Influences

Anything with a good vibe within the Jazz to Death Metal genre.

Bio

Now for something completely different.... Formed in 2000 Jagged Thought Process has never been an ordinary band. With metal at its roots the band also incorporates hints of jazz, punk, prog, and alternative rock. A JTP song could be a 3 minute quickie with an HIV positive waitress in the bathroom of a Barstow truckstop, or an 8 minute trip down Hollywood blvd at 3 am on a Saturday where you could see any range of things... from beautiful drunken club girls lining up outisde the hippest party spot, to a senile homeless vagrant screaming at his shopping cart full of worn out shoes and coke bottles
To put it simply, each piece of music JTP constructs has a life and character all its own.

While other bands are breaking up, trying to "find their sound" or blend in with a more radio friendly type of format, Jagged Thought Process continues to experiment with new types of rythm patterns, song structuring and audio imagery. All the while doing whatever it takes to communicate an idea to the listener."We are all really just big fans of music." Is most likely the line you would get if you asked anyone in the band why this was the chosen direction. "We have always had kind of a DIY attitude, we're a completely self functioning entity fueled by beer, red meat, and football... you know, the American dream." With this attitude and a total disregard of genre labels and popular trends, JTP is a tribe of players who will continue to create music for many years to come.

Bio

It's the year 2004 - There are 9 million bands in Southern California. Many of them redundantly churning along through the same 4 chord, verse chorus verses that have been played countless times since the inception of "rock and roll" in the 1950's.

Now for something completely different.... Formed in 2000 Jagged Thought Process has never been an ordinary band. With metal at its roots the band also incorporates hints of jazz, punk, prog, and alternative rock. A JTP song could be a 3 minute quickie with an HIV positive waitress in the bathroom of a Barstow truckstop, or an 8 minute trip down Hollywood blvd at 3 am on a Saturday where you could see any range of things... from beautiful drunken club girls lining up outisde the hippest party spot, to a senile homeless vagrant screaming at his shopping cart full of worn out shoes and coke bottles.

To put it simply, each piece of music JTP constructs has a life and character all its own.

While other bands are breaking up, trying to "find their sound" or blend in with a more radio friendly type of format, Jagged Thought Process continues to experiment with new types of rythm patterns, song structuring and audio imagery. All the while doing whatever it takes to communicate an idea to the listener."We are all really just big fans of music." Is most likely the line you would get if you asked anyone in the band why this was the chosen direction. "We have always had kind of a DIY attitude, we're a completely self functioning entity fueled by beer, red meat, and football... you know, the American dream." With this attitude and a total disregard of genre labels and popular trends, JTP is a tribe of players who will continue to create music for many years to come

Bio 2

Deep within the confines of the human psyche lie the fragmented thoughts and broken pieces of ideas that are considered useless in the daily routine of normal life. These shards of discarded concepts have a tendency to store themselves in the back of the mind creating an intense mental chaos that is far beyond the realm of conscious thought. Eventually these scattered pieces of information will evolve into the demons and voices of the subconscious. These are the voices that speak to the mad in tongues of contempt, voices not of serenity and reason but of an infinite and perpetual chaos. There are however methods of unraveling this chaos and releasing these demons…A way to manifest into our objective three dimensional existence This “Jagged Thought Process

Demo review 2001

Jagged Thought Process - Self Titled 2001
By: Metalboy Posted on: 08/20/2001

Track Listing:

Tremble 3:08
Prototype #9 5:10
Glitch 5:51
Flesh 3:58
Enemy God 6:44
Gag Reflex 7:21
Shallow Self Parody 7:09
Rating: 3.5/5

From the bloody remains of countless rapcore bands Jagged Thought Process rises victorious from battle holding the Metal flag high. If you love rapcore, this is definitely NOT the CD for you, but if you're tired of the whole raprock fusion, then by all means check out Jagged Thought Process latest effort Jagged Thought Process 2001. Jagged Thought Process, decomposed of J. Filgate (turbo injected chaos engineer), C "Notes" Edwards (BoomStick and Mental Trips) and D. (Sound Blankets / Cancerous throat noise) create a unique sound that I haven't heard through all of my trips to clubs around the LA area. JTP is not afraid to take a chance and do something different, which takes balls in the jaded LA club scene. By the standards of the LA based radio stations, JTP would not be considered radio friendly. But what true metal band wants to be radio friendly? Besides, all the radio stations here suck.

My favorite tracks off the disc are "Glitch", "Enemy God" and "Shallow Self Parody". The opening to "Glitch" at times reminds me of old AC/DC with the guitar work and in the middle of the song, there's your chug-chug-chug-chug low tone guitar salute to \m/ metal. "Enemy God" is almost epic-like, well worth the cost of the CD just to get your hands on this song. "Shallow Self Parody's" intro is kinda trippy-space-like and the song is hardcore!

