several factors that caused the split of I Killed the Prom Queen in 2007. They briefly reunited in 2008 for their "Say Goodbye" farewell tour. Weinhofen left Bleeding Through midway through 2009 partly due to homesickness and discontent with living in America.[ citation needed ]
Weinhofen replaced Curtis Ward in British band Bring Me the Horizon as a permanent member in March 2009. He was featured in the music video for "The Sadness Will Never End", which was released following the departure of Ward, and recorded with the group on their album There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. .
Weinhofen rejoined I Killed the Prom Queen when the band reunited in 2011 to play on the Destroy The Music Tour. The band also started working on a new studio album.
Weinhofen was named one of the top 50 greatest guitar players in Australian history by Australian Guitar Magazine in May 2012. [4]
In 2012, Weinhofen had a guest solo spot on Mors Principium Est's album ...And Death Said Live , on the song "What the Future Holds".
In January 2013, Weinhofen left Bring Me the Horizon for undisclosed reasons, which made way for I Killed the Prom Queen to become a full-time band once again. His final album with Bring Me the Horizon, Sempiternal , was recorded in 2012, but released in April 2013 after his departure. I Killed the Prom Queen released their third studio album Beloved in 2014 and went on a hiatus in 2017. [5]
In September 2021, Weinhofen joined the band Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (D.R.U.G.S.). [6] [7]
Weinhofen has worked with Geelong death metal outfit The Red Shore in an advisory and managerial capacity. [8] The former lead singer and bassist of The Red Shore, Jamie Hope, has since joined I Killed the Prom Queen.
Weinhofen is a vegan. He lives a straight edge lifestyle, and holds the rank of purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. [9]
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. In 2004, Revolver magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future of Metal" cover story, and Spin called Bleeding Through an "artist to watch" in the magazine's February 2004 issue.
Parkway Drive are an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. Parkway Drive have released seven studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled Ten Years of Parkway Drive. The band's latest three albums have reached number 1 of the Australian ARIA Charts – Ire (2015), Reverence (2018), and Darker Still (2022).
I Killed the Prom Queen were an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2000. They were prominent in the Australian live music scene and toured the US, Japan and parts of Europe several times. They issued three studio albums: When Goodbye Means Forever... (2003), Music for the Recently Deceased (2006) and Beloved (2014). The latter two albums peaked at #27 and #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart respectively.
Leaton John Rose is an Australian musician who has played bass guitar for Adelaide-based Metalcore band, I Killed the Prom Queen and alternative rock band, the Hot Lies.
When Goodbye Means Forever... is the debut studio album by Australian metalcore band, I Killed the Prom Queen, which was released in 2003 by Resist Records. The US version was released in March 2004 by Eulogy Recordings.
Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You is the second EP released by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen in 2005. It is also the last album to feature Michael Crafter on vocals, besides the re-issue of Music for the Recently Deceased. The EP features a reworked version of "To Be Sleeping While Still Standing" which was originally done by an earlier band including Crafter and Weinhofen called The Fall of Troy. It also includes three tracks form their first EP, Choose to Love, Live or Die, along with two new songs, "Never Never Land" and "You're Not Worth Saving". Some of its tracks appear on the group's live album CD/DVD, Sleepless Nights and City Lights, which was issued in November 2008.
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Sleepless Nights and City Lights is a live compilation album and DVD by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen, released through Stomp Entertainment on 22 November 2008. The album featured the first live tracks released by I Killed the Prom Queen, excluding the bonus tracks available on the tour edition of Music for the Recently Deceased.
Choose to Love, Live or Die is a four-track EP by Australian metalcore band, I Killed the Prom Queen, which was released in 2002. By September that year the title track was recommended listening on Three D Radio.
Confession are an Australian metalcore band from Melbourne. The band was formed in 2008 by frontman Michael Crafter, who is best known as the former lead vocalist of metalcore bands I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian and Bury Your Dead. They have released one EP titled Can't Live, Can't Breathe and three albums: Cancer, The Long Way Home and Life and Death.
This One's for You is Deez Nuts' second studio album. It was released in April 2010, by Roadrunner Records. All of the instruments and lead vocals were done by JJ Peters, except for a few guest appearances on various tracks. Guest performers on the album are Ben Dunn, Louie Knuxx, Ty Alexander, Stu Callinan, Oli Sykes, Jona Weinhofen, Lee Malia and Roman Koester.
I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive or Split CD is a four-track split extended play released by Australian metalcore bands Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen in May 2003 on Final Prayer Records. The two tracks by Parkway Drive were later re-released as bonus tracks on the reissue version of their solo EP, Don't Close Your Eyes, in 2006. Split CD was Parkway Drive's first release, and I Killed the Prom Queen's second.
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows is an American post-hardcore band formed in 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. They released their debut self-titled album on February 22, 2011. Craig Owens brought back the project in 2020 and released D.R.U.G.S. second studio album Destroy Rebuild on June 17, 2022.
Matthew Kean is a British musician, best known as the bassist of the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Kean has been credited on all six of the band's studio releases.
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"Antivist" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Written by vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it was produced by Terry Date and featured on the band's 2013 fourth studio album Sempiternal. Although it was not released as a single, the song is considered to be one of the band's most popular tracks, and it continues to be performed live on a regular basis.
Dealer is an Australian nu metalcore group from Australia that was formed in 2018. The group is composed of vocalist Aidan Ellaz-Holmes, drummer Brad Lipsett, bassist Matthew Brida and guitarist Jack Leggett.