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JP Hasson (born John-Peter Hasson, January 18, 1977 in Seattle, Washington, United States, and grew up in Indianola, Washington). is a musician, comedian and writer, best known for his musical/comedy acts JP Incorporated and Pleaseeasaur. In addition, he is known for composing music for film and television as well as performing in several avant-garde rock bands. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Biography

Music career

In the early 1990s, at the age of 15, Hasson began creating and composing improvised comedy songs in his parent's garage under the name Pleaseeasaur. After a chance meeting with his musical idols, Philadelphia based satirical punk group The Dead Milkmen, Hasson began collaborating with the band's guitarist/singer Joe Genaro and eventually co-created a self-released full-length album during the summer of 1994 under the band name We're Not From Idaho. Upon it's completion, Hasson returned home to Washington State to finish his final year of high school before moving to Philadelphia in 1995 to become the full-time bass player of The Dead Milkmen side-project Touch Me Zoo.

Just prior to the disbanding of Touch Me Zoo, Hasson moved back to Seattle, Washington in 1997 to once again pursue his Pleaseeasaur and other projects. In 1999, Hasson collaborated with Ben Blankenship and Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden to compose the original score to the vampire film "Cold Hearts". Between jobs as a live audio engineer and a concert marketing assistant for PolyGram Records, Hasson took Pleaseeasaur on the road throughout North America. Despite the mostly awkward reviews, Hasson remained committed to tweaking his act, bringing in friends to add visuals, props and costumes to the live show. Hasson soon found a home in the hearts of show-goers for his unique brand of camp style humor, television sounding comedy music and indescribable live performances. By teaming up for various worldwide tours with the likes of enigmatic guitarist Buckethead, anti-comedian Neil Hamburger, indie-rockers Pinback and many more, Pleaseeasaur slowly developed a cult-following. Eventually garnering the attention of executives at Comedy Central, whom in 2006 released what was essentially a greatest hits CD/DVD titled "The Amazing Adventures of Pleaseeasaur" featuring music videos directed by artist TH3 and a cartoon adventure, animated by the team from the Adult Swim series' Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. In 2008, Hasson composed the theme song to the Adult Swim show The Xtacles for The Cartoon Network. After 12 years of touring and 7 official releases under the name Pleaseeasaur, Hasson began touring and recording under the name JP Incorporated in 2009. After signing a new contract with Comedy Central in 2009, Hasson worked closely with co-producer Rob Crow of the band Pinback to record "An Album of Distinction" Comedy Central (2009) in both Los Angeles and San Diego. A collection of 24 fake TV theme songs, "An Album of Distinction" has received critical acclaim worldwide and features cameo appearances by many of Hasson's close friends; Joe Genaro and Rodney Linderman of The Dead Milkmen, Gregg Turkington, Rob Crow and many more.

JP Hasson is currently touring worldwide as JP Incorporated and is writing two books about Major League Baseball.

Discography

  • Touch Me Zoo - Lawn King Wonderwear Music (1995)
  • Touch Me Zoo - "Untitled EP" Wonderwear Music (1996)
  • Touch Me Zoo - "Blow Up Your Stereo" Wonderwear Music (1996)
  • Jiffy Squid - self-titled album (1996)
  • Touch Me Zoo - "Ultra-Rare TMZ Vol. 3" (1997)
  • Pleaseeasaur - "As Seen On TV" imputor? (1999)
  • Pleaseeasaur - "Beef Flavored Island Adventures" Razler Records (2001)
  • Pleaseeasaur - "Pleaseeasaur International Airport" V8 Records (Australia) (2003)
  • Pleaseeasaur - "The Yellow Pages" imputor? (2003)
  • Pleaseeasaur - "The Amazing Adventures of Pleaseeasaur" Comedy Central (2006)
  • "Double Chunk Comedy Sampler" Comedy Central (2006)
  • American Sheriff - "The Long Arm of the Law" imputor? (2007)
  • Neil Hamburger/Pleaseeasaur - "Souvenir Record" (tour only 7" with cover art by Mark Mothersbaugh) Million Dollar Performances (2008)
  • JP Incorporated - "An Album of Distinction" Comedy Central (2009)

Filmography

  • "Cold Hearts" - Raven Pictures (1999)
  • "Pleaseeasaur - Action Spectacular" imputor? (2005)
  • "Pleaseeasaur - The Amazing Adventures of Pleaseeasaur" Comedy Central (2006)
  • Neil Hamburger Western Music and Variety" Drag City (2009)

TV Shows

References

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