I have seen a couple of different JTP lineups and this is the best offering that I have seen. Mind you, Jagged Thought Process is not everyone's cup of tea, but I doubt if they care. "Jagged Thought Process will drown your goldfish."

Brian
brian@unearthed.com

Interview Sacto Music.com pt.1

1. Who came up with the name of your band and why?

Dustin: "I did. It was an idea for a comic book that I had when I was younger, like a sophomore in high school. Later on when I met and joined up with J. Chris and Chad our band at the time we were called "Dark Orchestra" which is a cool name... but I didn't think it fit well with what we were doing musically. Later on Chad took off and I picked up the guitar which kind of changed our sound a bit. We were also getting a lot of people who confused us with "Dark Star Orchestra" (a Grateful Dead Tribute act.) So Jagged Thought Process just kind of fit better."

2. Describe your music in a way that would make a deaf person (like people reading this interview, who can't yet hear your music) want their hearing back again just so they could experience it?

"Well the best way I could describe it... is that it's three very unique styles combined together into one big stew of beautiful musical chaos. It's very rythmic music. The drums have a "tribal" or "percussive" aura about them and rather than keeping a standard beat they play more of an arrangement. The bass guitar lays down a solid bottom end as well as some very unique soundscapes to the music that you probably haven't heard before. And of course the rythm guitar and vocals are pretty standard for heavier music these days. Large crunchy rythms and vocals that vary from melodic, to raspy, to all out screaming."

3. What groups/artist inspired you to start playing music?

Collectively... Pantera, Mr. Bungle, Tool, Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Faith No More, (old school thrash and metal) etc. Chris and J. are a bit more into some of the older school stuff than I am... but thanks to them I have a better appreciation for bands they were really into growing up like "King Diamond" "Mercyful Fate" and "Iron Maiden." For the most part though all three of us are big time rockers. \m/

4. What instrument(s) do you play?

I play guitar and make noises with my throat. Chris(Notes) plays bass, and J. Beats the fuck out of the drums.

5. How long have you been playing?

The three of us have been playing as JTP for almost 2 years now but we were all in bands before this one.

6. How many groups have you been in? Names?

These guys (J. and Chris) had a band before JTP called "Dark Orchestra". I was in a band called "Dropsevin" before I hooked up with them. I also sang for a joke band called "Headrush"... we basically did old 80's cock rock covers and played drunk as fuck. It was a good time though.

7. What did those bands sound like?

Chris and J's old bands mainly did Iron Maiden covers. My old band "Dropsevin" was kind of like... Metallica with the Les Claypool playing the bass.

8. Which of those was the stupidest/geekiest band you've ever been in and what were you thinking?

Probably "Headrush" we weren't in it for the music... the other dudes were in college and were just trying to get laid. It was a good experience though... even though it was a joke we had a great time getting plastered and making asses of ourselves.

[That's the usual result of getting plastered, isn't it? Sacto Music]

9. How long have you been with this particular group?

JTP rose from the ashes of "Dark Orchestra" back in sept. of 2000.

10. What's the dumbest/funniest thing that's ever happened to you or your group?

One time we played the "Troubador" in West Hollywood and we threw twinkies at the audience. If you've ever been to West Hollywood... you would understand why.

[Yes, I have - yes I do. SM]

Interview Sacto Music.com pt.2

11. Does everyone in your group get along? (alternative version: How many times have you kicked each other's asses?)

We get along really well. There's only three of us so it's not that complicated. The three of us live together and jam together... we're like brothers.

I would have to say that although we're always fucking with each other... Chris probably takes the most shit from Jason... just because of their past. They grew up together since they both 5 years of age.

12. Do you have a new CD/Webpage/Mp3 available?

We just got our "official site" up,
http://www.jaggedthoughtprocess.com
and posted one of our brand new MP3's called "Sain". We have been in the studio for the last few months recording an album called "Appetite For Distraction" and we're in the mastering stage now. Here's the link for "Sain"... http://www.jaggedthoughtprocess.com/music.htm

13. Are you a Sacramento Native, a transplant or from out of the area?

We are not even from California. I lived in Long Beach for a little over a year when I was a kid but I spent most of my time growing up in Utah. J and Chris both born and bred from Maine.

We love playing in NorCal though.. the scene isn't quite as saturated with Hollywood posers trying to be famous.

14. What's your favorite (Sacramento or other) venue to play in and why?

I can't say that we've played directly in Sacramento... we played in Concord at the "Concord Depot"....

15. What venue would you rather turn into a strip club than ever play again (hypothetically speaking of course, HEY - where'd all these dollar bills come from?)?
We played this sport's bar in Van Nuys one time... that was hilarious... I think we probably got rid of more of their customers than anything when we started playing.

