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Jason Truby Of POD
Jason Truby is an American guitar player. He began his career in 1989 when he formed Trash/Death metal and Metalcore band Living Sacrifice as their lead guitarist. He left Living Sacrifice in 1997 to spend time with his family. However, in 2003, P.O.D. needed a new guitarist after former band-member Marcos Curiel was ousted for “lifestyle choices” and lost interest in the band he founded. Jason was available at the time to assist them by playing guitar as a temporary replacement to record their hit single, Sleeping Awake, and he became a full-time member soon after that.
The band soon released their first album with Truby ‘Payable on Death’ (self-titled) in November 2004, which was the first time the band discarded their rap-metal style, which in turn faced a lot of controversy. It went on to sell just over 1 million records worldwide. The second album the band released with Truby was ‘Testify’ which was released early 2006.
Truby typically plays Gibson Les Paul Standards live and in the studio. On his solo acoustic album entitled String Theory (2004), however, Truby recorded 24 instrumental tracks, using a total of 19 different acoustic guitars.
His main influences in music are Coldplay, ACDC, and the legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy.
