Ben & Jason

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ben & Jason


Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|England London, England
Genre = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1998 – 2003
Label = Go! Beat, Universal, Setanta
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/benandjason MySpace]
Past_members = Ben Parker
Jason Hazeley

Ben & Jason were a singer-songwriter duo from London consisting of Ben Parker and Jason Hazeley. Formed in 1998 and pre-empting the so-called New Acoustic Movement by about a year, they released three albums on Go! Beat/Universal: "Hello", "Emoticons" and "Ten Songs About You". When they were dropped from their major label deal, the band released their final album, "Goodbye", on the independent label Setanta.

As songwriters-for-hire, they collaborated with Mundy and Martine McCutcheon.

Their biggest hit was "Air Guitar," which reached #76 in the UK charts. Far better known is their collaboration with Kinobe, "Slip Into Something..." (from the album "Soundphiles").

The pair went their separate ways in December 2003.

Ben Parker went on to form the band Lux Luther with bass player Ollie Russian, drummer Ben Carpenter (now of the Creepy Morons) and guitarist Gavin Slater (now of Ghosts (band)) in 2004. After varying success on the London gig circuit the band split in May 2006 when Parker decided to go solo. Ben appeared on the 2004 CD "Scissors In My Pocket" by Polly Paulusma in 2004, and is also collaborating with Sophie Solomon on her second solo studio album.

Jason Hazeley now writes comedy, and is one of the authors of "The Framley Examiner," "Bollocks To Alton Towers," "Far From The Sodding Crowd" and "Viz".

ingles

* "Emoticons" (1999)
* "Air Guitar" (1999)
* "Romeo And Juliet Are Drowning" (2000)
* "The Wild Things" (2001)
* "How The Hell Do I Explain?" (2001)

Albums

* "Hello" (1999)
* "Emoticons" (1999)
* "Ten Songs About You" (2001)
* "Goodbye" (2003)

Collaborations

* "Slip Into Something..." (Kinobe featuring Ben & Jason, from the album "Soundphiles", 2000)
* "Unfair Weather" (Kinobe featuring Ben & Jason, from the album "VerseBridgeChorus", 2001)