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Enation Bio “For Richard and me this has been seven years in the making,†says lead singer and front man Jonathan Jackson of his band, Enation. “Doing this has been a vision since I was fourteen years old.†Jonathan Jackson and Richard Lee Jackson are two of the most respected, well known young actors in Hollywood. Their film and television careers have given them the opportunity to work along side some of the biggest names in the business, including Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jim Caviezel, Calista Flockhart, and Sir Ben Kingsley, among many others. They have been featured in worldwide syndicated magazines such as People, Teen People, Movieline, TV Guide, and Newsweek. So what does this have to do with Enation? “A lot of people ask us what our passion is, if we’d have to choose one,†says drummer Richard Lee. “The answer is, we believe they go together. Music and filmmaking to us have the same aim…to tell stories, to move you or entertain you. They go hand in hand.†It seems Enation is already holding hands with the film community, as the bands first single, Ride, is the theme song to the new Stephen King thriller Riding the Bullet, which stars Jonathan Jackson (now out on DVD). Jonathan and Richard formed Enation after they had played together for seven years, playing concerts and selling records independently. The band formed when Jonathan and Richard invited their good friends Daniel Sweatt and Michael Galeotti to join them in the dream. "The chemistry for us comes from the fact that we are really friends first," Richard Lee says. "That translates into every part of what we do, believing that music isn't just a song, it's a way of life." Their record, Identity Theft, is a twelve song rock album that displays in vivid color why this is a band to be reckoned with. The seven plus years of dreaming came down to 14 months of grueling studio work. “We were pushed to the brink on this,†Jonathan says. “This record was 14 months in the making, in between projects. We kept re-working it until it was right. If it was good, it wasn’t good enough. It had to be great. We put our whole lives in this record.†It seems to have worked. Identity Theft explodes with passion, dealing with the loss of identity in the heart of a world that is falling to pieces. “This is a rock record,†says Jonathan. “There’s no pop in here. There’s no irony. It’s honest and desperate, and seeking. It’s got its hands up, and it’s searching for answers.†One listen to the record and it is easy to see that Enation is a rock band of uncommon passion, lead by a singer and writer of uncommon insight. Jonathan isn’t afraid to sing about things that hit us at the core. In the song The Whole World Is Falling Apart, he writes about finding peace in a world that is being turned upside down: The whole world is falling apart / but everything in me is fine. / So take this old body and burn / You can’t kill what I hold inside / In the song Flint (one that Jackson expresses is one of his favorites from the record) he writes about the struggle to overcome letting others define you: And I would show you pain / Send rain to wash these stains of ingratitude / It’s time you say I don’t care what they say / I don’t care / Set my face like flint / About Identity Theft Jonathan says, “There’s a recurring theme that keeps coming out, and that is a search for identity. So much of my generation has grown up without fathers, and that’s left this void; I can’t help but sing about it.†The band has played a number of venues including the famed clubs The Whisky a-go-go, The Viper Room, The Roxy, and The Troubadour on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood to sold-out crowds. Along with their recently completed West Coast Tour benefiting Tsunami Relief Agency OxFam America, they also performed the halftime show at the Portland TrailBlazers NBA game at The Rose Garden in front of 20,000 people, with Jonathan also performing the National Anthem. Dedicated fans have traveled across the US, even across continents to see them play. During the release of Jonathan’s film Tuck Everlasting his website received over 300,000 hits per week. With their record in place, their national media blitz, and their explosive live shows, Enation is set for the launch pad. The dedication and hard work that it’s taken to get here is about to pay off. "We're in this for the long haul," Jonathan says. "It doesn't matter how fast things grow. We're committed to making music that's relevant and powerful, music that inspires and even changes people’s lives. We want it to change ours." For more info visit: www.enationmusic.com Check out the artist's website: http://enationmusic.com Track List: 1. On Three 2. Perfect Display 3. Feel This 4. Falling Into Sounds 5. Reveal 6. We're Listening 7. The Whole World is Falling Apart 8. Healer 9. Ride 10. Illuminate 11. Flint 12. Eyes of Grace Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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