16. What's your favorite local band(s)?

That's a rough one. There aren't a lot of bands locally that we bro around with. If I have to mention names though... I just saw a band the other night called "Individual" that was really killer. Hopefully we can line up something with them in the future. Also we have played in the past with some really cool local bands such as "Depswa" and a band (featuring members of the now defunct Puerto Rican band "Puya") called "Ankla"

[Puya Ankla or Paul Anka? - decisions - decisions. SM]

17. What local band(s), is tap dancing on your last nerve (optional)?

Anything rap rock.

18. What's your favorite national act?

It would differ for the three of us... right now we've all been listening to "Lamb of God" "Slipknot", "Opeth" and a few others. I am personally big into underground hip hop... so I been spinning "El-P's Fantastic Damage"

19. Which national band would is most likely to be next seen on "Where are they now"?

There are so fucking many I could make a list of 100 and still not have got them all... just to name a few... "Drowning Pool, Default, Saliva, Trust Company, Nickelback, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Puddle of Mudd, etc."

Interview Sacto Music.com pt.3

20. Where do you hope your band will be in five years?

We love what we do and we don't need a record deal to do it. We write, record, and perform original music and will continue to do so whether it gets to a national level or not.
Basically our M.O. here... being in L.A. is fuck everyone. If you like JTP then you're down with us, if not then take a long walk down a short hallway. We're used to just playing to our 3 friends who are genuinely into the music so we don't ever expect anything more than that. We'd be liars to say that we didn't want our following to get bigger. Playing in front of a large audience is always better... and it would be great to sign with a label and get to the point where we don't have to work day jobs... but we're not gonna plan on it. Especially when we already have everything we need to accomplish what we want. So in 5 years... I know we'll still be doing music... but I hope we get to the point where we can just focus on creating and not have to worry about where the next meal is going to come from.

Bonus Question:
21: What's your favorite brand of charred flesh (Ie. Burger place)?

I can't speak for everyone in the band... but the three of us spend a lot of time drinking beer and barbecuing our own tri-tips and sirloins. "Beer, Meat, Football..." ahhhh, the American Dream.

Show review Concord, CA

--Mario Perotti - October 20, 2000 - Concord Depot --
Back to the Concord Depot after a few weeks for a good four band line up that featured out of town act Jagged Thought Process (up from Hollywierd, CA), South Bay act Zero2, and Easy Bay acts Agonistic Resemblance and Minus closing out the show. The Depot, for this show, had a rather mellow atmosphere throughout the night, which was quite different from the norm on a Friday night. Still, with three of the four bands making their first appearance on these reviewed pages, this show held a substantial amount of interest. With the range in musical styles, this was one of those "collaborative" efforts, where the audience was treated to several different types of the heavy. Jagged Thought Process, who recently changed their name from Dark Orchestra, made a solid impact on the NorCal crowd with a good showing on the Depot stage while the popular Minus impressed with a different kind of heavy. This was certainly not the show of the year, but for all intensive purposes, this Depot show had quite a few footnotes to complement the actual music on stage.

Band number two to the Depot stage was the Hollywood, CA act Jagged Thought Process as they opened up the show into a more hardcorish direction. Featuring drummer Jason Filgate, guitarist CP, bassist Chris Edwards, and vocalist Dustin Peterson, Jagged Thought Process opened their set with a sample of the theme song from the popular 70's show MASH and proceeded to slam through a quite impressive set of blended heavy, melodic, and truthfully, at times, downright tripped out chaotic sound. With Edwards sporting a full six strings on the bass, these guys really open up their sound to walk from one end of the spectrum to the other while still retaining a hard edge. Make no mistake, this is a hardcore based sound complete with the heavy growl from Peterson, however, at times during their set, they wandered off into this whole other type of sound completing their range. Both Edwards and CP worked with effects mixing up the sound and tripping into a blitzed melody at times. For this show, Jagged Thought Process performed a selection of songs including "Game Over", "Prototype Number 9" which featured a heavy bass intro with a guitar hook and ending with some cool harmonics from CP, and "One More Step" which opened with a guitar squeal and tumbled into a straight ahead sound. These guys work with a healthy amount of riff change-ups and song progression creating an intense sound. As the band changes the name from Dark Orchestra to Jagged Thought Process, these guys are obviously at a transitional period in their band's lifetime, but with a sound as strong as this, it should be an easy move. If these guys travel up to the NorCal region again, they are definitely worth a look.
Bottom Line: With a mellower overall atmosphere and a decent crowd on hand for this showing, the Depot turned in another good night and continues to establish Concord as a hotbed for metal shows. This area is starting to jump as plenty of solid heavy shows continue to pop up all over town. For this night, Jagged Thought Process certainly impressed the Depot crowd and did quite well for a band from the southern half of this crazy state.