Jonah Jenkins

Jonah Jenkins is/was the vocalist in the following bands:
* [http://myspace.com/olw Only Living Witness]
*Miltown
* [http://myspace.com/milligram Milligram]
* [http://myspace.com/septicyouthcommand Raw Radar War]

Biography

Born Jonah Moore, October 6, 1970. His father was a Finnish orphan, adopted by a couple in Westboro, MA, USA. His mother moved with him to New Hampshire and married a man by whom he was adopted, and changed his name to Jonah Jay Jenkins.

Jonah began singing at a very early age with his mother, a trained vocalist. He performed with choral groups until his early teenage years. He began singing again in 1988, at age 17.

He formed Only Living Witness with Eric Stevenson, of Formicide in 1989. With the band, he performed in 14 countries including Sweden, England, France, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

When Only Living Witness split in 1995, Jonah went on to form two bands, Miltown and Milligram. Miltown was signed by Larry Jacobson to Irving Azoff's Giant Records, aka Revolution Records.

Miltown recorded several demo tapes on their own with guitarist/producer Brian McTernan and guitarist Matt Squire, releasing a CDEP (Hydra Head Records) and two 7" vinyl records and one album for Revolution Records with producer Toby Wright (Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, Korn) which was never released, and the group subsequently split.

Jonah then returned to work on Milligram, releasing two albums, Hello Motherfucker, and This Is Class War on three different labels: Tortuga (run by Mark Thompson, of Hydra Head Records), Overcome Records (France), and Detroit's Smallstone records.

In 2001, Jonah contributed lyrics and vocals for the song "Stockholm (Blues)" on 5ive's Continuum Research Project's album "The Telestic Disfracture", on Tortuga Records.

In 2002, Jonah started a record label, [http://traktor7.com TRAKTOR7] , releasing albums by Milligram, [http://www.crashandburn1.com/ Crash and Burn] , Lamont, [http://the-hidden.net/ The Hidden] , Waltham, Blacktail, Quintaine Americana, Morgan Knockers, and Black Helicopter

In 2005, Jonah contributed vocals on two songs to Crash and Burn's album "The Value of Mistrust", on [http://www.thorprecords.com/ Thorp Records] .

2006 saw Jonah providing vocals for 36 Crazyfists' album Rest Inside The Flames on the track "We Cannot Deny".

In 2006, Jonah also performed vocals on Converge's album No Heroes for the track "Grim Heart/Black Rose".

In 2008, Jonah appeared as a guest vocalist on one track of Ehnahre's debut album, "The Man Closing Up" on Sound Devastation Records.

In 2008, Only Living Witness briefly reformed to perform four reunion shows; 6/14/2008 and 6/21/2008 at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA, 08/22/2008 in Clinton, MA (unadvertised show) and the final show on 08/30/2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands).

Discography

* 1990 Only Living Witness - Complex Man 7" (Look Again Records) limited press of 1000 copies
* 1993 Only Living Witness - Prone Mortal Form CD (Century Media Records)
* 1995 Only Living Witness - Freaklaw 7" ( [http://chainsawsafetyrecords.com/ Chainsaw Safety Records] ) limited press of 3000 copies
* 1996 Only Living Witness - Innocents CD (Century Media Records)
* 1997 Miltown s/t 7" (Hydra Head Records) limited pressing of 1000, some colored vinyl
* 1997 Miltown split 7" (with Cast Iron Hike) limited pressing of 1000, on Hatin' Life Records, operated by Joanie Lindstrom, DJ on (WMBR)'s Late Risers Club
* 1997 Miltown s/t CDEP (Hydra Head Records)
* 1998 Miltown - Tales of Never Letting Go (Revolution Records) recorded, currently unreleased
* 1999 Milligram/Quintaine Americana split 7" (Polterchrist Records) limited pressing of 300 copies, colored vinyl
* 1999 Milligram - Hello Motherfucker CD (Tortuga (USA), Overcome (France))
* 2001 5ive's Continuum Research Project - Telestic Disfracture (Tortuga)
* 2002 Milligram - This Is Class War CD ( [http://traktor7.com/ Traktor7] ) limited pressing of 300 copies, hand sewn into camouflage pockets
* 2002 Milligram - This Is Class War CD ( [http://smallstone.com/ Smallstone Records] )
* 2002 Milligram - s/t 7" ( [http://go.to/superfi/ Superfi Records] ) limited pressing of fewer than 400 copies
* 2005 Crash and Burn - Value of Mistrust ( [http://thorprecords.com/ Thorp Records] )
* 2006 Only Living Witness - Prone Mortal Form/Innocents CD re-issue (Century Media Records)
* 2006 Converge - No Heroes (Epitaph Records)
* 2006 36 Crazyfists - Rest Inside The Flames (Roadrunner Records)
* 2007 Raw Radar War - = ( [http://landosmiles.com/ Land O Smiles] ) 12" vinyl, limited pressing of 500 copies
* 2007 Raw Radar War - = ( [http://traktor7.com/ TRAKTOR7] / [http://shiftyrecords.com/ SHIFTY] ) CD
* 2007 Raw Radar War/Deer Creek split ( [http://gametwo.com/ Game Two] ) 12" vinyl (limited press of 500, colored vinyl) and CD
* 2007 Raw Radar War - Pharmacopoeia Volume One ( [http://landosmiles.com/ Land O Smiles] ) 7" vinyl box set compilation (with Coffins, Misanthrope Project, Kongh, Deadbird, Fistula, Noosebomb, Ravens Creed, Witch Lord, and Fossegrimen) limited pressing of 250 copies

External links

* [http://www.deafsparrow.com/Jonah-Jenkins-Interview.htm Interview with Jonah Jenkins]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1:JONAH|JENKINS Jonah Jenkins at All Music Guide]
* [http://www.asice.net/specials/232/ Jonah Jenkins interview at Asice.net]
* [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/jul2006/jonahjenkins.aspx/ Jonah Jenkins interviewed in Decibel] by Shadows Fall's Brian Fair
* [http://thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=16481&page=1 Jonah Jenkins interviewed in the Boston Phoenix] by James Parker, author of [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1861590288 Turned On: A Biography of Henry Rollins]