13 Facts About Jed Simon

Jedson Louis Simon was born on February 27,1964 and is a Canadian guitarist.

Jed Simon was a member of supergroup Scar the Martyr and has been a member of numerous bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, Tenet, and Vimic.

Jed Simon gained attention in the metal community with his third speed metal band Armoros, which was founded in 1985.

Jed Simon did three demos with Caustic Thought, and when he left them, he gave the job to Devin Townsend.

In 1995, Townsend asked Simon to join his latest project, Strapping Young Lad, and Jed was a part of SYL until the band's split in 2007.

Jed Simon contributed guitars to Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and performed as a live member for the tour of the album.

When Front Line Assembly went on to perform the Re-Wind tour in late 1998, Jed Simon was on board again.

In 2000, Jed Simon worked on Townsend's Physicist project, which is composed of all four members of SYL, but was considered "too light" by Devin to be an SYL album.

In 2002, SYL released their self-titled album, on which Jed Simon plays virtually all the guitar tracks, giving the album a distinctive, slightly warmer sound than any of Strapping Young Lad's other albums.

Jed Simon is the guitarist of Zimmers Hole, which includes fellow Strapping bandmates, Stroud, Gene Hoglan, and Chris Valagao.

In 2010, Simon was the touring guitarist with the band City of Fire, which includes Stroud and Fear Factory lead vocalist Burton C Bell.

From 2013 to 2016, Jed Simon was a member of Scar the Martyr, a new project of Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, as full time lead guitarist alongside Kris Norris.

In March 2018, Jed Simon was announced as a member of a new band Imonolith featuring former Strapping Young Lad bandmate Byron Stroud, former Devin Townsend Project members Brian Waddell and Ryan Van Poederooyen, and Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard.