Jason Roeder Explained

Jason Roeder
Instrument:	Drums
Genre:	Doom metal, post-metal, experimental, hardcore punk
Occupation:	Musician
Years Active:	1985–present
Label:	Neurot, Relapse, Alternative Tentacles, Lookout!, Alchemy
Associated Acts:	Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Sleep

Jason Roeder is the drummer of the Oakland-based metal bands Neurosis and Sleep.

He played in the hardcore punk band Violent Coercion with Scott Kelly and Dave Edwardson before the trio formed Neurosis in 1985.^[1] The group also formed experimental/noise project Tribes of Neurot, Neurosis' alter ego.^[2] In 2010, Roeder replaced the retiring drummer of the stoner metal band Sleep.^[3]

Equipment

Roeder plays on kits with only a single rack and floor tom since he was 12 years old since the basic set-up forces more creativity. He custom builds his own snare drums while using DW hardware and Paiste cymbals.^{[4] [5]}

Discography

Neurosis

• Pain of Mind (1987)
• The Word as Law (1990)
• Souls at Zero (1992)
• Enemy of the Sun (1993)
• Through Silver in Blood (1996)
• Times of Grace (1999)
• A Sun That Never Sets (2001)
• The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
• Given to the Rising (2007)
• Honor Found in Decay (2012)
• Fires Within Fires (2016)

Neurosis & Jarboe

• Neurosis & Jarboe (2003)

Tribes of Neurot

• Rebegin (1995)
• Silver Blood Transmission (1995)
• Static Migration (1998)
• Grace (1999)
• 60° (2000)
• Adaptation and Survival: the Insect Project (2002)
• Meridian (2005)

Sleep

• "The Clarity" (2014)
• The Sciences (2018)
• "Leagues Beneath" (2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Chronology for Survival – The Ceaseless Tide of Nerosis . Heavy Magazine . July 31, 2014 . November 12, 2014 . Way, Kama.
2. News: Solis . Matt . Grace Period: Neurosis Talk Times of Grace's Companion Album . 16 January 2021 . . 18 August 2016.
3. Web site: Interview: Sleep . Prefix Magazine . September 13, 2010 . November 14, 2014 . Burke, Max.
4. Web site: Cerebros: Alison Chesley of Helen Money Speaks With Jason Roeder of Neurosis/Sleep . Steel For Brains . 2013 . November 12, 2014.
5. Web site: Neurosis: Honor Found in Decay . Trebuchet Magazine . November 5, 2012 . November 12, 2014 . Thunders, Art.